Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

About Me

I am a professor at the Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Canada. I am also the Director of the health informatics graduate program.

I lead the NICHE (kNowledge Intensive Computing for Healthcare Enterprises) research group. My research interest span across three areas: (1) Health Informatics, (2) Knowledge Management, and (3) Health Data Analytics.

My research projects have been funded by both government agencies, organizations and industry, such as CANARIE, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canadian Foundation of Innovation (CFI), Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (NSHRF), Green Shield Foundation Canada and Agfa Healthcare Canada.I teach specialized topics in health informatics such as healthcare knowledge management and healthcare data mining.  

Publications

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2022

Benjamin Rose-Davis; William Van Woensel; Samina Raza Abidi; Elizabeth Stringer; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Semantic Knowledge Modeling and Evaluation of Argument Theory to Develop Dialogue based Patient Education Systems for Chronic Disease Self-Management Journal Article

In: International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Argument Theory, Knowledge Graphs, Patient Education, Semantic Web

2021

William Van Woensel; Samina Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Towards Model-Driven Semantic Interfaces for Electronic Health Records on Multiple Platforms Using Notation3 Proceedings Article

In: 4th International Workshop on Semantic Web Meets Health Data Management (SWH’21) co-located with 20th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC’21), 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Electronic Medical Record, Model-driven Engineering, Semantic Web

William Van Woensel; Manal Elnenaei; Syed Ali Imran; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Semantic Web Framework to Computerize Staged Reflex Testing Protocols to Mitigate Underutilization of Pathology Tests for Diagnosing Pituitary Disorders Proceedings Article

In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME), 2021.

BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Reflex Protocols, Semantic Web

2020

William Van Woensel; Samina Abidi; Borna Jafarpour; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

A CIG Integration Framework to Provide Decision Support for Comorbid Conditions using Transaction-based Semantics and Temporal Planning Proceedings Article

In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2020), 2020.

Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidities, Ontology, Semantic Web

William Van Woensel; Patrice C Roy; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi; Samina Raza Abidi

Indoor location identification of patients for directing virtual care: An AI approach using machine learning and knowledge-based methods Journal Article

In: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, vol. 108, pp. 101931, 2020, ISSN: 0933-3657.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Activities of daily living, Ambient assisted living, Ambient Intelligence, Ambient sensors, Chronic disease self-management, Data fusion, eHealth Platform, Indoor Localization, Machine Learning, Self-Management, Semantic Web, Virtual care

2017

Hossein Mohammadhassanzadeh; Samina Raza Abidi; Mohammad Salman Shah; Mehdi Karamollahi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

SeDAn: A Plausible Reasoning Approach for Semantics-based Data Analytics in Healthcare Proceedings Article

In: Workshop on Artificial Intelligence with Application in Health, 16th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, Bari, Italy, 2017.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Health Data Analytics, Knowledge Management, Plausible reasoning, Semantic Web

Enayat Rajabi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Discovering Central Practitioners in a Medical Discussion Forum Using Semantic Web Analytics Proceedings Article

In: Informatics for Health (MIE2017), Manchester, UK, pp. 486-490, European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and IOS Press, 2017, ISSN: 1879-8365.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Semantic Web, Semantic Web Analytics, Social Network Analysis

2016

Wasif Hasan Baig

A Semantic Web Based Knowledge Management Framework to Model Behaviour Change Constructs for Generation of Personalized Action Plans Masters Thesis

Dalhousie University, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Behavioural Theory, Chronic Illness, Knowledge Modelling, Ontology Engineering, Patient Empowerment, Personalized Medicine, Self-Management, Semantic Web, Social Cognition Theory

Suria Kala Subbu

A Semantic Web Framework For Representing, Linking And Analyzing Medical Data For Optimizing Laboratory Utilization Journal Article

In: 2016.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Health Data Analytics, Health Informatics, Knowledge Based Systems, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Management, Ontology Engineering, Semantic Web

Hossein Mohammadhassanzadeh; William Van Woensel; Samina Raza Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

A Semantic Web-based Approach to Plausible Reasoning for Improving Clinical Knowledge Engineering Proceedings Article

In: IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Las Vegas, 2016.

Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Plausbile Reasoning, Semantic Web

Borna Jafarpour; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi; Samina Raza Abidi

Exploiting Semantic Web Technologies to Develop OWL-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Execution Engines Journal Article

In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 388-398, 2016, ISSN: 2168-2194.

