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Merouane Debbah
Khalifa University, Professor Center Director Computer and Information Engineering
Speaker Bio
Merouane Debbah is professor at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and founding director of the Khalifa University 6G Research Center. His research has been lying at the interface of fundamental mathematics, algorithms, statistics, information and communication sciences with a special focus on random matrix theory and learning algorithms. In the AI field, he is known for his work on large language models, distributed AI systems for networks and semantic communications. In the communication field, he has been at the heart of the development of small cells (4G), massive MIMO(5G) and large intelligent surfaces (6G) technologies. He received more than 50 IEEE best-paper awards and 100 patents for his contributions to both fields. He was named in 2025 as one of the "50 Leaders at the Forefront of an AI-Driven Future in the Middle East".