Hossein Kassiri

Hossein Kassiri is an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at York University, where he directs the Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory and the Center for Microelectronics Prototyping and Test. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and has held engineering roles in both academia and industry. He is also the co-founder of two neurotechnology startups, where he led the design of implantable and wearable medical devices and secured multiple patents and public/private investments.

* Neural recording and stimulation microchips * Implantable/wearable EEG and BCI hardware * On-chip machine learning for neural signals * Wireless power and data for implants * Artifact-resilient analog front-ends * Optogenetic stimulation microsystems

* CICC 2024 Best Student Paper Award (1st Place) * BioCAS 2022 Best Student Paper Award * CICC 2021 Best Paper Runner-Up * ISSCC 2017 Jack Kilby Award * ISCAS 2016 Best Paper Award (Biomedical Track) ----------------------------------------- * Ontario Early Researcher Award (2024) * OBI Entrepreneurship Award (2015) * Heffernan Commercialization Fellowship (2015) * CMC Brian L. Barge Award (2012) * Recognized as a York Research Leader (2019) * Featured in Engineering Leaders to Watch by UofT (2016)