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• Electrical Engineer, University of São Paulo, Brazil, December 1987.
• MS in Electrical Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil, July 1989.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, August 1992.

Professor Sayed was born in Brazil where he received the degrees of Engineer and MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1992.

He was a Research Associate with the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University before joining, as an Assistant Professor, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1993. In July 1996 he joined, as an Associate Professor, the Department of Electrical Engineering at UCLA where he is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering. At UCLA he established and directs the UCLA Adaptive Systems Laboratory.

Dr. Sayed has over 400 journal and conference publications and 5 books. He is co-author of the research monograph Indefinite Quadratic Estimation and Control (SIAM, PA, 555pp, 1999) and of the graduate-level textbook Linear Estimation (Prentice Hall, NJ, 854pp, 2000). He is also the author of the textbooks Fundamentals of Adaptive Filtering (Wiley, NJ, 1168pp, 2003) and Adaptive Filters (Wiley, NJ, 786pp, 2008), and co-editor of the volume Fast Reliable Algorithms for Matrices with Structure (SIAM, PA, 342pp, 1999).

Dr. Sayed has served on the editorial boards of several journals including the SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Its Applications, the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, the European Signal Processing journal, and the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2003-2005) and the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (2006-2007). Dr. Sayed has contributed several articles to engineering and mathematical encyclopedias and handbooks, and has served on the program committees of several international meetings. He has also consulted with industry on different aspects of adaptive filter design, echo cancellation, channel equalization, and OFDM communications. His research group has been awarded several honors and recognitions.

University Experience

• Chairman of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, July 2005- July 2010.
  
• Vice-Chairman of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, July 2002-June 2005.
  
• Professor of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, July 2001-present.
  
• Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, July 1996-June 2001.
  
• Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCSB, July 1993-June 1996.
  
• Research Associate, Stanford University, Sep. 1992-June 1993.
  

Honors & Recognitions

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, 2013.
• Leverhulme Visiting Professorship, United Kingdom, 2013-2015.
• Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2012.
• Best Paper Award, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2012.
• Best Student Paper Award at at international meeting, 2011.
• Plenary speaker at several international meetings.
• Young Author Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2005.
• Frederick E. Terman Award, 2005.
• Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2005.
• Kuwait Prize in Basic Sciences, 2003.
• Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2002.
• IEEE Fellow, 2001.
  
• Best Student Paper Award at an international meeting, 2001.
  
• Best Student Paper Award at an international meeting, 1999.
  
• IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize, 1996.
  
• Institute of Engineering Prize, São Paulo, Brazil, 1987. Top graduate of the School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
• Conde Armando A. Penteado Prize, São Paulo, Brazil, 1987. Top graduate of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
• First place in the National Lebanese Baccalaureat, 1981.
  

Editorial Services

• Member of Editorial Board, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, January 2012-present.
• Editor-in-Chief, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Jan. 2006-Dec. 2007. [website]
• Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Jan. 2003-Dec. 2005. [website]
• Subject Editor on Adaptive Signal Processing, Int. Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Jan. 2000-Dec. 2005.
  
• Member of Editorial Board, European Signal Processing journal, Jun. 2003-present.
  
• Member of Editorial Board, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Jul. 2002-Dec. 2005
  
• Member of Editorial Board, SIAM J. Matrix Analysis and Applications, Oct. 1998-Dec. 2004.
  
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Dec. 1996-Dec. 1998 and May 2000-May 2002.
  
• Guest co-Editor, special issues of the journal Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 1998 and 2000.