Ali Chehab

About

Professor and Chairperson of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the American University of Beirut with over three decades of academic, research, and industry experience in computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, cloud/security systems, and healthcare AI. He is an internationally recognized scholar with extensive publications, patents, awards, and leadership experience in academic strategy, graduate mentoring, and interdisciplinary research.

Experience

• Professor & Chairperson, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  American University of Beirut
  Sep 2002 – Present
• Research/Engineering Internship
  Intel Corporation
  Jun 2000 – Aug 2000
• Senior Design Engineer in Functional Verification
  Multilink Technology Corporation
  2000 – 2002
• Lecturer
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  Aug 1998 – May 2000
• Senior Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  American University of Beirut
  Dec 1989 – Jun 1998
• Lecturer of Computer Science
  Lebanese American University
  Dec 1989 – Jun 1998

Skills

• Artificial intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Cybersecurity
• Cryptography
• Program Development
• Medical Imaging
• Research Leadership
• IoT Security
• Digital Trust
• Hardware Security

🗣️ Languages

• Arabic · Native
• English · Fluent
• French · Intermediate

🏆 Achievements & awards

• Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist · 2025

  Recognized among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists in Elsevier's updated science-wide citation indicator database.

• Special Recognition and Mention of Leadership in Cyber Security Research Quality and Impact in the Arab Region · 2021

  Recognition from Communications of the ACM.

• Best Paper Award · 2026

  Awarded for 'Prompt Engineering or Fine-Tuning? A Case Study on Phishing Detection with Large Language Models'.

• Excellent Paper Award · 2025

  International Conference on AI in Information and Communication.

• Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarly Contribution to the ECE Department in Research and Advancement of Knowledge · 2013

  American University of Beirut.

• AUB Award for Excellence in Teaching · 2007

  American University of Beirut.