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Dr. Magdi A. Mohamed Curriculum Vitae 2016:06:30

10994 W Ocean Air Dr #280, San Diego, CA 92130, USA, Mobile: 847-912-5381, Email: [email protected], Page: 1/18

MAGDI A. MOHAMED

10994 W Ocean Air Dr #280 San Diego, CA 92130, USA

Mobile: 847-912-5381 Home: 540-414-6803

Email: [email protected] Network: http://www.linkedin.com/in/magdimohamed

OBJECTIVE

Computer engineering professional with proven abilities in creating & applying novel techniques to improve digital systems performance and multi-dimensional data analysis methods. Background includes nonlinear digital signal, image, and video processing & analysis applied to resolve complex problems using proper pattern recognition and computational intelligence paradigms. Highly skilled in deriving mathematical models resulting in efficient algorithm designs and computing architectures. Committed to advancing computer software, hardware, and netware structures.

POSITIONS HELD

• Principal Engineer, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Multimedia R&D and Standards, Computer Vision Systems, San Diego, California, USA, November 2012 – Present.

• Technical Director, NIITEK Inc., Chemring Group Company (Non-Intrusive Inspection Technologies), Dulles, Virginia, USA, February 2009 – 2011.

• Principal Staff Engineer, Motorola Inc. (Motorola Labs, Physical and Digital Realization Research Center of Excellence), Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, January 2000 – 2008.

• Research Scientist, Motorola Inc. (Lexicus Embedded Research Group, Human Interface Laboratories), Palo Alto, California, USA, June 1998 – January 2000.

• Senior Staff Engineer, Motorola Inc. (Software Enterprises, and Broadband Wireless Systems), Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, June 1996 – June 1998.

• Visiting Professor, Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, August 1995 – May 1996.

• Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, Summer 1995.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, September 1993 – May 1995.

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, December 1991 – December 1994.

• Graduate Grader, Department of Computer Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, January 1990 – May 1990.

• Computer Engineer, Consultation and Hardware Support, ComputerMan Ltd., Khartoum, Sudan, January 1985 – June 1988.

• Teaching Assistant, Computer Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, January 1985 – June 1988.

• Electrical and Telecommunication Engineer, Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation, Omdurman, Sudan, December 1983 – December 1984.



EDUCATION

Ph.D. "Handwritten Word Recognition Using Generalized Hidden Markov Models", Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, May 1995.

M.S. "Sorting Algorithms on Hypercube Multicomputers", Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, August 1990.

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, September 1983.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS

• Sewer Pipe Inspection Systems using Ground Penetrating Radar Sensors.

• Landmine Detection using Ground Penetrating Radar & Electro-Magnetic Induction Sensors.

• Offline and Online Handwriting Recognition.

• Optical Motion Tracking.

• Digital Signal, Image, and Video Processing.

• Computer Vision.

• Fuzzy Sets and Systems.

• Neural Networks.

• Pattern Recognition.

• Parallel and Distributed Computing.

• Nonlinear and Adaptive Modeling.

• Machine Intelligence.

• Fractals and Chaos.

• Energy-Aware Processing.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

• Data Structures.

• Algorithm Analysis & Design.

• Operating Systems Theory.

• UNIX Operating System.

• Pattern Recognition.

• Introduction to Computing.

• Computer Programming in C.

• Computer Programming in Pascal.

• Numerical Methods.

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RECOGNITIONS, COMPETITIONS, AND PRIZES

• "Qualcomm Qualstar Hall of Fame: In Recognition of Successful Development and Delivery of Handwritten Gesture Recognition Engine", Qualcomm, 26 August 2014.

• "Motorola Science Advisory Board Association (SABA): In Recognition of Creative and Innovative Technical Contributions and in Particular for Word Recognition Technology for Handheld Device Text Entry and Nonlinear Adaptive Systems", Motorola, 2007.

• Co-authored a paper that won the "Best Student Paper Award, 2007 IEEE International

Conference on Image Processing", titled “Robust Focused Image Estimation from Multiple

Images in Video Sequences”, in the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing

(ICIP’07), San Antonio, Texas, September 16-19, 2007.

• “2006 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence Best Presentation Award, Vancouver, Canada” for the paper "Application of Q-Measure Techniques to Adaptive Nonlinear Digital Filtering", July 2006.



• "2004 Motorola Software, System and Simulation (S3) Symposium, Best Paper - 2nd Place Award, in New Models and Methods", for the paper “Q-Filter: A Universal Signal Filtering Technique”, July 2004.

• "Motorola Bravo Award: In recognition and appreciation of above and beyond performance contribution", Motorola Labs, Motorola Advanced Technology Center, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, December 2003.

• "2003 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award" for the papers “Generalized Hidden Markov Models – Part I and II”, The Newsletter of the IEEE Neural Networks Society, Volume 1, Number 1, ISSN 1543-4281, February 2003.

• "Appreciation for Dedicated Service to Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Missouri-Columbia", Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, May 1996.

• "The Donald K. Anderson Graduate Student Teaching Award for 1994-95", Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, March 1995.

• "A Professional Presentation Travel Fellowship", Graduate School, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA, September 1994.

• Design and implementation of the offline handwritten character and word recognition systems used by Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) in the benchmark competitions administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the Census Bureau, referred to as the First and Second Census Optical Character Recognition Conferences.

� In the First competition, systems where ranked on upper and lower case handwritten character recognition rates. The ERIM system placed 5th in the upper case character recognition and 3rd in the lower case character recognition (NISTIR 4912, August 1992).

� In the Second competition, systems where ranked on handwritten word recognition rates. The ERIM system placed 1st in handwritten word recognition (NISTIR 5452, May 1994).

• "Public Electricity and Water Corporation Prize for Best Final Year Student in the Department of Electrical Engineering", Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, September 1983.

