Merouane Debbah
Scholar

Merouane Debbah

Google Scholar ID: HU5I0X4AAAAJ
KU 6G Center, Khalifa University, Centralesupelec
6GLarge Language ModelsAIRandom Matrix TheoryGame Theory
Citations & Impact
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Citations
58,920
 
H-index
102
 
i10-index
427
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
138
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Resume (English only)
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