{"id":53378,"date":"2025-08-01T20:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/53378\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:50:07","slug":"youssef-marzouk-appointed-associate-dean-of-mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing-mit-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/53378\/","title":{"rendered":"Youssef Marzouk appointed associate dean of MIT Schwarzman College of Computing | MIT News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Youssef Marzouk<\/a> \u201997, SM \u201999, PhD \u201904, the Breene M. Kerr (1951) Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro) at MIT, has been appointed associate dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, effective July 1.<\/p>\n

Marzouk, who has served as co-director of the Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE<\/a>) since 2018, will work in his new role to foster a stronger community among bilingual computing faculty across MIT. A key aspect of this work will be providing additional structure and support for faculty members who have been hired into shared positions in departments and the college.<\/p>\n

Shared faculty<\/a> at MIT represent a new generation of scholars whose research and teaching integrate the forefront of computing and another discipline (positions that were initially envisioned as \u201cbridge faculty\u201d in the 2019 Provost\u2019s Task Force reports<\/a>). Since 2021, the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing has been steadily growing this cohort. In collaboration with 24 departments across the Institute, 20 faculty have been hired in shared positions: three in the School of Architecture and Planning; four in the School of Engineering; seven in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; four in the School of Science; and two in the MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoussef\u2019s experience leading cross-cutting efforts in research and education in CCSE is of direct relevance to the broader goal of bringing MIT\u2019s computing bilinguals together in meaningful ways. His insights and collaborative spirit position him to make a lasting impact in this role. We are delighted to welcome him to this new leadership position in the college,\u201d says Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and the Henry Ellis Warren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited that Youssef has agreed to take on this important role in the college. His thoughtful approach and nuanced understanding of MIT\u2019s academic landscape make him ideally suited to support our shared faculty community. I look forward to working closely with him,\u201d says Asu Ozdaglar, deputy dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and the MathWorks Professor of EECS.<\/p>\n

Marzouk\u2019s research interests lie at the intersection of computational mathematics, statistical inference, and physical modeling. He and his students develop and analyze new methodologies for uncertainty quantification, Bayesian computation, and machine learning in complex physical systems. His recent work has centered on algorithms for data assimilation and inverse problems; high-dimensional learning and surrogate modeling; optimal experimental design; and transportation of measure as a tool for statistical inference and generative modeling. He is strongly motivated by the interplay between theory, methods, and diverse applications, and has collaborated with other researchers at MIT on topics ranging from materials science to fusion energy to the geosciences.<\/p>\n

In 2018, he was appointed co-director of CCSE with Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou, the Quentin Berg Professor of Mechanical Engineering. An interdisciplinary research and education center dedicated to advancing innovative computational methods and applications, CCSE became one of the academic units of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing when it formally launched in 2020.<\/p>\n

CCSE has grown significantly under Marzouk and Hadjiconstantinou\u2019s leadership. Most recently, they spearheaded the design and launch of the center\u2019s new standalone PhD program<\/a> in computational science and engineering, which will welcome its second cohort in September. Collectively, CCSE\u2019s standalone and interdisciplinary PhD programs currently enroll more than 70 graduate students.<\/p>\n

Marzouk is also a principal investigator in the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, and a core member of MIT\u2019s Statistics and Data Science Center.<\/p>\n

Among his many honors and awards, he was named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in 2025. He was elected associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in 2018 and received the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Award in 2012, the MIT Junior Bose Award for Teaching Excellence in 2012, and the DOE Early Career Research Award in 2010. His recent external engagement includes service on multiple journal editorial boards; co-chairing major SIAM conferences and elected service on various SIAM committees; leadership of scientific advisory boards, including that of the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM); and organizing many other international programs and workshops.<\/p>\n

At MIT, in addition to co-directing CCSE, Marzouk has served as both graduate and undergraduate officer of the Department of AeroAstro. He also leads the MIT Center for the Exascale Simulation of Materials in Extreme Environments<\/a>, an interdisciplinary computing effort sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Predictive Science Academic Alliance program.<\/p>\n

Marzouk received his bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, and doctoral degrees from MIT. He spent four years at Sandia National Laboratories, as a Truman Fellow and a member of the technical staff, before joining the MIT faculty in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Youssef Marzouk \u201997, SM \u201999, PhD \u201904, the Breene M. Kerr (1951) Professor in the Department of Aeronautics…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[40686,191,40689,40688,40687,74,40685],"class_list":{"0":"post-53378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-bilingual-faculty","9":"tag-computing","10":"tag-mit-ccse","11":"tag-mit-center-for-computational-science-and-engineering","12":"tag-mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-youssef-marzouk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}