Albert Y. Zomaya is currently is Peter Nicol Russell Chair Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Centre for Distributed and High-Performance Computing in the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney, Australia.Prior to that he was the Chair Professor of High Performance Computing & Networking (2008-2021). Professor Zomaya was an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow during 2010-2014 and held the CISCO Systems Chair Professor of Internetworking during the period 2002–2007 and also served as the Head of School for 2006–2007.
Prior to his current appointment he was a Full Professor in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Western Australia, where he also led the Parallel Computing Research Laboratory during the period 1990–2002. He served as Associate–, Deputy–, and Acting–Head in the same department, and held numerous visiting positions and has extensive industry involvement.
To date, he has published more than 700 scientific papers and articles and is (co-)author/editor of 30 books. A sought-after speaker, he has delivered more than 250 keynote addresses, invited seminars, and media briefings. He is currently the Editor in Chief of the ACM Computing Surveys and served in the past as Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computers (2010-2014) and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (2016-2020). Professor Zomaya is the Founding Editor of several book series, such as, the Wiley Book Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing and the IET Book Series on Big Data.
Professor Zomaya was the Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (1999–2003) and currently serves on its executive committee. He is Co–Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Cyber-Physical Systems (IEEE Systems Council), Communication Chair of the IEEE Special Technical Community on Sustainable Computing (IEEE Computer Society), Founding Member of the Smart World Technical Committee (IEEE Computational Intelligence Society), and Founding Member of the Technical Committee on Big Data (IEEE Communications Society).
Professor Zomaya is a decorated scholar with numerous accolades including Fellowships of the IEEE, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK). Also, he is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Foreign Member of Academia Europaea, and Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
He is the recipient of the1997 Edgeworth David Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales for outstanding contributions to Australian Science, theIEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing Outstanding Service Award(2011),IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing Medal for Excellence in Scalable Computing(2011),IEEE Computer Society Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award(2014), ACM MSWIM Reginald A. Fessenden Award (2017), the New South Wales Premier’s Prize of Excellence in Engineering and Information and Communications Technology (2019), and the Research Innovation Award, IEEE Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (2021).
Professor Zomaya’s research interests lie in parallel and distributed computing, networking, and complex systems.