Scholar
Merouane Debbah
Google Scholar ID: HU5I0X4AAAAJ
KU 6G Center, Khalifa University, Centralesupelec
Citations & Impact
Citations
58,920
H-index
102
i10-index
427
Publications
20
Co-authors
138
list available
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of over 50 IEEE best-paper awards
- Holds 100 patents
- Named Louis Bachelier Fellow, AAIA Fellow, and EURASIP Fellow in 2021
- Awarded SEE Membre émérite in 2018
- Elected IEEE Fellow in 2015
- Became WWRF Fellow in 2008
- Ranked top scientist in France in electronics and electrical engineering by research.com
- Listed among '50 Leaders at the Forefront of an AI-Driven Future in the Middle East' in 2025
Background
- Researcher, educator, and technology entrepreneur
- Research lies at the intersection of fundamental mathematics, algorithms, statistics, and information and communication sciences
- Known in AI for work on large language models, distributed AI systems for networks, and semantic communications
- Pioneered key wireless technologies: small cells (4G), massive MIMO (5G), and large intelligent surfaces (6G)
- Professor at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE; founding director of the Khalifa University 6G Research Center
