SIYAL, Mohammed Yakoob
Associate Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Division of Information Engineering

Phone: 6790 4464, Fax: 6792 0415
Office: S2-B2a-28 
Email: eyakoob@ntu.edu.sgg

Biography

Dr Siyal received his B.E (1985) degree from Mehran University in Electronic Engineering, M.Sc (1988) and PhD (1991) degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and technology (UMIST), England and an MBA (2000) from Surrey European Management School (SEMS), Surrey University, England in IT. Before joining Nanyang Technological University Singapore in early 1993, DR Siyal was with the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, where he provided consultancy and technical support to all the Universities in England under EUROCHIP scheme. Currently he is a tenured Associate Professor in Information Engineering, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. DR Siyal has published extensively in computer vision, e-security, e-commerce, medical image processing and real-time systems areas both in International conferences and International journals and has over 100 referred publications. Dr Siyal was awarded “Literati Club Award for Excellence 2003”, by Emerald, UK for his research and best teacher of Year 3 in year 2004 in the EEE School for his teaching. Dr Siyal has supervised various undergraduate and postgraduate projects and has conducted various short courses in Singapore. He is chartered Engineer in England, member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology , UK and senior member of IEEE, USA. He is listed in the 15 th edition of Marquis Who's Who in the world.


Research Interest

Computer vision
Image processing
Medical image processing
Biometric-bases security
E-commerce
Watermarking
Computer architecture


Selected Research Projects

  • A real-time image processing approach for intelligent road traffic control and management
  • A Biometric-based Digital Signatures for Internet based Application
  • A Novel Algorithm for Automatically Segmenting Brain MR Image
  • A robust secure speech communication system
  • A Novel Approach for Private Key Generation using Password, Fingerprint and Smart Card


Selected Publications

  • S iyal M Y and Fathy “A real-time Image Processing Approach To Measure Traffic Queue Parameters”, IEE Proceedings on Image, Vision and Signal Processing, UK, Vol. 142, No. 5, pp. 297-303, October 1995.
  • Siyal M Y, "A window-based image processing technique for quantitative and qualitative analysis of road traffic parameters”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 47, No. 4, PP. 1342 –1349, November 1998.
  • Siyal M Y and Ahmed F, “ A Novel Approach for Private Key Generation using Password, Fingerprint and Smart Card”, Information Management and Computer Security Journal, MCB University Press, UK, vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 39 – 54, 2005.
  • Siyal M Y and Lin YU, “ An intelligent modified fuzzy C-means based algorithm for bias field estimation and segmentation of MR images”, Pattern Recognition letters, Elsevier, The Netherlands, Volume 26, Issue 13 , 1 October 2005, Pages 2052-2062.
  • J Ahmed and Siyal M Y, “ A robust secure speech communication system using ITU-T G.723.1 and TMS320C6711 DSP ”, Microprocessor and Microsystems, Elsevier, The Netherlands, Volume 30, Issue 1, 1 February 2006, Pages 26-32.