Prof Ahmed Bouridane

Subject area: Computing

Professor of Image Engineering and Security

 

Ahmed Bouridane received the “Ingenieur d’Etat” degree in electronics from “Ecole Nationale Polytechnique” of Algiers (ENPA), Algeria, in 1982, the M.Phil. degree in electrical engineering (VLSI design for signal processing) from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, U.K., in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering (computer vision) from the University of Nottingham, U.K., in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, he worked as a Research Developer in telesurveillance and access control applications. In 1994, he joined Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, U.K., initially as Lecturer in computer architecture and image processing and later on he was promoted to Reader in Computer Science. He is now a full Professor in Image Engineering and Security at Northumbria University at Newcastle (UK), and his research interests are in imaging for forensics and security, biometrics, homeland security, image/video watermarking and cryptography. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 publications and one research book.

Prof. Bouridane is a Senior Member of IEEE.

I am currently holding a visiting professor position atKing Saud University. For more information please visit king Saud University web site:http://www.ksu.edu.sa

For more information on my personal research, you can find more information here.

ONGOING Funded Project: 

Automatic Handwritten Arabic Writer, Funded by Qatar Foundation, May 2011- April 2014 ($159,000).

 

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