Dr. Muhammad Ali Siddiqi holds a PhD from Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where his research focused on critical areas of security and privacy pertaining to Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs). He received his B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2009 with the prestigious Presidential Gold Medal. As an Erasmus Mundus Scholar, he completed a joint M.Sc. degree in Embedded Computing Systems from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, and the University of Southampton, UK, in 2012.
Following the completion of his doctorate, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher for two years at the Quantum and Computer Engineering (QCE) department of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands. During this tenure, he focused on in-memory computing architectures for lightweight cryptography, next-generation neural implants, and hardware-based brain simulations, employing emerging device technologies like Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM).
From 2012 to 2017, he served as a Design Engineer at Silicon Labs Norway, specializing in ultra-low-power MCU design. Notably, his designed IPs, including the Cryotimer and Protimer, are integral components of the EFM32 and EFR32 32-bit microcontrollers. Before pursuing his master's studies, he dedicated one year as a Research Assistant at LUMS' Computer Science Department, with a particular focus on low-power embedded systems.
Dr. Siddiqi's research interests encompass low-power hardware design, in-memory computing, memristor-based brain simulations, and the security of IMDs and Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs).
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