Abdelmounaam Rezgui

Abdelmounaam Rezgui is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at New Mexico Tech, where he directs the Cloud Computing and Big Data (C2BD) Lab. He holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and specializes in developing efficient cloud computing solutions for big data applications.

His research focuses on cloud computing optimization, big data management, and distributed systems design. Key areas include:

• Efficiency improvements for cloud platforms supporting big data workloads
• Fault-tolerant architectures for distributed systems
• Social computing and network analysis techniques
• Service-oriented computing paradigms

Recent publications demonstrate strong emphasis on cloud infrastructure optimization, distributed computing frameworks, and AI-assisted system maintenance. Research consistently addresses practical challenges in large-scale data processing across federated environments.

Awards and recognitions include:

• Best student paper award at IEEE ISCC 2016
• Best paper award at ICICS 2016

He has advised multiple graduate students including 9 PhD candidates and 2 MS students, with research often supported through cloud computing infrastructure grants.

As director of the C2BD Lab, he leads projects investigating volunteered federated clouds, hardware failure prediction systems, and efficient data processing frameworks. The lab collaborates with industry partners on practical cloud computing implementations.