Abderazek Ben Abdallah is Regent, Dean, and Full Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Aizu in Japan. He has served on the university’s Education and Research Council since 2014 and previously led its Computer Engineering Division from 2014 to 2022. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) in Tokyo in 2002.
With more than two decades of academic leadership, Dr. Ben Abdallah’s research focuses on high-performance, energy-efficient computing systems, spanning computer architecture, neuromorphic circuits and systems, fault-tolerant on-chip networks, and embedded systems. He is the author of four books, including Neuromorphic Computing: Principles and Organization—recognized by BookAuthority in 2025 as the best neuromorphic computing book of all time—and Multicore Systems on Chip: Practical Software/Hardware Design, which has been translated into Chinese. His scholarly record includes over 160 peer-reviewed publications, 17 competitive research grants, and 17 patents (9 registered, 8 provisional). His recent innovations include leading the development of the world’s first AI-powered off-grid solar carport for renewable energy storage (2023–2025) and directing a full-cycle parallel processor design project spanning ISA design, hardware prototyping, and cycle-accurate simulation (2020–2025).
A dedicated educator, Dr. Ben Abdallah has taught a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including Computer Architecture, Logic Circuit Design, Computer Systems, and Neuromorphic Computing. He has supervised four postdoctoral fellows, eleven Ph.D. candidates, twenty-four master’s students, and more than forty bachelor’s theses, and has served as an external Ph.D. examiner for institutions such as the University of Otago (New Zealand, 2017–2018), Murdoch University (Australia, 2014–2015), and the University of Aizu (Japan). In total, he has mentored over seventy-five graduate students and postdoctoral researchers worldwide.
He has been the founding and standing chair of the IEEE MCSoC Forum since its inception (2004–present) and served as General Chair in 2017 and 2021. He serves as Associate Editor in Chief of IEEE Computer (2026–present) and as an Associate Editor for IEEE Network Magazine (2025–2027) and Frontiers in Neuroscience: Neuromorphic Engineering (2025–present), and previously served on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (2014) and the Journal of Embedded Systems (2015–2020). He was appointed Topic Editor for Computational Neuromorphic Imaging within Frontiers in Neuroscience (2025–present). He is an IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Distinguished Lecturer (2025–2026), a contributor to the IEEE P3722 Standard on Responsible AI in Higher Education (2024–2026), and a member of the IEEE CASS Technical Committee on Circuits and Systems Education and Outreach (CASEO, 2025–present). His professional service includes reviewing for leading journals such as IEEE TC, IEEE JSSC, IEEE TVLSI, and ACM JETC, and serving on program committees for IEEE ISCAS (2026), IEEE COOLChips (2010–2022), and IEEE MCSoC. He regularly reviews for major international funding agencies, including the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2016), the Austrian Science Fund (2018), and the Dutch Research Council (2025). His service record also includes participation in high-level academic and governmental committees, such as the Distinguished University Professor Committee at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (2024) and the Tunisian Prime Minister’s High-Level Committee for Science and Technology (2009–2011).
Dr. Ben Abdallah has delivered invited lectures at institutions including Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2024), Kyoto Institute of Technology (2023), and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2024). His international academic engagements also include visiting professorships at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2018–2020), the African University of Science and Technology in Abuja (2019), and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2024). He has given more than 23 keynote addresses and invited talks worldwide, with recent appearances at the Kyoto Institute of Technology (2023), the University of Electro-Communications (2024), and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (2024).
His honors include the Tunisian President Award for Scientific Research and Technology (2010), Outstanding Achievement Awards from HUST (1993, 1994), and multiple Best Paper and Best Presentation Awards at international conferences. He is a Senior Member of both IEEE (since 2014) and ACM (since 2016) and was elected a Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (Class of 2025).
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