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Professional Activities

Leadership, Governance & Global Outreach7

• Founder and Standing Chair, MCSoC Forum — a premier global forum advancing multicore systems and intelligent computing technologies.
• Contributor, IEEE P3722 — Responsible AI in Higher Education Standard.
• Vice Chair of the National High School PC Contest (PC‑Koshien) Steering Committee, 2026~. PC‑Koshien is a nationwide ICT competition for high school and technical college students, jointly organized by the University of Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, and the National High School PC Contest Executive Committee.
• International Skill Development: Leading initiatives for inclusive education in Neuromorphic Computing and AI via JICA (Japan) grassroots project, Tunisia (2023–2025)
• Distinguished University Professor Committee (2024) & Faculty Promotion External Reviewer (2026), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
• Government Advisory: Strategic advisory for national science and technology policies in Tunisia.
• Global Professorships: Visiting Professorships at HUST (China), AUST (Nigeria), and HKUST (Hong Kong).

Editorial Boards8

• IEEE Computer (2025–Present)
• IEEE Network (2025–2027)
• Neuromorphic Engineering, Frontiers in Neuroscience (2025–Present)
• Journal Intelligence & Robotics, OAE Publishing (2025–Present)
• Journal of Embedded Systems (2015–2020)

• Guest Editor: IEEE Computer, Special Issue on Convergence in Neuromorphic Systems (2025–2026)
• Topic Editor: Computational Neuromorphic Imaging, Frontiers in Neuroscience (2025–Present)
• Guest Editor: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (2014)

Conference & Program Leadership17

• 2004–Present: Standing/Steering Committee Chair, IEEE MCSoC Symposium Series
• 2026: Session Chair (CAS Education and Outreach: Teaching Methods and Tools), ISCAS 2026, Shanghai, Dec. 24–27, 2026
• 2025: Program Co-Chair, ICCSD 2025, Shanghai, China
• 2025: Program Chair, STA'2025, Hammamet, Tunisia
• 2025: Program Chair, ICEDA 2025, Shenzhen, China
• 2024: Program Chair, ICEDA 2024
• 2021–2025: Core Program Committee Member, ETLTC ACM Chapter Conference, Japan
• 2020: General Chair, IEEE MCSoC 2021
• 2017: General Chair, IEEE MCSoC 2017
• 2012: Program Co-Chair, Engineering Parallel and Multicore Systems, Italy
• 2009: Publication Chair, FCST 2009, Shanghai
• 2009: Program Chair, IEEE Embedded Software and Systems, Hangzhou
• 2007: General Chair, Embedded Single and Multicore SoCs, ICPP-2007, China
• 2006: Steering Chair, SoC and MCSoC Workshop, Indonesia
• 2006: General Chair, High-Performance Scientific Computing, Ohio, USA
• 2005: Program Co-Chair, CDES-05, Las Vegas
• 2004: Program Chair, JT-CSIT 2004, Tokyo, Japan

Society Memberships8

• Full Member, Sigma Xi – The Scientific Research Honor Society (Class of 2025)
• Senior Member, IEEE; Senior Member, ACM
• Member, IEEE Computer Society
• Member, IEEE Systems Council
• Member, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS)
• Member, IEEE CASS — Circuits and Systems Education and Outreach (CASEO) Technical Committee
• Member, IEEE CASS — VLSI Systems and Applications (VSA) Technical Committee
• Member, IEEE EDS — Neuromorphics Technical Committee, Electron Devices Society

Advisory & Grant Review Service9

• 2026/06: Reviewer, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria.
• 2025/12: Reviewer, Dutch Research Council (NWO), Netherlands — KIC Long-term Programmes.
• 2022–present: Advisory Board Member, Research Center for Advanced Information Science & Technology, University of Aizu, Japan.
• 2018/04: Reviewer, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Austria.
• 2017–2018: Ph.D. Review Committee, University of Otago, New Zealand.
• 2016/03: Reviewer, Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong.
• 2014–2015: Ph.D. Review Committee, Murdoch University, Australia.
• 2010–2013: Member, Scientific Innovation Council, TELNET Co. Ltd., Tunisia.
• 2009–2011: Member, High-Level Committee for Science and Technology, Office of the Prime Minister, Tunisia.

International Journals (Refereeing)20

• IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence
• IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
• IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
• IEEE Internet of Things Journal
• IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
• Frontiers in Neuroscience
• IEICE Transactions
• IEEE Transactions on Computers
• IEEE Micro
• IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I
• IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
• IEEE Access
• IEEE Transactions on CAD of Integrated Circuits and Systems
• ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems
• Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
• IET Journal of Circuits, Devices & Systems
• Journal of Supercomputing
• Integration: The VLSI Journal
• Journal of Artificial Life and Robotics

Major International Conferences (TPC Member)20

• International VLSI Symposium on Technology, Systems and Applications (VLSI‑TSA 2027), April 12–16, 2027, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• IEEE ISCAS 2026, Shanghai, China
• IEEE Symposium on Low-Power Chips (COOLChips), 2010–2022
• IEEE ISCAS, Daegu, Korea, 2021
• STA 2020, Monastir, Tunisia
• NBiS 2013, Gwangju, Korea
• ComComAp 2013, HKUST, Hong Kong
• IEEE COOL Chips (XI, XIV, XIII), 2010–2013
• FAN 2009, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan
• MCSoC 2009, Vienna, Austria
• IEEE 8th Conf. Embedded Computing, China
• IEEE 9th Conf. Computational Science, Brazil
• IIHCI 2008 – Intelligent Interfaces
• ICESS 2008, Chengdu, China
• IFIP Conf. Embedded & Ubiquitous Computing
• ESO 2007, Taipei, 2007
• International Conference on Intelligent Pervasive Computing
• CCN 2006, Communications and Computer Networks
• EUC 2005, Nagasaki, Japan
• VLSI 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada
• PDPTA 2004, USA

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