Dr. Ibrahim Sabek

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Ibrahim Sabek is an Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science and holds a courtesy position at the Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California. He leads the Next-generation Data-Intensive Systems Group (NexDIG). Before joining USC, he was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Data Systems Group at MIT CSAIL and was a National Science Foundation/Computing Research Association Computing Innovation Fellow from 2020 to 2023. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in January 2020, where his dissertation received a University-wide Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention. Sabek's research interests include building next-generation data management, processing, and analysis systems using machine learning and quantum computing. His research focuses on understanding fundamental techniques in these areas, leading to new algorithm designs and data structures for data-intensive systems applications. His work broadly encompasses data management in machine learning systems, scalable knowledge base construction, big spatial data management and analysis, and video analytics.

Research Interests

Awards

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ACM SIGMOD Distinguished Program Committee Member

2025-01-01
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Google Systems ML Junior Faculty Award

2025-01-01
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Google Data Analytics Insights (DANI) Research Award

2025-01-01
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GUIDE-AI Workshop @ ACM SIGMOD Paper Award

2024-01-01
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ACM SIGSPATIAL Demo Award

2024-01-01
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Google Data Analytics Insights (DANI) Research Award

2024-01-01
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ACM SIGSPATIAL Outstanding Reviewer

2023-01-01
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University of Minnesota Best Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award

2021-01-01
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NSF/CRA Computing Innovation Fellowship

2020-01-01
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University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

2019-01-01
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ACM SIGSPATIAL Silver Medal

2019-01-01
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ACM SIGSPATIAL Runner-Up in Paper Award

2018-01-01
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University of Minnesota CS Academic Excellence Fellowship

2016-01-01
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Alexandria University CS Bachelor’s Thesis

2010-01-01

Requirements for University of Southern California

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
IELTS
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Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
GRE General
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, or Hard Science
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Personal Statement
  • Resume/CV
  • Letters of Recommendation (not required for MS CS, but allowed)
Specialization Notes

GRE is NOT required for Master's applicants for 2025-2026.