Ryan Kastner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA in 2002 and has since published over 90 technical papers and two books. His current research interests are in embedded system design, particularly the use of reconfigurable computing devices for digital signal processing.
Majid Sarrafzadeh is the Director of the Embedded and Reconfigurable Systems Laboratory and a Professor in the Computer Science Department at UCLA.