David Saad

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David Saad

Professor

 https://sandbox.orcid.org/0000-0001-9821-2623

  • School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University

    B4 7ET Birmingham

    United Kingdom

Personal profile

Biography

I obtained a BA in Physics and a BSc in Electrical Engineering at the Technion, Haifa, Israel and later on an MSc in Physics (relativistic field theory) and a PhD in Electrical Engineering (neural networks) at the Tel-Aviv University. In 1992 I joined the neural networks group in the physics department at Edinburgh University first as a postdoc and later on as a lecturer, working mainly on theoretical issues. In 1995 I joined the Neural Computing Research Group at Aston as a lecturer and was promoted later on to a reader (1997) and subsequently to a professor (1999).  Between 2006-2012 and again between 2015-2019 I had been the Head of the Mathematics Group.

Research Interests

  • Statistical mechanics of disordered systems
  • Advanced Inference in complex systems
  • Error Correcting Codes 
  • Multiuser communication (CDMA, broadcasting) 
  • Hard Computational Problems 
  • Computing with noise
  • Distributed resources in networks (including routing and smart grids)
  • Learning from data and neural networks

Teaching Activity

Teaching on the Mathematics programmes:

  • Partial Differential Equations (currently delivered by Bill Cox)
  • Mathematical Methods
  • Probabilistic Modelling

Qualifications

  • BA in Physics (Cum Laude), Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1982
  • BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, (Cum Laude), Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1982
  • MA in Physics, Tel-Aviv University, 1987
  • PhD in Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, 1992

Employment

  • 2016 - date: 50th Anniversary Chair of Complexity Physics; Head of Mathematics 2015-2019.
  • 1999 – date: Professor of Information Mathematics in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University; Head of Mathematics 2006-2012.
  • 1997 – 1999: Reader in the NCRG and Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Aston University
  • 1995 – 1997: Lecturer in the NCRG and Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Aston University.
  • 1993 – 1995: Lecturer in the Physics Department, University of Edinburgh.

Membership of Professional Bodies

Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Contact Details

Phone number: +44(0)121 204 3648 
Email: [email protected] 
Room number: MB313H

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Improving Training Methods in Neural Networks via Modification of the Internal Representations, Tel Aviv University

Award Date: 1 Jun 1993

MSc, Off-Shell Electromagnetism in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, Tel Aviv University

Award Date: 1 Jun 1987

BSc Electrical and electronic engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Award Date: 1 Jun 1982

Keywords

  • QC Physics

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  • Infection-induced cascading failures – impact and mitigation

    Li, B. & Saad, D., 4 May 2024, In: Communications Physics. 7, 1, 11 p., 144.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • The futility of being selfish in vaccine distribution

    Alves, F. & Saad, D., Sept 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Complexity. 5, 3, 11 p., 035006.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Message Passing and Its Applications

    Krzakala, F., Opper, M. & Saad, D., 3 Aug 2023, Spin Glass Theory and Far Beyond: Replica Symmetry Breaking after 40 Years. Charbonneau, P., Marinari, E., Mézard, M., Parisi, G., Ricci-Tersenghi , F., Sicuro , G. & Zamponi, F. (eds.). World Scientific, p. 389-404 16 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Network Pruning and Growth - Probabilistic Optimization

    Xu, Y.-Z. & Saad, D., 8 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physical Review Research. 5, 3, 12 p., 033087.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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  • Bilevel optimization in flow networks: A message-passing approach

    Li, B., Saad, D. & Yeung, C. H., 31 Oct 2022, In: Physical Review E. 106, 4, 6 p., L042301.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter, comment/opinion or interview › peer-review

    Open Access
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