Mohammad Omar Derawi

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About Mohammad Omar Derawi

Prof. Derawi is a distinguished academic, scientist, and innovator who combines his expertise in engineering and information security with a passion for groundbreaking innovation. He holds both a B.Sc.(2007) and M.Sc.(2009) in Computer Science Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where he earned recognition as Denmark’s youngest engineer in 2009. In 2017, he achieved another milestone, becoming the youngest full professor in the Nordics. He completed his PhD in Information Security at the Norwegian Information Security Laboratory (NISLab), Gjøvik University (now NTNU, Norway), with a focus on smart mobile technologies and behavioral biometric recognition for mobile devices. Early in his PhD journey, he served as a visiting researcher at the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED), Germany. Currently, Prof. Derawi holds a professorship in electrical engineering, specializing in areas such as information security, e-health, autonomous systems, biometric systems, wireless communications, IoT, and micro-controller technologies. He leads the “Smart Wireless Systems” Research Group at NTNU’s Department of Electronic Systems, serves as the Scientific Director of the IoT-Lab at NTNU Gjøvik, and is an active scientist at the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB) within the Biomedical Engineering Department. In addition to his academic contributions, Prof. Derawi is deeply engaged in innovation. He is renowned for identifying industry needs, anticipating market trends, and developing impactful solutions. With a unique ability to refine ideas and bring them to market, he is committed to bridging academia and industry to create meaningful advancements that address real-world challenges.