Osama Zaki

o.zaki@hw.ac.uk

BEng,  B.Comm,  PGDip, MSc¸ MPhil

Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Edinburgh EH14 4AS

+44 (0) 131 4495111

  

1.         Profile

 

I am currently connected to the Ocean Systems Laboratory/SeeByte Ltd and Heriot Watt University. My current research is in the area of fault diagnostics of electrical and electronic systems. This main aim of my research is to lay-down and architect the base for a generic and powerful diagnostic system. Multi-agent systems architecture to support heterogeneous distributed systems is used. The way an agent-based approach may be used to integrate different diagnostic tools and techniques is investigated. On-board real-time diagnosis is both an interesting and complex task. I am working with Dr. Keith Brown and Prof. Dave Lane.

 

 

 

2.         Research and Work Experience

 

Through my work experience in Engineering and IT, I have developed a wide range of management and technical skills from designing, building and assembling components and boards to the application of intelligent systems.  Because I have worked in both academic and industrial environments this, firstly, has utilised my technical experience in different areas such as consultancy, software development, teaching, research and management.  Secondly it has enabled me to apply the advantages of both environments by knowing how one environment can benefit from the other. I have also worked on both commercial and scientific projects. I worked as a member of a team, a team leader and as a project manager.

 

 

I have carried out research in the application of different approaches -- connectionist, object-oriented and logical -- for representing knowledge, NLP, Knowledge Based Systems, Machine Learning and Audio Processing.  I have also good work experience is in designing and developing communications software for mobile phones, PDA and communication gateways and I have developed software and worked on projects, for leading companies, including work in the following areas:

 

 

  • Agents and robotics – autonomous vehicles (OSL)
  • Real-time knowledge-based systems - tactical decision support system for maritime aircraft.
  • Software localization, machine translation and machine learning (Microsoft and Borland)
  • SMS/WAP/ Location Based Services gateways,  encryption and authentication,  network protocols, and space satellites ( Toshiba, Motorola, Lucent, Glenayre and Metrowalker)
  • Distributed applications for enterprise (Anglian Water and Logica)
  • Drivers for sonar (OSL)

 

 

3.         Teaching

 

I have been involved as teaching assistant in the following modules:

 

  • Software Engineering in C++
  • Programming for Engineering in C
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Digital systems
  • Digital and Software (third year)  projects
  • Circuit and Modeling I and II
  • Consolidation

 

 

C         Publications

 

  • Osama Zaki, Keith Brown and Dave Lane, "Automatic Generation of Software Agents for Physical Model from a Description", UKCI, 2005.

 

  • Osama Zaki, Keith Brown and Dave Lane, "Multi Agents Modelling for a Real-Time Dynamic System: AN Analouge Electronic Circuit", IJACI, 2005.

 

  • Osama Zaki, Keith Brown and Dave Lane, "Automated Fault Diagnosis of Complex Systems: An Overview and Proposed Architecture", ARTS16, Loughbourgh University, 2005.

 

  • Osama Zaki and Chris Mellish, "The Translation of Arabic Tenses to The English Tenses/Aspects", Cambridge, 1996. Awarded a Price

 

  • Osama Zaki, "Mapping Between Orthography and Phonology in Connectionist Networks", Leicester, 1994. Awarded a Price

 

  • Researched, compiled and wrote a notebook on Introduction to Computing and also wrote a notebook on C. 1990