Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (M’01-SM’04-F’09) is a distinguished university professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa and a professor at MBZUAI. His research focus is on the establishment of digital twins to facilitate the well-being of citizens using AI, IoT, AR/VR and 5G to allow people to interact in real time with one another through their smart digital representations. He has co-authored 10 books and more than 550 publications and chaired more than 50 conferences and workshops. He has received research grants and contracts totaling more than $20M. He has supervised more than 150 researchers and has received many international awards, including the ACM Distinguished Scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers and Fellow of IEEE, the IEEE I&M Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Canada C.C. Gottlieb (Computer) Medal, and the A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal for important contributions to the field of computer engineering and science.