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Sample of Invited Keynote Speeches and Academic Conference & Workshop Presentations

  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (ROBOMEET2024). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 8th-10th, 2024.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, The Institute for Higher Education at Sunriver. Sunriver Resort, Bend, Oregon, June 23-27, 2024.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, American International Recruitment Council (AIRC) 15th Annual Conference, "How will Al Impact International Student Mobility?". Phoenix, Arizona, December 6-9, 2023.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE 2023). Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 21-23, 2023.
  • Invited Presidential Opening Remarks, Eastern Great Lakes Section (EGLS) meeting of the American Physical Society (APS), Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, October 21-22, 2022.
  • Invited Speaker, 20th Signature Annual Images & Perceptions Diversity Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, October 18, 2023.
  • Invited Opening Speaker, International Conference on Smart Mobility and Vehicle Electrification - Hybrid. Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, October 10-12, 2023.
  • Invited Speaker, International Research Congress'23, Madrid, Spain, September 11-13, 2023.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Computers and Automation (CompAuto 2023) and 2023 International Conference on Control, Robotics Engineering Technology (CRET 2023), Paris, France, July 14-16, 2023.
  • Invited Speaker, Technology Impacts on Industry and How to Prepare Future Workers Now, Detroit Economic Club, May 11, 2023.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Spring 2023 Conference, Southfield, Michigan, March 28, 2023.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Information Technology - InCITe 2023 on the theme: "Decision Intelligence: Transform your World", March 02-03, 2023.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 50th Year Jubilee Anniversary Conference, Egyptian Society of Cardiology (EgSC), Cairo, Egypt, February 20-23, 2023.
  • Invited Opening Speaker, Digital Industrial Engineering and Green Energy Conference, South Kazakhstan University, February 20, 2023.
  • Invited Speaker, MI Tech News, January 30, 2023.
  • Invited Presenter, Livonia Chamber of Commerce. Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan, January 18, 2023.
  • Invited Speaker, Global Conference on Electronics and Electrical Engineering (GCEE-2022), Seville, Spain, December 5-7, 2022.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, the 8th Annual Young Leader Conference: Adaptability in an Everchanging World, Detroit, MI, October 6, 2022.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Global Meeting on Robot Intelligence, Technology and Applications (GMROBOT2022), Dubai, UAE, October 10-12, 2022.
  • Invited Speaker, International Meet & Expo on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 18-20, 2022.
  • Invited Speaker, The 8th Annual Conference of AnalytiX-2022 (Europe), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 15-17, 2022.
  • Invited Guest of Honor, Amity Alumni Meet 2022, Amity Education Group, NY Campus, New York, June 18, 2022.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Global Experts Conference on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 28-30, 2022.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, EEEMEET 2022, Dubai, March 21-23, 2022.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Information Technology (InCITe 2022). Computational Intelligence: Automate your World, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India, March 3-4, 2022.
  • Invited Speaker, Automation, Robotics & Communications for Industry 4.0 (ARCI' 2022): 2nd IFSA Winter Conference. Andorra la Vella, Andorra, February 2-4, 2022.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, online, 10th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE 2021). Cairo, Egypt, November 12-14, 2021.
  • Invited Speaker, 2021 GEDC Industry Forum, 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), and 50th IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy, Dresden, Germany, September 20-23, 2021.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, online, 2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC), May 16-18, 2021.
  • Invited Guest Speaker, 2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC), Al-Ahliyya Amman University; Jordan, 16 - 18 May 2021.
  • Invited Speaker, the Second International Joldasbekov Symposium, online, March 1-5, 2021.
  • Invited Guest Speaker, online, Phi Kappa Upsilon Fraternity - Alumni Meeting, MARCH 2, 2021.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, conference on mechatronics and robotics, Kazakhstan, March 1st, 2021.
  • Invited Speaker, online, IDP US Fireside Series, February 25th, 2021.
