Prof. Merouane Debbah, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
Email: merouane.debbah@ku.ac.ae
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Merouane Debbah (Fellow, IEEE) is a Professor at Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi and founding Director of the KU 6G Research Center. He is affiliated as an Adjunct Professor with the Department of the School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University. 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 Communication field, he has been at the heart of the development of small cells (4G), Massive MIMO (5G) and Large Intelligent Surfaces (6G) technologies. 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. He is an IEEE Fellow, a WWRF Fellow, an Eurasip Fellow, an AAIA Fellow, and an Institut Louis Bachelier Fellow.