• "Sayed Mirghani Hamza Prize for Best Performance in Final Year Electrical Engineering", Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, September 1983.

• "University Prize for Best Performance in Third Year Electrical Engineering", Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, November 1982.

• "Sayed Mohamed Abd Rabu's Prize for Best Performance in 2nd Year Electrical Engineering", Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, June 1981.

• Fourth Top Student in Sudanese National High School Examinations, Ministry of Education, Khartoum, Sudan, 1978.

PATENTS

ISSUED PATENTS:

• Yingyong Qi, Ananthapadmanabhan Arasanipalai Kandhadai, Magdi Abuelgasim Mohamed, Shuxue Quan, Binglong Xie, “Automated Graph-Based Programming”, Qualcomm IDF Ref # 131742, filed application with the United States Patent Office on September 23, 2013; issued by USPO as Patent No. US9182952-B2 on November 10, 2015.



• Michel Sarkis, Magdi Mohamed, and Yingyong Qi, “Deformable Expression Detector”, Qualcomm IDF Ref # 132520, filed application with the United States Patent Office on September 27, 2013; issued by USPO as Patent No. US9141851-B2 on September 22, 2015.

• Eric Buhrke, Mike Danielsen, Richard Li, Magdi Mohamed, and Mark Tarlton, “Method and System for Distributed Collaborative Communications”, Motorola ID 30065 (BCS03917) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on December 2, 2004, filed application (US20080141147-A1, EP1933525-A1) with the United States Patent Office on December 12, 2006; issued by USPO as Patent No. US8683353-B2 on March 25, 2014.

• Amir Ibrahim and Magdi Mohamed, “Signal Processing Method and Power Amplification Device”, Motorola ID 34959 (CML02921T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on October 21, 2005, filed application with the United States Patent Office on September 28, 2006; issued by USPO as Patent No. US008018276-B2 on September 13, 2011.

• Irfan Nasir, Tom Mathew, Magdi Mohamed, Jon Schindler, and Weimin Xiao, “Hardware Arithmetic Engine for Lambda-Rule Computations”, Motorola ID 37592 (CML03293T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on December 8, 2005, filed application with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007904497-B2 on March 8, 2011.

• Bill Olson and Magdi Mohamed, “Intelligent Risk Management System for First Responders”, Motorola ID 36495 (CML03116T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on November 10, 2005, filed application with the United States Patent Office on December 15, 2006; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007880607-B2 on February 1, 2011.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Method and Apparatus for Nonlinear Signal and Data Aggregation”, Motorola ID 32521 (CML02589T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on July 14, 2005, filed application with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007870180-B2 on January 11, 2011.

• Magdi Mohamed, Weimin Xiao, and Chi Zhou, “Configurable Infinite Logic Signal Processing Network and Genetic Computing Method of Designing the Same”, Motorola ID 39245 (CML03629T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on March 9, 2006, filed application with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007761392-B2 on July 20, 2010.

• Chi Zhou, Magdi Mohamed, and Weimin Xiao, “Gene Expression Programming Based on Hidden Markov Models”, Motorola ID 43313 (CML04356T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on September 14, 2006, filed application with the United States Patent Office on June 5, 2007; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007725409-B2 on May 25, 2010.

• Magdi Mohamed, Irfan Nasir, and Tom Mathew, “Fast Q-Filter”, Motorola ID 34350 (CML02826T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on September 8, 2005, filed application with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007656978-B2 on February 2, 2010.

• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “Method for Optimization of Q-Filter Kernel Parameters”, Motorola ID 23260 (CML01657T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on January 8, 2004, filed application with the United States Patent Office on July 12, 2005; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007613758-B2 on November 3, 2009.

• Magdi Mohamed and Mark Tarlton, “Method and Apparatus for Secure Data Entry Using Multiple Function Keys”, ID 12666 (CS20651RA) pursued by MD-SPD Patent Committee on May 14, 2002, filed application (US20040100362-A1, WO2004051457-A1) with the United States Patent Office on November 2002; issued by China Patent Office as Patent No. CN100524198 on August 5, 2009.



• Imtiaz Ahmed, Faisal Ishtiaq, Magdi Mohamed, and Irfan Nasir, “System for Synchronization of Multi-Sensor Data”, Motorola ID 46436 (CML05004T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on January 11, 2007, filed application with the United States Patent Office on May 30, 2007; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007446694-B1 on November 4, 2008.

• Magdi Mohamed, and Irfan Nasir, “Method and System for Parallel Processing of Hough Transform Computations”, Motorola ID 28255 (CML02096T) pursued by Mot Labs PRRC Patent Committee on October 14, 2004, filed application with the United States Patent Office on June 2, 2005; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007406212-B2 on July 29, 2008.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Method and Apparatus for Digital Signal Filtering”, Motorola ID 20995 (CML01424T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on August 14, 2003, filed application with the United States Patent Office on May 27, 2004; issued by USPO as Patent No. US007117128-B2 on October 3, 2006.

• Magdi Mohamed, Mark Tarlton, and George Valliath, “Method and Apparatus for Providing an Animated Display with Translated Speech”, Motorola ID 72814 (CM01492I) pursued by Motorola Labs MATC Patent Committee on June, 2001, filed application with the United States Patent Office on October 8, 2002; issued by USPO as Patent No. US006925438-B2 on August 2, 2005.

FILED AND PENDING PATENT APPLICATIONS:

• Imtiaz Ahmed, Magdi Mohamed, and Xin Zhong, “Cascaded Touch to Wake for Split Architecture”, Qualcomm IDF Ref # 155222, filed application with the United States Patent Office on December 24, 2015.

• Michel Sarkis, Magdi Mohamed, and Yingyong Qi, “Systems and Methods for Tracking an Object”, Qualcomm IDF Ref # 144688, filed application (US20160133022-A1) with the United States Patent Office on November 17, 2014.

