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Khaled B. Letaief

Khaled B. Letaief is a Tunisian academic who is the New Bright Professor of Engineering and Chair Professor at the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong.[1] His research lies in the general area of wireless communications and networks, with research interests in AI and machine learning, mobile cloud and edge computing, tactile internet, and 6G systems.[2] He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 2003,[3] and an international member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE) since 2021.[4]

Khaled B. Letaief
Born1962
Nabeul, Tunisia
Education
Known forWireless communications
Awards
  • IEEE Edwin H. Armstrong Achievement Award
  • IEEE Marconi Award in Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Harold Sobol Award
  • IEEE Joseph LoCicero Publications Exemplary Award
  • Purdue University Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award
  • National President Award for Best Tunisian Researcher Living Abroad
Scientific career
Institutions
Websiteece.hkust.edu.hk/eekhaled

Early life and education

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Letaief was born in Nabeul, Tunisia in 1962.[5] In 1981, he was among 200 high school graduates given scholarships by the Tunisian government for undergraduate studies in the USA.[6] He received the BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana in December 1984.[7] He then received the MS and PhD Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the same university, in August 1986, and May 1990, respectively.[7] He has also received a PhD Honoris Causa from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2022.[8]

Career

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Letaief started his academic career at the University of Melbourne in 1990, and was a lecturer/assistant professor there for three years.[citation needed] He joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) as an assistant professor in 1993, became an associate professor in 1996, a full professor in 2001, a chair professor in 2005, and since 2019, the New Bright Professor of Engineering.[9]

While at HKUST, he has been Senior Advisor to the President,[10] Acting Provost,[11] Head of the Electronic and Computer Engineering department, Director of the Wireless IC Design Center, and Director of the Hong Kong Telecom Institute of Information Technology.[12] He has also served as the Dean of Engineering.[12]

From 2015 to 2018, Letaief joined Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) as Provost to help establish a research-intensive university in Qatar in partnership with Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell, and Texas A&M.[13][14]

Letaief is a Member of the IEEE Board of Directors,[15] and has been IEEE Communications Society Vice-President for Conferences, Chair of IEEE Committee on Wireless Communications, elected member of IEEE Product Services and Publications Board, and IEEE Communications Society Vice-President for Technical Activities.[16] He also served as President of the IEEE Communications Society (2018-19).[15]

Letaief served as a consultant for Huawei, ASTRI, ZTE, Nortel, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Motorola.[17] He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and has served on the editorial board of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications – Wireless Series.[18] He has also been the General Chair of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), and IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), etc. [19]

National academies and fellowship

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Awards

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  • 2007 IEEE Joseph LoCicero Publications Exemplary Award[26]
  • 2009 IEEE Marconi Prize Award in Wireless Communications[27]
  • 2010 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award[28]
  • 2011 IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award[29]
  • 2011 IEEE Communications Society Harold Sobol Award[30]
  • 2016 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award[31]
  • 2016 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications[27]
  • 2017 IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks Publication Award[32]
  • 2018 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award[33]
  • 2019 Distinguished Research Excellence Award by HKUST School of Engineering (Highest research award and only one recipient/3 years is honored for his/her contributions)[34]
  • 2019 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award[35]
  • 2021 IEEE Technical Committee on Cognitive Networks Recognition Award[36]
  • 2021 IEEE Communications Society Best Survey Paper Award[37]
  • 2022 IEEE Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award[38]
  • 2024 Purdue University Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award[39]

Publications, patents, and grants

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Letaief has co-authored several books and book chapters, including Stochastic Geometry Analysis of Multi-Antenna Wireless Networks.[40] He has authored and co-authored over 700 journal and conference papers with over 52,600 citations and an h-index of 100 according to Google Scholar (as of May 2024). He also holds 15 inventions, including 11 US patents.[41] In addition, he has launched and led several multi-university research projects, including the project manager and the principal investigator of the Area of Excellence Scheme of the Hong Kong Research Grant Council (a flagship project with a funding of HKD 87,304,000).[42][43]

