Tarek Abdelzaher

Tarek Farouk A. Abdelzaher
Born	Tarek Farouk A. Abdelzaher Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian (born), American
Alma mater	Ain Shams University (B.Sc., M.Sc., Electrical & Computer Engineering) University of Michigan (Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, 1999)
Occupation(s)	Computer scientist, professor
Employer	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Known for	Real-time computing Cyber-physical systems (CPS) Social sensing and IoT
Notable work	Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Real-Time Systems (20 years)
Title	Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professor of Computer Science; Willett Faculty Scholar
Awards	Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award in Real-Time Systems (IEEE, 2012) Xerox Award for Faculty Research (2011) ACM Fellow (2019) IEEE Fellow (2021)
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Kang G. Shin
Website	https://abdelzaher.cs.illinois.edu

Tarek Farouk A. Abdelzaher is an Egyptian-born computer scientist.

Abdelzaher earned bachelor's and master's degrees in at computer and electrical engineering at Ain Shams University, ^[1] followed by a doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1999, advised by Kang G. Shin. ^[2] He is the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois. ^[3] Abdelzaher was chief editor of the Journal of Real-Time Systems for twenty years. ^[4] In 2019, Abdelzaher was awarded fellow status by the Association for Computing Machinery. ^[5] He was granted an equivalent honor by the IEEE in 2021, ^[6] "for contributions to cyber-physical systems and real-time computing." ^[7]

References

1. "CSE Colloquium Series Presents Dr. Tarek Abdelzaher". University of Nebraska Lincoln. 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
2. Tarek Abdelzaher at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
3. "Tarek Abdelzaher". University of Illinois. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
4. "Tarek Abdelzaher". Grainger College of Engineering.
5. Robertson, Colin (19 December 2019). "Abdelzaher, Chan, Karahalios, and Sundaram Honored by ACM". Grainger College of Engineering. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
6. Schmitt, Laura (21 December 2020). "Abdelzaher named 2021 IEEE Fellows". Grainger College of Engineering. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
7. "Newly elevated fellows class of 2021" (PDF). IEEE. 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.