Innovation, IoT and AI for sustainability | S. 1 E. 54 Aiman Erbad - Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

Prof. Aiman Erbad discusses in the episode IoT and AI and his research on innovation for sustainability. He explains the recent innovation from the University deployed in Qatar to fight climate change and foster innovation. Bio-  Aiman Erbad is an Associate Professor and the ICT division head in the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department and the Director of Research Planning and Development at Qatar University until May 2020. He also served as the Director of Research Support responsible for all grants and contracts (2016-2018) and as the Computer Engineering Program Coordinator (2014-2016). Dr. Erbad obtained a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia (Canada) in 2012, a Master of Computer Science in embedded systems and robotics from the University of Essex (UK) in 2005, and a BSc in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2004. He received the Platinum award from H.H. The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Education Excellence Day 2013 (Ph.D. category). He also received the 2020 Best Research Paper Award from Computer Communications, the IWCMC 2019 Best Paper Award, and the IEEE CCWC 2017 Best Paper Award. His research received funding from the Qatar National Research Fund, and his research outcomes were published in respected international conferences and journals. He is an editor for KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, an editor for the International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), and a guest editor for IEEE Network. He also served as a Program Chair of the International Wireless Communications Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2019), as a Publicity chair of the ACM MoVid Workshop 2015, as a Local Arrangement Chair of NOSSDAV 2011, and as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in various IEEE and ACM international conferences (NOSSDAV, MMSys, ACMMM, IC2E, and ICNC). His research interests span cloud computing, edge intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), private and secure networks, and multimedia systems. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM,