High Performance Multiprocessor Architecture Design Methodology for Application-Specific Embedded Systems. - Syed Saif Abrar (HiPC, 2002)

Cycle-Accurate Energy Model and Source-Independent Characterization Methodology for Embedded Processors. - Syed Saif Abrar (VLSI Design, 2004)

Novel source-independent characterization methodology for embedded software energy estimation and optimization. - Syed Saif Abrar (J. Syst. Archit., 2005)

Functional Refinement: A Generic Methodology for Managing ESL Abstractions. - Syed Saif Abrar; Aravinda Thimmapuram (VLSI Design, 2010)

Extensible open-source framework for translating RTL VHDL IP cores to SystemC. - Syed Saif Abrar; Maksim Jenihhin; Jaan Raik (DDECS, 2013)

Performance analysis of cosimulating processor core in VHDL and SystemC. - Syed Saif Abrar; Maksim Jenihhin; Jaan Raik; Shyam Kiran A.; C. Babu (ICACCI, 2013)

Simulation Model of IBM-Watson Intelligent System for Early Software Development. - Syed Saif Abrar; Rajesh K. Arumugam (UKSim, 2013)

SystemC-Based Loose Models for Simulation Speed-Up by Abstraction of RTL IP Cores. - Syed Saif Abrar; Maksim Jenihhin; Jaan Raik (DDECS, 2015)

FSMD RTL design manipulation for clock interface abstraction. - Syed Saif Abrar; Maksim Jenihhin; Jaan Raik (ICACCI, 2015)

Addressing verification challenges of heterogeneous systems based on IBM POWER9. - Klaus-Dieter Schubert; Syed Saif Abrar; Duane Averill; Ellen Bauman; Aaron C. Brown; Ron Cash; Debapriya Chatterjee; John Gullickson; Mark Nelson; Kevin A. Pasnik; Krishnan Sugavanam (IBM J. Res. Dev., 2018)