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, OWL, Semantic Web

2015

William Van Woensel; Hossein Mohammadhassanzadeh; Samina Raza Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Multi-Strategy Semantic Web Reasoning for Medical Knowledge Bases Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of International Workshop on Biomedical Data Mining, Modeling, and Semantic Integration: A Promising Approach to Solving Unmet Medical Needs (BDM2I2015), 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Health Informatics, Knowledge Based Systems, Ontology, Semantic Web

2014

Newres Al Haider; Samina Raza Abidi; William Van Woensel; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Integrating Existing Large Scale Medical Laboratory Data into the Semantic Web Framework Proceedings Article

In: 2014 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2014, Washington, DC, USA, October 27-30, 2014, pp. 1040–1048, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Health Data Analytics, Health Informatics, Semantic Web

2013

Borna Jafarpour; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Merging Disease-Specific Clinical Guidelines to Handle Comorbidities in a Clinical Decision Support Setting Proceedings Article

In: 14th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2013, Murcia, Spain, May 29 - June 1, 2013. Proceedings, pp. 28–32, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Pathways, Comorbidities, Health Informatics, Semantic Web

Samina Raza Abidi; Samuel Alan Stewart; Michael A. Shepherd; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Usability Evaluation of Family Physicians' Interaction with the Comorbidity Ontological Modeling and ExecuTion System (COMET) Proceedings Article

In: MEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, 20-13 August 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 447–451, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Comorbidities, Ontology, Semantic Web, Usability Evaluation

Borna Jafarpour; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

A Semantic Web Based Ontology Mapping and Instance Transformation Framework Proceedings Article

In: 4th Canadian Semantic Web Symposium part of the Semantic Trilogy 2013, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 10th, 2013., pp. 5–11, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Ontology Mapping, OWL, Semantic Web

Syed Sibte Raza Abidi; Samina Raza Abidi

An Ontology-Driven Personalization Framework for Designing Theory-Driven Self-Management Interventions Proceedings Article

In: Process Support and Knowledge Representation in Health Care - AIME 2013 Joint Workshop, KR4HC 2013/ProHealth 2013, Murcia, Spain, June 1, 2013, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 97–112, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Behaviour Modelling, Ontology, Patient Education, Self-Management, Semantic Web, Social Cognition Theory

2011

Sajjad Hussain; Jos De Roo; Ali Daniyal; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Detecting and Resolving Inconsistencies in Ontologies Using Contradiction Derivations Proceedings Article

In: 35th Annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Munich, Germany, 18-22 July 2011, pp. 556–561, 2011.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Knowledge Management, Ontology, Semantic Web

2010

Ali Daniyal; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Semantic Web-based modeling of Clinical Pathways using the UML Activity Diagrams and OWL-S Proceedings Article

In: Knowledge Representation for Health-Care. Data, Processes and Guidelines, pp. 88-99, Springer, 2010.

BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Pathways, Knowledge Modelling, OWL-S, Semantic Web, UML

2009

Ali Daniyal; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Semantic Web-Based Modeling of Clinical Pathways Using the UML Activity Diagrams and OWL-S Proceedings Article

In: Knowledge Representation for Health-Care: Data, Processes and Guidelines, AIME 2009 Workshop KR4HC 2009, Verona, Italy, July 19, 2009, Revised Selected and Invited Papers, pp. 88–99, 2009.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Pathways, Knowledge Modelling, Semantic Web, UML

2007

Katrina F. Hurley; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Ontology Engineering to Model Clinical Pathways: Towards the Computerization and Execution of Clinical Pathways Proceedings Article

In: 20th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2007), 20-22 June 2007, Maribor, Slovenia, pp. 536–541, 2007.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Pathways, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Modelling, Ontology, Ontology Engineering, Semantic Web

Syed Sibte Raza Abidi; Sajjad Hussain

Medical Knowledge Morphing via a Semantic Web Framework Proceedings Article

In: 20th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2007), 20-22 June 2007, Maribor, Slovenia, pp. 554–562, 2007.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Knowledge Management, Knowledge Morphing, Semantic Web

Sajjad Hussain; Samina Raza Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Semantic Web Framework for Knowledge-Centric Clinical Decision Support Systems Proceedings Article

