Abdesselam Bouzerdoum (M’89–SM’03 IEEE) graduated with MSEE and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. In 1991, he joined Adelaide University, South Australian, and from 1998 to 2004 he was an Associate Professor with Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia. In September 2004, he was appointed Professor of Computer Engineering and Head of School of Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Wollongong. From 2007 to 2013, he served as Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Informatics. Since March 2017, he has also been a Professor with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar. Dr. Bouzerdoum held several Visiting Professor Appointments at Institut Galilée, Université Paris-13, LAAS/CNRS, Toulouse, France, Villanova University, USA, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. From 2009 to 2011, he was a member of the ARC College of Experts and Deputy Chair of the EMI panel (2010–2011).

Dr. Bouzerdoum is the recipient of the Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Support of Defence or National Security (2011), the Chester Sall Award of IEEE Trans. Consumer Electronics (2005), and a Distinguished Researcher Award (Chercheur de Haut Niveau) from the French Ministry (2001). He served as Associate Editor for 5 International journals, including IEEE TRANS. IMAGE PROCESSEING, IEEE TRANS. SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS (1999–2006). He has published over 350 technical articles and graduated over 30 Ph.D. and Research Masters students. His research interest include radar imaging and signal processing, image processing, vision, machine learning, and pattern recognition.