Hey there! I'm Saber Ganjisaffar, a Ph.D. Candidate in CSE at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), specializing in computer architecture, hardware-software co-design, and performance analysis.
My current research focuses on CPU/GPU/Accelerator architectural modeling and developing AI-driven analysis tools to identify performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities in modern computing systems. I’m interested in building systems that are not only high-performance and efficient, but also secure and reliable by design. My research has been published in venues such as ISCA, and I’m fortunate to be advised by Professors Nael Abu-Ghazaleh and Chengyu Song.
I’m always happy to connect with people working on interesting problems in computer architecture, systems, and security. Feel free to reach out!
Publications
S. Ganjisaffar, E.M. Koruyeh, J. Zellmer, H.A. Esfeden, C. Song, N. Abu-Ghazaleh
Proceedings of the 52nd Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2025)
R. Nazaraliyev, S. Ganjisaffar, N. Nazaraliyev, N. Abu‑Ghazaleh
arXiv, 24 Jul 2025
G. Almusaddar, Y. Zhang, S. Ganjisaffar, B. Williams, Y.D. Liu, D. Ponomarev, N. Abu‑Ghazaleh
arXiv, 3 Sep 2025
Services
2026
Conference Organizing Team (Student Volunteer)
IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2027
Artifact Evaluation Committee Member
47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2026
4x Peer Reviewer
IEEE Access, 2026
Artifact Evaluation Committee Member
European Conference on Computer Systems (EuroSys), 2026
2025
Artifact Evaluation Committee Member
International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), 2025
Peer Reviewer
Integration, the VLSI Journal (Elsevier), 2025
2024
Conference Organizing Team (Student Volunteer)
International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), 2024
Teaching
Spring and Winter 26, Fall, Spring, and Winter 25, Spring 24
Teaching Assistant - CS010A - Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering 1 (Beginner C++ Programming)
University of California, Riverside
Summer 24, Fall 24
Teaching Assistant - CS153 - Design of Operating Systems
University of California, Riverside
Winter 24
Teaching Assistant - CS010B - Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering 2 (Intermediate C++ Programming)
University of California, Riverside
Spring 2020
Teaching Assistant - Design of Digital Circuits Course
Shahid Beheshti University