References

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  1. ^ "New Bright Professorship in Engineering, Professor Khaled Ben Letaief, Chair Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering".
  2. ^ "Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF Elected to Indian National Academy of Engineering _ HKUST School of Engineering".
  3. ^ "IEEE Fellows 2003".
  4. ^ "NAE Website - Professor Khaled Ben Letaief".
  5. ^ "Importance sampling simulation of the stack algorithm with application to sequential decoding - ProQuest". ProQuest 303889475.
  6. ^ "Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF Shares the Joy of His High-Achieving Career _ HKUST School of Engineering".
  7. ^ a b "Dr. Khaled Ben Letaief - Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University".
  8. ^ "UJ BESTOWS HONORARY DOCTORAL DEGREE ON INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PROF KHALED BEN LETAIEF _ UJ News".
  9. ^ "Khaled BEN LETAIEF 李德富 _ HKUST School of Engineering".
  10. ^ "Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF Honored with 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award by Purdue University _ HKUST School of Engineering".
  11. ^ "University of Johannesburg Bestowed Honorary Doctoral Degree on Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF _ HKUST School of Engineering".
  12. ^ a b "CV" (PDF).
  13. ^ "HBKU Provost, Dr. Khaled Letaief, Elected President of IEEE". 20 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF Honored with 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award by Purdue University _ HKUST School of Engineering".
  15. ^ a b "Khaled B. Letaief | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  16. ^ "DR. KHALED B. LETAIEF, FIEEE, FHKAES, FHKIE Resume" (PDF).
  17. ^ "Dr. Khaled B. Letaief Website".
  18. ^ "2019 IEEE Communications Society and Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award". IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 66: 3–4. 2020. doi:10.1109/TIT.2019.2955608.
  19. ^ "DR. KHALED B. LETAIEF, FIEEE, FHKAES, FHKIE Resume" (PDF).
  20. ^ "Professor Khaled Ben Letaief". NAE Website.
  21. ^ "Fellows | HKAES". www.hkaes.org.
  22. ^ "The National Academy of Sciences, India Elected Fellows of the Year 2022" (PDF).
  23. ^ "Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF Elected to Indian National Academy of Engineering | HKUST School of Engineering". seng.hkust.edu.hk.
  24. ^ "DR. KHALED B. LETAIEF, FIEEE, FHKAES, FHKIE Resume" (PDF).
  25. ^ "IEEE Fellows 2003 | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  26. ^ "IEEE Communications Society Joseph LoCicero Award for Exemplary Service to Publications | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  27. ^ a b "IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  28. ^ "2010 Electrical & Computer Engineering Awards". Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University.
  29. ^ "Prof. Ross MURCH Won IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award 2023 | HKUST School of Engineering". seng.hkust.edu.hk.
  30. ^ "IEEE Communications Society Harold Sobol Award for Exemplary Service to Meetings & Conferences | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  31. ^ "Award Recipients". 16 December 2015.
  32. ^ "IEEE ComSoc TCCN Publication Award 2017 – IEEE Communications Society Cognitive Networks Technical Committee".
  33. ^ "2018 IEEE Signal Processing Society Awardees". 20 December 2018.
  34. ^ "SENG Research Excellence | HKUST School of Engineering". seng.hkust.edu.hk.
  35. ^ "The IEEE Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  36. ^ "IEEE ComSoc TCCN Recognition Award 2021 – IEEE Communications Society Cognitive Networks Technical Committee".
  37. ^ "2021 IEEE Communications Society Paper Awards Recipients | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  38. ^ "IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Achievement Award | IEEE Communications Society". www.comsoc.org.
  39. ^ "Prof. Khaled B. LETAIEF Honored with 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award by Purdue University | HKUST School of Engineering". seng.hkust.edu.hk.
  40. ^ Yu, Xianghao; Li, Chang; Zhang, Jun; Letaief, Khaled B. (2019). Stochastic Geometry Analysis of Multi-Antenna Wireless Networks. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-5880-7. ISBN 978-981-13-5879-1.
  41. ^ "Khaled B. Letaief".
  42. ^ "Areas of Excellence Scheme - Tenth Round Exercise Funding Results". www.ugc.edu.hk.
  43. ^ "Areas of Excellence Scheme - Tenth Round Layman Summaries of Projects Funded". www.ugc.edu.hk.
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