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Faculty leadership

An information theorist by training, Professor Hesham El Gamal is widely regarded for his work in wireless communications, among the academic community as well as the entrepreneurial and business sectors, for having led 16 US patents, co-founding a successful start-up and influencing wireless standards.

Professor El Gamal obtained a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland and was a key figure in delivering the global aspirations of Ohio State University as the Chair of the Electrical and Computer (ECE) Department and was the Founding Academic Director of the Institute of CyberSecurity and Digital Trust.

During his tenure as Deputy Dean of the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Engineering, Professor El Gamal helped lead the revitalisation of the Faculty’s academic confirmation process and criteria, launched a new mentorship program and introduced a new process for School External Academic Reviews.

Professor Teng Joon Lim
Deputy Dean
Associate Dean, Education

Professor TJ Lim joined the University of Sydney in January 2020 as Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Engineering and a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and has served on a number of IEEE conference committees and editorial boards, including of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, IEEE Signal Processing Letters and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

Professor Kalina Yacef
Acting Deputy Dean
Associate Dean (Research Education)

Professor Yacef is a founding member of the International Educational Data Mining Society (IEDMS) and serves on its Board of Directors, as well as on the Executive Committee of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (IAIED). She is Associate Editor of the IEEE TLT journal, and Associate Editor (and Founding past Editor-in-Chief) of the Journal of Educational Data Mining (JEDM). She regularly serves as program committee member and program chair of major international conferences. She now leads a research group on Human-centred data science for Education and Health.