Soha Hassoun
Soha Hassoun is American computer scientist. She is Professor and Past Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University. Hassoun's interests lie at the intersection of machine learning and systems biology.
Biography
Hassoun earned her BSEE degree from the South [Dakota State University], MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and PhD from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington.In 1988–1991 Hassoun was an integrated circuit designer with the Microprocessor Design Group, Digital Equipment Corporation. She worked as consultant for IKOS Systems and some other EDA companies. Since 1998 she has been with Tufts University.
Awards and recognition
- 2016: Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award
- 2015: IEEE CEDA Distinguished Service Award for chairing the Design Automation Conference
- 2000, 2007: ACM/SIGDA Distinguished Service Award
- 2002: ACM/SIGDA Technical Leadership Award
- Senior member of IEEE and ACM
- 2001–2006: NSF CAREER Award