In: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 11th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 7-11, 2007, Proceedings, pp. 451–455, 2007.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Modelling, Semantic Web

Sajjad Hussain; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi

Ontology Driven CPG Authoring and Execution via a Semantic Web Framework Proceedings Article

In: 40th Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-40 2007), CD-ROM / Abstracts Proceedings, 3-6 January 2007, Waikoloa, Big Island, HI, USA, pp. 135, 2007.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, CPG Computerization, Knowledge Execution, Ontology, Ontology Engineering, Semantic Web

Samina Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi; Sajjad Hussain; Michael A. Shepherd

Ontology-based Modeling of Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Clinical Decision Support System for Breast Cancer Follow-up Interventions at Primary Care Settings Proceedings Article

In: MEDINFO 2007 - Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics - Building Sustainable Health Systems, 20-24 August, 2007, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 845–849, 2007.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Breast Cancer, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, CPG Computerization, Ontology, Semantic Web

Supervision

Current Post Doctoral Fellows

  1. William Van Woensel. Investigations in mobile Reasoning Frameworks.
  2. Patrice Roy. Semantic Web based Event Processing for Smart Environments.

Past Post Doctoral Fellows

  1. Borna Jafarpour. Semantic Web for Clinical Decision Support, Feb. 2014 – Dec. 2014.
  2. Sangwhan ChaBig Data Analytics Framework for Health, Jan. 2014 – Nov. 2014.
  3. Newras Al-Haider. Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Data, April 2013 – Dec. 2014.
  4. Greg Lee. Computerizing Behaviour Modelling to Develop Personalized Interventions, June 2013 – Feb. 2014. (Co-Supervision)
  5. Ashraf Abusharekh. Big Data Management for an E-Science Framework, July 2009 – Dec. 2013.
  6. Jocelyne Fadoul. Investigations in Clinical Pathways, Sept. 2011 – Aug. 2012
  7. Andrew McIntyre. Machine Learning Methods for Analyzing Optic Disc Data for Glaucoma Detection, Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2008.

Current PhD (Computer Science and IDPhD)

  1. Hossein Hassanzadeh. TBD.
  2. Calvino Cheng. Process Mining to Abstract Clinical Pathways from Laboratory Information Data (IDPhD).
  3. Ghdeer Tashkandi. Personalized Patient Education Programs Driven by Computerized Health Models (IDPhD).
  4. Krista Elvidge. A Lifelong Patient Educational Intervention Program: Investigating the Role of Behavioural Models (IDPhD).
  5. Muzammil Bashir Ahmed. A Semantic Web Framework for Personalized Patient Care Planning in Hospital Settings (IDPhD).

Completed Ph.D. Thesis

  1. Borna Jafarpour. Ontology Merging Using Semantically-Defined Merge Criteria And Owl Reasoning Services: Towards Execution-Time Merging Of Multiple Clinical Workflows, Dec. 2013.
  2. Samuel Stewart. Combining Social Network And Semantic Content Analysis To Improve Knowledge Translation In Online Communities Of Practice (IDPhD), Dec. 2013.
  3. Joyline Makani. Knowledge Management in Knowledge Intensive Organizations: An Investigation of Factors Influencing Choices of Knowledge Management Systems (IDPhD), May 2012 (Co-Supervisor).
  4. Syed Sajjad Hussain. K-MORPH: Knowledge Morphing via Reconciliation of Contextualized Sub-ontologies, March 2011.
  5. Cheah Yu-N. A Knowledge Management Info-structure for Knowledge Creation: A Scenario-based Strategy for the Explication and Crystallisation of Tacit Knowledge, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2002.

Current Masters Theses (Computer Science & Health Informatics)

  1. Arun Salunke. Topic in Health Data Mining. 
  2. Ahmad Marwan Ahmad. Topic in Knowledge Translation. 
  3. Wasif Baig. Modeling Behaviour Modification Strategies to Derive Patient Educational Interventions, (Co-Supervisor).

