prof abdulmotaleb el saddik

Professor of Computer Vision, MBZUAI, UAE

Speech Title: Metaverse as the Universe of Digital Twins: Approaches and Challenges

Before joining Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik served as a Distinguished University Professor and University Research Chair in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. He is an internationally recognized scholar who has made significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding of intelligent multimedia computing, communications, and applications. As of February 2022, El Saddik holds the position of Editor-in-Chief for the ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (ACM TOMM), and serves as an Associate Editor and Guest Editor for various transactions and journals. He has co-authored 10 books and published over 600 research papers. Additionally, he has chaired more than 50 conferences and workshops and supervised the work of more than 150 researchers. El Saddik has secured research grants and contracts exceeding $20M. Furthermore, he is the author of the book "Haptics Technologies: Bringing Touch to Multimedia." El Saddik is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He is also recognized as an ACM Distinguished Scientist and has received numerous awards, including the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award from the German Humboldt Foundation and the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Technical Achievement Award. Moreover, he has been honored with the IEEE Canada C.C. Gotlieb (Computer) Medal and A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal for Important Contributions to the Field of Computer Engineering and Science, as well as the IEEE Technical Community on Scalable Computing Achievement Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing.