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Dr. Amine Bermak
Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Microelectronics and Microsystems (Highest distinction)
MSc in Microelectronics and Microsystems
Entity
College of Science and Engineering
Divison
Information & Computing Technology
Biography
Prof. Amine Bermak received his master's and PhD degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Paul Sabatier University, France in 1994 and 1998, respectively. He has held various positions in academia and industry in France, the UK, Australia and Hong Kong. Currently, he is a professor in the Information and Computing Technology Division of Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
For his excellence and outstanding contribution to teaching, he was nominated for the 2013 Hong Kong UGC best teacher award (for all HK Universities). He is the recipient of the 2011 University Michael G. Gale Medal for distinguished teaching. He is also a two-time recipient of the “Engineering Teaching Excellence Award" in HKUST for 2004 and 2009, respectively.
Dr. Bermak has received six distinguished awards, including the “Best University Design Contest Award” at ASP-DAC 2016; “Best paper award” at IEEE ISCAS 2010; the 2004 “IEEE Chester Sall Award”; and the “Best Paper Award” at the 2005 International Workshop on SOC for Real-Time Applications. He has published over 250 articles, designed over 40 chips and graduated 14 Ph.D. and 16 MPhil students. He has served on many editorial boards and is currently the editor of IEEE Transactions on BioCAS and the IEEE TED. Dr. Bermak is a Fellow of IEEE and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer.
PhD in Microelectronics and Microsystems (Highest distinction)
Paul Sabatier University, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
1998
MSc in Microelectronics and Microsystems
Paul Sabatier University, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
1994
National Polytechnics Institute of Algiers, Algeria
1993
- IC design and VLSI Systems
- IC design for signal and image processing
- Smart image, olfactory and temperature sensors
- E-Nose Microsystems
- Circuits and systems for energy harvesting
- Sensors for environmental and biomedical applications
Professor
CSE, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Sep 2015 to present
Co-director
MIT-HKUST Research Consortium
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
Professor
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
July 2011 – Aug 2015
Director
MSc in IC Design Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
July 2008 – Aug 2015
Director
Computer Engineering Program, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
July 2008 – June 2010
Assistant/Associate Professor
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
July 2002 – June 2011
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
Edith Cowan University; Australia
Jan 2000 – June 2002
Post-doc
Advanced Computer Architecture Group, The University of York, York, UK
Jan 1998 – Dec 1999
Research Assistant
Laboratory of Automatics and Systems Analysis (LAAS), French National Research Centre (LAAS-CNRS) & Motorola-Toulouse, France
Dec 1994 – Jan 1998
IEEE Electron Devices Letters, Volume: 36, Issue: 11, pp. 1111 - 1113, 2015
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Volume: 62, Issue: 7, pp. 2128 – 2135, 2015.
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, under press, 2015.
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Under press, 2015.
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol 49, Issue 5, pp.1210-1222, May 2014.
- “IEEE Fellow” for contributions to sensing and processing of vision and olfactory circuits and systems; 2013.
- IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (2013-2014).
- Associate Editor of seven International Journals.
- Guest Editor of a special issue in IEEE Trans on Biomedical Circuits and Systems.
- “Best University Design Contest Award” at ASP Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Macau 2016;
- “Best paper award” at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and systems ISCAS, Paris, France, 2010.
- "IEEE Service Award" from IEEE Computer Society, 2009
- “IEEE Chester Sall Award” 2004; IEEE Consumer electronics society;
- “Best Paper Award” at the 5th International Workshop on System-On-Chip for Real-Time Applications, held in Banff, Alberta - Canada, July 2005
- Nominated for the 2013 UGC Best teacher Award for all Hong Kong Universities.
- Recipient of the 2011 HKUST University Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching (Highest University-wide Teaching Award).
- Two-times Recipient of the HKUST "School of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award" in 2004 and 2009.
- Recipient of the "Early Career Researcher Award" in May 2002, from the Australian Academy of Science (awarded to three young researchers Australia wide).
- Designed the world-first 3D VLSI chip for classification application and the world-lowest power CMOS temperature sensor.
- Nominated and shortlisted (amongst the best four candidates) for the award of the "2002 Western Australian Premier's Early Achievement in Engineering and Science for under 35s”