Dr. Martín Abadi
Mérouane Debbah MEMBERS
Professor, Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi
Madrid, Spain
More Info
  • 2023
  • Electronics and Electrical Engineering (E.E.E.)
More Info
  • 2023
  • Electronics and Electrical Engineering (E.E.E.)
Election Remark
Mérouane Debbah is a researcher, educator and technology entrepreneur.

Over his career, he has founded several public and industrial research centers, start-ups and is now professor at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and founding director of the Khalifa University 6G Research Center.

He is a frequent keynote speaker at international events in the field of telecommunication and AI.

His research has been lying at the interface of fundamental mathematics, algorithms, statistics, information and communication sciences with a special focus on random matrix theory and learning algorithms.
 
In the AI field, he is known for his work on large language models, distributed AI systems for networks and semantic communications.

He received multiple prestigious distinctions, prizes and best-paper awards (more than 40 IEEE best-paper awards) for his contributions to both fields and according to research.com is ranked as the best scientist in France in the field of electronics and electrical engineering.

In 2023, he was elected as member of the European Academy of Engineering.
 
2021 EURASIP Best Paper Award
2019 IEEE Communications Society Young Author Best Paper Award
2017 EURASIP Best Paper Award
2015 IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize