Lecture Title: Smart Sensing Systems for Ubiquitous- Healthcare – AI is a Key Enabler
Prof. Mohamed Jamal Deen
McMaster University, Canada
Dr. M. Jamal Deen is Distinguished University Professor (highest rank of a Professor in Canada), Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology, and Director of the Micro- and Nano-Systems Laboratory, McMaster University. As an educator, he won the Ham Education Medal from IEEE Canada, the McMaster University President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, and MSU Macademics’ Lifetime Achievement Award for his exceptional dedication to teaching and significant contribution to student life, the community at large, and academia.
Dr. Deen served as the elected President of the Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Canada in 2015-2017. Recently, he was elected the inaugural Vice President (North) of The World Academy of Sciences, representing the developed countries. His current research interests are nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, nanotechnology, data analytics and their emerging applications to health and environmental sciences. Dr. Deen’s research record includes more than 900 peer-reviewed articles (about 20% are invited), two textbooks on “Silicon Photonics- Fundamentals and Devices” and “Fiber Optic Communications: Fundamentals and Applications”, 12 awarded patents of which 6 were extensively used in industry, and twenty-three best paper/poster/presentation awards.
As an undergraduate student at the University of Guyana, Dr. Deen was the top ranked mathematics and physics student and the second ranked student at the university, winning the Chancellor’s gold medal and the Irving Adler prize. As a graduate student, he was a Fulbright-Laspau Scholar and an American Vacuum Society Scholar. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electron Device Society for more than a decade and a half. His awards and honors include the Callinan Award as well as the Electronics and Photonics Award from the Electrochemical Society; a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Eadie Medal from the Royal Society of Canada; McNaughton Gold Medal (highest award for engineers), the Fessenden Medal and the Gotlieb Computer Medal, all from IEEE Canada IEEE Canada In addition, he was awarded the four honorary doctorate degrees in recognition of his exceptional research and scholarly accomplishments, professionalism and service. Dr. Deen has also been elected Fellow status in thirteen national academies and professional societies including The Royal Society of Canada - The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences (the highest honor for academics, scholars and artists in Canada), the Canadian Academy of Engineering (the highest honor for engineers in Canada) IEEE, APS (American Physical Society) and ECS (Electrochemical Society). He was also elected to the Order of Canada (July 2018), the highest civilian honor awarded by the Government of Canada.