Personal Info
- Country of residence: United States
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Born in Tulkarm, Palestine.
BS in EE, Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), August 1983.
Ph.D in EE, Rice University (Houston, TX), May 1987
Assistant Professor (without tenure) in EECS, MIT, 1987-1991
Associate Professor (without tenure) in EECS, MIT 1991-1992
Visiting Associate Professor, Caltech, 1993
Finmeccanica Associate Professor, MIT 1992-1995
Associate Professor with tenure in EECS, MIT 1994-1998
Professor in EECS, MIT 1998-present
Associate Depratment Head of EECS (2011-Present).
Acting Director, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT Sept 2010-2011
Associate Director, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT 2008-2010
Leadership Positions:
Founding Director of Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (2015-Present)
Interim Director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (2014)
Acting Director of Engineering Systems Division(2013-Present)
Director Designate of a new Entity (2013-Present)
Associate Department Head of EECS (2011-2013).
Chair of the Committee on Discipline (2012-2014)
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT (2010-2011): Acting Director, Responsible for intellectual strategic planning, fund raising, junior faculty development, space management, and maintaining the growth of the Lab.
Area 1 Chair MIT (2006-2009): Chairman of "Systems and Control, Communication, and Signal Processing", EECS, MIT. Responsible for academic offerings, graduate students, admission, and strategic plan for the Area.
Personnel Committee, EECS (2004-2010): Member of the standing committee for promotion and tenure of junior faculty, EECS, MIT.
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