Prof. Said Boussakta received the “Ingenieur d’Etat” degree in Electronic Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Algiers (ENPA), Algeria in 1985 and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering (signal and image processing) from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., in 1990.
From 1990-1996, he was with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne as Senior Research Associate in digital signal and image processing. From 1996-2000, he was with the University of Teesside, Teesside, UK., as Senior Lecturer in communication Engineering. From 2000-2006 he was at the University of Leeds as Reader in digital communications and signal processing. He is currently a Professor of communications and signal processing at the school of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., where he is lecturing in advanced communication networks and signal processing subjects
His research interests are in the areas of fast DSP algorithms, digital communications, communications networks systems, cryptography, digital signal/image processing. He has authored and co-authored more than 150 publications.
Prof. Boussakta is a Fellow of the IET, and a Senior Member of the IEEE Communications and Signal Processing Societies.
