Prof. Raza abidi

Syed Sibte Raza Abidi is Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Medicine and Director of Health Informatics at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He received his Master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Miami, FL, USA, and Ph.D. degree in computing sciences from the University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K. He is the scientific lead of the NICHE (kNowledge Intensive Computing for Healthcare Enterprises) research group that comprises interdisciplinary researchers. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, with particular interests in health data analytics, health informatics/digital health, health knowledge management, semantic web, decision support systems and personalized health. His research has led to over 40 real-life digital health systems for clinical decision support, patient empowerment and health system use optimization. He has published over 250 original research articles, supervised over 85 graduate theses and delivered over 80 invited talks worldwide. He is the recipient of the Canadian Health Informatics Leadership Award, International Award for Innovation in Medical Informatics, Research Excellence Award and 6 best paper awards. He is a Board Member of Digital Health Canada and International Association of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. He serves as expert reviewer for several scientific journals and research funding organizations.