• Magdi Mohamed, Xin Zhong and Yang Yang, “Systems and Methods for Obtaining Structural Information from a Digital Image”, Qualcomm IDF (Gradient direction descriptor for handwriting recognition systems) Ref # 144462, filed application (US20150371111-A1) with the United States Patent Office on December 30, 2014.

• Magdi Mohamed, Michel Adib Sarkis, Ning Bi, Xin Zhong and Yingyong Qi, “Systems and Methods for Obtaining Structural Information from a Digital Image”, Qualcomm IDF (Gradient direction transform for fast detection of curved items in digital images) Ref # 140615, filed application (US20150371360-A1) with the United States Patent Office on December 30, 2014.

• Irfan Nasir, Lih-Tyng Hwang, Magdi Mohamed, and Aroon Tungare, “System and Method for Directing Communications within a Heterogeneous Network Environment”, Motorola ID 55006 (CML07180) pursued by Motorola STARS Things-To-Things Patent Committee on May 28, 2008, filed application (US20100287273-A1) with the United States Patent Office on May 5, 2009.

• Magdi Mohamed, Iwona Turlik, and George Valliath, “System and Method for Exchanging Assets in a Network”, Motorola ID 38158 (CML03643T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on October 12, 2006, filed application (US20080255996-A1) with the United States Patent Office on April 12, 2007.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Metric Based Support Vector Machine”, Motorola ID 38408 (CML03630T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on April 13, 2006, filed application (US20080247652-A1) with the United States Patent Office on April 4, 2007.

• Magdi Mohamed, Eric Buhrke, and Julius Gyorfi, “Method and Apparatus to Facilitate a Differently Configured Virtual Reality Experience for Some Participants in a Communication Session”, Motorola ID 89276 (CML03536T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent



Committee on January 12, 2006, filed application (US20080231626-A1) with the United States Patent Office on March 27, 2007.

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Use of Conditional Probabilistic Analysis of Multi-Point-of-Reference Samples of an Item to Disambiguate State Information as Pertains to the Item”, Motorola ID 39401 (CML03670T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on March 9, 2006, filed application (US20080089578-A1, WO2008048897-A2) with the United States Patent Office on December 21, 2006.

• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “Artificial Neural Network with Adaptable Infinite-Logic Nodes”, Motorola ID 38079 (CML03430T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on May 11, 2006, filed application (US20080154816-A1) with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Hardware Sorter”, Motorola ID 38781 (CML03631T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on March 9, 2006, filed application (US20080104374-A1, WO2008054963-A2) with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006.

• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “Automatic Signal Processor Design Software System”, Motorola ID 30679 (CML02364T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on December 8, 2005, filed application (US20080103701-A1, WO2008063767-A2) with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “System for Pattern Recognition With Q-Metrics”, Motorola ID 29996 (CML02306T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on August 11, 2005, filed application (US20080101705-A1) with the United States Patent Office on October 31, 2006.

• Magdi Mohamed, Amir Ibrahim, and Weimin Xiao, “Method and Apparatus for Generating Outphased Signals”, Motorola ID 33472 (CML02725T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on July 14, 2005, filed application (US20080095458-A1, WO2008051754-A2) with the United States Patent Office on October 19, 2006.

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Method and Apparatus to Disambiguate State Information for Multiple Items Tracking”, Motorola ID 39400 (CML03669T) pursued by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on March 9, 2006, filed application (US20080154555-A1, WO2008048895-A2) with the United States Patent Office on October 13, 2006.

• Di-An Hong, Liliana Grajales, Magdi Mohamed, and Weimin Xiao, “Method for Detecting Heart Rate and Systems Thereof”, Motorola ID 27852 (CM07299G) pursued by GEMS Patent Committee on September 9, 2004, filed application (US20060287606-A1) with the United States Patent Office on June 21, 2005.

PURSUED PATENT DISCLOSURES:

• Lih-Tyng Hwang, Magdi Mohamed, and Irfan Nasir, “Method and System to Achieve True Bluetooth-Zigbee Coexistence”, Motorola ID 54515 (CML07101) pursued by Motorola KTA – Over the Air Protocols (Non-4G) on May 22, 2008.

• Chong Chen, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Method for Distributed Pose Estimation from Multiple Camera Views”, Motorola ID 53156 (CML06687) pursued by Motorola STARS Liquid Content & Security – Image/Video Coding & Compression Patent Committee on February 11, 2008.

DEFENSIVE PUBLICATIONS:



• Tom Mathew, Magdi Mohamed, and Irfan Nasir, “Instruction Set Optimization for Lambda-Rule Algorithmic Flow”, Motorola ID 46440 (CML05002T) submitted to Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on December 6, 2006, reviewed on January 11, 2007.

TRADE SECRETS

• Magdi Mohamed, Amir Ibrahim and Weimin Xiao, “Method for Enabling Outphasing Power Amplification Using a Rational Function in the Strength Value of the Input Signal”, Motorola ID 30696 (CE14255R) assigned disposition Trade Secret by Networks NET Patent Committee on February 17, 2005, [pdf].

• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “Q-Filter System Design Using Gene Expression Programming”, Motorola ID 30679 (CML02364T) assigned Trade Secret disposition by Motorola Labs PRRC Patent Committee on January 13, 2005, [pdf], and then changed status to Pursue on December 8, 2005.

• Magdi Mohamed, Amir Ibrahim and Weimin Xiao, “Generation of Constant Amplitude Signals in Outphasing Power Amplifiers Using Compactly Approximated Mathematical Expressions”, Motorola ID 29058 (CE13944R) pursued by Networks NB Patent Committee on November 18, 2004.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, "Q-Filter Structures", submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, "Q-Metrics Modeling", submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

• Chong Chen, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “A Particle Filtering Framework for Joint

Video Tracking and Pose Estimation”, submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and

Systems for Video Technologies.

