Educational Qualifications 

• PhD Degree in Electronic Engineering, Newcastle University, UK (2013).

Thesis Title: Efficient Architectures for multidimensional Data Transforms in Image and Video Applications.

• M.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronic and Communication), Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq.
• B.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Iraq

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Memberships and Academic positions                                                                                                        

• Head of Electronic Engineering Department - College of Engineering – Diyala University 2016 – Now
• Department Coordinator – Computer Engineering Department College of Engineering – Diyala University since 2007 - 2009.
• Member of Iraqi Engineers Union (IEU) since 1993 till now.

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Training and Courses 

• IEEE Signal Processing Society Summer School on High Performance DSP and FPGA implementation of Signal Processing Systems, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, UK, 20th-24th August 2012.
•  The DSP Primer, Xilinx University Program, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, 10th-11th May 2012.
• Xilinx/EUROPRACTICE Partial Reconfiguration Workshop, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, 13th-14th September 2011.
• Introduction to FPGA Design using Xilinx, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, 23th-24th September 2009.
• Several workshops during my PhD study at Electrical and Electronic School, Newcastle University, UK, 2009-2013.

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Languages

• English:                        Written and spoken (Excellent)
• Arabic:                        Mother Language.

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Employment History (Academic & Technical)

Currently

• Head of Electronic Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Diyala  University.
• Lecturer (Digital Image Processing) at the Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Diyala University.

2014-2017

• Lecturer (Electronic Engineering) at Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Diyala University.
• Lecturer for PhD students (Computer Fundamentals) at College of Physical Education and Sport Science, Diyala University.
• Member of the Scientific Committee, Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Diyala University.

2013-2014

• Lecturer (Electronic Engineering and Computer Networks) at Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Diyala University.
• Member of the Examination Committee,  Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Diyala University
• Member of the Scientific Committee,  Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Diyala University

2013

• Laboratory demonstrator (Digital Electronic and Advanced Modulation and Coding) in EEE School, Newcastle University, UK.

2009-2013

• PhD student at Electrical and Electronic School, Newcastle University, UK

2007 – 2009

• Department Coordinator of Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Diyala University.
• Lecturer (Analogue Communication , Computer Networks and Digital Image processing)  in Computer and Software Engineering Department and Electronic Engineering Department,  College of Engineering, Diyala  University.

2000 – 2007

• Lecturer (Electronic Physics and Analogue Communications), Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriya University.

 

1998-2000

• Lab Demonstrator, Computer and Software Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriya University.

2000-2002

• Member in Eng. Consultancy Bureau-Al-Mustansiriya  Univ. College of Eng. Unit of Computer and Software(Software Eng.). During this period, this unit has implemented several software projects in engineering and database fields.

2000-2005

• Member in computers maintenance unit of College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriya University.

1997-2000

MSc Student at Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq

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Reviewer and referee

Reviewer in:

1. IEEE Transactions of Parallel and Distributed System
2. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and System for Video Technology
3. Diyala Journal of Engineering Sciences

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Membership of journal editorial board                                                                                                           

• IEEE Society 2006. No: 85025442
• Member of Iraqi Engineers Union (IEU) since 1993 till now.

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Conferences

No	Conference	Paper title	Proceeding or journal name
1	2018 1st International Scientific Conference of Engineering Sciences - 3rd Scientific Conference of Engineering Science (ISCES)	Adham Hadi Saleh ;  Kamal Mohammed Saleh ;  Saad Al-Azawi, "Design and simulation of CRC encoder and decoder using VHDL"
2	International Conference on Engineeringand Technology-2017 by IARES (ICET’2017)	Saad Albawi, Tareq Abed Mohammed, Saad Al-Azawi, “Understanding of a Convolutional Neural Network”
3	The Second Engineering Scientific Conference-College of Engineering, Diyala Univesity, Diyala Journal of Engineering Sciences, vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 593-500, Dec., 2015	Saad Al-Azawi, Ammar A. Abedelkareem, " Low Complexity Multilevel 2-D DHWT Architecture
4	9th International Symposium in Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2014, 2014, pp. 804-808	S. Al-Azawi, Y. A. Abbas, and R. Jidin, "Low complexity multidimensional CDF 5/3 DWT architecture"
5	in IET Conference on Image Processing (IPR), 2012, pp. 1-6.	S. Al-Azawi, S. Boussakta, and A. Yakovlev, "High precision and low power DCT architectures for image compression applications,"
6	in 7th International Workshop on Systems, Signal Processing and their Applications (WOSSPA), 2011, pp. 131-134	S. Al-Azawi, S. Boussakta, and A. Yakovlev, "Low complexity image compression algorithm using AMBTC and bit plane squeezing
7	in Communication Systems Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2010 7th International Symposium on, 2010, pp. 811-815.	S. Al-Azawi, S. Boussakta, and A. Yakovlev, "Performance improvement algorithms for colour image compression using DWT and multilevel block truncation coding
8	National Computer, Control, and Communication (NCCC) conference ( University of Technology, Baghdad , Iraq 12-13 Dec. 2000).	Planer array current distribution by modifying Taylor current distribution of a linear array

 

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