Raouf Boutaba

Raouf Boutaba (born December 31, 1966) is an Algerian Canadian computer scientist. His research interests are in resource, network and service management in wired and wireless networked systems. His work focuses on network virtualization, network softwarization, cloud computing, and network security.

He has been a Full Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science since 2007. In 2016, he became the Associate Dean of Research in the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics, and in July 2019 was appointed its first Associate Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. On July 1, 2020, he became the eighth Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. He holds a University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, and an INRIA International Chair in France. Provided by Wikipedia