Shahram Yousefi

Shahram Yousefi is a tenured full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen's University (Kingston, Canada), affiliated with Smith Engineering. He holds concurrent roles as a Research Professor at Jilin University (China) and Invited Professor at University of California, Santa Cruz (USA). His academic leadership includes positions as Senator, Associate Head, and Acting Department Head at Queen's University, with a focus on Student Success through professional experience and entrepreneurship.

Education:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo (2002)
• BSc in Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Research: Focuses on communications, cloud systems, big data, networks, information theory, signal processing, and control algorithms. He holds multiple patents, including a licensed data storage patent revolutionizing solid-state/cloud storage via Durabyte Inc. His work emphasizes applying algorithms to enhance societal harmony and efficiency.

Awards:

• Golden Apple Teaching Award (Queen's University)
• NSERC DAS Award

Entrepreneurship: Co-founder of Canarmony Corp (2014), MESH Scheduling Inc (2018), and OPTT Inc (2018). These ventures aim to bridge algorithmic innovation with real-world applications.

Affiliations:

• Editor-In-Chief, Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2013–present)
• Senior Member, IEEE
• Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials