Biography
IEEE Region: 7 (Canada)
Dr. Antonio Crespo lifelong career includes senior government positions and diplomatic assignments (United Nations – UN), such as Executive Secretary of the Commission for the Preparation of the Brazilian Airspace Control System for the FIFA 2014 World Cup (project manager), member of the Special Operations Committee of the National Commission of Airports Authorities, Deputy-coordinator of the Olympics 2016 Air Transportation Operations Command and Control Center (coordinator of inter-agencies collaboration), CTO at the Brazilian Center for Air Navigation Management, and Alternate Representative of Brazil to the International Civil Aviation Council (ICAO – UN). He is currently the CEO and founder of the DreamerGate R&D Ent. Inc.
In his academic career, Dr. Crespo has been conducting AI related activities since 2003. He is a member of the TransLab – Laboratory for the Research and Development of Computational Models applied to Air Transportation (University of Brasilia), associate editor of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, and Chair of the IEEE Education Society – Montreal Chapter. Throughout his career, Dr. Crespo actively worked to foster the integration among Academia, industry and government.
Among his latest initiatives, Dr. Antonio Crespo took part in the development of the McGill University SCS course Predictive and Classification Modeling (Professional Development Certificate in Applied Artificial Intelligence), and he supports, as a mentor, the Concordia University Innovation Lab challenges addressing Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Dr. Crespo is also one of the External Experts of the Commission d’évaluation de l’enseignement collégial (CÉEC – Gouvernement du Québec).
Past Chapter Officers
CH07119 (Montreal Section Chapter, E25)
Type: Chapter
Officers:
Hamadou Saliah-Hassane
Position: Chapter Chair (2005-2022)
Biography
IEEE Region: 7 (Canada)
Professor Saliah-Hassane earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, a Bachelor and Master of Applied Science degree from École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada. He is currently teaching Informatics and Computer Networks and Security at TELUQ University in Montreal where he is carrying research on Intelligent Distributed Systems and Mobile Robotics. Professor Saliah-Hassane has received many awards in recognition of his accomplishments, including many IEEE Education Society Certificates of Appreciation, IEEE Education Society’s EdWin C. Jones, Jr. Meritorious Service Award (2019). And aligned with his work on Distributed Embedded Systems, the IEEE Standards Association award with appreciation for chairing and contributing to the development of IEEE Standard 1876TM – 2019 on “Networked Smart Learning Objects for Online Laboratories” (2019), the IEEE SA 2019 Emerging Technology Awarded to IEEE SA 1876TM – 2019 Working Group. Under the Candidate leadership as the Chair of Montreal IEEE Education Society Chapter (2005 -2022), the Chapter received the “2019 Chapter Achievement Award for sustained contributions of innovative educational and professional activities in the community”.