Dr. Uvais Ahmed Qidwai Professor of Computer Engineering, QU
Uvais Qidwai received his Ph. D(EE). from the University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth USA in 2001. He taught in the EECS Department at Tulane University in New Orleans USA as Assistant Professor, and was in-charge of the Robotics lab as well as a research member of Missile Defense Center, during June 2001 to June 2005. He led the robotics teams to several IEEE Robotics contests in USA, supervised graduate students to develop a prototype robotic vehicle for DARPA Grand Challenge 2004-5, and developed several autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic solutions.
His current affiliation (since September 2005) is with the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Qatar University, Qatar where he is a Professor of Computer Engineering at present. His research interests are focused in the Computer Engineering field and include the development of AI-based embedded systems and AI techniques applied to healthcare and industrial applications, Machine and Deep Learning applied to health informatics, and Robotics.
He has participated in several government- and industry-funded projects in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Singapore, Malaysia, and Pakistan. He has published over 150 papers in reputable journals and conference proceedings, and has been granted two US patents, and two more have been submitted.