Mahdi Mahfouf

Professor Mahdi Mahfouf holds the Chair in Intelligent Systems at the University of Sheffield's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He obtained his MPhil (1988) and PhD (1991) in Control Systems from the same institution. After postdoctoral research (1992-1996) on Leverhulme-funded projects in Model-Predictive Control and Fuzzy Logic, he progressed through academic ranks at Sheffield to Full Professor (2005).

• Recipient of the IEE Hartree Premium Award (1992) and MEDIPEX Innovation Award (for ICU Decision Support Systems)
• Over 370 publications, including 130+ journal papers
• Head of the Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory

Research Themes

His work spans fundamental research in Fuzzy Logic (modelling, control), Neural-Fuzzy Systems, Self-Organising Control, and Evolutionary Optimization, alongside applied domains in pharmaceutical manufacturing, aerospace systems, biomedical engineering (ICU monitoring), and intelligent transportation. Recent publications focus on hybrid AI for pharmaceutical processes, type-2 fuzzy control systems, and machine learning in manufacturing metrology. Lab initiatives include multistage process monitoring and human-machine interaction systems for stress management.