Abdelsalam Helal - Biography#
Sumi Helal is Professor and Chair in Digital Health at Lancaster University (LU), where he directs the Centre on Digital Health and Quality of Life Technology and lead a group of researchers and staff members to define the digital health strategy for Lancaster University Health Innovation Campus (HIC) – a £41m initiative to transform healthcare education, practice, and delivery at population scale.
Prior to joining Lancaster University, Helal was a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Florida (UF) and cofounder and Director of the Gator Tech Smart House, an experimental facility for applied research development and validation in the domains of eldercare. He directed the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Successful Aging, 2001-2007.
Dr. Helal is a pioneering researcher in pervasive and ubiquitous computing, mobile computing and the Internet of Things, with special focus on digital health, Internet of Things, and assistive technology in support of managing long term health conditions, aging, disabilities, and independence.
Dr. Helal’s publication record exceeds 375 titles in premier conferences and journals with over 13,300 citations, h-index of 50, and i10-index of 165. He is an inventor of 9 patents on emerging technologies in mobile computing, 4G communication, smart health, and Internet of Things. His patents have been licensed to Google, Motorola, Apple, Bosch, and Samsung. His research received substantial media coverage (https://www.cise.ufl.edu/~helal/media.htm)
Dr. Helal served as the Editor-in-Chief of Computer, the IEEE Computer Society’s flagship publication, January 2015–2018. He has been invited to over three-dozen Keynotes in prestigious conferences.
Dr. Helal (PhD. Computer Sciences, Purdue University, 1991) is IEEE Fellow (2015), EIT Fellow (2018), and AAAS Fellow (2019). He is the 2020 President-Elect Nominee of the IEEE Computer Society. He has been inducted to the IEEE Golden Core in 2018. For a complete CV, see www.sumihelal.com
