Rachid Guerraoui, a computer science professor at the “École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne” (EPFL) and affiliated with UM6P in Morocco, was recently elected to the Academia Europaea in 2025 under the Informatics section.
Professor Gerraoui’s research focuses on transactional memory, asynchronous distributed programming, and concurrent algorithms. He promotes computer science through educational initiatives and contributes significantly to research and education in Morocco at the Rabat based university UM6P.
This recognition joins his other awards, including the 2025 ACM Barroso Award and 2024 Dahl-Nygaard Award. The Academia Europaea, comprising Europe’s top scholars, aims to advance academic excellence and advise on major scientific issues.
Born in 1967 in Rabat, he earned his PhD from the University of Orsay in 1992 and has worked at MIT and Hewlett Packard.