  • Invited as Panel member, 9th CALEM 2021 Annual conference. February, 2021.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2020), Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-21, 2020.
  • Invited Guest of Honor to PIBM's Virtual International Conference 2020, PIBM's Virtual International Conference on Business Interventions and Technology. India, December 11th, 2020.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Lawrence Technological University 2020 Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) event 2020, Southfield, MI, December 7th, 2020.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Recent Directions and Advances in Robotics and Automation. ICCIT: The 23rd International Conference on Computer and Information Technology. Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2020.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, online, Pathways to Research Careers/ Grand Challenges Scholars Student Posters & Engineering Design Studio Team Product Presentation Contest Event. Lawrence Technological University, November 25, 2020.
  • Invited as Keynote Speaker in 2020 3th International Conference on Network Technology, November 11-13, 2020.
  • Invited Speaker, online, IDP India Education, 6th November 2020.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Global Technology Forum 2020 (GTF 2020), Online, October 14-18 , 2020.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Software and Information Engineering ICSIE 2020, Cairo, Egypt, November 11-13, 2020.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 6th Annual World Congress of Smart Materials-2020 (W C S M-2020) Barcelona, Spain, March 11-13, 2020.
  • Invited Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Data mining & Big data Analytics, Barcelona, Spain, November 18-19, 2019.
  • Invited Speaker, International Congress and Exhibition on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Conference (ICEIME), Prague, Czech Republic, August 15-16, 2019.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 8th Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials (W.C.A.M-2019), Osaka, Japan, July 22-24, 2019.
  • Invited Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria, May 23-24, 2019.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Software and Information Engineering ICSIE 2019, Cairo, Egypt, April 9-12, 2019.
  • UBridgeport TEDx Talk, A Journey to the Center of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, 2019.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, "2nd World Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence", Osaka, Japan, June 10-12, 2019.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Software and Information Engineering ICSIE 2019, Cairo, Egypt, April 9-12, 2019.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 5th Annual World Congress of Smart Materials-2019 (W*C*S*M-2019), Rome, Italy, March 6-8, 2019.
  • Invited Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Frankfurt, Germany October 22-24, 2018.
  • Invited Keynote speech at Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST) 120th anniversary, Wuhan, Qingshan, October 2018.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, World Congress of Robotics (WCR-2018), Shenyang, China, August 30-September 1, 2018.
  • Invited Speaker, International Conference on Electronics & Electrical Engineering (ICEEE 2018), Barcelona, Spain, July 26-27, 2018.
  • Invited keynote speech, Graduation Ceremony and Commencement of ENGC Casablanca and Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco, July 7 2018.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Graduation Ceremony for the Saudi Students of the North East Region, Bridgeport, May 2018.
  • Speaker, Focus group of community and economic development leaders, The Bridgeport Regional Business Council (BRBC), February 6 2018.
  • Invited Presentation, IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies for Smart Nation (SmartTechCon - 2017), REVA University, India 17 - 19 August 2017.
  • Invited Speaker, 3rd World Congress on Automation and Robotics (Automation & Robotics 2017), San Diego, June, 2017.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 3rd Annual International Conference on Modern Education and Social Science (MESS 2017), Nanjing, China, April 21-23, 2017.
  • Delivering a series of seminars in Vizag, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai; India, on: "The Future of Interdisciplinary Engineering and Science: Education and Research for Careers that do not exist yet," March 2017.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 14th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 2017), New York, USA, March, 2017.
  • Invited Speaker, The Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects (AAAEA) Tri-state Building Knowledge 3, CT, USA, September, 2016.
  • Invited Speaker, Advanced Computation for Engineering Application Workshop,
  • Invited Speaker, 15th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET 2016), Istanbul, Turkey, September, 2016.
  • Invited, White House, White House summit on Grand Challenges for Engineering, DC, USA, October, 2016.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, KIEDC International Trade Forum, CT, USA, October, 2016.
  • Invited Speaker, 2016 Summer Young Data Science for High School (YDS 2016), Bridgeport, July, 2016.