• Junlan Yang, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Robust Video Stabilization Based on

Particle Filtering of Projected Camera Motion”, in the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and

Systems for Video Technologies, Volume 19, Issue 7, pp. 945-954, July 2009, [pdf].

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Real-Time Distributed Multi-Object Tracking

Using a Magnetic-Inertia Potential Model”, in the IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, pp. 511-

519, April 2007, [pdf].

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Distributed Bayesian Multiple-Target Tracking in Crowded Environments Using Multiple Collaborative Cameras”, in the EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Special Issue on Tracking in Video Sequences of Crowded Scenes, 2007, Article ID 38373, 15 pages, doi:10.1155/2007/38383, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, "Q-Measures: An Efficient Extension of the Sugeno Lambda-Measure", in the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, pp. 419-426, June 2003, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and P.D. Gader, "Generalized Hidden Markov Models, Part I: Theoretical Frameworks", in the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, pp. 67-81, February 2000, granted the "2003 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award", [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and P.D. Gader, "Generalized Hidden Markov Models, Part II: Application to Handwritten Word Recognition", in the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, pp. 82-94,



February 2000, granted the "2003 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award", [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and Jung-Hsien Chiang, "Handwritten Word Recognition with Character and Inter-Character Neural Networks", in the IEEE Transactions, System, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B, pp. 159-164, February 1997, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, J.M. Keller, R. Krishnapuram, Jung-Hsien Chiang, and Magdi Mohamed, "Neural and Fuzzy Methods in Handwriting Recognition", in the IEEE Computer, pp. 79-86, February 1997, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and James M. Keller, "Fusion of Handwritten Word Classifiers", in Pattern Recognition Letters, pp. 577-584, 1996, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Paul Gader, "Handwritten Word Recognition Using Segmentation-Free Hidden Markov Modeling and Segmentation-Based Dynamic Programming Techniques", in the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Volume 18, Number 5, pp. 548-554, May 1996, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and James M. Keller, "Dynamic Programming Based Handwritten Word Recognition using the Choquet Integral as the Match Function", in the Journal of Electronic Imaging, Copublished by SPIE and IS&T, Special Section on Digital Document Imaging, pp. 15-24, January 1996, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and Jung-Hsien Chiang, "Comparison of Crisp and Fuzzy Character Neural Networks in Handwritten Word Recognition", in the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, pp. 357-363, August 1995, [pdf].

• J.M. Keller, P.D. Gader, Hossein Tahani, Jung-Hsien, and Magdi Mohamed, "Advances in Fuzzy Integration for Pattern Recognition", in Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Volume 65, pp. 273-283, 1994, [pdf].

CONFERENCE PAPERS - PRESENTATIONS

• Magdi Mohamed, Ashwath Aithal, and Ibrahim Hajj-Ahmad, "Quick Sequence Matcher for Reliable Online Custom Gesture Classification", Qualcomm’s Engineering Conference for Employees (Q-Tech 2016), San Diego California, June 28-30, 2016, [pdf].

• Hasib Siddiqui and Magdi Mohamed, "Sparse Linear Discriminant Analysis and Regression using the Sparse Matrix Transform", Qualcomm’s Engineering Conference for Employees (Q-Tech 2016), San Diego California, June 28-30, 2016, [pdf].

• Hasib Siddiqui, Sergio Goma, Kalin Atanassov, Magdi Mohamed, and Albrecht Lindner, "Non-Iterative Maximum A Posteriori (NMAP) Universal Demosaick", Qualcomm’s Engineering Conference for Employees (Q-Tech 2016), San Diego California, June 28-30, 2016, [pdf].

• Michel Sarkis, Magdi Mohamed, and Yingyong Qi, "Video Face Alignment via a Semi-Supervised Particle Filter", Qualcomm’s Engineering Conference for Employees (Q-Tech 2015), San Diego California, June 23-25, 2015, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed, Michel Sarkis, Ning Bi, Xin Zhong and Yingyong Qi, “On Iris Detection for Mobile Device Applications”, in the SPIE Optics + Photonics, Optical Engineering +

Applications, Conference 9217, Applications of Digital Image Processing, San Diego,

California, August 17-21, 2014, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed, Michel Sarkis, Ning Bi, Xin Zhong, Yang Yang and Yingyong Qi, "Gradient Direction Transform", Qualcomm’s Engineering Conference for Employees (Q-Tech 2014), San Diego California, June 24-26, 2014, [pdf].



• Michel Sarkis, Magdi Mohamed, and Yingyong Qi, "Smile Detection for Mobile Platforms: A Comparative Study", Qualcomm’s Engineering Conference for Employees (Q-Tech 2013), San Diego California, June 4-6, 2013, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed, Michel Sarkis, and Weimin Xiao, "A Tutorial on Q-Filter Techniques", Qualcomm’s Engineering Conference for Employees (Q-Tech 2013), San Diego California, June 4-6, 2013, [pdf].

• Matt Laffin, Magdi Mohamed, Ali Etebari, and Mark Hibbard, “Layer Segmentation of Ground Penetrating Radar Images using Relaxation Labeling for Landmine Detection”, in the SPIE

Defense and Security and Sensing, Orlando, Florida, April 25-29, 2011, [pdf].

• Matt Laffin, Magdi Mohamed, Ali Etebari, and Mark Hibbard, “Fusion Techniques for Hybrid Ground Penetrating Radar – Electromagnetic Induction Landmine Detection”, in the SPIE

Defense and Security and Sensing, Orlando, Florida, April 5-9, 2010, [pdf].

