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Sayed Chhattan Shah
Date Joined
May 28, 2021
Bio
Sayed Chhattan Shah is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at Southern Illinois University, where he teaches advanced computing courses and directs the Mobile Distributed Computing Lab. His research focuses on next-generation AI-enabled mobile distributed systems, with emphasis on edge computing, healthcare digital twins, and intelligent mobile and IoT systems.
He has over 15 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership across institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Pakistan. Prior to joining SIU in August 2025, he was a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University, where he led several modules, conducted research in edge computing and digital twins, and led the HPC cluster team supporting research across the university. Before that, he spent a decade at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea, where he served as Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor. He has also held faculty appointments at Korea University, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, and Dongguk University.
In addition to his academic roles, Dr. Shah has substantial industry and applied research experience in South Korea and Pakistan. He worked as a Senior Researcher at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in South Korea and as a Software Engineer at the National Engineering and Scientific Commission in Pakistan.
He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Korea University in 2012 and his master’s degree in Computer Science from the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in 2008.
Throughout his career, Dr. Shah has led and completed numerous research projects funded by organizations such as the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Ministry of Transport of Korea. He has served as Principal Investigator on externally funded research projects and has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers.
Dr. Shah is actively involved in the broader research community. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of ACM, and regularly serves as a Program Committee Member for international conferences. He has delivered talks at major venues, including the IEEE Military Communications Conference and the Future Networks World Forum. He has also reviewed grant proposals for several national funding bodies, including the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the United Kingdom, the National Research Foundation of Korea, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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