PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Mohamed Cheriet

Mohamed Cheriet is a professor at ÉTS Montréal who applies AI to handwriting recognition, ancient manuscripts and the energy use of cloud and 5G networks. He earned a B.Eng. in Algiers in 1984 and a computer science Ph.D. at Paris VI in 1988, then joined ÉTS in 1992. Wiley published his textbook Character Recognition Systems in 2007, and he held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Smart Sustainable Eco-Cloud from 2013 to 2020. The International Association for Pattern Recognition named him a Fellow in 2016, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada and Engineers Canada followed in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Today, he is a professor in ÉTS's Department of Systems Engineering, where his team develops AI-based energy optimization for 5G networks with Ericsson.

Works
723
Citations
11,529
h-index
50
Rankings
#89 by last-author papers
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1984–1988

    Degrees in Algiers and Paris

    He earns a B.Eng. at USTHB University in Algiers in 1984. He then completes an M.Sc. in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1988, both in computer science, at the University of Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI).

  2. 1992

    Professor at ÉTS

    He joins the École de technologie supérieure (University of Quebec) in Montreal in 1992, as a professor in its Automation Engineering Department.

  3. 1998–2006

    Founding Synchromedia and LIVIA

    He founds the Synchromedia Consortium and Laboratory for multimedia communication in telepresence at ÉTS and becomes its director in 1998. He also co-founds the Laboratory for Imagery, Vision and Artificial Intelligence (LIVIA) at the University of Quebec and directs it from 2000 to 2006.

  4. October 2007

    A textbook on character recognition

    Wiley publishes Character Recognition Systems in October 2007, which he writes with Nawwaf Kharma, Cheng-Lin Liu and Ching Y. Suen. The textbook covers the main processing steps of a document image analysis and recognition system, from pre-processing and feature extraction to word and string recognition.

  5. 2013–2020

    Canada Research Chair in eco-cloud

    He holds the NSERC Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Smart Sustainable Eco-Cloud from 2013 to 2020. His team's GreenStar Network, built with Kim Khoa Nguyen and funded by CANARIE, federates cloud computing infrastructures and shifts processing tasks between data centers under a "follow the sun, follow the wind" principle to reduce their carbon footprint.

  6. 2016

    IAPR Fellow

    The International Association for Pattern Recognition names him a Fellow in 2016 for contributions to ancient manuscript processing, form construction, handwriting recognition, multidisciplinary application, and service to IAPR. IEEE Canada gives him its J.M. Ham Outstanding Engineering Educator Award in 2016.

  7. 2017–2019

    Three Canadian engineering fellowships

    He becomes a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2017, of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 2018, and of Engineers Canada in 2019.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at ÉTS Montréal

    He is a professor in ÉTS's Department of Systems Engineering. With Ericsson, his team develops AI-based solutions that optimize the energy consumption of 5G networks, and he serves on the steering committee of PIVOT 2026, led by the Quebec Innovation Council.

Career

  1. Since 1992École de Technologie SupérieureProfessor, Founder and Director
  2. 2002–2026Université du Québec à Montréal
  3. 1998–2006Université du QuébecCo-founder, Director
  4. 1993–2004Concordia University

Education

  1. 1988Sorbonne UniversityPhD
  2. 1985Sorbonne UniversityM.Sc.
  3. 1984University of Science and Technology Houari BoumedieneB.Eng.

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. A recursive thresholding technique for image segmentation1998 · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing · 301 citationsWith Ching Y. Suen
  2. Character Recognition Systems2007 · Wiley eBooks · 238 citationsWith Cheng-Lin Liu and Ching Y. Suen
  3. AdOtsu: An adaptive and parameterless generalization of Otsu's method for document image binarization2011 · Pattern Recognition · 216 citations
  4. Taxonomy of information security risk assessment (ISRA)2015 · Computers & Security · 207 citations
  5. “One Against One” or “One Against All”: Which One is Better for Handwriting Recognition with SVMs?2006 · 207 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Université du Québec. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  2. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes École de Technologie Supérieure. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Concordia University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Concordia University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.

Colleagues

People named in this biography, and people with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Team 9- Cheriet | Indian Ocean World MCRI - McGill University mcgill.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Books 4 iapr.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Mohamed Cheriet – The Conversation theconversation.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. AI at the Service of Knowledge and Digital Sustainability - ÉTS Montréal etsmtl.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. For Green ICT - ÉTS Montréal etsmtl.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Cheriet, Mohamed - ÉTS Montréal etsmtl.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.