Dr. Mohammad Sami Abdulghni Zitouni

Dr. Mohammad Sami Zitouni received his PhD and MSc degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2019 and 2015, respectively, from Khalifa University (KU), Abu Dhabi, UAE. He conducted his studies with the KU Center for Autonomous Robotic Systems (KUCARS) and the Visual Signal Analysis and Processing Center (VSAP) in topics including video processing and analysis, crowd modeling, detection and tracking, social and cognitive behavior analysis, and visual scene understanding. Before joining the University of Dubai as Assistant Professor, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biomedical Engineering at KU as part of KU – Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KU-KAIST) Joint Research Center where he worked on physiological signals analysis, affective state recognition, mental health monitoring, and emotionally aware human-machine interaction. Currently, he is in charge of Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) Lab. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning applications, remote sensing, earth observation, affective computing, health informatics, computer vision, and embedded systems.