Abdul Hamid Sadka
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| Born | Lebanon |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British/Lebanese |
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| Known for | error-resilient video compression; 2D/3D image/video processing; AI-enabled digital media |
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Abdul Hamid Sadka FIET FBCS (born July 1968) is a British Lebanese academician, Telecommunications engineer, Professor of visual media technologies, and the founding Director of Aston Digital Futures Institute [2] at Aston University.
Early life and education
Sadka grew up in Tripoli, Lebanon where he was French educated in private schools at both primary and secondary levels. He studied Computer & Communications Engineering at the American University of Beirut from which he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in 1990. He joined the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey where he received a Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering in 1993. He then became a doctoral researcher at the University of Surrey, UK where he completed a PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering in October 1997. His PhD dissertation was on error control strategies in block-transform video codecs.[3]
Career
Sadka became research assistant at the University of Surrey in 1997 and shortly afterwards was then appointed a Lecturer in Multimedia Systems. He was promoted to Reader in 2004 before he joined Brunel University London in 2006 as Professor and Head of Electronic and Computer Engineering.[4] In 2018, Sadka was appointed as the director of Brunel's digital science & technology hub,[5] and was subsequently appointed as the founding Director of Brunel's institute of digital futures;[6] the institute was officially launched in November 2020.[7] As of September 2023, he is the founding Director of Aston Digital Futures Institute [8] at Aston University.
Sadka's most eminent contributions to the field of video processing have been in error resilient video compression, model-based video compression and 3D image acquisition. He and his Brunel team have developed a proprietary single-aperture Holoscopic 3D acquisition system capable of producing a true light-field representation of 3D objects with full motion parallax.[9] An enhanced version of the camera has been exploited in an international partnership during the period 2016-2020 for the preservation and curation of Qatar cultural heritage assets.[10] In 2020, Sadka and his team have developed an AI-enabled X-ray image analytics algorithm for the detection of respiratory diseases including COVID-19.[11] In May 2022, he featured in a podcast on Radio 3Fach [12] where he spoke about his joint work with the University of Leicester for detecting depression on Twitter.[13]
Since May 2021 until July 2023, Sadka has co-chaired the West London Further Education-Higher Education partnership digital skills group aiming at bridging the skills gap in digital tech industries with a view to accelerating workforce training for West London employers as part of post-COVID-19 recovery. In a meeting with MP Paul Scully in October 2023, then Minister for Tech and Digital Economy, he highlighted the need to focus on AI skills across the UK's workforce.[14] In 2019, he became an associated member on the steering board of the New European Media initiative after having done a first spell as elected member during the period 2011-2014.[15] Sadka is a licensed Amateur radio operator in both UK and Turkey.
Selected publications
Sadka has authored a book on compressed video communications,[16] co-edited 2 books addressing data analytics for cultural heritage [17] and recent trends in computer applications.[18] His journal publications include:
Sadka, Abdul Hamid et al. (1997), "Error Resilience Improvement for Block Transform-Based Video Coders", IEE Proceedings on Vision Image Signal Processing, vol. 144, No. 6, pp 369-376, December 1997, doi: 10.1049/ip-vis:19971597.[19]
Sadka, Abdul Hamid et al. (2008), "Automatic Single View-Based 3D Face Synthesis for Unsupervised Multimedia Applications", IEEE Transactions on circuits and systems for video technology, Vol. 18, No. 7, July 2008, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2008.924101.[20]
Sadka, Abdul Hamid et al. (2019), "Proposed Low-Delay Error Resilience Algorithm for H.265|HEVC Video Transmission", Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp 2047-2063, November 2019, doi: 10.1007/s11554-019-00923-5.[21]
Sadka, Abdul Hamid et al. (2020), "Low-Delay Single Holoscopic 3D Computer Generated Image to Multiview Images", Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, June 2020, doi: 10.1007/s11554-020-00991-y.[22]
Sadka, Abdul Hamid et al. (2022), "Cost-Sensitive Boosting Pruning Trees for Depression Detection on Twitter", IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, January 2022, doi: 10.1109/TAFFC.2022.3145634.[23]
References
- ↑ "Professor Abdul Sadka, Director of the Institute of Digital Futures". www.brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "The New Aston Digital Futures Institute | Aston University". www.aston.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ↑ "Error Control Strategies in Block-Transform Video Coders". openresearch.surrey.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ↑ "LeadingEdge. Professor Peter Beresford, OBE. Research at Brunel University. Research at Brunel University. Inside this issue - PDF Free Download". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "AI, Big Data and Robots: New research hub to tackle Grand Challenges". www.brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Brunel's new Institute of Digital Futures to boost digital research and innovation". www.brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Institute of Digital Futures officially launched". www.brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Aston University appoints Digital Futures Institute leadership team | Aston University". www.aston.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ↑ "Creating holograms using a single camera". www.brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Preservation and restoration of cultural heritage through 3D Imaging". Digital Meets Culture. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "AI auto-scans lung X-rays for coronavirus". Medical Xpress. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Du bist, was du tweetest · Trojaner · Radio 3FACH". 3fach.ch (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ↑ "New bot can spot nine out of 10 depressed Twitter users, scientists say". The Independent. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ↑ Baker, Lisa. "Aston University professor stresses need for AI upskilling across UK's workforce". Business In The Midlands. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ↑ "Steering Board – NEM Initiative". Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ "Compressed Video Communications | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ↑ Belhi, Abdelhak; Bouras, Abdelaziz; Al-Ali, Abdulaziz Khalid; Sadka, Abdul Hamid, eds. (2021). Data Analytics for Cultural Heritage. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-66777-1. ISBN 978-3-030-66776-4. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Alja'Am, Jihad Mohamad; El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb; Sadka, Abdul Hamid, eds. (2018). Recent Trends in Computer Applications. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89914-5. ISBN 978-3-319-89913-8. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Sadka, A.H.; Kondoz, A.M.; Eryurtlu, F. (December 1997). "Error-resilience improvement for block-transform video coders". IEE Proceedings - Vision, Image and Signal Processing. 144 (6): 369–376. doi:10.1049/ip-vis:19971597. ISSN 1359-7108.
- ↑ Yun Sheng; Sadka, A.H.; Kondoz, A.M. (July 2008). "Automatic Single View-Based 3-D Face Synthesis for Unsupervised Multimedia Applications". IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 18 (7): 961–974. doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2008.924101. ISSN 1558-2205. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Alfaqheri, Taha T.; Sadka, Abdul Hamid (December 2020). "Low delay error resilience algorithm for H.265|HEVC video transmission". Journal of Real-Time Image Processing. 17 (6): 2047–2063. doi:10.1007/s11554-019-00923-5. ISSN 1861-8219. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Alfaqheri, Taha; Aondoakaa, Akuha Solomon; Swash, Mohammad Rafiq; Sadka, Abdul Hamid (December 2020). "Low-delay single holoscopic 3D computer-generated image to multiview images". Journal of Real-Time Image Processing. 17 (6): 2015–2027. doi:10.1007/s11554-020-00991-y. ISSN 1861-8219. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Tong, Lei; Liu, Zhihua; Jiang, Zheheng; Zhou, Feixiang; Chen, Long; Lyu, Jialin; Zhang, Xiangrong; Zhang, Qianni; Sadka, Abdul; Wang, Yinhai; Li, Ling; Zhou, Huiyu (January 2022). "Cost-sensitive Boosting Pruning Trees for depression detection on Twitter". IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. 14 (3): 1898–1911. doi:10.1109/TAFFC.2022.3145634. ISSN 1949-3045. Unknown parameter
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