Albert Zomaya
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Zomaya held the CISCO Systems Chair Professor of Internetworking during the period 2002–2007 and also was Head of school for 2006–2007 in the same school. Prior to his current appointment he was a Full Professor in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the [[University of Western Australia]], where he also led the Parallel Computing Research Laboratory during the period 1990–2002. He served as Associate–, Deputy–, and Acting–Head in the same department, and held numerous visiting positions and has extensive industry involvement. Professor Zomaya received his PhD from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering,{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/acse|title=ACSE – The University of Sheffield|author=University of Sheffield|work=sheffield.ac.uk|date=10 September 2021}} [[Sheffield University]] in the United Kingdom. |
Zomaya held the CISCO Systems Chair Professor of Internetworking during the period 2002–2007 and also was Head of school for 2006–2007 in the same school. Prior to his current appointment he was a Full Professor in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the [[University of Western Australia]], where he also led the Parallel Computing Research Laboratory during the period 1990–2002. He served as Associate–, Deputy–, and Acting–Head in the same department, and held numerous visiting positions and has extensive industry involvement. Professor Zomaya received his PhD from the Department of Automatic Control and [[Systems engineering|Systems Engineering]],{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/acse|title=ACSE – The University of Sheffield|author=University of Sheffield|work=sheffield.ac.uk|date=10 September 2021}} [[Sheffield University]] in the United Kingdom. |
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Zomaya published more than 1000 scientific papers and articles and is author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He is currently the Editor in Chief of ''[[IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing]]'' and Springer's ''Scalable Computing and Communications'' and serves as an associate editor for 22 leading journals. He was past Editor in Chief of ''[[IEEE Transactions on Computers]]''. Professor Zomaya is the Founding Editor of the Wiley Book Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing.{{cite web|url=http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-611274.html|title=Wiley: Parallel and Distributed Computing Series|work=wiley.com}} |
Zomaya published more than 1000 scientific papers and articles and is author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He is currently the Editor in Chief of ''[[IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing]]'' and Springer's ''Scalable Computing and Communications'' and serves as an associate editor for 22 leading journals. He was past Editor in Chief of ''[[IEEE Transactions on Computers]]''. Professor Zomaya is the Founding Editor of the Wiley Book Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing.{{cite web|url=http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-611274.html|title=Wiley: Parallel and Distributed Computing Series|work=wiley.com}} |
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==Honors== |
==Honors== |
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Zomaya is an [[IEEE Fellow]], [[AAAS Fellow]], a [[Institution of Engineering and Technology (professional society)|Institution of Engineering and Technology Fellow]], an [[List of distinguished members of the Association for Computing Machinery|ACM Distinguished Engineer]] and a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He received the 1997 [[Edgeworth David Medal]] by the [[Royal Society of New South Wales]] for outstanding contributions to Australian Science. He is the recipient of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing Outstanding Service Award{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~tcpp/awards.php |title=IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing |work=gsu.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045303/http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~tcpp/awards.php |archive-date=29 November 2014 }} (2011), the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing Medal for Excellence in Scalable Computing{{cite web | url=https://www.ieeetcsc.org/awards/award_for_excellence | title=中学受験 社会の問題集&参考書おすすめ徹底比較ランキング!全単元をマスターできる最強の問題集はコレ【2022年最新】 | date=17 June 2024 }} (2011), and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award{{cite web|url=http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/technicalachievement|title=Technical Awards|work=computer.org|access-date=15 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007114642/http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/technicalachievement|archive-date=7 October 2014|url-status=dead}} (2014). His research interests are in the areas of [[complex systems]], [[Parallel computing|parallel and distributed computing]], and [[green computing]]. In 2019 he was awarded the NSW Premier's Prize for "Excellence in Engineering or Information and Communications Technology".{{Cite web|url=https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/premiersprizes/2019-category-winners|title=2019 Category Winners - NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer|website=www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-10-30|archive-date=29 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829214848/https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/premiersprizes/2019-category-winners|url-status=dead}} In 2020 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of New South Wales]],{{Cite web|title=Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (Z)|url=https://www.royalsoc.org.au/images/fellows-pages/RSN-Z-Fellows.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402023551/https://www.royalsoc.org.au/images/fellows-pages/RSN-Z-Fellows.html|archive-date=2021-04-02|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Royal Society of New South Wales}} while in 2022 he became a Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=Academy announces 2022 Fellows for outstanding contributions to science |url=https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/two-firsts-academy-announces-2022-fellows |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Australian Academy of Science |language=en}} |
