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Mohamed S. Abdelfattah

Mohamed S. Abdelfattah is an AI systems researcher who studies how software and hardware can make AI systems more efficient. He completed a PhD at the University of Toronto, worked at Intel and Samsung, and joined Cornell Tech in 2022, where the Abdelfattah Research Group formed alongside his work in deep learning and hardware-software co-design. His research on large language model inference earned an NSF CAREER Award in 2024, and he co-founded Makora, which raised $8.5 million in seed funding in 2025. As of October 2026, he is an assistant professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Engineering; Makora has received a $1.75 million award to make AI faster and less costly to run.

Now at
Cornell University and Makora
Works
53
Citations
1,182
h-index
17
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 27 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2015

    “Take the highway” wins FPGA

    In 2015, he coauthors “Take the highway: Design for embedded NoCs on FPGAs” with Andrew Bitar and Vaughn Betz and receives the FPGA symposium’s Best Paper Award.

  2. August 2016

    PhD and Intel’s FPGA group

    In August 2016, he defends his PhD at the University of Toronto and starts work at Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group in Toronto. His other degrees are a B.Sc. from the German University in Cairo and an M.Sc. from the University of Stuttgart.

  3. January 2019

    Samsung AI Center in Cambridge

    In January 2019, he moves to the UK and starts work at the Samsung AI Center in Cambridge, where he leads a team focused on hardware-aware automated machine learning.

  4. January 2022

    Joining Cornell Tech

    In January 2022, he moves to New York City and starts at Cornell Tech. The Abdelfattah Research Group forms at Cornell University’s Cornell Tech campus, and his research interests include deep learning systems, automated machine learning, hardware-software co-design and reconfigurable computing.

  5. 2024

    An NSF CAREER Award

    In 2024, he receives an NSF CAREER Award for research to improve large language model efficiency. The five-year project studies efficient LLM inference through adaptable software partitioning and FPGA-based distributed hardware.

  6. August 2025

    Makora raises seed funding

    By August 2025, he is a co-founder of Makora, which raises $8.5 million in seed funding to improve AI computing efficiency on graphics processing units.

  7. As of October 2026

    Cornell role and Makora award

    He is an assistant professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Engineering and a co-founder of Makora. In October 2026, the company receives a $1.75 million award from the NSF-supported STRIDE Ventures AI Efficiency Challenge to deploy its technology with data-center providers.

Career

  1. NowCornell UniversityAssistant professor
  2. NowMakoraCo-founder
  3. From 2022Cornell University
  4. From 2019SamsungTeam leader
  5. From 2016Intel

Education

  1. 2016University of TorontoPhD
  2. German University in CairoB.Sc.
  3. University of StuttgartM.Sc.

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Publications | Mohamed S. Abdelfattah mohsaied.com. Checked 27 October 2026.
  2. Mohamed S. Abdelfattah mohsaied.com. Checked 27 October 2026.
  3. Cornell Tech - Mohamed Abdelfattah tech.cornell.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  4. Abdelfattah Research Group at Cornell University abdelfattah-lab.github.io. Checked 27 October 2026.
  5. Six early-career professors win NSF development awards news.cornell.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  6. Mohamed Abdelfattah Receives Prestigious NSF Award in Support of Early-Career Faculty tech.cornell.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  7. Makora, a Faculty-Led Startup Based at Cornell Tech, Raises $8.5 Million tech.cornell.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  8. Cornell Tech Professor’s Startup Receives $1.75 Million to Improve AI Efficiency tech.cornell.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.