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Dr Rami S R Qahwaji

Reader in Visual Computing
Category: Reader
Location: N/A
T: 6078
F: +44(0)1274 233727
W: http://spaceweather.inf.brad.ac.uk/
E: R.S.R.Qahwaji@brad.ac.uk
Research: Digital Imaging
Research: Visual Computing
Qualifications: B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (1994) M.Sc. Control and Computer Engineering (1997) PhD Informatics ( 2002)
Post Graduate Chair (Creative Technology)
Course tutor - MSc Visual Computing
BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, FHEA
Publications

BIOGRAPHY

Rami Qahwaji (CEng) got his BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mustansiriyah (Baghdad) in 1994 and his MSc in Control and Computer Engineering from the same university in 1997. He got his PhD in computer Vision systems in 2002 from Bradford University. He is currently a Reader in Visual Computing at the School of Computing, Informatics and Media. His research expertise include: 2D/3D image processing, machine learning and the design of machine vision systems. He has publications in the fields of solar imaging, space weather, medical imaging, biometrics and face recognition, morphological transforms, statistical classifiers and neural networks, security and watermarking.

GRANTS:

Current, and significant recent, funded projects
R. Qahwaji, H. Ugail and S. Ipson, "Image Processing, Machine Learning and Geometric Modelling for the 3D Representation of Solar Features" 3-years EPSRC Grant, £295,469.

R. Qahwaji, "Image Processing & Machine Learning Techniques for Short-term Prediction of Solar Activity," 3-years EPSRC Grant, £124,887.

Consultancy for Hines Engineering Ltd. Funded by the innovation vouchers "“ Yorkshire Forward, April 2009, value: £3,000.

J. Jiang, R. Qahwaji, and S. Ipson, European Travel Funding for the Digital Imaging Research Group to Bid for EU funding under the Framework-6 Programme, EEPSRC, £13,712.

Z. Zharkova, S. Ipson, R. Qahwaji, European travel funding to enable members of the Solar Imaging Research Group to gain funding for the EU Framework 6 Programme, EPSRC, £13,747.

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:

Conference Co-Chair of the Int. Conference on CYBERWORLDS 2009, UK (for more info please visit http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/cw09/)

Conference Co-Chair of the Int. Conference on Computer Science from Algorithms to Applications (CSAA 2009-Egypt). For more info: http://csaa09.com/

Charted Engineer (CEng) - The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Fellow of the Higher Education academy (HEA) - (FHEA)
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) - (MIET)
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - (MIEEE)
Member of the IEEE Computer Society (CS)
Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) - (MAGU)
Member of SCIP Working Group (Soft Computing in Image Processing).
Member of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)

Refereed research grant proposals for the Royal Society, KFUPM, PPARC and the British Council.

Referee for the following Journals: IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET Image Processing, IET Proc. Radar, Sonar & Navigation, Patter Recognition Letters, Neural Computing and Applications, Signal Processing, Solar Physics, Virtual Reality, Visual Computer, and others

Member of the Scientific/Technical committee for the following conferences: Cyberworlds 2010 (Singapore), Cyberworlds 2009 (UK), CSAA 2009 (Egypt), CITSA 2009 (USA), IEEE ICME 2009 (Mexico), IEEE MIC-CSC '08 (Jordan), IEEE SSD'08 (Jordan), CITSA 08 (USA), IEEE ICSPC 07 (UAE), CITSA 07 (USA), DCCA 2007 (Jordan), ICME 2006 (Canada), VCIP-SPIE 05 (China), ASMTA 2004 (Germany), KES 2004 (New Zealand) and ICTIT 04 (Jordan) Conferences.

RESEARCH STAFF:

Dr. Tufan Colak (Research Assistant from 2004 - 2008)
Dr. Tufan Colak (Research Assistant from 2008 - 2011)
Dr. Khalid Al-Diri (Visiting Researcher From 2008 - 2009)

Completed PhD:
1. Puteri Nor Hashimah, " Computerized video content processing, manipulation and accessing," 2005.
2. Hui Fang, "Content-Based Digital Video Management," 2006.
3. Tufan Colak, "Automatic Short-term Prediction of Solar Flares using Image Processing and Machine Learning," 2008.
4. Ayman Abubaker, "Automatic Detection of Breast Cancer Microcalcifications in Digitized X-ray Mammograms," 2008.
5. Khalid Al-Diri, "The Effect of Visual Media Cues on Initial Trust in Business to Consumer Electronic Commerce Websites in Saudi Arabia," 2008
6. Abdullah Al-Tahan Al-Nuaimi, "Design, Implementation and Performance Evaluation of Robust and Secure Watermarking Techniques for Digital Coloured Images," 2009
7. Mohammad Al-Omari , "Engineering System Design for Automated Space Weather Forecast," 2009

RESEARCH STUDENTS:

