Hooman Nikmehr

Research Interests

Digital electronic devices Digital processor architectures Electronics, sensors and digital hardware Computer Hardware Computer Hardware & Architecture

Dr Hooman Nikmehr

Program Director

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Hooman Nikmehr received his BSc in Electronic Eng MSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Tehran in 1992 and 1997, respectively, and his PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Adelaide in 2005. He is an academic in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Adelaide University, created through the merger of the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide. 

  • FPGA & reconfigurable hardware for real-time image/video processing (e.g., 2-D convolvers, Canny edge detection hardware).
  • Approximate computing for energy/performance efficiency, especially approximate methods tailored to error-resilient workloads (notably image data).
  • Memory hierarchy and cache architecture (e.g., cache compression/metrics) plus reliability/lifetime techniques for caches under aging effects.
  • Digital arithmetic and precision-scalable DSP hardware. 

 

Date Position Institution name
2026 - ongoing Program Director - Associate Degree in Engineering (ADENG and XADEN), Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Flexible Entry) (HEGFE), Diploma in Engineering (DENGG and YDENG) and (Legacy) Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechatronic) (ZHEMC) Adelaide University
2022 - 2025 Program Director - Associate Degree in Eng (LTEN, XTEN) & Bachelor of Eng (Honours) (Flexible Entry) (LHEF) University of South Australia
2018 - 2020 Senior Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2016 - 2018 Deputy Dean of Faculty (Academic and Postgraduate) University of Isfahan
2014 - 2014 Visiting Academic Middle East Technical University
2013 - 2014 Head of Department University of Isfahan
2010 - 2018 Academic University of Isfahan
2006 - 2010 Head of Department Bu-Ali Sina University
2006 - 2010 Deputy Dean of Faculty (Research and Innovation) Bu-Ali Sina University
2006 - 2010 Academic Bu-Ali Sina University
1997 - 2001 Academic Bu-Ali Sina University
1993 - 1994 Shift Electronic Engineer Isfahan Petrochemical Complex
1991 - 1993 Circuit Board Designer and Production Line Supervisor Team International Company

Date Institution name Country Title
2001 - 2005 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
1994 - 1997 University of Tehran Iran MSc
1986 - 1991 University of Tehran Iran BSc

Year Citation
2025 Mirzaei, S., Nikmehr, H., Liu, S., & Marmolejo-Ramos, F. (2025). Creativity in Learning Analytics: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Intelligence, 13(12), 17 pages.
DOI
2024 Loloeyan, P., Nikmehr, H., & Rezaei, M. (2024). A novel approximate cache block compressor for error-resilient image data. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 115(109106), 23 pages.
DOI Scopus2
2023 Ramezanzad, A., Rezaei, M., Nikmehr, H., & Kalbasi, M. (2023). Real-time approximate and combined 2D convolvers for FPGA-based image processing. Journal of Supercomputing, 79(16), 18910-18946.
DOI Scopus4 WoS1
2020 Sadeghi, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2020). Aging-mitigation of cache memories by Intra-Word Bit Swapping. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 72(102941), 1-11.
DOI
2020 Kalbasi, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2020). Noise-Robust, Reconfigurable Canny Edge Detection and its Hardware Realization. IEEE Access, 8, 39934-39945.
DOI Scopus58 WoS39
2019 Kalbasi, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2019). A fine-grained pipelined 2-D convolver for high-performance applications. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 66(1), 146-150.
DOI Scopus11 WoS6
2019 Hoseininasab, S. S., & Nikmehr, H. (2019). Architectures for multiple constant decimal multiplication. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 75, 31-45.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2018 Sadeghi, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2018). Aging mitigation of L1 cache by exchanging instruction and data caches. Integration, 62, 68-75.
DOI
2017 Abdoli, H., & Nikmehr, H. (2017). A flexible CO-OFDM using reconfigurable multi-precision FFT. IEEE Communications Letters, 21(9), 1997-2000.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2017 Abdoli, H., Nikmehr, H., Movahedinia, N., & de Dinechin, F. (2017). Improving Energy Efficiency of OFDM Using Adaptive Precision Reconfigurable FFT. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 36(7), 2742-2766.
DOI Scopus9 WoS7
2017 Tabei, S., & Nikmehr, H. (2017). An unsigned truncated sequential multiplier with variable error compensation. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 49, 9-17.
DOI Scopus3
2017 Fathi, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2017). Improving accuracy, area and speed of approximate floating- point multiplication using carry prediction. Journal of Information Systems and Telecommunication, 5(2), 120-127.
Scopus1
2015 Farahmandpour, Z., & Nikmehr, H. (2015). A study on intelligent authorship methods in Persian language. Journal of Computing and Security, 2(1), 63-76.
2015 Almasi, R., & Nikmehr, H. (2015). A high-payload audio watermarking scheme for real-time applications. Journal of Computing and Security, 2(2), 119-127.
2010 Nikmehr, H., Phillips, B., & Lim, C. (2010). A novel implementation of radix-4 floating-point division/square-root using comparison multiples. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 36(5 Sp Iss), 850-863.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2007 Nikmehr, H., Phillips, B., & Lim, C. (2007). A fast radix-4 floating-point divider with quotient digit selection by comparison multiples. Computer Journal, 50(1), 81-92.
DOI Scopus3 WoS4
2006 Nikmehr, H., Phillips, B., & Lim, C. (2006). Fast decimal floating-point division. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 14(9), 951-961.
DOI Scopus43 WoS35
2005 Nikmehr, H., Phillips, B., & Lim, C. -C. (2005). A Fast Combined Decimal Adder/Subtractor.

