academic achievements and awards

- pgd and msc, computer science (glasgow university 1979, 1981)

- phd in computer science (brunel university 1981-1986)

visiting our mother school (brunel university) with dr. fiaidhi:

my other academic achievements

- assistant, associate professor, grad coordinator (bu 1986-1995)
- associate professor (amman university 1995-1996)
- chair of computer science dept.,(philadelphia university, 1996-1997)
- chair of computer science dept., (applied science university 1997-2000)
- chair of information technology dept., (hct, 2000-2001)

- chair of the ieee comsoc on smart and connected health (2018-present)
- professor of computer science, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 (2001-present)

- 2 awards contributions in teaching (2006,2015),

- 2 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 merit awards for excellence in teaching and research (2005, 2015),
- nserc discovery grant (2004-2009)

- nserc discovery development grant (2021-2023)

- cfi virtual reality grant (2004-2012) 

- mitacs accelerates with tbrhsc (2021-2025)

- mitacs accelerates with vurbox inc (2021-2022)

- oncat college transfer award (2015-2016)

- recipient of the lu building smart health research capacity award in 2018
- invited speaker at more than 41 international conferences
- guest editors for more than 34 sci special issues
- professional software engineer of ontario (peng) (peo, 2009-present)
- visiting professor, laurentian university (winter 2008)
- visiting professor, sultan qaboos university (summer 2015)
- visiting professor, beijing jiatong university (december 2019)
- adjunct professor, university of western ontario (2005-2018)
- tac phd supervisory committee member, macau university (2016-present)
- director of northern ontario web intelligence (2004-present)
- eic of the igi global int. j. of extreme automation and connectivity in healthcare (ijeach,usa)
- founding eic of the academy publishing (finland) int. j. of emerging technologies in web intelligence (jetwi)- 2009-2012
- ieee senior member (2013-present)
- information systems professional (isp) with cips and chartered in computing with bcs (2005-present)
- outstanding ieee access associate editor
- coordinator of lakehead u., health information technology research group (hit) (2015-present)

- sony and canon engineer (japan 1977-1979)
- smart health laboratory supervisor (2014-present)
- published 6 books and more than 150 refereed articles
- awards of 5 best conference papers

 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 "developing research capacity in smart health" award 2019 

outstanding editor award of the ieee access 2019

 distinguished invited speaker on smart data science 2017 conference

my computer science diplomas