Sumi Helal

Dr. Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal is a computer scientist who was born in Suez, Egypt. He graduated from Alexandria University in 1982. He is best known for his work in Pervasive Computing, Mobile computing and the Internet of Things, and their human-centric applications in the domains of aging, personal health and disability. He is a professor at the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department ([http://www.cise.ufl.edu CISE]) at the University of Florida and the director of its [https://web.archive.org/web/20080222195657/http://www.icta.ufl.edu/ Mobile and Pervasive Computing Laboratory]

Dr. Helal currently serves as the editor-in-chief of IEEE Computer. He was an Associate Editor in Chief and an editorial board member of the IEEE Pervasive Computing magazine. He has published extensively (Google Scholar), and founded four successful startups. His detailed profile can be found here [http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~helal/] Provided by Wikipedia