
Ali Sayed
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Websites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Adaptation and learning theories, data and network sciences, statistical inference, multi-agent systems
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
- A. H. Sayed, “Adaptive Networks ,” *Proceedings of the IEEE*, vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 460-497, April 2014.
- A. H. Sayed, “Adaptation, learning, and optimization over networks,” *Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning*, vol. 7, issue 4-5, pp. 311-801, NOW Publishers, Boston-Delft, 2014.
- J. Chen, Z. J. Towfic, and A. H. Sayed, “Dictionary learning over distributed models,” *IEEE Trans. Signal Process.* vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 1001-1016, February 2015.
- X. Zhao and A. H. Sayed, “Asynchronous adaptation and learning over networks – Part I: Modeling and stability analysis,” *IEEE Trans. Signal Process.*, vol. 63, issue 4, pp. 811-826, February 2015.
- A. H. Sayed, S.-Y. Tu, J. Chen, X. Zhao, and Z. Towfic, “Diffusion strategies for adaptation and learning over networks,” *IEEE Signal Processing Magazine*, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 155-171, May 2013.
- S-Y. Tu and A. H. Sayed, “Diffusion strategies outperform consensus strategies for distributed estimation over adaptive networks,” *IEEE Trans. Signal Processing*, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 6217-6234, Dec. 2012.
- Z.J. Towfic, S.-K. Ting, and A. H. Sayed, “Clock jitter compensation in high-rate ADC circuits,” *IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing*, vol. 60, no. 11, pp. 5738-5753, November 2012.
- Q.Zou, S. Zheng, and A. H. Sayed, “Cooperative sensing via sequential detection,” *IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing*, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 6266-6283, December 2010.
- Z.Quan, S. Cui, and A. H. Sayed, ”Optimal linear cooperation for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks,” *IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing*, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 28-40, Feb. 2008.
- M.Sadek, A. Tarighat and A. H. Sayed, “A leakage-based precoding scheme for downlink multi-user MIMO channels,” *IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications*, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1711-1721, May 2007.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2018 US National Academy of Engineering
- 2017 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
- 2016 Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson Reuters
- 2015 Education Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society
- 2015 Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson Reuters
- 2015 Best Paper Award, European Association for Signal Processing
- 2014 Best Paper Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society
- 2014 Highly Cited Researcher, Thomson Reuters
- 2014 Athanasios Papoulis Award, European Association for Signal Processing
- 2013 Meritorious Service Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society
- 2013 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2013{2015 Leverhulme Professorship, United Kingdom
- 2012 Technical Achievement Award, I EEE Signal Processing Society
- 2012 Best Paper Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society.
- 2005 Frederick E. Terman Award, American Society for Engineering Education
- 2005 Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Signal Processing Society.
- 2003 Kuwait Prize in Basic Sciences, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.
- 2002 Best Paper Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society
- 2001 IEEE Fellow
- 1996 IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize