Ihab Ilyas
Ihab Francis Ilyas is a computer scientist and a professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo.[1][2]
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| Born | May 13, 1973 |
| Nationality | Canadian, Egyptian |
| Alma mater | Purdue University (PhD) Alexandria University (BSc, MSc) |
| Employer | University of Waterloo , Apple Inc. |
| Known for | Data science, Data cleaning, Data integration |
Biography
Ilyas was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. He completed bachelor's and master's degrees at Alexandria University in 1995 and 1999. Also, he earned a PhD at Purdue University in 2004. Ilyas held a Cheriton Faculty Fellowship[3] at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science from 2013 to 2016 and he received the Google Faculty Award in 2014.[4]
He is also the leader of the Knowledge Platform team at Apple Inc.[5] He co-founded Tamr Inc. and Inductiv Inc., both of which focus on large-scale data integration and cleaning. Apple acquired Inductiv in 2020.[6] Ilyas is known for his research on database systems and data science, including data quality, data cleaning, managing uncertain data, and rank-aware query processing. He has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to the field, including being named an ACM Fellow in 2020[7][8] and an IEEE Fellow in 2022.[9]
References
- ↑ "UWaterloo adds research chair into data cleansing". IT World Canada. http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/uwaterloo-adds-research-chair-into-data-cleansing/386809. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
- ↑ "Chairholder Profile | Ihab Ilyas | Thomson Reuters-NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Data Cleaning". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. May 20, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ "David R. Cheriton Faculty Fellowships in Computer Science | Cheriton School of Computer Science | University of Waterloo". web.archive.org. 2018-06-12. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ↑ "Google Faculty Research Awards, August 2014" (PDF). Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ↑ "Thomson Reuters and University of Waterloo to fuel innovation in data science, finance education | Waterloo News". Waterloo News. 2016-09-28. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/thomson-reuters-and-university-waterloo-fuel-innovation-data. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
- ↑ "Waterloo-based AI start-up Inductiv acquired by Apple". Cheriton School of Computer Science | University of Waterloo. May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- ↑ "Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Ihab Ilyas named ACM Fellow". David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Prof. Ihab F. Ilyas | ACM Fellows | Award Winners". Association for Computing Machinery. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Professor Ihab Ilyas named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers". Cheriton School of Computer Science. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.