Completed Masters Thesis

  1. Swapnil Mahajan. A Generic Framework for Providing Psychosocial Support to Patients through an Online Virtual World, Jan. 2015 (Co-Supervisor).
  2. Hani Mufti. Predictors of Post-operative Neurocognitive Complications in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Operation: A Predictive Analytics Approach, August 2014.
  3. Ehsan Maghsoudlou. Integrating Protocol-Driven Decision Support Within E-Referral System: Supporting Primary Care Practitioners For Spinal Care Consultation And Triaging, April 2014.
  4. Nelofar Kureshi. Personalized Medicine: Development of a Predictive Computational Model for Personalized Therapeutic Interventions, August 2013 (Co-Supervisor).
  5. Ali Haider Zaidi. An OWL Ontology for Modeling HL-7 Compliant Electronic Patient Records for Chronic Disease Management, Dec. 2012.
  6. Shirin Sharif. Characterization of a Longitudinal Care Plan Model For Managing Chronic Diseases: A Care Plan Ontology to Computerize Paper-Based Care Plans, April 2012.
  7. Nima Hashemian. Modelling Clinical Pathways as Business Process Models Using Business Process Modelling Notation, March 2012.
  8. Mostafa Omaish. Ontology-based Knowledge Model for an ACS Management Clinical Guideline: Handling Updates and Institutional Priorities, Dec. 2011.
  9. Syed Farrukh Mehdi. Exploiting Semantics and Syntax for service Specification and Signature Matching: The S5 Web Service Matchmaker, Dec. 2011.
  10. Ashraf Mohammed Iqbal. An Ontology-Based Electronic Medical Record for Chronic Disease Management, Feb. 2011 (Co-Supervisor).
  11. Ryan Druggan. Clinical Knowledge Modelling to Develop E-Clinics for Neuropituary Care, April 2010.
  12. Brett Taylor. Re-Imaging Surveillance in the Context of Emergency Care, August 2009.
  13. Muzammil Bashir Ahmad. Ontology Modelling for Nursing Care Plans and Clinical Practice Guidelines, April 2009.
  14. Shapoor Sheghani. Knowledge Modeling to Develop a Clinical Practice Guideline Ontology: Towards Computerization and Merging of Clinical Practice Guidelines, Sept. 2007.
  15. Katrina Hurley. Practice-Oriented Knowledge Abstraction in Development of an Ontology to Model Clinical Pathways, May 2007.
  16. Philip O’Brien. Semantic Web Approach for Context-Aware Knowledge Sharing, March 2007.
  17. Selana Davis. Personalization of Cardiovascular Risk Management Using Linkages of SCORE and Behaviour Change Readiness to Web-based Education, August 2006.
  18. Aliko Mwakatobe. Information Personalization on the Semantic Web Using Reasoning, August 2006.
  19. Yan Zeng. Pursuing Information Personalization as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem, Dec. 2005.
  20. Zeina Chedrawy. PRECISE: A Hybrid of Item-Based Collaborative Filtering and Case Based Reasoning for Contextual Information Personalization. July 2005.
  21. Sanjun Yan. Using Unsupervised Learning Methods to Sub-classify Optic Disk Damage Images, April 2005.
  22. Xuan Hu. Evaluating Discretization Techniques to Discretize Visual Field Data, April 2005.
  23. Qingshuang Jiang. Discovering Generalized Symbolic Rule from Un-annotated Data: A Hybrid of Rough Sets and Attribute Oriented Induction, April 2005.
  24. Jin Yu. A Hybrid Feature Selection Method Classifying Optic Nerve Images, April 2005.
  25. Brent Jones. Leveraging Clinical Practice Guidelines to Develop Objective User Models for Customizing Healthcare Information to Manage High Cholesterol, Sept. 2004.
  26. Zahid Hasan Zaidi. A Multi-Agent Info-Structure to Provide End-User Data Mining: From Automatic Query Generation to Algorithm Selection to Result Visualization. Universiti Sains Malaysia, August 2004.
  27. Zafar Iqbal Hashmi. An Intelligent Agent Framework for Context-Sensitive Knowledge Retrieval from an Enterprise Memory. Universiti Sains Malaysia, August 2004.
  28. Chong Yong Han. Adaptive Hypermedia and Constraint Satisfaction Programming: Towards Automated Generation of Personalized and Factually Consistent Healthcare Information. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Oct. 2003.
  29. Selvakumar Manickam. Automated Transformation of Generic Electronic-Medical-Records To Specialised Cases: Towards an Internet-Mediated, Multi-Tier Case-Base-Reasoning Info-Structure. Universiti Sains Malaysia, December 2002.
  30. Hoe Kok Meng. Knowledge Discovery from Unannotated Datasets: A Symbolic Rule Extraction Framework Featuring Neural Network Analysis and Rough Set Decision Synthesis. Universiti Sains Malaysia, July 2002.
  31. Wai Han Soo. A CBR Framework for Personalizing Healthcare Information. Universiti Sains Malaysia, August 2002.
  32. Jason Ong Hing Soon. Exploratory Data Mining Using Self-Organising Maps: An Info-Structure for Data Clustering. Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2000.

