Biography

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Aug ’11 - Dec ’18
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

American University of Beirut

Sep ’07 - Jun ’11
B.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minor in Business Administration

American Community School at Beirut

Sep ’92 - Jun ’07
Lebanese Baccalaureate in Life Sciences

Experience

Department of Computer Science, American University of Beirut

Jan ’19 - present
Assistant Professor

IMPACT Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Aug ’11 - Dec’18
Research Assistant

NVIDIA Research

May ’17 - Aug ’17
Research Intern

Hewlett-Packard Labs

May ’15 – Jul ’15 (full-time), Aug ’15 – May ’16 (part-time)
Research Associate

Multicoreware Inc.

May ’12 - Jul ’12
Software Engineer

Murex

Jun ’10 – Sep ’10
Software Engineer

Awards and Recognitions

Dan Vivoli Endowed Fellowship, Illinois

Aug ’17
Awarded to a student from the ECE department conducting research on GPUs for parallel computing.

Distinguished Graduate Award, AUB

Jun ’11
Awarded to one graduating student from each major who demonstrates high academic achievement, outstanding character, and contribution to the department.

Record GPA, AUB

Jun ’11
Ranked 2nd highest cumulative GPA among all graduating undergraduates in digitally recorded AUB history which spans two decades since graduation.

Walter Prosser Award of Excellence, ACS

Jun ’07
The most prestigious school award prized to a single graduating senior who has demonstrated academic distinction and commitment to community service.

Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement, ACS

Jun ’07
Awarded to graduating seniors that have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.

Paper Awards

HPEC Graph Challenge Honorable Mention

Sep ’20

IPDPS Best Poster Runner Up

May ’18

HiPEAC Paper Award

Jun ’16
For SpaceJMP paper published at ASPLOS’16.

CGO Best Paper Runner Up

Feb ’15