• Concordia Merit Scholarship - PhD

• Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence - PhD

• Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence - MASc

• Six Academic Recognition: Dean’s List - Notre Dame University

Conference Papers

• A. Aoun, M. Masadeh, O. Hasan and S. Tahar: Arithmetic Calculus Modeling for Approximate Circuits ; Proc. IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM’24), Doha, Qatar, December 2024, pp. 1-6.


• A. Aoun, M. Masadeh and S. Tahar: Machine Learning Based Memory Load Value Predictor for Multimedia Applications ; Proc. IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM’24), Doha, Qatar, December 2024, pp. 1-6.


• M. Masadeh, A. Aoun and S. Tahar: Energy-Efficient Approximate Squaring Unit ; Proc. IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM’24), Doha, Qatar, December 2024, pp. 1-5.


• A. Aoun, M. Masadeh and S. Tahar: A Machine Learning based Load Value Approximator guided by the Tightened Value Locality ; Proc. ACM 33rd Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLS-VLSI’23), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, June 2023, ACM Publications, pp. 679-684.


• [Best Paper Award] A. Aoun, M. Masadeh and S. Tahar: On the Design of Approximate Sobel Filter ; Proc. IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM’22), Casablanca, Morocco, December 2022, pp. 1-5.


• M. Masadeh, A. Aoun, O. Hasan and S. Tahar: Highly-Reliable Approximate Quadruple Modular Redundancy with Approximation-Aware Voting ; Proc. IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM’20), Irbid, Jordan, December 2020, pp. 1-4.


• M. Masadeh, A. Aoun, O. Hasan and S. Tahar: Decision Tree-based Adaptive Approximate Accelerators for Enhanced Quality ; Proc. IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon'20), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2020, pp. 1-5.


• A. Aoun, A. Iliovits, A. Kassem, P. Sakr and N. Metni: Arthro-Glove a Hybrid Bionic Glove for patients diagnosed with Arthritis, ALS and/or Dysmorphia; Proc. IEEE Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference (CIBEC'18), Cairo, Egypt, 2018, pp. 106-109.


• E. Maalouf, N. Marina, J. B. Abdo, A. Aoun, M. Hamad and A. Kassem, Asthma Irritant Monitoring; Proc. IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM'18), Sousse, Tunisia, 2018, pp. 120-123.


• A. Aoun, A. Kassem and M. Hamad, Sun Stimulator for Daylight System; Proc. IEEE International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT'18), Werdanye, Lebanon, 2018, pp. 1-4.


• A. Kassem, M. Hamad, C. El Moucary, E. Nawfal and A. Aoun, MedBed: Smart Medical Bed; Proc. IEEE International Conference on Advances in Biomedical Engineering (ICABME'17), Beirut, Lebanon, 2017, pp. 1-4.

Journal Papers

• A. Aoun, M. Masadeh, O. Hasan and S. Tahar: Design space exploration for energy-efficient approximate Sobel filter; AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications (2023): 154887

Thesis

• Alain F.M. Aoun, On the Improving of Approximate Computing Quality Assurance ; Diss. Concordia University Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2021.

Research Assistant

September 2019 - Current

Research Assistant (RA) at Hardware Verification Group (HVG), supervised by Prof. Sofiène Tahar

Marker and Programmer on Duty (POD) for COEN 6741 - Computer Architecture & Design (Graduate Course)

May 2022 - June 2024

Marker and Tutorial Leader for COEN 311 - Computer Organization and Software (Undergraduate Course)

Vice President - HVG Foundation

September 2021 - Current

Vice President of HVG Foundation (Version du nom en Français: HVG Fondation) - NEQ 1169272524

Web Master - HVG Lab

December 2019 - Current

Webmaster for HVG website

IT Admin - HVG Lab

September 2021 - Current

Managing HVG Managed Servers

Concordia University

2021 - Current

Doctorate (PhD) in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2019 - 2021

Master of Applied Science (MASc) in Electrical and Computer Engineering

MASc Thesis: On the Improving of Approximate Computing Quality Assurance

Notre Dame University

2013 - 2018

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering - ABET Accredited Program