Abbas El Gamal

Abbas El Gamal
عباس الجمل
Born (1950-05-30) May 30, 1950
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCairo University
Stanford University
Known forNetwork information theory, FPGA, digital imaging devices and systems
Awards2016 IEEE Hamming Medal, 2012 Shannon Award, Member of the NAE, IEEE Life Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering, information theory, integrated circuits
ThesisResults in multiple user channel capacity (1978)
Doctoral advisorThomas M. Cover
Doctoral studentsElif Uysal
Alon Orlitsky
Websiteisl.stanford.edu/~abbas/

Abbas Ahmed Amin El Gamal (born May 30, 1950), or simply Abbas El Gamal is an Egyptian-American electrical engineer, educator and entrepreneur. He is best known for his contributions to network information theory, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and CMOS imaging sensors and systems. He is the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. He has founded, co-founded and served on the board of directors and technical advisory boards of several semiconductor, EDA, and biotechnology startup companies.