• Chong Chen, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, "Robust Pose Estimation Based on Sylvester’s Equation: Single and Multiple Collaborative Cameras", in the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASP’2008), Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30 – April 4, 2008, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Filter Structures with Applications in Mobile Communication Systems”, in the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Conference 6982

on Mobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications, Orlando, Florida, March

16-20, 2008, [pdf].

• Chong Chen, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, "Distributed Pose Estimation from Multiple Views", in the IS&T/SPIE 19th Annual Symposium, Electronic Imaging, Science & Technology, Visual Communications and Image Processing (SPIE-VCIP’2008), San Jose, California, January 26–31, 2008, [pdf].

• Junlan Yang, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, "Focused Video Estimation from Defocused Video Sequences", in the IS&T/SPIE 19th Annual Symposium, Electronic Imaging, Science & Technology, Visual Communications and Image Processing (SPIE-VCIP’2008), San Jose, California, January 26–31, 2008, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Filter Computational Structures for Paradigm Shifts in Data Engineering”, in the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 2125-2130, October 7-10, 2007, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Metrics: An Efficient Formulation of Normalized Distance Functions”, in the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and

Cybernetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 2108-2113, October 7-10, 2007, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Aggregates: The Smallest Universal Nonlinear Connective Operators”, in the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and


• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “Radial Basis Function Networks with Q-Metric and Q-Aggregate Nodes”, in the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, pp. 2137-2142, October 7-10, 2007, [pdf].

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “A Distributed Architecture for Collaborative Real-Time Video Tracking”, in the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and




• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “Advanced Radial Basis Function Networks”, in the International Symposium on Intelligence Computation and Applications, Wuhan, China,

September 21-23, 2007, [pdf].

• Junlan Yang, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Robust Focused Image Estimation from Multiple Images in Video Sequences”, in the IEEE International Conference on Image

Processing (ICIP’07), San Antonio, Texas, September 16-19, 2007, granted the "Best Student

Paper Award, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing", [pdf].

• Chong Chen, Junlan Yang, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, "Pose Estimation from Video Sequences Based on Sylvester’s Equation", in the IS&T/SPIE 19th Annual Symposium, Electronic Imaging, Science & Technology, Visual Communications and Image Processing (SPIE-VCIP’2007), San Jose, California, January 28 – February 1, 2007, [pdf].

• Junlan Yang, Dan Schonfeld, Chong Chen, and Magdi Mohamed, “Online Video Stabilization Based on Particle Filters”, in the IEEE International Conference on Image Processing

(ICIP’06), Atlanta, Georgia, October 8-11, 2006, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, "Highly Adaptive Data Analysis Handlers", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2006), Itasca, Illinois, September 11-15, 2006, [pdf].

• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, "Q-Filter System Design", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2006), Itasca, Illinois, September 11-15, 2006, [pdf].

• Irfan Nasir, Tom Mathew, and Magdi Mohamed, "Implementation of Q-Filters on Embedded Platforms", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2006), Itasca, Illinois, September 11-15, 2006, [pdf].

• Chi Zhou, Magdi Mohamed, and Weimin Xiao, "Advances in Gene Expression Programming", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2006), Itasca, Illinois, September 11-15, 2006, [pdf].

• Amir Ibrahim and Magdi Mohamed, "Digital Signal Processing Techniques for RF Power Amplifiers", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2006), Itasca, Illinois, September 11-15, 2006, [pdf].

• Wei Qu and Magdi Mohamed, "Data Fusion of Multiple Video Streams for Real-Time Applications", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2006), Itasca, Illinois, September 11-15, 2006, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, "Application of Q-Measure Techniques to Adaptive Nonlinear Digital Filtering", in the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE-WCCI-2006), International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE-2006), Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 16-21, 2006, granted the "Best Presentation Award, 2006 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence", [pdf].

• Wei Qu, and Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Decentralized Multiple Camera Multiple Object Tracking”, in the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME’06), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 9-12, 2006, [pdf].

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, "Parallel Multiple Target Tracking Using Cooperative Trackers", in the IS&T/SPIE 18th Annual Symposium, Electronic Imaging, Science & Technology, Visual Communications and Image Processing (SPIE-VCIP’2006), San Jose, California, January 15-19, 2006, [pdf].



• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, "Real-Time Interactively Distributed Multi-Object Tracking Using a Magnetic-Inertia Potential Model", in the Tenth IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV’2005), Beijing, China, October 17-21, 2005, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Irfan Nasir, "Hough Transform Computing with Multiple Processing Engines", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2005), Itasca, Illinois, September 12-16, 2005, [pdf].

• Richard Li, Magdi Mohamed and Mike Danielsen, "Optical Facial Tracking Using Cameras Embedded in Mobile Devices", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2005), Itasca, Illinois, September 12-16, 2005, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and Jon Schindler, "Autofocus Testing Methods for Production of Megapixel Camera Phones", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2005), Itasca, Illinois, September 12-16, 2005, [pdf].

• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, "Q-Filter: A Universal Signal Filtering Technique", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2004), Itasca, Illinois, July 12-15, 2004, granted the "2004 Motorola Software, System and Simulation (S3) Symposium, Best Paper - 2nd Place Award, in New Models and Methods", [pdf].

• Irfan Nasir, Magdi Mohamed and Jon Schindler, "Implementation of Hough Transform on a Reconfigurable Platform for Optical Eye Tracking", Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2004), Itasca, Illinois, July 12-15, 2004, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader and Magdi Mohamed, "The Choquet Fuzzy Integral in Handwritten Word Recognition", in the SPIE Conference on Document Recognition III, San Jose, California, January 29-30, 1996, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader and Magdi Mohamed, "Multiple Classifier Fusion for Handwritten Word Recognition", in the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 1995, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and James M. Keller, "Applications of Fuzzy Integrals to Handwriting Recognition", Proceedings of the SPIE Conference, Applications of Fuzzy Logic Technology II, Orlando, Florida, April 1995, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, James M. Keller, Harikrishan Nair, Magdi Mohamed, and Jung-Husien Chiang, "The Principle of Least Commitment in Computer Vision", Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Midwest Electro-Technology Conference, Ames, Iowa, March 1995, [pdf].

