Raouf Boutaba received the M.S. and a Ph.D. degrees from the Université de Pierre et Marie Curie (France) in 1990 and 1994 respectively. He is currently a Professor with the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea.
His research interests are in resource, network and service management in wired and wireless networked systems with a current focus on network virtualization, cloud computing and information centric networking. He published over 300 papers in IEEE journals and conferences and holds two US patents.
He received several Best Paper Awards including the Best Paper Award of the International KICS/ IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks in 2001; the Best Paper Award of the IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services, Belfast, Ireland in 2003; the Best Student Paper Award at the IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services, San Diego, USA in 2004; the Best Student Paper Award at the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium, Munich, Germany in 2007; the IEEE Communication Society Fred W. Ellersick Paper Prize in 2008; the Best Paper Award at the IFIP/IEEE Integrated Network Management Symposium, Long Island, USA in 2009; the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Network and Service Management, Niagara, Canada in 2010; and the Best Poster Award at the International Symposium on Information Technology Convergence Engineering, Pohang, Korea in 2010. His work was also nominated for the IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize Paper Award in 2005, and for Best Paper Awards at the IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom) in 2006 and 2008.
For his contributions, Dr. Boutaba received several recognitions. At the University of Waterloo, he was awarded a Fellowship of the Faculty of Mathematics (2003-2005), a David R. Cheriton Faculty Fellowship (2007-2009), and the University Outstanding Performance Award in 2008 and in 2011. He is the recipient of the Premier's Research Excellence Award, Ontario, Canada in 2000. He received a Research Excellence Award in 2004 and an Award for Leadership Excellence in Technology Transfer in 2005 both from NORTEL Networks. In 2009, he received the Discovery Accelerator Award from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He received the Dan Stokesberry Award in 2009 "presented to an individual who has made a particularly distinguished technical contribution to the growth of the network management field". He is an IEEE Fellow with the citation: "for contributions to network management methodologies and applications".
Raouf served ComSoc in many capacities: Founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management; Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, Editor of KICS/IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks; Guest Editor of several IEEE JSAC issues, and several other non IEEE journals; ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer; Chapter chair; Information Infrastructure committee chair; Autonomic Communications committee founding chair; member of Meetings/Conferences Board; Director of Conference Publications; member of Education Board; Director of Related Societies, founding Director of Standards Board; member of On-line Content Board; Chair of IM/NOMS Steering Committee and general or TPC chair of several IEEE ComSoc conferences.
For his service, Raouf received several ComSoc awards including the Harold Sobol Award in 2007 "For envisioning and implementing a converged strategy for the Society's network operations and management events that significantly increased their value to the industry and academic community in this field." and the Joseph LoCicero Award in 2009 "For outstanding service as founding Editor-in- Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Network & Service Management." He also received the IFIP Silver Core in 2007 for his Service as the Chair of the IFIP Working Group on Networks and Distributed Systems Management. In 2012, he received the Salah Aidarous Award "presented to an individual who has provided unremitting service and dedication to the IT and Telecommunications Network Operations and Management community".
