Israat Haque receives a 2024 UA Alumni Honour Award

Israat Haque, currently an assistant and associate professor at Dalhousie University, specializes in the development of real-world innovations around smart systems and the Internet of things.

Israat Haque, Department of Computing Science's 2011 PhD, receives a 2024 University of Alberta Alumni Honour Award. The award recognizes the significant achievements and contributions over a number of years by University of Alberta alumni to their profession and/or their community.

Between her own cutting-edge research and the achievements of students she has mentored, Israat Haque is shaping internet connectivity with solutions for today and the future. In seven years at Dalhousie University, as an assistant professor and associate professor, Haque has worked with 40-plus trainees in her lab, which solves applied challenges and develops real-world innovations around smart systems and the Internet of Things. A mid-career academic who has already received almost $7 million in research grants, Haque uses her extensive connections with government and industrial partners — including Intel, Cisco and Ericsson — to create internationally recognized advances in networking applications while giving her students hands-on experiences that are shaping them into the next generation of highly sought computer scientists. (Source: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/alumni/recognition/alumni-awards/2024-recipients.html).

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