Aiman Erbad, Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar, will join the advisory board of the AIR Institute. Juan Manuel Corchado, president of the foundation, met with the professor and other academics from the University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering during his latest visit to the country.

Aiman Erbad is an associate professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Previously, he was an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Director of Research Planning and Development at Qatar University. He is a senior member of the IEEE and the ACM.) His research interests include cloud computing, edge intelligence, IoT and private and secure networks.

Prof. Aiman Erbad and Juan Manuel Corchado at Hamad Bin Khalifa University

His extensive research experience in new technologies will bring great benefits to our team, especially in the area of smart cities, in which this country has made immense progress.

Aiman is also part of the project launched by Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Tasmu Innovation Lab and Qatar Foundation and developed by AIR Institute and Iberdrola to design a plug-and-play device capable of managing the energy consumption of Smart Buildings based on Edge Computing.

Welcome Aiman, we are sure you will be a great ally for the AIR Institute.

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

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