Year Citation
2026 Hussain, M., Nikmehr, H., Considine, H., & Nafalski, A. (2026). AI Support System in the Remote Laboratory NetLab. In Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems (Vol. 59, pp. 95-105). Springer Nature Switzerland.
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2003 Nikmehr, H., & Lim, C. C. (2003). A new on-the-fly summation algorithm. In A. Omondi, & S. Sedukhin (Eds.), Advances in Computer Systems Architecture (Vol. 2823, pp. 258-267). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
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Year Citation
2020 Kalbasi, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2020). A classified and comparative study of 2-D convolvers. In Proceedings of the 11th Iranian and the first Conference on Machine Vision and Image Processing (MVIP 2020) Vol. 2020-February (pp. 1-5). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus5
2019 Hoseininasab, S. S., & Nikmehr, H. (2019). A Method for Single Radix-10 constant multiplication. In 2019 IEEE 5th Conference on Knowledge Based Engineering and Innovation, KBEI 2019 (pp. 287-291). online: IEEE.
DOI
2019 Haddadi, A., Rezaei, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2019). IPKB: A New Metric for Evaluating Cache Replacement Policies. In ICEE 2019 - 27th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (pp. 1940-1945). online: IEEE.
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2016 Loloeyan, P., & Nikmehr, H. (2016). Do we need approximate-aware cache in dark silicon era?. In 2nd International Congress on Technology, Communication and Knowledge, ICTCK 2015 (pp. 466-472). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus2
2010 Alavi, M., & Nikmehr, H. (2010). A new computational model to evaluate the quality of perceptual voice using E-model in VOIP communications. In F. Zavoral, J. Yaghob, P. Pichappan, & E. ElQawasmeh (Eds.), Communications in Computer and Information Science Vol. 88 CCIS (pp. 594-603). Charles Univ, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN.
DOI Scopus1
2009 Nouri, A., & Nikmehr, H. (2009). Hierarchical Bayesian Reservoir Memory. In Proceedings of the 14th International CSI Computer Conference (CSICC 2009) (pp. 582-587). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
DOI Scopus6
2005 Nikmehr, H., Phillips, B., & Lim, C. (2005). A decimal carry-free adder. In S. Al Sarawi (Ed.), Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems II Vol. 5649 (pp. 786-797). Bellingham, Washington, USA: SPIE.
DOI Scopus21 WoS6

Year Citation
2026 Sakhaee, E., Kalbasi, M., Nikmehr, H., Movahhedinia, N., & Gustafson, J. L. (2026). Energy Efficient Real-Time CNN Object Detection Using Approximate Systolic Arrays on a Posit-Based FPGA.
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Courses I teach

  • COMP 1006 Engineering Programming (2026)
  • ENGE 1000 Electrical and Electronic Systems (2026)
  • EEET 1003 Electrical Circuit Analysis (2025)
  • EEET 1027 Electrical and Electronic Systems (2025)
  • EEET 3047 Advanced Digital and RF Systems (2025)
  • EEET 1003 Electrical Circuit Analysis (2024)
  • EEET 3047 Advanced Digital and RF Systems (2024)

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