Prof. Raza abidi
Professor and Director of Health Informatics, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada
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.