IKHLAQ SIDHU · ENGINEER / INVENTOR / PROFESSOR
Ideas into
institutions.
Innovation
into impact.
I reinvent academics to create impact through ventures and industry innovation.
Dean & Professor
School of Science & Technology
Senior Fellow
CITRIS
Engineering, leadership
& entrepreneurial impact
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
Build the institution.
Expand what’s possible.
More than twenty years connecting engineers, scientists, executives, and entrepreneurs with the skills and mindsets to create something new.
New models for learning and leadership
Founding work at Berkeley’s Sutardja Center and Fung Institute, the Engineering Leadership Program, and IE School of Science & Technology.
Explore the background ↗02 / METHODS INTO PRACTICEData-X. The Berkeley Method. Innovation Engineering.
Programs and frameworks that connect technical knowledge, entrepreneurial behavior, and practical innovation.
Explore IE 101 & book resources ↗03 / RESEARCH & INVENTIONFrom network science to the age of AI
More than 60 patents across communications, data, AI, and networks, alongside open reports on emerging technologies.
Read the research ↗RECOGNITION / SERVICE / LEADERSHIP
Awards & board roles
Full biography & background ↗Awards & honors
- Honorary Ph.D., Lund University2023
- Berkeley Extraordinary Teaching Award2022
- Extraordinary Teaching Award, UC Berkeley2020
- IEEE Major Innovation Award2018
- IEOR Emerging Area Professor Award2009
- 3Com Corporation Inventor of the Year1999
Boards & advisory roles
- Future BrainAdvisory Board · since 2024
- Center for Health & Well-being, IE University, MadridBoard of Directors · since 2024
- Prague School of Economics and Business (VSE)Board of Advisors · since 2022
- Lund University X-LabAdvisory Board · since 2022
- Qatar FoundationBoard of Directors · since 2019
- Applied Innovation InstituteBoard Member, Fellow & Co-Founder · since July 2012
Former board roles
Hamad Bin Khalifa University, QatarBoard of Trustees · 2016–2025
BI Business School, NorwayAdvisory Board · 2019–2023
Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, UC BerkeleyFaculty Steering Board · 2018–2022
CURRENT FOCUS
Where technology
meets human potential.
Current projects span secure AI agents, AI-driven industry analysis, adaptive peer learning, and digital twins.
Through global academic collaborations and ventures, the focus is practical: turn emerging capabilities into useful systems.
Explore initiatives ↗IDEAS IN THE OPEN
Research worth sharing.
All reports ↗SYNTHESIS / SILICON VALLEY & GLOBAL
Technology changes too fast
to learn alone.
A community bridging ideas across executives, entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, and innovators.
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