Farshad Firouzi

Projects & Initiatives

Selected research initiatives and technologies, with links to dedicated project sites where available.

Selected research initiatives

Engineering ideas into systems

Four areas of research and technology development. O²-RAN has a dedicated website; the other initiatives are described here as ongoing research directions, not separate companies or commercial products.

INITIATIVE 01

O²-RAN

Orbital Open Radio Access Network

Research into open radio access network architectures for non-terrestrial networks and space-based edge computing, connecting intelligent satellite communications with distributed infrastructure.

Satellite networksO-RAN6G NTNSpace edge computing
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INITIATIVE 02

Space Data Centers

Computing infrastructure beyond Earth

Investigating next-generation orbital computing infrastructure, distributed space-based AI systems, energy-efficient data processing, and reliable space–ground computing.

Orbital data centersSpace AI infrastructureDistributed computing
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INITIATIVE 03

Agentic AI for Chip Design

AI-native hardware design automation

Developing approaches using large language models, autonomous agents, and automated reasoning across architecture, RTL generation, verification, synthesis, testing, and design optimization.

Agentic EDALLMs for chip designAutonomous design flows
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INITIATIVE 04

Custom AI Accelerators & Microelectronics

Bespoke AI computing architectures

Exploring custom AI chips and chiplet-based architectures for foundation-model and edge-AI computing, with in-memory computing, neuromorphic approaches, silicon photonics, and heterogeneous integration.

Custom siliconChiplet-based acceleratorsIn-memory computingAdvanced integration
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