Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi - Curriculum Vitae#
Present Position: Personal Professorial Chair of King's College London (KCL) in the UK, Vice-President (Research & Innovation) of King's College London.
Education:
- 1986 - 89 DPhil Electronics Engineering University of York, UK
- 1985 - 86 MSc Electronics Engineering University of Cardiff, UK
- 1980 - 84 BSc Electrical and Electronics Engineering University of Bath, UK
Professional Experience:
- 2004 - Present, Professorial Chair in Computer Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (previously Southampton)
- 2022 - Present, Vice President (Research and Innovation), King's College London, United Kingdom
- 2020 - 2022 Executive Dean, Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences, King’s College London
- 2018 - 2020 Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton
- 2014 - 2018 Executive Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton
- 2007 - 2020 Arm Professor of Computer Engineering, Director of Arm-Southampton, Research Centre, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
Awards and Honours:
- 2025 Appointed Knight Bachelor by His Majesty The King in the New Year Honours
- 2023 Fellowship of the Royal Society (oldest existing scientific academy in the world)
- 2023 Membership of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2023 Member of the UKRI E3 Expanding Excellence Funding Panel
- 2020 UK Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET) Faraday Medal (Institute’s highest honour and globally prestigious award for engineers and scientists)
- 2018, Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- 2017 - 2021, Research Excellence Framework (REF) Engineering panel, UK government research evaluation
- 2015 Arm-Southampton Research Group of the Year Award, National Microelectronics Institute
- 2018 Arm-Southampton Research Group of the Year Award, Runner up, Techworks
- 2014 - 2019, Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship for contributions to energy-efficient computing
- 2012 - 2014 REF Electrical, Electronic and Materials panel
- 2013 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK National Academy)
- 2012 Lifetime Fellow of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (European Design and Automation Association EDAA) for major leadership and technical contributions
- 2012 IEEE Outstanding Service Award for exceptional leadership to EDA community
- 2011 General Chair of the Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), France
- 2009 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (FIEEE)
- 2007 Arm Professor of Computer Engineering
- 2007 Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS)
- 2006 General Chair of the European Test Symposium, UK
- 2003 Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET)
- 2003 to date Eight best paper awards and six best paper nominations at international conferences
