Amir G. Aghdam (FIEEE, FEIC) received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 2000. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, and serves as the Academic Code Administrator in the School of Graduate Studies.

He was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in the fall of 2015, and an Associate at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences from September 2015 to December 2016. His research interests include optimization, sensor networks, and distributed control of interconnected systems.

Dr. Aghdam is the Chair of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society and the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Systems Journal. He has previously served as an Associate Editor for several IEEE journals, including the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and IEEE Access. He was a member of the Review Committee for the Italian Research and University Evaluation Agency (2012–2013) and of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Electrical and Computer Engineering Evaluation Group (2014–2016).

From 2014 to 2015, Dr. Aghdam served as President of IEEE Canada and Director (Region 7) of IEEE, Inc., and was also a member of the IEEE Awards Board during this period. He has served on several IEEE committees, including the IEEE Medal of Honor Committee and the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Awards and Recognition Committee.

Dr. Aghdam is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, a Fellow of both the IEEE and the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and the recipient of the 2020 IEEE Canada J.M. Ham Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, as well as the 2025 IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Member Award. He served as Chair of the IEEE Medals Council from 2022 to 2023.