Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb will serve as the founding chair of the new Department of Computer Science at the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering in Indianapolis beginning this fall.
An established leader in the areas of image processing, computer vision, and machine learning, Abdel-Mottaleb has made significant research contributions to 3D face and ear recognition, biometric recognition, visual tracking, digital mammography, and medical image processing. Previously, he served 15 years as professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Miami’s College of Engineering, where he led the creation of cutting-edge undergraduate and graduate programs in software engineering, AI, and cybersecurity.
At the Luddy School, Abdel-Mottaleb will also receive the prestigious Luddy Professorship, the first on the Indianapolis campus.
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