Jacob Savir is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology; the director of Computer Engineering, and Newark College of Engineering Associate Dean for Research. Before joining NJIT, Dr. Savir was with IBM where he held several positions throughout the company between 1978 and 1996. During his tenure at IBM he received six publication awards, and four patent awards. He holds four US patents. Dr. Savir is a fellow of IEEE.