Samah Mohamed Ahmed Saeed

Samah Mohamed Ahmed Saeed received the B.S. and M.S. (Top Class) degrees from the Computer Science Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait, in 2008 and 2010, respectively and the Ph.D. in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, USA in January, 2015. She was a Teaching Assistant with the Department of Information Science, College of Women, Kuwait University, and as a Research Assistant with the Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, at the same time during her studies. She was an Instructor with the Department of Information Technology and Computing, Arab Open University, Kuwait. Currently, she is a postdoctoral associate at New York University Abu Dhabi. Her current research interests include computer-aided design of VLSI circuits, specifically Design-for-Testability, and hardware security.

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, New York University, Polytechnic School of Engineering, 2015.
• M.S. in Computer Science, Kuwait University, College of Science, 2010.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Kuwait University, College of Science, 2008.

Research Interests

• Computer Aided Design: Design for Test, Design for Trust, Design for Secure Test.
• Hardware Security.
• Security of Emerging Technology (Nano Technology, Reversible and Quantum Computing).

Awards & Honors

• TTTC's E.J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award, International Test Conference, 2014. Click for TTTC press release.
• Full scholarship to attend Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2014.
• TTTC's E.J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award in semi-final at the IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2014.
• Full scholarship to attend CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research- Women Grad Cohort Workshop, Santa Clara, California, USA, 2014.
• Pearl Brownstein Doctoral Research Award, Computer Science Department, NYU-Poly, 2013. Click for NYU-Poly press release.
• Best Paper Award, “Expedited Response Compaction for Scan Power Reduction”, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, Dana Point, CA, USA, 2011.
• Second Best Student Presentation Award, IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, Hopewell Junction, NY, USA, 2010.
• M.S. in Computer Science with High Distinction Recognition in Spring 2010.
• Distinction Award as a Master’s student in Fall 2009.
• B.S. in Computer Science with High Distinction Recognition in Summer 2008.
• On the Dean’s list of College of Science, Kuwait University, in Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.