  • Invited Speaker, 2nd World Congress on Automation and Robotics (Automation and Robotics 2016), Philadelphia, USA, June, 2016.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 4th international conference on Energy and Environmental Protection in Sustainable development, Hebron, Palestine, April, 2016.
  • Invited Speaker, Advanced Computation for Engineering Application Workshop, sponsored by the Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) and the Kazakhstan Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (KIUCEE); Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May, 2016.
  • Prominent Visitor, Sabar Institute of Technology for Girls, Ahmedabad, India, 2015.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker,10th IEEE International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems (ICCES 2015), Cairo, Egypt, December, 2015.
  • Invited Talk, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, November, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, BIT's 1st World Congress of Robotics 2015 (WCR 2015), Shenyang, China, September, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2015), Hong Kong, October, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, Global Cloud Computing Conference, Philadelphia, USA, August, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, International Conference and Exhibition on Satellite (Sateilte 2015), Houston, USA, August, 2015.
  • Invitee, White House Engineering Diversity Initiative, DC, USA, August, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, Managing BYOx and End User Mobility Summit, New York City, New York, July, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, The International Conference on Soft Computing in Applied Sciences & Engineering, Thuckalay, India, July, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, 5th IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC 2015), Bengaluru, India, June, 2015.
  • Invited Workshop on Robotics and Automation. Sponsored by the Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) and the Kazakhstan Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (KIUCEE); Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May, 2015.
  • Invited Presentation, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, May, 2015
  • Invited Speaker, The Connecticut Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Consortium (CMOC), Bridgeport, CT, April 2015.
  • Invited Presentation, United States of America Embassy in Beijing, Beijing, China, April, 2015.
  • Invited Talk, Hebei University, Baoding, China, April, 2015.
  • Invited, White House, White House summit on Grand Challenges for Engineering, DC, USA, March, 2015.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Sponsored by the IEEE, Dahka, Bangladesh, December, 2014.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Security Summit to educate business leaders across all industries and company size on the risks of not understanding the cybersecurity threats to their business, International Scientific Communications (ISC), Shelton, CT, October, 2014.
  • Invited Speech, 2014 CQIA innovation prize, a division of the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Inc. 27th annual CQIA Innovation Prize conference on Quality and Innovation, Portland, CT, June 2014.
  • Invited Speech, Tenth International Symposium on Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering, Budapest, Hungary, May 2014.
  • Invited Speech, Boston Learning Labs, Boston, March 2014.
  • Invited Workshop on Robotics and Automation. Sponsored by the Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) and the Kazakhstan Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (KIUCEE); Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 23rd-25th, 2013.
  • Middle East Seminar at the University of Bridgeport, April 8, 2011.
  • Invited Keynote Speech, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, Febraury, 2011
  • Invited Presentation, KCG College of Technology, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Dhaanish Ahmed College of Engineering, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, DMI College of Engineering, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, New L J College of Commerce, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Sabar Institute of Management, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Indus Institute of Technology & Engineering, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, G H patel College of Engineering and Technology, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, ARIBAS College, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, SEMCOM- Management College, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidhyala (BVM) College, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Science, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Krishna Murthy Institute of Technolgy and Engineering, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Presentation, Osmania University, India, September 2010.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil, VI-GESITI Congress (Management of Systems and Information Technology in Organizations), Campinas City, Brazil, June 2010.
  • Keynote Speaker, the 2009 International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (IETA 2009), "Research and Education Directions in Robotics, Intelligent Sensing and Mechantronics", December 2009.
  • Invited Colloquium Speaker, "Robotics, Intelligent Sensing and Control: New Directions in Research and Education", University of Denver, October 2009.
  • Invited Speacker,Workshop on the Future of Engineering Education in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, October 2009.
  • Plenary session speaker, Sixth International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation, (REV2009), University of Bridgeport, CT, June, 2009.
  • Invited Keynote Speech, IEEE Symposium, University of Bridgeport, CT, April 2009.
