Dr. Nabiollah Shiri

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Short Bio

I am Dr. Nabiollah Shiri an assistant professor of electronics with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran. I have graduated with a Ph.D. in Integrated Circuit Design and MEMS from Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran. My Ph.D. thesis entitled “Design and Feasibility of Mechanical Energy Harvesters and Accumulators with Emphasis on Implantable Devices”, which supervised by Dr. Hadi Veladi. I have also spent my M.Sc. in Integrated Circuit Design at Tabriz University. My M.Sc. Thesis entitled “A Low-Power Pipeline ADC Design for Receiving Neural Signals”, supervised by professor Javad Frounchi. Now, as the head of the bioelectronics integrated circuit lab, I conduct several kinds of research related to bioelectronics integrated circuits design, analog, digital, and mixed-mode ICs, medical signal processing chips, medical image processing, approximate computing, bio-sensors, and bio-actuators modeling. In this lab Ph.D. and M.Sc. students are working on several types of research especially bioelectronics ICs. The scientific results articles have been published in the creditable journals.

Education

Ph.D., Electronics Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran

2010-2018

M.Sc., Electronics Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran

2007-2010

B.Sc., Electronics Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University, Iran

2004-2007

Associate Degree, Electronics, Shiraz University, Iran

2002-2004

Employment History

Assistant Professor, EE Dept., Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

2021-Present

Sessional Instructor EE Dept., Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

2014-2018

Sessional Instructor, EE Dept., Islamic Azad University, FRS Branch, Shiraz, Iran

2011-2014

Research Interests

Bioelectronics Integrated Circuits,Bio-Energy Harvesting,Biosensors, Analog Integrated Circuits, Digital Integrated Circuits, Low Power Design, Approximate Computing, Embedded System Design, Medical Signal Processing, Medical Image Processing, Fuzzy Controller

Honors and Other Recognitions

Ph.D Entrance Exam, Rank of 5, Tabriz University, Iran, 2010

M.Sc. Entrance Exam, Ranked among top 1% of approximately 20,000 participants, Iran, 2007

B.Sc. Entrance Exam, Ranked among top 1% of approximately 500,000 participants, Iran, 2002

Professional Experience:

Assistant Professor, IAU, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

2021-Present

Ph.D. Thesis Referee, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

2021-Present

Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Committee, IAU, Shiraz Branch, Iran

2021-Present

Ph.D. Thesis Defense Supervisor, IAU, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

2021-Present

M.Sc. Thesis Defense Supervisor, IAU, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran

2021-Present

Technical Committee of YREC First NCEE, IAU, Shiraz, Iran

2015

Manager of Opening Secretory of the YREC First NCEE, IAU, Shiraz, Iran

2015

Conference Referee of the YREC First NCEE, IAU, Shiraz, Iran

2015

Contact & Meet Me

Dr. Nabiollah Shiri

Research

Research Interests

Bioelectronics Integrated Circuits, Bio-Energy Harvesting, Biosensors, Analog Integrated Circuits, Digital Integrated Circuits, Low Power Design, Approximate Computing, Embedded System Design, Medical Signal Processing, Medical Image Processing, Fuzzy Controller

  • Mixed-Mode Integrated Circuits

Skills and Qualifications

  • HSPICE (Professional)
  • Cadence (Professional)
  • L-Edit (Professional)
  • ADS (Professional)
  • COMSOL Multiphysics (Professional)
  • Electric VLSI (Professional)
  • VHDL
  • Xilinx ISE Design Suite (Professional)
  • FPGA
  • MATLAB (Professional)
  • OrCAD (Professional)
  • Proteus (Professional)
  • Altium Designer (Professional)
  • ANSYS (Professional)
  • CorelDRAW (Professional)
  • Word (Professional)
  • Visio (Professional)
  • Excel (Professional)

Achievements in Original Investigation

  • Total:
    40 Publications (34 Journals, 6 Conferences)
  • Corresponding Author:
    33 Publications (30 Journals, 3 Conferences)

Research Impact and Citations

  • h-index
    (Google Scholar):
    10
  • Citations
    (Google Scholar):
    224