• Magdi Mohamed and P.D. Gader, "Generalization of Hidden Markov Models Using Fuzzy Integrals", Proceeding of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS'94), San Antonio Texas, pp. 3-7, December 1994, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and J. Chiang, "Comparison of Crisp and Fuzzy Character Networks in Handwritten Word Recognition", Proceeding of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS'92), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pp. 257-266, December 1992, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and J. Chiang, "Segmentation-Based Handwritten Word

Recognition", Proceeding of the 5th United States Postal Service Advanced Technology Conference, Washington, D.C., pp. 215-225, November 1992, [pdf].

• P.D. Gader, Magdi Mohamed, and J. Chiang, "Fuzzy and Crisp Handwritten Character Recognition Using Neural Networks", Proceeding of Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, pp. 421-426, November 1992, [pdf].



• Youran Lan and Magdi Mohamed, "Parallel Quicksort in Hypercube Multicomputers", ACM, 1992 Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'92), Kansas City, Missouri, pp. 740-746, March 1992, [pdf].

CONTRIBUTIONS ACKNOWLEDGED IN BOOK CHAPTERS

• Introduction to Fractals and Chaos, “Chapter 2: Classical Fractals”, authored by Richard M. Crownover, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1995. ISBN: 0-86720-464-8.

• Digital Image Processing Methods, “Chapter 7: Handwritten Character Recognition”, edited by Edward R. Dougherty, Marcel Dekker Inc., 1994. ISBN: 0-8247-8927-X.

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

• Wei Qui, “Real-Time Distributed Video Tracking of Multiple Objects from Single and Multiple Cameras”, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 2006.

• Chong Chen, “Multi-Camera Vision Systems: Pose Estimation and Plenoptic Imaging”, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 2010.

• Junlan Yang, “Virtual Video Enhancement for Mobile Cameras: Stabilization, Auto-Focus and Super-Resolution”, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 2010.

• Badria Elnour, “A Novel (MIMO) Six Element Vector Antenna for Direction of Arrival (DOA) Estimation in Radar Systems”, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2010.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member of the “Artificial Intelligence, Neural Network & Fuzzy Systems” Track, Third International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO'09), Sharjah, UAE, January 20-22, 2009.

• Organizer and Chair of the “Intelligent Systems for Mobile Communications” Special Session, “Data Management and Mobile Communications” Track, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE-SMC’2007), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 7-10, 2007.

• Organizer and Chair of the “Data Processing for Communication Networks” Special Session, “Data Management and Mobile Communications” Track, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE-SMC’2007), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 7-10, 2007.

• Member of the 2007 FUZZ-IEEE Conference Program Committee, London, England, on July 24-26, 2007.

• Organizer & Chair of the “Advanced Data Modeling, Data Fusion, and Machine Intelligence” workshop, Motorola Software, System and Simulation Symposium (S3S’2006), Itasca, Illinois, USA, September 11-15, 2006.

• Chair of the “Fuzzy Systems Applications – Diagnostics & Prognostics I” session, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE-2006), Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 16-21, 2006.



• Member of Motorola Things-To-Things Corporate Patent Committee, 2006 - 2008.

• Member of the 2006 FUZZ-IEEE Conference Program Committee, Vancouver, BC, Canada, on July 16-21, 2006.

• Member of the 2005 FUZZ-IEEE Conference Program Committee, Reno, Nevada, USA, on May 22-25, 2005.

• Member of the International Conference on Neural Networks Program Committee, 2003.

• Member of the International Fuzzy System Association Conference Program Committee, 2003.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• Associate Member of the Motorola Science Advisory Board Association (SABA).

• Associate Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

• IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.

• IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.

• IEEE Computer Society.

• IEEE Communication Society.

REVIEWING COMMITMENTS

• International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, 2008 - Present.

• International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 2007 - Present.

• IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2006 - Present.

• IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, 2004 – Present.

• IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2003 – Present.

• International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress, 2003 – Present.

• International Conference on Neural Networks, 1996 – Present.

• IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 1995 – Present.

• Pattern Recognition Letters, 1995 – Present.

• Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 1995 – Present.

• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 1995 – Present.

• Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 1994 – Present.

INVITED SEMINARS

• Magdi Mohamed, “Q-Metrics in Theory and Practice”, Computational Science and Intelligence

Lab, Department of Computer and Information Systems and Engineering, University of

Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, November 10, 2009.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Q-Filter Structures with Applications in Mobile Communication Systems”, in the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Conference 6982 on Mobile Multimedia/Image

Processing, Security, and Applications, Orlando, Florida, March 16-20, 2008.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Paradigm Shifts in Data Engineering”, in the “Intelligent Systems for Mobile Communications” Special Session, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE-SMC’2007), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 7-10, 2007.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Computational Intelligence and Q-filter Structures”, Multimedia Communications Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 25, 2007.



• Magdi Mohamed, “Machine Intelligence in Communication Systems”, Multimedia Research Lab, Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, sponsored by IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, November 3, 2006.

