Distinctions, Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Lecturer

  IEEE CASS Distinguished Lecturer (2026-2027)

  Selected as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) for the 2026-2027 term. This prestigious appointment was officially approved by the IEEE CASS Board of Governors in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field. Through this program, Prof. Ben Abdallah will share advanced research insights—particularly in neuromorphic engineering, 3D-ICs, and brain-inspired computing—with IEEE chapters, academic institutions, and industry professionals around the globe.

• Books & Achievements

  "Neuromorphic Computing Principles and Organization" by Abderazek Ben Abdallah, Khanh N. Dang made it to BookAuthority's Best Neuromorphic Computing Books of All Time.
  Link: BookAuthority Award Page
  

• Society Memberships

  Elected Full member of the Sigma Xi, July 8, 2025

  Elected as a full member of Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society). Membership is by invitation for researchers making significant contributions to science.

  
  Senior Member, IEEE since 2014
  
  Senior Member, ACM since 2016
  

• National Honors and Strategic Appointments

  National President Award for Best Tunisian Researcher Living Abroad, 2010

  This highly prestigious national prize is awarded annually to the best researcher living abroad. The award was presented by the Prime Minister, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Tunisia, at a formal ceremony following a rigorous selection process by a national committee. Prof. Ben Abdallah received this top honor in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science and technology, specifically for his research in information systems and biomedical applications.

  
  Member, Prime Minister's High-Level Committee for Science and Technology (2009-2011)

  Responsible for the ICT Working Group under the Prime Minister’s Office. Prof. Ben Abdallah provided high-level guidance and policy recommendations to strengthen Tunisia’s science and technology ecosystem. The committee focused on shaping national strategies to foster innovation and digital transformation to drive sustainable economic growth.
  [Read more details at Leaders Magazine (in French)]

  
  Letters of Appreciation

  • Letter of Appreciation from the Ambassador of Tunisia to Tokyo, H.E. Nouredine Hached (2009): Recognition for diplomatic and academic contributions bridging Japan and Tunisia.
  • Letter of Appreciation from the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, H.E. Lazhar Bououni (2009): Recognition for excellence in scientific research and international collaboration.

• Invited Lecturer / Professor

  Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2024-), Kyoto Institute of Technology (2022-), HUST China (2011-2016), African University of Science and Technology (2008-2016), HKUST (2010-2013).

  

• Conference & Best Paper Awards

  Best Student Paper Award (ICET 2023) J. Wang, K. N. Dang, A. Ben Abdallah, “Scaling Deep-Learning Pneumonia Detection Inference on a Reconfigurable Self-Contained Hardware Platform”, May 12-15, 2023.
  Best Paper Award (ETLTC 2021) S. Phea et al., "Optimization and Implementation of a Collaborative Learning Algorithm for an AI-Enabled Real-time Biomedical System," Jan 27-30, 2021.
  Best Student Paper Award (UNET 2021) O. M. Ikechukwu et al., “Energy-efficient Spike-based Scalable Architecture for Next-generation Cognitive AI Computing Systems,” May 19–22, 2021.
  Best Paper Award (IEEE BigComp 2019) T. H. Vu, A. Ben Abdallah, "A Low-latency K-means based Multicast Routing Algorithm for 3D Spiking Neuromorphic Chips," Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2019.
  Best Presentation Award (FAN 2009) M. Masuda, A. Canedo, A. Ben Abdallah, ”Efficient Code Generation Algorithm for Natural Instruction Level Parallelism-aware Queue Architecture”, Sept. 2009.
  Best Paper Award (PDCAT 2007) A. Canedo, A. Ben Abdallah, M. Sowa, "New Code Generation Algorithm for QueueCore - An Embedded Processor with High ILP," Dec. 3-6, 2007.