  • Plenary Session Speaker, American Society for Engineering Education, (ASEE 2009), Northeast Section Conference, University of Bridgeport, CT, April 2009.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems (ICICIS 2009), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, March 2009.
  • Invited Keynote Speech, 6th International Conference on E-Learning Applications, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, January 2009.
  • Invited Keynote Speech - International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering (CISSE 2008), December 2008.
  • Workshop Presentation - "Online Engineering and Remote Learning", Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation REV 2008, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2008.
  • Invited Keynote Speech - International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering (CISSE 2007), December 2007.
  • Invited Keynote Speech - International Conference on Computers, Controls and Communication, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan, November 2007.
  • Panel member participant on "Engineering, Education and STEM Initiatives", IEEE Symposium, University of Bridgeport, CT, 2007.
  • Invited Talk - Tenth JCIS - Joint Conference on Information Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2007.
  • Invited Panel Speaker, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), "Best Practices in Recruitment, Retention and Graduation of Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering", University of Colorado, July 2007.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, Workshops on Information Technologies and Systems: Challenges and Solutions, (WITSCS) Colloquium, Cairo University, Egypt, July 2007.
  • Invited Talk - International Conference - Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), University of Porto, Portugal, June 2007.
  • Invited Keynote Speech - Interactive Computer Aided Blended Learning (ICBL), Florianopolis, Brazil, May 2007
  • Invited Keynote Speech, IEEE Symposium, University of Bridgeport, CT, April 2007.
  • Invited Keynote Speech - Second International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning (IMCL), Amman, Jordan (IMCL), April 2007.
  • Invited Keynote Speech - International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering (CISSE 2006), December 2006.
  • Invited Keynote Speech, "The World is Virtually Flat: New Directions in On-Line Collaborative Engineering, Research and Education", Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (2006 REV) International Symposium, Slovenia, June 2006.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, NATO ARW Workshop, Lviv, Ukraine, September 2003.
  • Invited Keynote Speaker, the International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS 2001), Foros, Crimea , Ukraine, July 2001.
  • Invited Plenary talk, Merit International Institute of Technology, Engineering School Opening Ceremony, Ooty, India, September 2000.
  • "New Trends in Prototyping Design and Automation," invited Symposium plenary talk, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, California, April 2000.
  • "Robotics in the Next Millennium", "6th. Simposio Internacional de Sistemas Computacionales'' (6th International Computer Systems Symposium). Invited by the Asociacin de Estudiantes de Sistemas Computacionales (AESC) (Computer Systems Students Organization), The Instituto Tecnolico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Estado de Mexico (ITESM CEM) (Technological Institute and Superior Studies of Monterrey), Ixtapa, Mexico, October 1997.
  • "Introducing Laboratory-Based Classes in Distance Learning Programs," Center for Teaching Excellence, California State University, April 1997.
  • "Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems in Robotics and Automation," invited workshop plenary talk, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1997.
  • "Recovering Structure Uncertainties from Noisy Sense Data," 1997 Measurement Science Conference, Pasadena, California, January 1997.
  • "Prototyping Activities in Robotics, Control, and Manufacturing," invited presentation, Department of Defense Software Technology.
  • Support Center (DoD STSC) Annual Symposium, Salt Lake City, April 1994.
  • "Utah Robot Kit (URK) and the Utah Prototyping Environment (UPE)." Included in the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing, San Diego, May 1994.
  • "Prototyping Hybrid Distributed Control Schemes for Sonar-Based Mobile Robots," 10th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC 95), Monterey, California, August 1995.
  • "Prototyping Activities at the University of Utah," invited demonstration at the University of Chicago during the NSF CISE Infrastructure annual meeting, June 1993.
  • "Intelligent Inspection," NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Systems, Izmir, Turkey, August 1992.
  • "Discrete Event Observers," Hybrid System Workshop, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Cornell University, March 1991.