• Dan Schonfeld, Nidhal Bouaynaya, Karthik Hariharakrishnan, Josh Meir, Magdi Mohamed, Wei Qu, and Fathy Yassa, “Real-Time Video Communications: Compression, Tracking, Retrieval, and Networking”, Workshop on Global Multimedia Communications, Center for Global Multimedia Mobile Communications, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA, January 14, 2005.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Robust Modeling Techniques for Real-Time Pattern Recognition Applications”, Motorola Advanced Technology Center, Interaction Design & Display Lab, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, December 16, 1999.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Online Handwriting Recognition: Writer-Independent and Writer-Dependent Systems”, Motorola, Lexicus Division, Embedded Research Group, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, California, USA, March 19, 1998.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Multiple Classification Techniques for Automatic Handwritten Word Recognition Systems”, Handwriting Systems, Motorola Software Enterprises, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, May 29, 1996.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Fuzzy Integrals in Handwriting Recognition Applications”, Natural Language Processing Department, BBN Systems and Technologies, A Division of Bolt Beramek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, August 22, 1995.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Automated Handwriting Recognition: Segmentation-Free and Segmentation-Based Approaches”, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden, June 21, 1995.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Segmentation-Free Handwritten Word Recognition Using Generalized Hidden Markov Models”, Center for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 8, 1995.

TECHNICAL REPORTS - DOCUMENTATIONS

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Filter Structures”, White Paper, Motorola eIntelligence Database, May 2007.

• Amir Ibrahim, Magdi Mohamed, and Badria Elnour, “Dual Phase Modulator for RF Power Amplifiers”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, April 2007.

• Irfan Nasir, Lih-Tyng Hwang, Magdi Mohamed, and Aroon Tungare, “Radio Network Architecture with Multi-Protocol Mobile Basestations for Seamless Local Connectivity”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, February 2007.

• Magdi Mohamed, Amir Ibrahim, and Larry Lach, “Spiral Structure for High Performance Laser Array Emission Devices”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, February 2007.

• Swee Mok, Magdi Mohamed, and Tom Schirtzinger, “Distributed Media Search System Architecture”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, February 2007.

• Tom Mathew, Magdi Mohamed, and Irfan Nasir, “Instruction Set Optimization for Lambda-Rule Algorithmic Flow”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, January 2007.

• Weimin Xiao, Magdi Mohamed, and Xiaohua Wu, “Real-Time Optimization Method for RF Signal Location Positioning”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, January 2007.



• Junlan Yang, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Robust Video Stabilization Based on Particle Filtering”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, December 6, 2006.

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Real-Time Three Dimensional Head Pose Estimator”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, November, 2006.

• Junlan Yang, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Online Video Stabilization for Hand-Held Cameras”, Motorola Labs, Physical Realization Research Center of Excellence, September, 2006.

• Chong Chen, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Pose Estimation from Video Sequences Based on Sylvester’s Equation”, Motorola Labs, Physical Realization Research Center of Excellence, September, 2006.

• Magdi Mohamed, “General N-Tap Data Permutation Engine”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, December, 2005.

• Magdi Mohamed, Iwona Turlik, and George Valliath, “The Broker Phone”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, December, 2005.

• Wei Qu, Dan Schonfeld, and Magdi Mohamed, “Real-Time Multi-Object Tracking and 3D Head Pose Estimation”, Motorola Labs, Physical Realization Research Center of Excellence, December, 2005.

• Amir Ibrahim and Magdi Mohamed, “Smart Power Amplifier”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, October 2005.

• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “Q-Filter System Design”, Motorola Labs, PRRC Control No: 20051449P-16, January 2005.

• Magdi Mohamed, and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Metric Models (QMMs)”, Motorola Labs, PRRC Control No: 20041421P-16, November 2004.

• Magdi Mohamed, Amir Ibrahim and Weimin Xiao, “Generation of constant amplitude signals in outphasing power amplifiers using compactly approximated mathematical expressions”, Motorola Labs, PRRC Control No: 20041416P-16, November 2004.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Filter Techniques”, Motorola Labs, PRRC Control No: 20041411P-16, November 2004.

• Magdi Mohamed and Jon Schindler, “Automatic Focusing Algorithms”, Motorola Labs, PRRC Control No: 20041316P-169, July 2004.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Filter Architecture”, Motorola Labs, PRRC Control No: 20041253P-29, June 2004.

• Magdi Mohamed, “Relaxation Tracking Methods and Means for Optical Tracking of Deformable Objects”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, August 2003.

• Magdi Mohamed, “An Optical Eye Tracking System for Telepresence Communications”, Motorola Labs, MATC Control No: 20031097M-29, December 2003.

• Irfan Nasir and Magdi Mohamed, “Highly Parallel Architecture and Implementation of Hough Transform on a Reconfigurable Platform for Optical Eye Tracking”, Motorola Labs, MATC Control No: 20031096M-16, December 2003.

• Magdi Mohamed and Eric Buhrke, “Methods for De-Emphasizing Geometric Exactness in Virtual Communications”, Motorola eIntelligence Database, August 2003.



• Weimin Xiao and Magdi Mohamed, “A Q-Filter Based Regression Model”, Motorola Labs, MATC Control No: 20031054M-19, September 2003.

• Eric Buhrke, Mike Danielsen, Richard Li, Yong Liu, Magdi Mohamed, and Mark Tarlton, “Virtual Incident Command Center Demonstration Requirements – System Requirements Document”, Motorola Labs, MATC Control No: 200398M-29, September 2003.

• Eric Buhrke, Mike Danielsen, Richard Li, Yong Liu, Magdi Mohamed, and Mark Tarlton, “Virtual Incident Command Center Demonstration System – Use Case Document”, Motorola Labs, MATC Control No: 2003981M-29, August 2003.

• Mark Tarlton, Magdi Mohamed, Iwona Turlik, and George Valliath, “A Method for Rapidly Viewing Multiple Image Streams”, Motorola Labs, Motorola Advanced Technology Center, March 2002.

• Magdi Mohamed and Weimin Xiao, “Q-Measures: An Efficient Extension of the Sugeno Lambda-Measure”, Motorola Labs, MATC Control No: 2002372M-29, February 2002.

