Summary
Haidar Harmanani is a seasoned academic leader and Professor of Computer Science with over a decade of experience at the Lebanese American University, now serving as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. His research spans electronic design automation, parallel computing, and IoT, and he combines deep technical expertise with hands-on teaching as a certified Deep Learning Instructor and NVIDIA ambassador. An influential accreditation authority, he has served as an ABET Computing Accreditation Commissioner and long-standing program evaluator for both CAC and EAC, shaping engineering and computing programs regionally. Trained at Case Western Reserve University (BS, MS, PhD), he blends rigorous research credentials with practical impact in curriculum quality and industry engagement. Less obvious: he bridges high-level academic governance and practical GPU-accelerated deep learning education, enabling modernization of computing curricula in Lebanon.
10 years of coding experience
PhD, PhD at Case Western Reserve University
Spanish, French, English