Dr. Saad Ali Amin

• D. Parallel Computing, Computer Department, Loughborough University, UK
• Phil. in Computer simulation, Brunel University, UK.
• Sc. Al-Mustansiriyah University, Iraq.
• CAA Certificate Certified Reviewer
• PGC Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Coventry University, UK.

• Post Graduate Programmes Director and International Programme Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing at Coventry University, UK.
• Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at the British University in Dubai, UAE
• Fellow Member of the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK.
• Member of the Executive Council of Dubai Government Excellence Projects.
• Vice-Chairman of the British Computer Society/ Middle East section.
• Associate Professor, College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain
• Head of Computer Systems Department, Faculty of Engineering and computing, Coventry University, UK.
• Quality manager at Faculty of Engineering and computing, Coventry University, UK.
• Lecturer at Computer Science Department, Mid-Kent College for Higher Education/ University of Kent.
•  Research Assistants at Computer Studies Department, Loughborough University of Technology. Working within a European Community (EC) project.
•  Lecturer in Computer Science Department, Philadelphia University.
•  Director of the Computer Department, Scientific Research Council, Baghdad
• Lecturer in the Computer Sciences Department and the Control Systems Department, University of Technology - Baghdad.
•  Programmer at the Geological Survey Organisation - Baghdad

Summary of Achievements

• Leading and coordinating MSc and PhD programmes
• Leading the ABET accreditation for BSc program at UD

• Leading developing and accreditation a new program in Master of Science in Cybersecurity (MSCS) at UD.

• Coordinating the successful approval of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in UK for the MSc programmes (7 programmes).
• British Computer Society accreditation for the MSc computing programmes
• Involve in strategic planning and academic programmes development
• International Programme Link Coordinator. Monitoring the successful conduct of the BSc and MSc programmes at the international partner institutions (UAE, Oman and Malaysia). Involved in the accreditation and quality assurance of these programmes.

• Successfully supervised 18 PhD completions.
• External and internal examiner for several PhD students at UK universities.

• Member of several university committees.
• Organizing and chairing conferences, workshops and research seminars.
• Chairing the International Steering Committee and involve in organising annual International Conference on Developments in e-Systems Engineering (DeSE), IEEE.
• Supervised over 80 MSc student’s final projects.

• Involve in strategic planning and academic programmes development, for the Coventry university in UK.
• Developed new PhD programmes in IT area. Achieving the successful accreditation from the Ministry of Higher Education in UAE
• Leading and coordinating the successful reaccreditation for the MSc programmes from the Ministry of Higher Education in UAE.

• Organising two international conferences and four international workshops and symposiums in health informatics and health management in conjunction with the Ministry of Health in UAE and other health organisations in the Gulf.
• Leading a number of collaborative funded research projects and consultancy with various
• External Adviser and Member for several Approval and Review Panels for MSc and BSc Computer and IT Courses for several universities in UAE.
• External Academic Panel Member for the Postgraduate Computing programmes, for re-accreditation by the British Computer Society, University of Bedfordshire, May 2015.
• External examiner for BA in Multimedia Computing programmes at the University of Sunderland, UK, (2002 – 2006).
• External examiner for MSc ‘Business Information Technology’ programme at the University of Westminster, UK,  (2000 – 2004).
• External Adviser for the Validation Panel for MSc Artificial Intelligence Programme, University of Liverpool, Chester College, UK 2002.
• External examiner for several PhD students

• Member of Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center research group at University of Dubai.
• Researcher in the Biomedical Computing Research Group (BIOCORE), Coventry University UK.
• Research in the area of e-Systems and forensic computing covering several research projects such as “E-Performance Management System in Government in United Arab Emirates”, “Informatics and Knowledge Management in the Saudi Health Organisations” and “Develop a Steganalysis Detection System for Grey and Colour Stego Images”.
• Organizing and member of the steering committee of the 17th International Conference on Management of Technology IAMOT 2008 conference in Dubai.
• Take active part in a number of collaborative research projects with various partners and consortia in the UK and the EU (Institutes in France, Italy, Greece and Spain) in the research area of Multimedia Systems and e-health for biomedical applications (breast, colon, and urological cancers).
• Leading several research projects at Gulf countries such as Prime Minister Initiative 2 project on e-Health Decision Support.
• Supervising PhD research students (18 successful).
• I was a researcher at the Parallel Algorithms Research Centre, Computer Studies Department, Loughborough University of Technology. Involve within a European Community (EC) project.

Professional Membership

• Vice-Chairman of the British Computer Society/ Middle East section.
• Invited Member of IEEE Committee for Signal Processing for UK and Ireland, 2000 -2003.
• IEEE Signal Processing Chapter
• IEEE Communications Chapter
• BCS, Parallel Computing Group

Research Experience

Journals Activities

• Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (TITB).
• Member of the reviewing committee for the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine.
• Member of the reviewing committee for the Journal of Systematic, Cybernetics and Informatics.

Research Funding

• University of Dubai research grant. “Law and Policy of Autonomous Vehicles in the UAE: Balancing Innovation and Public Safety”, (AED 350,000).
• Knowledge Exchange & Enterprise Network KEEN (UK) in the area of design and develop novel “Reliable and Energy Cognitive Radio Multichannel MAC Protocol and testbed for Adhoc Networks (£42000)
• Prime Minister Initiative 2 (UK) in the area of Context-Aware Multimedia Information System for e-Health Decision Support (£37000).
• BUiD Research Funding (UAE) in the area of breast cancer detection ($11000).
• UK Research Funding in the area of parallel computing and medical imaging in collaboration with a number of hospitals in the Midlands region (£60000).
• European Community (EC) Funding collaboration with a number of European institutes (€ 165,000).
• UNESCO Project for Computerised Documentation Bank. France, This project was financially supported and technically directed by UNESCO/HQ in Paris, using CDS/ISIS system ($1,250,000)

PATENTS

• Alahmad M., Alhemairy M., and Amin S. A Novel Algorithm for fast disease detection based on vital signs. US Patent no. : 62/377,223. Registered on 19 August 2017.
• Alahmad M., Alhemairy M., and Amin S. A Novel Integrated and Scalable Architecture for Remote Health Monitoring. US Patent no. : 15/395,121 Registered on December 30, 2017.

BOOKS

• SA Amin, Medical Image Segmentation Using Knowledge and Feedback, chapter in Intelligent and Adaptive systems in medicine, IOS Press, (2019).
• M Alsalamah, S Amin, V Palade (2017) Clinical practice for diagnostic causes for obstructive sleep apnea using artificial intelligent neural networks, chapter in Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 200. Springer, Cham.
• Al Hemairy, M. Serhani, S. Amin, M. Alahmad. (2017) A Comprehensive Framework for Elderly Healthcare Monitoring in Smart Environment, chapter in Technology for Smart Futures. Springer.
• M Hijji, S Amin and W Harrop. (2017) The Effectiveness of Using 'an IT System' in Capabilities Preparedness for Flood Risk Management, chapter in Flood Risk Management", chapter 15, ISBN 978-953-51-5526-3.
• M Alhemairy, M Alahmad, A Serhani, and S Amin. (2017) Integrated and Scalable Architecture for Providing Cost-Effective Remote Health Monitoring [IS-ARM] chapter in Technology for Smart Futures.
• SA Amin, A Al-Raisi, (2013) E-Performance Systems: A Method of Measuring Performance, chapter in Web Portal Design, Implementation, Integration, and Optimization, edit Jane Polar, IGI Global.