Dr. Asadinia joined CSUN, in the Department of Computer Science. Before joining CSUN, she held positions as an Assistant Professor at both Cal Poly Humboldt University and Bradley University. From 2017 to 2020, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the ECE Department at Oregon State University and University of Arkansas.
Dr. Asadinia leads the Modern Computing and Communication Architectures (MOCCA) Lab at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Her research interests include advanced computer architecture, AI and machine learning, processing-in-memory/near-memory, and Network-on-Chip (NoC) designs. She has also published a book in Elsevier's Advances in Computers series, focusing on Durable Phase-Change Memory (PCM) technology.
Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and industry partners such as Caterpillar Inc. She has received several awards and recognitions for her research and scholarly contributions, including the Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award from the Engineers’ Council in 2026, the Best Paper Award at IEEE CCWC 2026, the Best Presentation Award at IEEE AIIoT 2025, the Faculty Research and Professional Development in Innovation Award in 2025, the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Award in 2025, the Outstanding Research Competition Award at Cal Poly Humboldt in 2023, the Best Poster Award at the CCSC NW Conference in 2022, and the Best Award at IEEE CVPR in 2018.
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Postdoctoral Computer Science and Computer Engineering 2020, University of Arkansas
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Postdoctoral Computer Science and Computer Engineering 2017, Oregon State University
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Ph.D. Computer Engineering 2016, Sharif University of Technology
