Dr. Syed Umar Amin is associated with the Department of Computer Science, at Prince Sultan University, Riyadh. He has more than 10 years of industry and research experience. His research interests include deep learning for image and EEG classification, cognitive computing, multimedia for healthcare and biologically inspired approach for intelligent systems. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 publications including IEEE / ACM / Springer / Elsevier journals. He has taught many courses and is currently involved in teaching and research work. He has also been involved in many research projects (approximate amount of half a million US dollars).