Muhammad Shafique (M’11 – SM’16) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, in 2011. Afterwards, he established and led a highly recognized research group at KIT for several years as well as conducted impactful collaborative R&D activities across the globe. In Oct.2016, he joined the Institute of Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Informatics, Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien), Vienna, Austria as a Full Professor of Computer Architecture and Robust, Energy-Efficient Technologies. Since Sep.2020, Dr. Shafique is with the New York University (NYU), where he is currently a Full Professor and the director of eBrain Lab at the NYU-Abu Dhabi in UAE, and a Global Network Professor at the Tandon School of Engineering, NYU-New York City in USA. He is also a Co-PI/Investigator in multiple NYUAD Centers, including Center of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), Center of Cyber Security (CCS), Center for InTeractIng urban nEtworkS (CITIES), and Center for Quantum and Topological Systems (CQTS). His research interests are in AI & machine learning hardware and system-level design, brain-inspired computing, machine learning security and privacy, quantum machine learning, cognitive autonomous systems, wearable healthcare, AI for healthcare/medical imaging, energy-efficient systems, robust computing, hardware security, emerging technologies, FPGAs, MPSoCs, and embedded systems. His research has a special focus on cross-layer analysis, modeling, design, and optimization of computing and memory systems. The researched technologies and tools are deployed in application use cases from Internet-of-Things (IoT), Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), and ICT for Development (ICT4D) domains. Dr. Shafique has given several Keynotes, Invited Talks, and Tutorials, as well as organized many special sessions and workshops at premier venues. He has served as the PC Chair, General Chair, Track Chair, and PC member for several prestigious IEEE/ACM conferences. Dr. Shafique holds one U.S. patent, and has (co-)authored 6 Books, 10+ Book Chapters, 350+ papers in premier journals and conferences, and 100+ archive articles. He received the 2015 ACM/SIGDA Outstanding New Faculty Award, the AI 2000 Chip Technology Most Influential Scholar Award in 2020, 2022 and 2023, the ASPIRE AARE Research Excellence Award in 2021, six gold medals, and several best paper awards and nominations at prestigious conferences. He is a senior member of the IEEE and IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS), and a member of the ACM, SIGARCH, SIGDA, SIGBED, and HIPEAC.
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Bassem Ouni (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, in July 2013. From 2009 to 2013, he was a Lecturer with the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (Polytech Nice Engineering School and Faculty of Sciences of Nice). From September 2013 to 2014, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Eurecom, Telecom ParisTech Institute, Sophia Antipolis, France. From 2015 to 2016, he was a Research Scientist with the Institute of Technology in Aeronautics, Space and Embedded Systems (IRT-AESE), Toulouse, France. From 2017 to 2018, he was a Lead Researcher with the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K. From October 2018 to January 2022, he was a Lead Researcher with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), LIST Institute, Paris, France, and an Associate Professor/Lecturer with the University of Paris Saclay and the ESME Sudria Engineering School, Paris. Also, he managed several industrial collaborations with ARM, Airbus Group Innovation, Rolls Royce, Thales Group, Continental, and Actia Automotive Group. He is currently a Lead Researcher with the Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He co-authored many publications (book chapters, journals, and international conferences), and has organized several conferences and special sessions.
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