Bashir Al-Hashimi
Computer engineer (born 1961)
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Sir Bashir Mohammed Ali Al-Hashimi (Arabic: بشير محمد علي الهاشمي; born 5 January 1961)[2] is an Iraqi-British computer engineering researcher, academic and higher education leader. He is Vice President (Research & Innovation) and ARM Professor of Computer Engineering at King's College London in the United Kingdom.[3][4] He was the co-founder and co-director of the ARM-ECS Research Centre,[5] an industry-university collaboration partnership involving the University of Southampton and ARM.[6] He is the chair of the Engineers 2030 working group, a national campaign overseen by the National Engineering Policy Centre and led by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering.[7] He is also the chair of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering's International Committee.[8]
Bashir Al-Hashimi | |
|---|---|
Al-Hashimi in July 2023 | |
| Born | 5 January 1961 |
| Awards | IET Faraday Medal[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer engineering, energy efficient computing, embedded systems, low power semiconductor chips test |
| Institutions | King's College London, University of Southampton |
Research and academic career
Bashir has made contributions to the field of hardware-software co-design,[9][10] low power semiconductor chips test[11] and test-data compression of digital integrated circuits[12][13] and energy-harvesting computing.[14][15]
In 2009, he established the Pervasive Systems Centre.[16] He has published 6 books[17] and numerous peer reviewed papers.[18][19]
He was the project director for PRiME,[20] an EPSRC funded five-year programme (2013–2018).[21]
He was also the project director for the EPSRC funded Holistic battery-free electronics project,[22] aiming to develop ultra-energy-efficient electronic systems for emerging applications including mobile digital health and autonomous wireless monitoring in environmental and industrial settings.[23]
In 2014, he was appointed Executive Dean of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering at Southampton and in 2018, as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.[24]In 2020, he joined King's College London to lead the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences.[25]
In May 2025, he was appointed Co-Director of the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence.[26]
Awards, honours and fellowships
- In 2025, Bashir Al-Hashimi won the IEEE-HKN Asad M. Madni Outstanding Technical Achievement and Excellence Award.[27]
- In 2025, Al-Hashimi won the Fazlur Rahman Khan Award for Excellence in Engineering, Science or Technology - Muslim News Awards[28]
- In 2025, Al-Hashimi was elected to the membership of the Academia Europea.[29][30]
- Bashir Al-Hashimi was knighted in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to engineering and education [31]
- In 2023, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[32][33]
- Elected in 2023 as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.[34]
- In 2020, he was awarded the IET Faraday Medal.[1][35]
- Bashir was also appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to computer engineering and to industry.[36]
- In 2014, he received the Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship for his work on energy-efficient and reliable many-core computing systems.[37]
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2013.[38]
- In 2012, the European Electronic Design Automation Association awarded him a DATE Fellowship for leadership and outstanding contributions to electronic design, automation and test.[39]
- In 2012, he was awarded the Outstanding Service Award by the IEEE Council for Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) for serving as the General Chair of DATE 2012.[40]
- Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE) in 2009.[41]
- Appointed a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS) in 2007.[42]
- Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET) in 2003.[42]
Appointments
Bashir was an Elected Trustee of the Royal Academy of Engineering Board for a 3-year term to September 2024[43] and completed in 2023 a term as chair of the Academy's Awards Committee.[44] He is a Board Director of the ERA Foundation[45] and was a UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF)[46] Board Trustee and Director.[47][48]
He was a member of the Research England Expanding Excellence in England (E3) Fund Assessment Panel.[49]
He was a Trustee of King's College London Mathematics School, completing his term in 2023.[50]