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Fatma Taher

Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for Research and Outreach
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  • PhD in Computer Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, conferred on May 5th 2014.

  • M.Sc.(honor) in Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Conferred on May. 9th, 2007.

  • B. Sc. (honor) in Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, 2001.

  • Image processing, Medical image analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Pattern Recognition

  • Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Research and Outreach in the College of Technological Innovation at Zayed University, Dubai, Nov. 2019- Present

  • CEO for Happiness, Positivity and Tolerance at Zayed University, August 2018- Present

  • Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for student affairs at the College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Dubai, Jan. 2018 – Oct. 2019

  • Assistant professor, at the College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Dubai, Sept. 2017- Dec. 2017.

  • Assistant professor, at the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, May 2014 - August 2017

  • Research assistant in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University, Sharjah, January 2010-April 2014.

  • Lecturer, the Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, September 2007-2009.

  • Teaching Assistant, the Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, September 2001-August 2007.

  • Worked as a trainee in Dubai Municipality, Dubai, Providing user support for the following products:

    Microsoft Office 97 & 2000

    Microsoft Windows 9x

    Antivirus software

    Network operations and procedures.

  • Coordinators of the Computer Science Society in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sharjah, several activities had been organized, to list a few:

    Organizing the second computer exhibition in the University City: Computer Generation Exhibition 2002 (CompuGex).

    Publishing a periodical magazine for the Department of Computer Science.

    Organizing training courses in Photoshop, Web Page Design and Flash for University's students.

  • Trainee in Juma’a Al Majed Center, I have been involved in Juma’a Al Majed Center as a member in the following:

    Internet team.

    Researches.

    Teaching staff in using the Internet.

    Management support.

  • Chair of IEEE UAE Section for 2021-2022.

  • Chair of IEEE UAE Section for 2019-2020.

  • Vice Chair of IEEE UAE Section for 2017-2018.

  • Vice Chair of IEEE UAE Women in Engineering (WIE) for 2016-2017.

  • Chair of the Education Committee in British Computer Society 2016-2018.

  • The first Emirati to earn a PhD in Engineering from a University in the UAE, 2014.

  • A member of the steering Committee in the Happiness and Wellbeing Council at Zayed University, 2018- up to Date.

  • A member of the National Program for Happiness and Wellbeing across UAE Government, 2018 -up to date.

  • ADEK’s Program and Institutional Review Process: Methodology and Techniques’ for E-Learning Held in Zoom: 25th-26th October 2020.

  • Member of CFAIS 2020 Technical committee, which is responsible for ensuring a well-balanced, high-quality conference program, Sept. 2020.

  • Member of the Organizing Committee and the chair of the publication for the twelfth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference on Applied Computing (URC 2020).

Journals (Last Ten)

  • F. Taher and A. El-Baz, “Machine Learning for COVID-19 Detection: A Survey”, in Artificial Intelligence Strategies for Analyzing COVID-19 Pneumonia Lungs, IOP publisher, in press, 2021.

  • F. Taher , H. Kandil, Y. Gebru, A. Mahmoud , A. Shalaby , S. El‐Mashad, and A. El‐Baz, “A Novel MRA‐Based Framework for Segmenting the Cerebrovascular System and Correlating Cerebral Vascular Changes to Mean Arterial Pressure”, Journal of Applied Science, MDPAI, Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4022. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094022, 2021 .

  • F. Taher , H. Kandil, H. Mahmoud, A. Mahmoud , A. Shalaby, M. Ghazal, M. Alhalabi , H. Singh Sandhu and A. El‐Baz, “A Comprehensive Review of Retinal Vascular and Optical Nerve Diseases Based on Optica Coherence Tomography Angiography”, Journal of Applied Science, MDPAI, Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4158. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094158, 2021.

  • F. Taher, N. Parkash, “Automatic Cerebrovascular Segmentation Methods-A Review,” IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI), vol. 10, no. 3,pp. 576-583, Sept. 2021, ISSN: 2252-8938, DOI: 10.11591/ijai.v10.i3.pp576-583

  • X. Yingjiaoa, S. Baishuna, W. Zhiqina, T. Fatma, “Long-Distance Running Training System based on Inertial Sensor Network”, published in the Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. Pre-press, no. Pre-press, pp. 1-9, 20th March 2021, DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-189832.

  • M. Elsharkawy, A. Sharafeldeen, F. Taher, A. Shalaby,A. Soliman1, A.Mahmoud1, M. Ghazal3, A. Khalil, N. Saleh, A. Abdel Razek, E., El-Melegy, H.Singh Sandhu7, G. A Giridharan1, and A. El-bazEarly, “Assessment of Lung Function in Coronavirus Patients Using Invariant Markers from Chest X-Rays Images”, published in Nature Journal, May 2021.

  • M. Elsharkawy, A. Sharafeldeen, F. Taher, A. Shalaby, A. Soliman , A. Mahmoud, M. Ghazal and A. El-Baz, “Early Assessment of Lung Function in Coronavirus Patients Using Invariant Markers from Chest X-Rays Images, Scientific Reports (Nature), Accepted for Publication, May 2021.

  • F. Taher, A. Soliman, H. Kandiel, A. Mahmoud, A. Shalaby, G. Gimel’farb, A. El-Baz, “Cerebrovascular Segmentation from MRA Images,” IEEE Access Journal, 9, pp. 96139-96149, 2020.

  • K. Shankar, P. Eswaran, M. Elhoseny , F. Taher, B. Bgupta, A. Abd Ellatif, “Synergic Deep Learning for Smart Health Diagnosis of COVID-19 for Connected Living and Smart Cities, Submitted to the Transactions on Internet Technology, Oct. 2020.

  • F. Taher, N. Prakash, A. Al Zaabi, “Early Detection of Lung Cancer-A Challenge”, published in International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems,vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 2-11, ISSN: 2210-142X, July 2020.

  • L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Fellowship 2017.

  • An innovation award at the Emirates Women Award 2016 by H.H Sheik Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority. Chairman of Dubai Airport & Patron of Dubai Quality Group, 23rd May 2016.

  • Ajman award for innovation, awarded by H.H. Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman at the Ninth annual government forum, 6th Jan. 2016.

  • UAE Pioneers award as the first UAE to create a computer aided diagnosis system for early lung cancer detection based on the sputum color image analysis, awarded by H.H Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, 15th Nov. 2015.

  • Rashid Award for Scientific Outstanding from H.H Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, 16th Nov. 2015 for the PhD award at the Cultural & Scientific Association in Dubai.

  • Emarati Faculty Mobility Award (EFRMA)" 2015 competition.

  • Young Emarati Researchers Prize 2014 awarded from National Research Foundation.

  • Prize (in first position), for the best paper award in the PhD Forum of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), PhD Forum, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec. 8-11, 2013.

  • Prize for the best paper award in the BCS International IT Conference Towards 21st Century Innovations, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 31st March-1st April 2013.

  • Prize for the best PhD excellence Award in leadership day for Khalifa University, 12th February 2012.

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