Language Skills

  • Persian:
    Native
  • English:
    Proficiency
  • German:
    Advanced

Dr. Nabiollah Shiri

Publications

Journals

Publications (34 Journals (30 Corresponding), 6 Conferences (3 Corresponding)), Google Scholar

[1] Mehdi Hosseinpour, Nabiollah Shiri, Farshad Pesaran, “Realization of a high-efficient GDI-based 4:2 compressor for sum of absolute difference detection in image and signal processing”, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Volume 119, Part B, November 2024, 109580, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2024.109580

[2] Roghayeh Rafieisangari, Nabiollah Shiri. A multi-adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system with variable thresholds for heartbeat classification. Artificial Intelligence in Health 2024, 1(4), 43–60. https://doi.org/10.36922/aih.3367

[3] Elham Esmaeili, Nabiollah Shiri, “An Efficient Approximate Multiplier with Encoded Partial Products and Inexact Counter for Joint Photographic Experts Group Compression”, IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, 17 October 2024, https://doi.org/10.1049/2024/3314001

[4] Mahmood Rafiee, Nabiollah Shiri, Mohsen Gharehkhani, Alexandra Pinto Castellanos, Ayoub Sadeghi, “Characterizing Parameter Variations for Enhanced Performance and Adaptability in 3 nm MBCFET Technology”, Microelectronics Journal, 16 July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2024.106338.

[5] Roghayeh Rafieisangari, Nabiollah Shiri, “A neural network-based error correction in the first-stage residue of pipelined analog to digital converters”, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 16 May 2024, https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.4076.

[6] Elham Esmaeili, Nabiollah Shiri, Mahmood Rafiee, Ayoub Sadeghi, “A Multiplier-Free Discrete Cosine Transform Architecture Using Approximate Full Adder and Subtractor”, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 01 May 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/LES.2024.3395900.

[7] Mahsa Tahghigh, Nabiollah Shiri, “A new ripple carry adder structure based on a swing-boosted full adder for concurrent error correction in low-resolution pipeline analog-to-digital converters”, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, February 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cta.3980.

[8] Hamidreza Rashidian, Nabiollah Shiri, “A sub-1 ppm/C dual-reference small-area bandgap reference comprising an enhanceable piecewise curvature compensation circuit”, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, February 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aeue.2023.155064

[9] Seyedeh Fatemeh Deymad, Nabiollah Shiri, Farshad Pesaran, “Realized High-Performance Swing Compensator Approximate Reversible Full Adders Using Gate Diffusion Input Technique”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, January 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08637-4.

[10] Marzieh Ghahramani, Nabiollah Shiri, “An adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system optimized by genetic algorithm for brain tumour detection in magnetic resonance images”, IET Image Processing, January 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ipr2.13031.

[11] Seyedeh Fatemeh Deymad, Nabiollah Shiri, Farshad Pesaran, “High-efficient reversible full adder realized by dynamic threshold-based gate diffusion input logics”, Microelectronics Journal, October 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2023.105972.

[12] Forouzan Bahrami, Nabiollah Shiri, Farshad Pesaran, “An efficient Imprecise 4:2 Compressor Using Gate Diffusion Input Supplemented with Dynamic Threshold”, Journal of Southern Communication Engineering, December 2023, https://sanad.iau.ir/en/Journal/jce/Article/869987.

[13] Mohammad N. Sharafi, Hamidreza Rashidian, Nabiollah Shiri, “A 38.5-fJ 14.4-ns Robust and Efficient Subthreshold-to-Suprathreshold Voltage-Level Shifter Comprising Logic Mismatch-Activated Current Control Circuit”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2023.3237083.

[14] Nabiollah Shiri, Ayoub Sadeghi,Mahmood Rafiee, “High-efficient and error-resilient gate diffusion input-based approximate full adders for complex multistage rapid structures”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 109, Part A, July 2023, 108776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2023.108776.

[15] Forouzan Bahrami, Nabiollah Shiri, Farshad Pesaran, “A New Approximate Sum of Absolute Differences Unit for Bioimages Processing”, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, https://doi.org/10.1109/LES.2023.3245020.

