Dr. Letaief received his Ph.D. Degree from Purdue University, USA. Since 1993, he has been with the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (ranked #1 in Asia in 2012 according to QS) where he is currently Chair Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering (ranked #23 in the world in 2012 according to QS). He is an acknowledged authority in wireless communications with over 460 papers along with 13 patents. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the highly-rated IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS. He has also served on the editorial board of other prestigious journals including the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications – Wireless Series (as Editor-in-Chief). He has been involved in organizing a number of major international conferences and events. These include serving as the General Co-Chair of WCNC’07; Technical Program Co-Chair of ICC’08; Vice General Chair of ICC’10, and General Co-Chair of the 2011 IEEE Technology Time Machine, TTM’11.
He is the recipient of many distinguished awards including the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching at HKUST, 2007 IEEE Communications Society Publications Exemplary Award, 2009 IEEE Marconi Prize Award in Wireless Communications, 2010 Purdue University Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer Award, 2011 IEEE Communications Society Harold Sobol Award, 2011 IEEE Wireless Communications Technical Committee Recognition Award, and 10 IEEE Best Paper Awards.
Dr. Letaief served as an elected member of the IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors, IEEE Distinguished lecturer, and Vice-President for Conferences of the IEEE Communications Society. He is currently serving as member of the IEEE Product Services and Publications Board, Treasurer of the IEEE Communications Society, and member of the IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee.
He is a Fellow of IEEE and an ISI Highly Cited Researcher.