Distinctions, Honors and Awards

Updated on October 11, 2025   © A.B.A (Abderazek Ben Abdallah)

• "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: https://bookauthority.org/award/Neuromorphic-Computing-Principles-and-Organization/3030925242/best-neuromorphic-computing-books
  

• Elected Full member of the Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, July 8, 2025
  

  Prof. Ben Abdallah has been elected as a full member of the international honor society, Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society).
  Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University in 1886, and is a traditional academic society whose members have included researchers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of science, such as Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock.
  Membership is by invitation only, and researchers who have outstanding research achievements or outstanding potential are recommended and approved after a review process.
  Prof. Ben Abdallah conducts research in the areas of neuromorphic circuits and systems, advanced on-chip interconnects for 3D integrated circuits (3D-ICs), and embedded computing. His work reflects a multidisciplinary focus, integrating hardware architecture, intelligent computing, and system-level design to support the development of energy-efficient and adaptive technologies. His contributions include academic publications, collaborative projects, and a range of innovations aimed at advancing emerging computing systems and platforms.
  

• Senior Member, IEEE since 2014

• Senior Member, ACM since 2016

• President Prize for Scientific Research and Technology, Tunis, Tunisia, July 2010 (https://u-aizu.ac.jp/en/information/tunisia.html)

  Dr. Abderazek Ben Abdallah of the University of Aizu, was awarded the Presidential Prize from the Republic of Tunisia. In Tunisia, the day when the school year ends is designated as the "Knowledge Day" and the Tunisian Government honors educators and researchers who accomplish great achievements in their areas of specialization on this day. On Thursday, July 15, the Knowledge Day of this year, Dr. Abderazek Ben Abdallah was awarded the Presidential Prize of Scientific Research and Technology to honor outstanding achievements in creation and innovation of technology. He was awarded the prize for his outstanding research and development of information systems and applications in biomedical fields. The ceremony was held in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, to honor the laureates, and a testimonial was presented to Dr. Ben Abdallah by Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi on behalf of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. 

• 2009-2011, Member, High-Level Committee for Science and Technology Under the Prime Minister of the Government of Tunisia
  Prof. Abderazek Ben Abdallah was a member of the High-Level Committee for Science and Technology in Tunis, under the leadership of the Prime Minister of Tunisia. He was in charge of the ICT Working Group, advising the Tunisian government on promoting the ICT sector in the country.
  

• Outstanding Achievement Award, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, 1994

• Outstanding Achievement Award, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, 1993

• Invited Lecturer/Professor
  Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Invited lecturer, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan (2024 - present)
  Kyoto Institute of Technology, Invited Lecturer, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan (2022 - present)
  Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Visiting Professor, Invited intensive course (Course name: Parallel/Distributed System, Graduate level),  Huazhong University of Science and Technology  (HUST), Wuhan, China, 2011-2016 (Courses attended by about 80 Graduate students)
  African University of Science and Technology, Visiting Professor (Course name: Computer Systems, Graduate level), School of Computer Science, African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria, 2008-2016 (Courses attended by about 15 Graduate students)
  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Invited intensive lectures (Lectures Theme: Network-on-Chip, Graduate level), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (KUST), Hong Kong,China, 2010 - 2013 (5 lectures attended by about 40 Graduate students)

• Best Student Paper,  2023 6th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET), Chengdu, China from May 12 to May 15, 2023
  Jiangkun Wang, Khanh N. Dang and Abderazek Ben Abdallah, “Scaling Deep-Learning Pneumonia Detection Inference on a Reconfigurable Self-Contained Hardware Platform”, 2023 IEEE 6th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET), May 12-15, 2023. Best Student Paper Award.

• Best Paper Award, 3rd ETLTC2021- ACM Chapter International Conference on Information and Communications Technology", Jan 27-30, 2021.
  Sinchhean Phea, Zhishang Wang, Jiangkun Wang, Abderazek Ben Abdallah, ''Optimization and Implementation of a Collaborative Learning Algorithm for an AI-Enabled Real-time Biomedical System,'' 3rd  ETLTC2021-ACM Chapter Int. Conference  on Information and Comm. Technology, January 27-30, 2021, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, SHS Web Conf., 102 (2021) 04017, DOI: 10.1051/shsconf/202110204017  (Best Paper Award)

• Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking 2021 (UNET21), May 19 – May 22, 2021, Marrakesh, Morocco (Virtual due to COVID-19)
  Ogbodo Mark Ikechukwu, Khanh N. Dang and Abderazek Ben. Abdallah, “Energy-efficient Spike-based Scalable Architecture for Next-generation Cognitive AI Computing Systems,” Springer Lecture  Note in Computer Science (LNCS), International Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking 2021 (UNET21), May 19 – May 22, 2021, Marakesh, Morocco (Best Student Paper Award)

• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing, Kyoto, Japan, 2019
  The H. Vu, Abderazek Ben Abdallah, ''A Low-latency K-means based Multicast Routing Algorithm and Architecture for Three Dimensional Spiking Neuromorphic Chips'', IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp 2019), Kyoto, Japan, Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2019  [Best Paper Award]

• Best paper award, 5th International Conference on Broadband, Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA-2010), Fukuoka, Japan, 2010 (https://u-aizu.ac.jp/information/award-bwcca.html)
  Akram Ben Ahmed, Abderazek Ben Abdallah, K. Kuroda, ”Architecture and Design of Efficient 3D Network-on-Chip (3D NoC) for Custom Multicore SoCs”, IEEE Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Broadband, Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA-2010), Nov. 2010. [Best Paper Award]

• Best presentation award, 19th Intelligent System Symposium (FAN2009), Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, Sept. 2009 (https://u-aizu.ac.jp/en/information/e-fan2009.html)
  M. Masuda, A. Canedo, Abderazek Ben Abdallah, ”Efficient Code Generation Algorithm for Natural Instruction Level Parallelism-aware Queue Architecture”, The 19th Intelligent System Symposium (FAN 2009), pp.308-313, Sep. 2009. (Best Presentation Award). ( Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Abderazek Ben Abdallah)
  

• Best paper award, 8th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT 2007), Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 3-6, 2007
  Arquimedes Canedo, Abderazek Ben Abdallah, Masahiro Sowa, ''New Code Generation Algorithm for QueueCore - An Embedded Processor with High ILP,'' 8th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT 2007), Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 3-6, 2007 (Best Paper Award)