[16] Forouzan Bahrami, Nabiollah Shiri, Farshad Pesaran, “Imprecise Subtractor Using a New Efficient Approximate-Based Gate Diffusion Input Full Adder for Bioimages Processing”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 108, May 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2023.108729.

[17] Ayoub Sadeghi, Razieh Ghasemi, Hossein Ghasemian, Nabiollah Shiri, “Efficient and optimized approximate GDI full adders based on dynamic threshold CNTFETs for specific least significant bits”, Volume 24, Number 4, pp 599-616, May 2023, http://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.2200077

[18] Elham Esmaeili, Farshad Pesaran, Nabiollah Shiri, “A high-efficient imprecise discrete cosine transform block based on a novel full adder and Wallace multiplier for bioimages compression”, International Journal of Circuit Theory And Applications, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3551.

[19] Fatemeh Pooladi, Farshad Pesaran, Nabiollah Shiri, “Efficient GDI-based approximate subtractors for change detection in bio-image processing applications”, Microelectronics Journal, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2023.105757

[20] Ayoub Sadeghi, Nabiollah Shiri, Mahmood Rafiee , Abdolreza Darabi, Ebrahim Abiri, “Voltage Over-Scaling CNT-Based 8-Bit Multiplier by High-Efficient GDI-Based Counters”, IET Computers and Digital Techniques, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2023, pp 1-19, https://doi.org/10.1049/cdt2.12049.

[21] Marzieh Ghahramani, Nabiollah Shiri, “Brain tumour detection in magnetic resonance imaging using Levenberg–Marquardt backpropagation neural network”, IET Image Processing, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2023, pp 88-103, https://doi.org/10.1049/ipr2.12619.

[22] Mahmood Rafiee, Nabiollah Shiri,Ayoub Sadeghi, Abdolreza Darabi, Ebrahim Abiri, “Low-Power and Fast-Swing-Restoration GDI-Based Magnitude Comparator for Digital Images Processing”, Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Volume 41, Issue 9, 2022, pp 4848–4885, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-022-01997-6.

[23] Ayoub Sadeghi, Nabiollah Shiri, Mahmood Rafiee, Rahim Ghayour, “Tolerant and low power subtractor with 4:2 compressor and a new TG‐PTL‐float full adder cell”, IET Circuits, Devices and Systems, Volume 16, Issue 6, 2022, pp 437-460 , https://doi.org/10.1049/cds2.12117.

[24] Ayoub Sadeghi, Nabiollah Shiri, Mahmood Rafiee, Mahsa Tahghigh, “An efficient counter-based Wallace-tree multiplier with a hybrid full adder core for image blending”, Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering Volume 23, Issue 6, pp 950-965, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.2100432.

[25] Nabiollah Shiri, Mahmood Rafiee, Ayoub Sadeghi and Rahim Ghayour “Characteristics Extraction of Fully Symmetric GAA and Top-Gate CNTFETs with 6 nm Channel Length”, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, Volume 11, Number 6, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2162-8777/ac7613.

[26] Nabiollah Shiri, Ayoub Sadeghi, Mahmood Rafiee , Maryam Bigonah “SR‐GDI CNTFET‐based magnitude comparator for new generation of programmable integrated circuits”, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, Volume 50, Issue 5, 2022, pp 1511-1536, https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3251.

[27] Ayoub Sadeghi, Razieh Ghasemi, Hossein Ghasemian, Nabiollah Shiri, “High Efficient GDI-CNTFET-Based Approximate Full Adder for Next-Generation of Computer Architectures”, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/LES.2022.3192530.

[28] Mahmood Rafiee, Farshad Pesaran, Ayoub Sadeghi, Nabiollah Shiri, “An efficient multiplier by pass transistor logic partial product and a modified hybrid full adder for image processing applications”, Microelectronics Journal, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2021.105287.

[29] Mahmood Rafiee, Nabiollah Shiri, Ayoub Sadeghi, “High-Performance 1-Bit Full Adder with Excellent Driving Capability for Multistage Structures”, IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, August 2021, https://doi.org/10.1109/LES.2021.3108474.

