Abbas El Gamal | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cairo University; Stanford University |
| Known for | Network information theory, FPGA, digital imaging devices and systems |
| Awards | 2016 IEEE Hamming Medal, 2012 Shannon Award, Member of the NAE, IEEE Life Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering, information theory, integrated circuits |
| Thesis | Results in Multi-user Information Theory |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas M. Cover |
| Doctoral students | Elif Uysal |
| Website | isl |
Abbas El Gamal (born May 30, 1950) is an Egyptian-American electrical engineer, educator and entrepreneur. He is best known for his contributions to network information theory, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and CMOS imaging sensors and systems.[1][2] He is the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. He has founded, co-founded and served on the board of directors and technical advisory boards of several semiconductor, EDA, and biotechnology startup companies.[3]
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