Recent Trends in Computer Applications: Best Studies from the 2017 International Conference on Computer and Applications, Dubai, UAE

Jihad Mohamed Alja'am received the Ph.D. degree, MS. degree and BSc degree in computing from Southern University (The National Council for Scientific Research, CNRS), France. He worked on the connection machine CM5 with 65000 microprocessors in the USA. He was with IBM-Paris as Project Manager and with RTS-France as IT Consultant for several years. He is currently with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Qatar University as full professor. He organized many workshops and conferences in France, USA and the GCC countries. His current research interests include multimedia, assistive technology, learning systems, human-computer interaction, stochastic algorithms, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, and natural language processing. Dr. Alja'am is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Soft Computing, American Journal of Applied Sciences, Journal of Computing and Information Sciences, Journal of Computing and Information Technology, and Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence. He acted as a scientific committee member of different international conferences (ACIT, SETIT, ICTTA, ACTEA, ICLAN, ICCCE, MESM, ICENCO, GMAG, CGIV, ICICS, and ICOST). He is a regular reviewer for the ACM computing review and the journal of supercomputing, IEEE ACCESS (Associate Editor). He has collaborated with different researchers in Canada, France, Malaysia, GCC and USA. He published so far 159 papers, 8 books chapters in computing and information technology which are published in conference proceedings, scientific books, and international journals. Prof. ALJA'AM is the main organizer and general chair of the international conference on computer and applications. He is leading a research team in multimedia and assistive technology and collaborating in the Financial Watch and Intelligent Document Management System for Automatic Writer Identification and MOALEM projects. Prof. ALJA'AM received the 2015 ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM) Nicolas D. Georganas Best Paper Award. And the best research paper of the 10th annual international conference on computer games multimedia & allied technologies (Singapore, 2016).

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, FIEEE, FEIC, FCAE, ACM DS
Distinguished Professor and University Research Chair
University of Ottawa, Canada

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik is Distinguished University Professor and University Research Chair in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. His research focus is on the establishment of Digital Twins using AI, AR/VR and Tactile Internet that allow people to interact in real-time with one another as well as with their digital representation. He has authored and co-authored four books and more than 550 publications and chaired more than 50 conferences and workshop. He has received research grants and contracts totaling more than $18 M. He has supervised more than 120 researchers and received several international awards, among others, are ACM Distinguished Scientist, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers and Fellow of IEEE, IEEE I&M Technical Achievement Award. IEEE Canada C.C. Gotlieb (Computer) Medal and A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal for important contributions to the field of computer engineering and science.

Abdul Hamid Sadka (FIET, FHEA, CEng)
Director of Centre for Media Communications Research (CMCR)
Brunel University London, England, UK
Professor Sadka has over 20 years' worth of academic leadership in the area of Visual Media Processing and Communications. He is the former Head of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at Brunel University London (Oct 06 - Jul 12) and the Founding Director of the Centre for Media Communications Research (CMCR). He has over 200 publications in refereed journals and conferences, 3 patents and a specialised authored textbook entitled Compressed Video Communications published by Wiley. He has managed to attract over GBP12M worth of research grants and contracts and has so far graduated nearly 30 PhD students. He frequently serves on influential advisory boards, evaluation panels and international committees and provides consultancy services to international Law firms in the area of Video Compression and 2D/3D Visual Media Systems. He acted as an elected academic member on the Steering Board of the influential New European Media initiative (NEM) industrial technology platform (2011-14). He is widely supported by industry and runs his own consultancy company. He is a UK chartered engineer (CEng), Fellow of HEA, Fellow of IET and Senior Member of IEEE.