Mohamed Shehata

Mohamed Shehata is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics at the University of British Columbia's Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science. He holds an adjunct professorship at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Computer Engineering Department. His research focuses on computer vision, biomedical applications, and intelligent camera systems. He earned his B.Sc. (Zagazig University), M.Sc. (Zagazig University), Ph.D. (University of Calgary), and P.Eng. licensure. Previously, he worked at Intelliview Technologies Inc. as Vice President of Engineering and Research. He has held roles as an assistant and associate professor at Memorial University before joining UBC in 2019. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering and has contributed to over 70 peer-reviewed publications. His work spans video surveillance systems, domain generalization, and medical imaging applications.

Education:

• B.Sc. (Honors), Zagazig University
• M.Sc., Computer Engineering, Zagazig University
• Ph.D., University of Calgary

Research Interests: He explores cutting-edge topics like federated learning for domain adaptation, biomedical image analysis, and lightweight neural networks for embedded systems. His recent work emphasizes cross-domain generalization and few-shot learning for medical diagnostics and object tracking.

Professional Contributions: Dr. Shehata has supervised graduate students and led projects in computer vision applications. His publications bridge theoretical advancements with practical systems like drone-based surveillance and IoT healthcare devices. He actively contributes to IEEE committees and academic journal editing.