Rate My Professor Mohamed Sedky

Professor Mohamed Sedky is Professor of Cyber-Physical Systems in Digital, Tech, Innovation & Business at Staffordshire University. He received his BEng (Hons) in Electro-Physics and Communications from Alexandria University, Egypt in 1996, followed by an MSc in Communications and Electronics from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), Egypt in 2002. In 2009, he obtained his PhD from Staffordshire University for research on the application of physics-based image formation models to change detection in the context of workplace video surveillance. He also holds a PGC in Research Supervision and a PGC in Higher and Professional Education. After his undergraduate studies, Mohamed co-founded SKM communication systems. From 1998 to 2003, he served as a lecturer assistant in the department of electronics and communications at AAST. He joined Staffordshire University in 2003 as a member of the research staff and part-time lecturer, and between 2005 and 2009 worked as a computer vision consultant. He currently serves as deputy award leader for the MSc Computer Science and award leader for the BSc Internet of Things. Since 2012, as Technical Director of the research spin-off Adaptive Video Analytic (AVA) Technologies Ltd, he has led the research and development of real-time video processing algorithms, such as moving object segmentation, skin detection, and HDR imaging. This effort has produced AVA solutions including Detect, Protect, Count, and Summarise.

Mohamed's research specializations encompass video analytics, computer vision, computer networks, IP telephony, VOIP, and network security, with current interests in object recognition, object tracking, object segmentation, and face detection. He is the lead researcher of Adaptive Video Analytic technologies and founder of Spectral-360. He has filed a UK patent, a PCT patent application, and a US patent (no. 2374109, 2011) on Spectral-360 for object detection targeting security, safety, and business intelligence applications. His change detection technique was rated the best in the world by the independent website changedetection.net. Key publications include “Classification of Smart Video Surveillance Systems for Commercial Applications” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Based Surveillance (2005), “Smart Video Surveillance for Workplace Applications: Implications, Technologies and Requirements” in Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Visualization and Image Processing (2005), and “Spectral-360: A Physics-Based Technique for Change Detection” (CVPR Workshop, 2014). He has given invited talks at management pitching events in Oxford, Birmingham, and Manchester (2012), to the North Staffs Chamber of Commerce (2011), and to the North Staffs British Computer Society (2011). AVA software has been engaged by a UK Police Authority to reduce the burden on investigators, with Spectral-360 securing contracts including the Ministry of Defence SAPIENT project, Transport for London passenger counting at Victoria station, and post-incident analysis for police authorities.