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Researcher

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

Abdulmotaleb El Saddik works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital twins, and haptics. He earned a PhD at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 2001 and received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award in 2007 while planning an internet telepresence framework with German collaborators. ACM named him a Distinguished Scientist in 2010, Ottawa appointed him a Distinguished University Professor in 2014, and the Royal Society of Canada elected him a Fellow in 2020. He co-authored a 2022 digital-twin framework for metaverse services; in 2023, he was a computer-vision professor at MBZUAI and led a machine-learning project forecasting malaria outbreaks in Indonesia. As of October 2026, he is a Distinguished University Professor and Research Chair at the University of Ottawa.

Works
1,019
Citations
20,365
h-index
62

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2001

    A doctorate in Darmstadt

    He earns a PhD from the Technical University of Darmstadt in 2001.

  2. 2007

    A Bessel Award and haptic framework

    He receives the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award in 2007. With German collaborators, he plans a haptics framework for internet telepresence.

  3. 2010

    ACM Distinguished Scientist

    ACM names him a Distinguished Scientist in 2010.

  4. 2014

    Ottawa professorship

    The University of Ottawa appoints him a Distinguished University Professor in 2014.

  5. 2020

    A Royal Society fellowship

    He is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020.

  6. 2022

    A digital-twin framework

    In 2022, he co-authors a framework that integrates digital twins with 6G networks, blockchain, and AI to support metaverse services.

  7. 2023

    Forecasting malaria with AI

    In 2023, he is a professor of computer vision at MBZUAI and leads a team that applies machine learning and deep learning to predict where malaria outbreaks may occur in Indonesia.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and Research Chair at Ottawa

    As of October 2026, he is a Distinguished University Professor and Research Chair at the University of Ottawa.

Sources and credits

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  1. Abdulmotaleb EL SADDIK - CANADIAN LEBANESE ACADEMIC FORUM claf-facl.ca. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik | Faculty of Engineering uottawa.ca. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Prof. Dr. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik humboldt-foundation.de. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik named ACM Distinguished Scientist records.sigmm.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Abdulmotaleb El Saddik en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Integrating Digital Twin and Advanced Intelligent Technologies to Realize the Metaverse arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Malaria breakthrough as AI could be used to predict next outbreak | The National thenationalnews.com. Checked 15 October 2026.