Dr. Muhammad R. Abid is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Florida Polytechnic
University since 2016. Prior he was working as a research assistant at the University
of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. His fifteen years of experience in academia, research,
industry and consultancy prepare him to be an effective instructor and researcher
in the computer science department. His doctoral dissertation was conducted in consultation
with Distinguished Prof. Emil M. Petriu and did recognition of the dynamic arm gesture
language for human-robot and inter-robot communication. In addition to his doctoral
dissertation research, other areas that interest him for his future interdisciplinary
research stem from his Master dissertation. He embedded knowledge of software engineering
in his doctoral dissertation. One of the studies that he has started is the UML profile
for goal orientated modeling. He also did research for health care with the help of
McGill University for elder care, deaf people and smart home environments. He has
another master degree in computer science from College of Business Administration,
Lahore, Pakistan. He did his bachelor of computer science from the University of Punjab,
Lahore, Pakistan. He has prior experience of working as System Analyst, Senior Programmer,
and Programmer. He received scholarships throughout his career.
Admission scholarship of the University of Ottawa (Ph.D.)
R. Abid, “Dynamic Hand Gesture Recognition for Human-Computer and Inter-Robot Interaction”
poster in 8th Edition of Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Poster Competition,
Univ. of Ottawa, Canada, March 31, 2015, Scored Third Position
“Certificate of Excellence” for teaching with excellent performance in APTECH Computer
Education August 30, 2003
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2015
M.S. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2008
M.S. of Computer Science, College of Business Administration, Lahore, Pakistan, 2001
B.S. of Computer Science, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 1999
Computer Vision
Human-Computer Interaction
Automata Theory, Formal Languages
Image Processing
Software Engineering
University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Member of Florida Polytechnic University,
Lakeland, FL.
Department Of Computer Science Curriculum Committee Member, Florida Polytechnic University,
Lakeland, FL
Faculty Co-Advisor ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Student Chapter, Florida
Polytechnic University 2017-present
IEEE Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Professional Member