New IEEE Fellow
Professor of Computer Science Usman A. Khan has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world鈥檚 largest technical professional organization.
A global network of over 486,000 engineering and STEM professionals across a variety of disciplines, IEEE seeks to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. 聽
The grade of fellow鈥攁warded annually to fewer than one-tenth of voting members鈥攔ecognizes unusual distinction in the profession and is reserved for a professional with an outstanding record of achievements in any of the fields of interest and whose work has 鈥渃ontributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science, and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society at large,鈥� noted the announcement.
Khan was named to the IEEE Fellow Class of 2026 for contributions to optimization and localization in distributed stochastic settings, best described as the design and analysis of efficient methodologies for distributed learning and probabilistic modeling in large-scale artificial intelligence and physical systems. Examples include training deep neural networks and coordinating how teams of robots move and work collaboratively in complex, uncertain environments.
鈥淚鈥檓 deeply honored and humbled to receive this recognition,鈥� said Khan. 鈥淚鈥檓 very fortunate to have had exceptional mentors, students and collaborators, without whom it would not have been possible.鈥� 聽
Prior to joining 海角论坛 last year, Khan was a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Tufts University. He also holds a concurrent appointment as an Amazon Scholar with Amazon Robotics, a program designed for academics from universities worldwide who work on large-scale technical challenges while continuing to teach and conduct research at their respective universities.
鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to celebrate Usman鈥檚 election as an IEEE Fellow,鈥� said George Mohler, the Daniel J. Fitzgerald Professor and chair of the Computer Science department. 鈥淭his award recognizes his high-impact research at the intersection of optimization, robotics and artificial intelligence, and brings high-level visibility to the department. It鈥檚 an exciting achievement and we are grateful to have Usman as a colleague.鈥