Hicham Elzabadani is currently an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the American University in Dubai. In addition, he is a web designer and photographer.

Hicham Elzabadani earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the Lebanese American University, Beirut, in 2000 and 2002 respectively. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida in 2006.

Before joining AUD, Hicham was the VP for Industry Solutions at Pervasa, Inc., a University of Florida start-up focused on platform and middleware products for sensor networks.

During his Ph.D. he worked on various projects, one of which is the Gator Tech Smart House, an experimental home for applied pervasive computing research in the domain of elder care, which was featured in the Beyond Tomorrow TV show.

Hicham Elzabadani filed for two patents during his stay in the USA: a “Multimedia Controller” (United States Patent Application: 20050062637), and a “Modular Platform Enabling Heterogeneous Devices, Sensors and Actuators to Integrate Automatically into Heterogeneous Networks” (United States Patent Application: 20070236346; International Application: PCT/US2007/062490).

He was awarded the second place at the Motorola Mobile Computing “Killer Apps” Competition in December 2002. His research interests include Self Sensing Spaces, Remote Monitoring and Intervention, and Computer Vision.