Current Masters Projects

  1. Perez Whitfield. Development of a Web-based Provincial NOAC Authorization System.

Completed Masters Projects

  1. Hari Gudigundla. Semantic Web Query Engine For Ocean Data, June 2014.
  2. Jagjit Sandhu. Ocean data browser: An Online Tool to Cluster and Analyze Multidimensional Ocean Data, Dec. 2011.
  3. Xin Sheng. Developing Social Networks from On-Line Discussions Between Emergency Care Health Professionals, Dec. 2004.
  4. Winston Ying. A Generic Framework to Incorporate Clinical Practice Guidelines for Information Personalization, Oct. 2004.
  5. Muqueem Lodhi. A Web Services Framework for Document Retrieval, Oct. 2004
  6. Fuhai Li. A Distributed Clinical Information System for Managing Breast Cancer Surgery, July 2004.
  7. Zhenming Hu. A Case-Based Reasoning Framework for Information Personalization, March 2004.
  8. Zhilun Gao. Applying Data Mining and Statistical Techniques to Create a Frailty Index from Geriatrics Data, Dec. 2003.
  9. Zarmina Nadeem. Using Decision Trees to Develop Predictive Models for Improved Product Sales Campaigns, Sept. 2003.
  10. Teh Kia Hock. Data-Mining for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in an E-Commerce Environment, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2001.
  11. Lecthumanwan Balasubramaniam. A Generic Web-Mining Framework for Analysing Web Usage Patterns at Web-Portals, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2001.
  12. Chuah JuJu. Prediction and Sensitivity Analysis of General Data Using Neural Networks, Universiti Sains Malaysia, February 2000.
  13. Teh Woan Yong. Trend Analysis and Forecasting of Computer Network Traffic Using Neural Networks, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2000.
  14. Thiang Bee Nee. Using Neural Networks for DNA Sequence Analysis: Splice Site Prediction, Universiti Sains Malaysia, May 2000.
  15. Ng Sim Yam. Anatomy Advisor on the World Wide Web, Universiti Sains Malaysia, September 1999.
  16. Lee Gim Hoo. A System for Electronic Health Survey over the World Wide Web, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Sept. 1999.

Brief Bio

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D.       University of Surrey, Guildford, UK: 1994
    Specialization:  Computer Sciences (Neural Networks & AI)
  • M.S.           University of Miami, Miami, USA: 1989
    Specialization: Computer Engineering
  • B.Engg.   N.E.D. University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan: 1986
    Specialization: Electronic Engineering

Academic Honours

  • Best paper award at 16th International Symposium on Health Information Management Research (iSHIMR), Halifax, June 2013.
  • Best paper award at 2nd Advances in Health Informatics Conference, Toronto, April 2012.
  • Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 2011.
  • Best paper award at 11th International Symposium on Health Information Management Research (iSHIMR), Halifax, July 2006
  • Best paper award at 39th IEEE Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (IT in healthcare track), Hawaii, January 2006.
  • Best paper award at 38th IEEE Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (IT in healthcare track), Hawaii, January 2005.
  • Best paper award at 16th International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (MIE’2000), Hannover, 2000.
  • VHK International Award for Innovation in Medical Informatics, Hannover, August 2000. The award was adjudged based on my R&D work presented at the International Congress of Medical Informatics in Europe (MIE’2000) in Hannover, Germany.

Employment Record

  • Professor (July 2007 – To date), Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • Professor (April 2013 – To date) [Cross-Appointment], Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
  • Director of Health Informatics (July 2005 – To date), Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
  • Adjunct Professor (March 2008 – 2012), Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Associate Professor (Jan 2002 – June 2007), Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
  • Associate Professor (May 1999 – Dec 2001), School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
  • Lecturer (Oct. 1995 – April 1999), School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
  • Research Officer (March 1993 – Dec 1994), AI Group, Dept. of Computing Sciences, Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, England.