Zomaya is an [[IEEE Fellow]], [[AAAS Fellow]], a [[Institution of Engineering and Technology (professional society)|Institution of Engineering and Technology Fellow]], an [[List of distinguished members of the Association for Computing Machinery|ACM Distinguished Engineer]] and a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He received the 1997 [[Edgeworth David Medal]] by the [[Royal Society of New South Wales]] for outstanding contributions to Australian Science. He is the recipient of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing Outstanding Service Award{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~tcpp/awards.php |title=IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing |work=gsu.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045303/http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~tcpp/awards.php |archive-date=29 November 2014 }} (2011), the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing Medal for Excellence in Scalable Computing{{cite web | url=https://www.ieeetcsc.org/awards/award_for_excellence | title=中学受験 社会の問題集&参考書おすすめ徹底比較ランキング!全単元をマスターできる最強の問題集はコレ【2022年最新】 | date=17 June 2024 }} (2011), and the [[IEEE Computer Society]] Technical Achievement Award{{cite web|url=http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/technicalachievement|title=Technical Awards|work=computer.org|access-date=15 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007114642/http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/technicalachievement|archive-date=7 October 2014|url-status=dead}} (2014). His research interests are in the areas of [[complex systems]], [[Parallel computing|parallel and distributed computing]], and [[green computing]]. In 2019 he was awarded the NSW Premier's Prize for "Excellence in Engineering or Information and Communications Technology".{{Cite web|url=https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/premiersprizes/2019-category-winners|title=2019 Category Winners - NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer|website=www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-10-30|archive-date=29 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829214848/https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/premiersprizes/2019-category-winners|url-status=dead}} In 2020 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of New South Wales]],{{Cite web|title=Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (Z)|url=https://www.royalsoc.org.au/images/fellows-pages/RSN-Z-Fellows.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402023551/https://www.royalsoc.org.au/images/fellows-pages/RSN-Z-Fellows.html|archive-date=2021-04-02|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Royal Society of New South Wales}} while in 2022 he became a Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].{{Cite web |date=2022-05-26 |title=Academy announces 2022 Fellows for outstanding contributions to science |url=https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/two-firsts-academy-announces-2022-fellows |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Australian Academy of Science |language=en}} |
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== Editing career and conferences == |
== Editing career and conferences == |
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* ''Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science'' (AAAS) for ‘distinguished contributions to the development of scheduling techniques for parallel and distributed computing and the design of parallel algorithms’ (2006) |
* ''Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science'' (AAAS) for ‘distinguished contributions to the development of scheduling techniques for parallel and distributed computing and the design of parallel algorithms’ (2006) |
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* ''Distinguished Engineer'', The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Distinguished Engineer Grade recognises those ACM members with at least 15 years of professional experience and five years of continuous Professional Membership who have achieved significant accomplishments or have made a significant impact on the computing field (2006) |
* ''Distinguished Engineer'', The [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM). The Distinguished Engineer Grade recognises those ACM members with at least 15 years of professional experience and five years of continuous Professional Membership who have achieved significant accomplishments or have made a significant impact on the computing field (2006) |
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* ''Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers'' (IEEE) for ‘contributions to the solution of scheduling problems in parallel computing systems’ (2004) |
* ''Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers'' (IEEE) for ‘contributions to the solution of scheduling problems in parallel computing systems’ (2004) |
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* ''Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology'' (previously known as the Institution of Electrical Engineers–IEE), United Kingdom (2001) |
* ''Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology'' (previously known as the Institution of Electrical Engineers–IEE), United Kingdom (2001) |
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