Current Full-Time PhD Students:
1- Hussam Al-Osta - Medical Imaging (Currently writing-up)
2- Wissam Al-Khadour - 3D imaging
3- Ali Mehdi (DTA Grant) 3D Imaging
4- Sokyna Qatawneh 3D Face Recognition
5- Fahad Al-Harby - Internet Technologies
6- Omar Wahab Ahmed - Space Imaging
7- Jamal S. Zaraqo - 3D imaging
8- Omar M. Kamal - Space Weather
9- Esam ElOssta - Remote Sensing
10- Abdulhakim Elbita - Medical Imaging
11- Sofyan Hayajneh - Satellite Imaging

Current Extramural PhD Students:
1- Hussni Al-Muhtaseb - Arabic OCR
2- Ahmed Al-Gindy - Watermarking

He also supervised around 40 MSc projects from the School of Informatics in Imaging, HCI, E-commerce, Animation, Graphics, and mobile applications, and from the School of Engineering, Design and Technology in Solar Imaging, Speech Recognition, Face Recognition, Remote Sensing and 3D Image Topology.

Indicators of Esteem

Fellowships of Professional Institutions or equivalent

Charted Engineer (CEng-IET), Fellow of the Higher Education academy (HEA). Full member of IEEE, IET, IEEE CS, AGU, IASTED
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International Conference Organisation

ï‚§ Conference Co-Chair of the Int. Conference on CYBERWORLDS 2009, UK
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Member of the Scientific/Technical committee for Cyberworlds 2009 (UK), CSAA 2009 (Egypt), CITSA 2009 (USA), IEEE ICME 2009 (Mexico), IEEE MIC-CSC '08 (Jordan), IEEE SSD'08 (Jordan), CITSA 08 (USA), IEEE ICSPC 07 (UAE), CITSA 07 (USA), DCCA 2007 (Jordan), ICME 2006 (Canada), VCIP-SPIE 05 (China), ASMTA 2004 (Germany), KES 2004 (New Zealand) and ICTIT 04 (Jordan) Conferences.
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Chaired the Imaging/Vision or Signal Processing sessions in the following conferences: 5th IEEE Int. Multi-conference on Systems, Signals, and Device, IEEE MIC-CCA, The 6th Int. Conference on Computational Aspects and Their Applications in Electrical Engineering (CATAEE 2006), The 3rd International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications (CITSA 2006)
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Chaired the Imaging/Vision or Signal Processing sessions in the following conferences: Int. Conference on Communications, Computers and Applications (MIC-CCA 2008), IEEE Int. Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (ICSPC 2007, IEEE Int. Conference on Telecomputing and Information Technology (ICTIT 2004).
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Conference Co-Chair of the Int. Conference on Computer Science from Algorithms to Applications (CSAA), Egypt
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International Plenary Lectures, Conference Keynote

Key Note Speech at the 3rd Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Computers and Applications (MIC-CCA2009), which is IEEE sponsored, October 2009, Jordan. Speech entitled "Applied Image Processing and Machine Learning: a Multidisciplinary Perspective,". More info is available at http://mosharaka.net/CCA.htm
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Membership of Research Council Peer Review College

Refereed grant proposals for the Royal Society, British Council, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) and King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM "“ KSA).
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Other

Invited to research activities organised by EPSRC, CISM "“ Boston University (USA - 2006), LPCE at the Université d'Orléans (France -July 2008), the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON -Jan 2008), , NASA"™s workshop, "Forecasting the Operational All-Clear" (USA "“ April 2009), European COST Action ES0803 meeting in Rome (Italy "“March 2009), etc.
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"¢ Referee for the following Journals: IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET Image Processing, IET Proc. Radar, Sonar & Navigation, Patter Recognition Letters, Neural Computing and Applications, Signal Processing, Solar Physics, Advances in Space Research, Virtual Reality and others.
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Acted as an external examiner and Reviewer for the follwoing universities: University of Glamorgan (UK), Applied Science University (Jordan), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KSA), and others.
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Prizes, Medals, Awards

R. Qahwaji, S. Ipson and H. Ugail, ""Image Processing, Machine Learning and Geometric Modelling for the 3D Representation of Solar Features", EPSRC (EP/F022948/1), 3 years project, started 18/02/08, £295,469.
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Rami Qahwaji was also involved in 2 small EPSRC grants GR/S62758/01, value £13.7K and GR/S84699/01, value £13.7K. He also did consultancy work for Hines Engineering ltd "“ Bradford, which was funded by the innovation vouchers "“ Yorkshire Forward (£3K).
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Uninterrupted EPSRC funding since Sep 2004
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R. Qahwaji, "Image Processing & Machine Learning Techniques for Short-term Prediction of Solar Activity," EPSRC (GR/T17588/01), 3 years project (10/01/05 till 09/01/08), £124,887.
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