Ali Hajimiri
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Ali Hajimiri is an Iranian-American electrical engineer and Caltech professor renowned for his pioneering work in integrated circuits, phased-array systems, and high-frequency electronics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ali Hajimiri canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1675649 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ali Hajimiri Context triple: [Sharif University of Technology, hasNotableAlumni, Ali Hajimiri]
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A.
Karim Khalili
Karim Khalili is an Afghan politician and former vice president who served as a prominent Hazara leader and key figure in the anti-Taliban resistance.
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B.
Kaveh Khosrowshahi
Kaveh Khosrowshahi is a businessman and member of the prominent Khosrowshahi family, known in part for his familial connection to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
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C.
Eli Samaha
Eli Samaha is an American film producer known for financing and producing a range of Hollywood genre films, often through independent and mid-budget studio projects.
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D.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American business executive best known as the CEO of Uber and former CEO of Expedia Group.
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E.
Ramin Toloui
Ramin Toloui is an American economist and former global co-head of emerging markets at PIMCO who has served in senior international economic policy roles in the U.S. government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ali Hajimiri Target entity description: Ali Hajimiri is an Iranian-American electrical engineer and Caltech professor renowned for his pioneering work in integrated circuits, phased-array systems, and high-frequency electronics.
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A.
Karim Khalili
Karim Khalili is an Afghan politician and former vice president who served as a prominent Hazara leader and key figure in the anti-Taliban resistance.
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B.
Kaveh Khosrowshahi
Kaveh Khosrowshahi is a businessman and member of the prominent Khosrowshahi family, known in part for his familial connection to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
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C.
Eli Samaha
Eli Samaha is an American film producer known for financing and producing a range of Hollywood genre films, often through independent and mid-budget studio projects.
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D.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American business executive best known as the CEO of Uber and former CEO of Expedia Group.
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E.
Ramin Toloui
Ramin Toloui is an American economist and former global co-head of emerging markets at PIMCO who has served in senior international economic policy roles in the U.S. government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian-American
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electrical engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ person ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Sharif University of Technology
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Caltech ASCIT Teaching Award
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IBM Faculty Partnership Award ⓘ IEEE Fellow ⓘ Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program ⓘ
surface form:
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Okawa Foundation Research Grant ⓘ TR35 award ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Pasadena
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surface form:
Pasadena, California
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| citizenship |
Iran
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| degree |
B.S. in electronics engineering
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M.S. in electrical engineering ⓘ Ph.D. in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sharif University of Technology
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| employer | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
RF circuits
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analog integrated circuits ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ high-frequency electronics ⓘ integrated circuits ⓘ mixed-signal integrated circuits ⓘ phased-array systems ⓘ photonics ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
frequency synthesis
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integrated photonics ⓘ millimeter-wave systems ⓘ oscillator phase noise ⓘ phased-array antennas ⓘ power transfer using microwaves ⓘ space-based solar power ⓘ terahertz electronics ⓘ |
| memberOf | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| name | Ali Hajimiri self-link ⓘ |
| nationality |
Iranian American
ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian-American
|
| notableWork |
contributions to space-based solar power phased-array systems
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pioneering work on integrated phased-array transceivers in CMOS ⓘ research on time-varying and non-linear RF systems ⓘ work on high-frequency and millimeter-wave integrated circuits ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of electrical engineering ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering at Caltech
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co-director of the Caltech Space-Based Solar Power Project ⓘ |
| title | Fellow of the IEEE ⓘ |
| workInstitution | California Institute of Technology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ali Hajimiri Description of subject: Ali Hajimiri is an Iranian-American electrical engineer and Caltech professor renowned for his pioneering work in integrated circuits, phased-array systems, and high-frequency electronics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.