[30] Mahmood Rafiee, Yaqhoub Sadeghi, Nabiollah Shiri, Ayoub Sadeghi, “An approximate CNTFET 4:2 compressor based on gate diffusion input and dynamic threshold”, Electronic Letter, 57: 650-652, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.12221

[31] Armaghan Shirali, Nabiollah Shiri, “Diagnosis of brain tumours by MRI binarisation with variable fuzzy level”, IET Image Processing, Volume 14, Number 5, pp, 1-8, December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-ipr.2019.1209.

[32] Ayoub Sadeghi, Nabiollah Shiri, Mahmood Rafiee, “High-Efficient, Ultra-Low-Power and High-Speed 4:2 Compressor with a New Full Adder Cell for Bioelectronics Applications”, Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 39, 6247–6275, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-020-01459-x .

[33] Ayoub Sadeghi, Nabiollah Shiri, Mahmood Rafiee, Parisa Rahimi, “A low-power pseudo-dynamic full adder cell for image addition”, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Volume 87, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2020.106787.

[34] Nabiollah Shiri, Hadi Veladi, Hanieh Niroomand-Oscuii, “A New Rotational Stepwise Mechanical Energy Harvester for Biomedical Implants”, Sensors and Materials Volume 30, Number 6 (2), pp, 1319-13-32, June 2018, https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2018.1740.

Conference Papers

[1] Ayoub Sadeghi, Dr. Nabiollah Shiri, “An Ultra Efficient and Reliable TG-PTL Based Full Adder Cell”, The 5th International Conference on the New Horizons in the Electrical Engineering, Computer and Mechanical. Tehran, Iran, May 2020.

[2] Ayoub Sadeghi, Dr. Nabiollah Shiri, “Tolerance Binary Comparator with Ultra-Power Saving Capability Based on Transmission Gate (TG) Technique”, 4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Hamadan, Iran, February, 2020.

[3] Ayoub Sadeghi, Dr. Nabiollah Shiri, “Small Area GDI Based Single Bit Magnitude Comparator with Low Power and High Speed”, 4th Conference on Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Delhi, India, January 2020.

[4] Yaser Nemati,Dr. Nabiollah Shiri, Faramarz Samsami,“Three Different Structures for 4-Bit Digital Comparator”, 17th Iranian Student Conference on Electrical Engineering, ISCEE 2014, Kish Island, Iran, December 2014.

[5] Dr. Nabiollah Shiri, Mazdak Rad Malekshahi, Hadi Veladi “Fault Tolerant Micromirror Actuated By a Set of ANN Controlled Microelectrode Array”, ACTUATOR, Bremen, Germany, June 2012.

[6] Dr. Nabiollah Shiri, Javad Frounchi, Kuresh Ghanbari, “A new 8-Transistors Floating Full-Adder Circuit”, 20th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE2012), May 2012.

Dr. Nabiollah Shiri

Teaching

University Courses Taught

❖ Ph.D. Courses

    1- Bioelectronics Circuits

    2- Low Power Integrated Circuits

    3- Advanced Analog Integrated Circuits (CMOS)

    4- Advanced Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits (Advanced VLSI Circuits)

    ❖M.Sc. Courses

    1- Analog Integrated Circuits (CMOS)

    2- Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit (VLSI Circuits)

    3- Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs)

    4- Integrated Data Converters (A/D and D/A)

    5- VHDL

    6- Advanced Engineering Mathematics

    7- Theory and Manufacturing Technology of Semiconductor Devices

    8- Fuzzy Controller

    9- ASIC/FPGA

    10- Advanced Digital Electronics

    ❖ B.Sc. Courses

    1- Electronics-I

    2- Electronics-II

    3- Electronics-III

    4- Electric Circuits-I

    5- Electric Circuits-II

    6- Pulse and Digital Circuits

    7- Linear Control Systems

    8- Engineering Mathematics

    9- Electronics-I Lab

    10- Electronics-II Lab

    11- Electronics-III Lab

    12- Linear Control Systems Lab

    13- Electric Circuits-I Lab

    14- Electric Circuits-II Lab

    ❖ Software Courses

    1- OrCAD

    2- Proteus

    3- Altium Designer

    4- MATLAB

    5- HSPICE

    6- L-Edit

    7- Electric VLSI

    8- Cadence

    9- ISE

    10- COMSOL Multiphysics

    11- VHDL