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Dr. Shmuel ZAKS

IMDEA Networks Job Title: 
Visiting Professor (Chair of Excellence University Carlos III of Madrid and Banco Santander)
Affiliation: 
IMDEA Networks Institute, University Carlos III of Madrid
University of origin: 
Joan Callner-Miller Chair Professor of Computer Science. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Haifa. Israel
PhD: 
Computer Science, 1979. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. USA
Research: 
Theory of Distributed Computing; ATM and Optical Networks; Combinatorial and Graph Algorithms; Combinatorics and Graph Theory; Discrete Mathematics
Joining Date: 
Feb 2013
Leaving Date: 
Jul 2013
Contact: 
zaks@cs.technion.ac.il
Personal Site: 
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~zaks/
Valedictory Report: 

PROLOGUE:

"The main benefit offered to me by the “Cátedras de Excelencia” visiting chair professorship was the ability to meet and interact with many people from both UC3M and IMDEA Networks Institute. The environment in IMDEA Networks is very welcoming, and you feel at home right from the beginning and throughout your stay. The many informal discussions, with senior members and students, during many informal occasions, is helpful for creating a most pleasant and friendly atmosphere. Not less important is all members of the support staff, who solve all of your administrative matters with much patience and smile."

Collaboration:

"The proximity of my research areas to those of many researchers in IMDEA resulted in a most fruitful interaction and collaboration with researchers and students. Throughout my stay I have enjoyed the opportunity of meeting senior and especially young researchers, and extending my research scopes via discussions and collaborations with many members of UC3M and especially IMDEA. This included various topics in the theory of networking, including wireless networks, scheduling - algorithms and complexity, and energy efficiency. I expect these collaborations to be continued in the near future."

IMDEA:

"I think IMDEA Networks – which I first visited a short time after its opening – is on the right track to becoming an international-level institute. I would list four points that I find central in this respect. First, IMDEA hosts top researchers covering many aspects in the area of Networking, both theoretical and practical. Second, its researchers and students are very active in numerous projects and studies, resulting in extensive academic activities. Third, many of its researchers and students originate in a variety of worldwide institutions, and it continues to attract worldwide originated researchers and students. Last – and may be most important – IMDEA hosts numerous PhD students. I had the chance to collaborate with many of them, and found both excellence and research enthusiasm. These young researchers are in the heart of IMDEA and its social activities. They constitute both a proof of its success in the past, and a hope for a promising future."

EPILOGUE:

"I am looking forward to a continuation of the research collaborations established within this visit, and I am very thankful to all researchers, students and staff members who helped in making this visit so successful and pleasant."