Abbas El Gamal

Affiliation:

Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Packard Building, Rm 262
350 Serra Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94301

Biography:

Abbas El Gamal received his B.Sc Honors degree from Cairo University in 1972, the M.S. in Statistics and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1977 and 1978, respectively. From 1978 to 1980 he was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at USC. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1981, where is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Information Systems Laboratory. His research interests and contributions are in the areas of multiple user information theory, distributed information processing, networks, digital imaging, and integrated circuit design. He has contributed over 180 papers and 30 patents in these areas.  He has received several honors and awards for his work including the Inform 2004 paper award. He served on several ISIT program committees and recently as Guest Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory special issue on Relaying and Cooperation. He has cofounded and served on the board of directors and advisory boards of several Silicon Valley companies.

Research Interests:

• Shannon Theory

Awards Received:

• Claude E. Shannon Award (2012)

Participation & Positions:

Awards Committee (Ex-Officio, 2012)
Board of Governors (Second Vice President, 2012)
Membership and Chapters Committee (Ex-Officio and Chair, 2012)
Board of Governors (01/01/12 until 12/31/14)
Claude E. Shannon Award Selection Committee (Ex-officio, 2012)
Claude E. Shannon Award Selection Committee (Member, 2010)
Board of Governors (01/01/09 until 12/31/11)