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Education
- Ph.D., System Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2011
- M.Sc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2004
- B.Sc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2001
Industrial and research interests
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision
- Sustainable Interactive Intelligent System Design
- Affective Computing, Interactive Robotics
- Smart City, Smart Connected Buildings, Smart Homes
- Internet of Things (IoT, Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0)
Teaching interests
- System Design and Computing: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Robotics, Data Structure, Algorithm Design, and Programming
- Electronics and Embedded Systems: Data Communnication, Networking, Internet of Things, Embedded Systems, Signals and Systems, Image Processing, Electronic Circuits and Systems, Instrumentation and Control, Mechatronic Systems
Recently taught courses
- SEE 231 - Electronic Devices and Systems
- SEE 332 - Power Systems Design and Analysis
- SEE 333 - Network and Communication Systems
- SEE 431 - Signals and Systems
Selected recent publications
- T. Anjum, S. Lawrence, A. Shabani, 鈥 Augmented Reality and Affective Computing on the Edge Makes Social Robots Better Companions for Older Adults 鈥, International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision, and Intelligent Systems, Valletta, Malta, 2021.
- T. Anjum, S. Lawrence, A. Shabani, 鈥 Efficient Data Augmentation within Deep Learning Framework to Improve Cross-Dataset Facial Emotion Recognition鈥, 25th International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Las Vegas, USA, 2021.
- S. Lawrence, T. Anjum, A. Shabani, 鈥滻mproved Deep Neural Network with Age Augmentation for Facial Emotion Recognition in Social Companion Robotics鈥, Journal of Computational Vision and Imaging Systems, 2020.
- S. Latif, A. Shabani, A. Esser, A. Martkovich, 鈥淎nalytics of Residential Electrical Energy Profile鈥, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Eng., Windsor, Canada, 2017.
- C. Luppe, A. Shabani, 鈥淭owards Reliable Intelligent Occupancy Detection for Smart Building Applications鈥, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Eng. Windsor, Canada, 2017.
- A. Forest, M. Dallard, A. Shabani, 鈥淎n Optimized Platform for Performance Evaluation of Solar Battery Chargers鈥, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Eng., Windsor, Canada, 2017
- A. Forest, A. Shabani, 鈥淎 Novel Approach in Smart Ventilation Using Wirelessly Controllable Dampers鈥, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Eng., Windsor, Canada, 2017.
- M. Dallard, A. Forest, A. Shabani, 鈥淒esign of a Portable Smart Connected Solar-Powered Charger for Consumer Electronics鈥, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Eng., Windsor, Canada, 2017.
- A.H. Shabani, J.S. Zelek, D.A. Clausi, 鈥淢ultiple scale-specific representations for improved action classification鈥, Journal of Pattern Recognition Letters, Jan. 2013.
- A.H. Shabani, D.A. Clausi, J.S. Zelek, 鈥淓valuation of local spatio-temporal salient feature detectors for human action recognition鈥, IEEE Conf. On Computer and Robot Vision, Toronto, May 2012.
- A.H. Shabani, J.S. Zelek, D.A. Clausi, 鈥淩egularized gradient kernel anisotropic diffusion for better image filtering鈥, IEEE Conf. On Computer and Robot Vision, Toronto, May 2012.
- A.H. Shabani, P. Matsakis, 鈥淓fficient computation of objects鈥 spatial relations in digital images鈥, IEEE Canadian Conf. On Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montreal, April 2012.
- A.H. Shabani, D.A. Clausi, J.S. Zelek 鈥淚mproved spatio-temporal salient feature detection for action recognition鈥, British Machine Vision Conference, Dundee, UK, Sep. 2011.
- A.H. Shabani, J.S. Zelek, D.A. Clausi, 鈥淩obust local video event detection for action recognition鈥, Neural Information Processing Sys. (NIPS)鈥揗LAT Workshop, Whistler, Canada, Dec. 2010.
- M. H. Ghaeminia, A.H. Shabani, and S.B. Shokouhi, 鈥淭wo-level parallel histogram of appearance for better human tracking in Video鈥, IEEE Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, Isfahan, Oct. 2010.
- A.H. Shabani, J.S. Zelek and D.A. Clausi, 鈥淗uman action recognition using salient opponent-based motion features鈥, IEEE Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Ottawa, Canada, May 2010.
- A.H. Shabani, M.H. Ghaeminia, and S.B. Shokouhi, 鈥淗uman tracking using spatialized multi-level histogramming and mean shift鈥, IEEE Canadian Conf. on Computer and Robot Vision, Ottawa, Canada, 2010.
- M.H. Ghaeminia, A.H. Shabani, and S.B. Shokouhi, 鈥淎daptive motion model for human tracking using Particle Filter鈥, International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 2010.
- M.J. Gangeh, A.H. Shabani, and M.S. Kamel, 鈥淣onlinear scale-space theory in texture classification using multiple classifier systems鈥, International Conf. on Image Analysis and Recognition, Portugal, June 2010.
- A.H. Shabani, D.A. Clausi, J.S. Zelek, 鈥淭owards robust 3D spatio-temporal interest point detection for human action recognition鈥, IEEE Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Kelowna, Canada, May 2009.
- A.H. Shabani, S.B. Shokouhi,鈥 Self-recalibration of a 3D Laser Scanner鈥, IEEE Conference in Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Zanjan, Iran, May 2005.
- A.H. Shabani, S.B. Shokouhi,鈥 Fuzzy thinning in 3D laser scanning using structured light鈥, IEEE Machine Vision, Image Processing and Application (MVIP), Tehran, Iran, Feb. 2005.
- A.H. Shabani and S.B. Shokouhi, "A new automatic calibration algorithm for 3-D optical scanners", IEEE Machine Vision, Image Proc. and Application (MVIP), Tehran, Iran, Feb. 2005.
- A.H. Shabani, M. Farrokhi, and S.B. Shokouhi, "A new method of edge detection based on the classical and fuzzy methods", IEEE Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Shiraz, Iran, May 2003.
Courses
Summer 2025
Future courses may be subject to change.