• Mark Tarlton and Magdi Mohamed, “Telepresence Communications - Systems Architecture”, Motorola Labs, MATC Control No: 2001271M-29, December 2001.

• Mark Tarlton, Di-An Hong, Magdi Mohamed, and George Valliath, “An Application of Gaze Tracking for Control Within a Breathing Apparatus”, Motorola Labs, Motorola Advanced Technology Center, August 2001.

• Magdi Mohamed and Mark Tarlton, “Method and Device for User Identification in Visual Communication Systems Using Iris Recognition Biometrics”, Motorola Labs, Motorola Advanced Technology Center, July 2000.

HANDS-ON COMPUTING

• Platforms: Sun, HP, Vax, Appolo, Wang VS100, PC, Mac, Intel Personal Supercomputer (iPSCII), ANSIM Neurocomputer, Symbolics Lisp Machine, and Various PDAs.

• Languages: Basic, PL/1, Fortran, Pascal, C, C++, Parallel C, C Shell Script, Lisp, Prolog, Html, Java, Java Script, Perl, Tcl/Tk, SQL, UML, and various Assemblers.

• Operating Systems: Unix, MS-DOS, OS/2, MS-Windows, and MacOS.

• Utilities: ClearCase, CVS, Matlab, Mathematica, Various Electronic Worksheets, Word Processing, Image Processing and Drawing tools, Mentor Graphics Catapult C Synthesis and Library Builder.

• APIs & Libraries: Java Media Framework, Java Advanced Imaging, Numerical Recipes in C, Numerical Analysis Group (NAG) in FORTRAN.

• Databases: - First CDROM image database produced by CEDAR at SUNY, Buffalo, USA. - UNIPEN digital ink database organized by National Institute of Standards & Technologies. - The XM2VTSDB multi-modal face database for tele-services and security applications.



REFERENCES

Dr. Aroon Tungare, Corporate Advisor & VP, Sonim Technologies 1825 S. Grant Street Suite 200, San Mateo, CA 94402, USA Phone: 650-727-2396, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Bill Olson, Senior Director, Motorola 1301 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60196, USA Phone: 847-538-9405, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Faisal Ishtiaq, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, ARRIS 2400 Ogden Avenue, Suite 170, Lisle, IL 60532, USA Phone: 773-454-8484, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Dan Schonfeld, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Illinois, Chicago, 851 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL, 60607-7053, USA Phone: 312-996-5847, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Paul Gader, Professor, Computer & Information Science & Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-6120, USA Phone: 352-392-1526, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. James Keller, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA Phone: 573-882-7339, E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Raghu Krishnapuram, Senior Director, IBM India Research Lab Block 1, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India Phone: +91 11 2686-1100 (x 200), E-mail: [email protected]

SUMMARY

• B.Sc. at UofK–EE (1983), M.S. at UMC–CS (1990), and Ph.D. at UMC–ECE (1995).

• Electrical, Telecommunication, Computer Hardware & Software Engineering Experience.

• Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Experience.

• Experience in Distributed Collaborative Communications.

• Experience in Gesture Recognition Systems.

• Experience in Automatic Handwriting Recognition Research and Developments.

• Experience in Image Algebra Applications.

• Experience in Real-Time Optical Motion Tracking Applications.

• Basic and Applied Research in Statistical and Fuzzy Modeling Techniques.

• Basic and Applied Research in Hidden Markov Modeling and Artificial Neural Networks.

• Basic and Applied Research in Digital Nonlinear Filtering.

• Basic and Applied Research in Functional Analysis.

• Basic and Applied Research in Parallel and Distributed Computing.

• Refereed Publications in International Journals and Conferences.

• Invited Presentations to Industrial and Academic Institutions.

• Winning Awards, Recognitions, and Prizes.

• Patent Applications (US and WORLD).

• Trade Secrets (Motorola).

• Motorola Science Advisory Board Associate Member.

• IEEE Associate Member.

• Ongoing Scientific Articles Reviewing Commitments.



BIOGRAPHY

Magdi A. Mohamed (IEEE S’93-M’93-A’95) received the B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) degree from the University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, and the M.S. (Computer Science) and Ph.D. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia, in 1983, 1990 and 1995, respectively. From 1985 to 1988, he worked as a Teaching Assistant at the Computer Center, University of Khartoum. He also worked as a Computer Engineer for consultation and hardware support at ComputerMan Ltd., Khartoum, Sudan, and as an Electrical and Communication Engineer at Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation in Omdurman, Sudan. From 1991 to 1995 he was a Research and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia. He worked as a Visiting Professor in the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia from 1995 to 1996. He joined Motorola Inc. in 1996 and worked as a Principal Staff Engineer at Motorola Labs, Physical and Digital Realization Research Center of Excellence, in Schaumburg, Illinois. He was inducted into Motorola Science Advisory Board Association (SABA) in 2007. Dr. Mohamed worked as a Technical Director at NIITEK, a Chemring Group Company in Sterling, Virginia from 2008 to 2011. He is currently working as a Principal Engineer at Qualcomm Inc., Multimedia R&D and Standards, Computer Vision Systems in San Diego, California. His research interests include multimedia, automatic target recognition, landmine detection, real-time change detection, pipe inspection, offline and online handwriting recognition, optical motion tracking, digital signal, image and video processing, computer vision, fuzzy sets and systems, neural networks, pattern recognition, parallel and distributed computing, nonlinear and adaptive modeling techniques, machine intelligence, fractals and chaos structures, energy-aware processing, and context-aware computing. Dr. Mohamed was honored for outstanding research contributions with several awards including the “2003 IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award” for the papers “Generalized Hidden Markov Models – Part I and II” presented by IEEE Neural Network Society in 2003, among others.

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