Ishfaq Ahmad

Ishfaq Ahmad is a Pakistani American computer scientist, IEEE Fellow, and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He is the director of the Center for Advanced Computing Systems (CACS). He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Syracuse University, New York, U.S., in 1992, and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, in 1985. His early education was at the Central Model School and Government College University, Lahore.

Career Before joining UTA, he was an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. While serving as a professor, he has held additional positions, including senior visiting scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China; visiting lecturer at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas; and frequent senior visiting scientist at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York.

Research Ahmad's research focuses on parallel and distributed computing systems, with applications in multimedia systems and energy-aware sustainable computing. He is known for his work in parallel and distributed computing systems, with applications in multimedia systems and energy-aware sustainable computing, smart health, and video coding.

Awards Ahmad has received research awards, including:

IEEE Circuits and Systems Society: 2007 Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Transactions Best Paper Award Outstanding Area Editor Award: 2008 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Honoree in Pride of Pakistan, Hall of Fame, and also a Fellow of IEEE

Other appointments In addition to being a full-time professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, for Lifeboat Foundation Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems Co-founder of the International Green and Sustainable Computing (IGSC) Conference Founding Editor-in-Chief of Discover Internet of Things, Springer

In addition, he has served as editor of IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Distributed Systems Online, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, and IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.

Selected publications