Committee Members

Dr. Delon Alain Omrow is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ontario Tech University. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in criminology from York University and the University of Toronto, respectively. Dr. Omrow worked with Conservation International Guyana, overseeing the establishment of the country’s first community-owned conservation area and is the author of A History of Discursive Violence: constructing the Amerindian ‘other’. He teaches in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, exploring what he refers to as racialized ecologies, the androcentric-anthropocentric symbiosis of trauma, and the way the lived experiences of the disempowered and marginalized are articulated through contemporary environmental discourse. In addition, he has written for numerous publications, including The European Journal of Research and Reflection in Arts and Humanities and The International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection.

Dr. Danhuai Guo is a prominent researcher at the Spatial Intelligent Research Lab, College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. His research focuses on spatial intelligence and its applications in information technology. Dr. Guo is recognized for his contributions to advancing the understanding of spatial data processing and intelligent systems.

Dr. Zeng Ri Zeng is a distinguished academic with affiliations at the School of Information, Hunan University of Humanities and Technology in Loudi, Hunan, China, and the College of Computers, National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, Hunan, China. His research interests span various aspects of information technology and computer science, contributing significantly to advancements in these fields. Dr. Zeng Ri Zeng is known for his commitment to educational excellence and innovative research.

Dr. Hasmat Malik is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia. Prior to his current role, he served as an Assistant Professor at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) in Delhi, India, and spent 3.5 years as a Postdoctoral scholar with the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore and the National University of Singapore. Dr. Malik is both a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Professional Engineer (PEng) in Electrical Engineering.

He has supervised 25 master’s students and is currently guiding 5 Ph.D. candidates. Dr. Malik has contributed significantly to the field with over 100 research articles, nine books, and 15 book chapters published by IEEE, Springer, and Elsevier. His research has earned him notable accolades, including the POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA-2017) for innovation in power systems and best research paper awards from IEEE INDICON-2015, and a Full Registration Fee Award from IEEE SSD-2012, Germany. His research interests encompass artificial intelligence, machine learning, and intelligent data analytics, with a focus on condition monitoring, fault detection, smart building automation, HVAC systems, renewable energy, and smart grids.

Dr. Amr Tolba earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Menoufia University, Egypt, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a full professor of computer science at King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia. With over 170 scientific papers published in esteemed international journals such as IEEE IoT, ACM TOIT, and IEEE ACCESS, Prof. Tolba is recognized for his significant contributions to the field. His expertise spans artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), data science, and cloud computing. He has been a technical program committee (TPC) member for numerous conferences and has been listed among the top 2% of influential researchers globally by Stanford University for the years 2020 through 2023. Prof. Tolba has also served as Associate Editor and Guest Editor for several ISI journals and translated four books into Arabic. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.

Asif Ali Laghari received the B.S. and master’s degrees in information technology from the Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan, in 2007 and 2014, respectively. From 2007 to 2008, he was a lecturer in the Computer and Information Science Department, Digital Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan. In 2015, he joined the School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, where he was a Ph.D. student. He is currently an assistant professor at Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan. He has published more than 60 technical articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings. His current research interests include machine learning, computer networks, cloud computing, the IoT, fog computing, and multimedia QoE management. (Based on a document published on 18 November 2022.)