Saif Zahir

Professor Saif alZahir received his PhD and MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1994 and 1984 respectively. He did his postdoc research at The University of British Columbia, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Dr. alZahir is involved in research in the areas of image processing, deep learning, forensic computing, data security, Networking, Corporate Governance, and Ethics. In 2003, The Innovation Council of British Columbia, Canada, named him British Columbia Research Fellow. He authored or co-authored more than 100 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences, two books, and 5 book chapters. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of International Journal of Corporate Governance, London, England, (2008 – present), founder and editor-in-chief of the Signal Processing: International Journal, KL, Malaysia (2009 – 2018), Associate Editor, IEEE ACCESS – CTSoc. Dr. alZahir taught at seven universities in the US, Canada, and the Middle East including University of British Columbia, UBC, the University of Northern British Columbia, UNBC, where he was promoted to Full Professor in 2011, and The University of Alaska Anchorage, UAA. Dr. alZahir was the General-Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE, June, 2022; the General-Chair of the IEEE – International Conference in Image Processing ICIP, 2021, and the General-Chair of the IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), September, 2015. Currently, he is the General-Chair of the IEEE IV 2023 (Intelligent Vehicles) June 4-7, 2023; the General Chair of the IEEE ISSPIT in October 2023 and the General-Chair of the IEEE – International Conference in Image Processing ICIP, 2025. In addition, Dr. alZahir has served on many editorial boards and on TPCs of many conferences.