Dr. Muhammad Yasir Qadri

Dr. Muhammad Yasir Qadri has obtained his PhD in Electronic Systems Engineering from University of Essex, UK. He has over eighteen years of practical experience in the development of high-end embedded systems and FPGA based designs. He is an Approved PhD Supervisor by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, and is currently working as Project Director at National Electronics Complex of Pakistan (NECOP), Pakistan. He is the editor of a book on Multicore Technology by CRC Press, USA, and a US patent granted in the area of computer architecture. He is also the recipient of research grant of PKR. 27.16 Million, and PKR 8.3 Million by National ICT R&D Fund (currently known as Ignite National Technology Fund), and HEC Technology Development Fund respectively for projects in the area of computer architecture. His area of specialization is Microprocessor design, hardware security and energy/performance optimization in reconfigurable MPSoC architectures.

Keynote Speech on:
RISC-V State of the art and Future Prospects

RISC-V has been one of the most disruptive innovation in computer architecture community. Since its inception back in 2010, RISC-V has grown from Berkley labs to the mainstream industry. In first part of the talk, the evolution of computer architecture, RISC and CISC differences, the factors making one architecture more accepted than others will be discussed. In the later half, the birth of RISC-V to where we stand now and what future holds for it will be discussed. This talk is more focused towards students who want to know what is RISC-V to what opportunities it holds for future research.