Nickvash Kani

Education

• Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology; 2017
• M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology; 2013
• B.S. in Computer Engineering; Boston University; 2010

Academic Positions

• Research Assistant Professor; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Electrical and Computer Engineering; October 2019 - present

Research Interests

• Data retrieval systems
• Scientific Computing
• Beyond CMOS architectures

Selected Articles in Journals

• Kani, Nickvash, Shaloo Rakheja, and Azad Naeemi. "A probability-density function approach to capture the stochastic dynamics of the nanomagnet and impact on circuit performance." IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 63.10 (2016): 4119-4126.
• Kani, Nickvash, John T. Heron, and Azad Naeemi. "Strain-mediated magnetization reversal through spin-transfer torque." IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 53.11 (2017): 1-8.
• Kani, Nickvash, and Azad Naeemi. "Analytical models for coupling reliability in identical two-magnet systems during slow reversals." Journal of Applied Physics 122.22 (2017): 223902.
• Kani, Nickvash, Shaloo Rakheja, and Azad Naeemi. "Analytic modeling of dipolar field requirements for robust coupling in a non-identical biaxial two-magnet system." Journal of Applied Physics 124.2 (2018): 023901.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Kani, Nickvash, and Azad Naeemi. "Wiring resource minimization for physically-complex Network-on-Chip architectures." 2014 27th IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC). IEEE, 2014.
• Kani, Nickvash, Shaloo Rakheja, and Azad Naeemi. "A probability-density function approach to capture the stochastic dynamics of the nanomagnet and impact on circuit performance." IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 63.10 (2016): 4119-4126.

Recent Courses Taught

• CS 374 (ECE 374) - Intro to Algs & Models of Comp
• ECE 342 - Electronic Circuits