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Profile

College / Department
Teaching areas
Programming, Software Design, Artificial Intelligence
Research areas
Generative Deep Learning, TinyML, Machine Learning, Internet of Things
Education
Master, Computer Engineering, American University of Sharjah, 2022
Bachelor, Computer Engineering, American University of Sharjah, 2020
Contact
+971 6 515 4825
Mr. Ali Reza Mohammed Husein Sajun
Laboratory Instructor
Master, American University of Sharjah,
Ali Reza holds a B.Sc. (2020) and M.Sc. (2022) in Computer Engineering from the American University of Sharjah. His work on deep-learning methods for wildlife conservation earned the 2022 CEN Graduate Research Excellence Award and the AUS Graduate Student Scholarly Excellence Award. In recognition of sustained instructional quality, he received the 2025 CEN Excellence in Teaching Award for the years 2022-2025. He also leads various initiatives such as the CSE Industry Connection, expanding academia-industry engagement while continuing research in Deep Learning, IoT, TinyML and evidence-based pedagogical methods.
Publications
Ali Sajun, Maryam Gharaibeh, Nesreen Rahmeh, Imran Zualkernan, Altaf Habib And Andrew Gardner. Caught in the Lens: Zero-Shot BioCLIP Struggles with Camera Trap Wildlife Images, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Keshav Ramesh, Mahmoud Darwish, Ahmed Zibli, Nikita Miller, Ali Sajun, Imran Zualkernan, Altaf Habib And Andrew Gardner. Exploring the Generalizability of Transfer Learning for Camera Trap Animal Image Classification, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
Hamza Abushahla, Rana Gharaibeh, Lodan Elmugamer, Ali Reza Sajun And Imran Zualkernan. Real-Time Student Engagement Monitoring on Edge Devices: Deep Learning Meets Efficiency and Privacy, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2025
K Ramesh, N Miller, A Faridi, Fadi Aloul, Imran Zualkernan And Ali Sajun. Efficient Machine Learning Frameworks for Strengthening Cybersecurity in Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Ecosystems, Ieee International Conference On Internet Of Things And Intelligence Systems (iotais), November 2024
Ali Sajun, Imran Zualkernan And Donthi Sankalpa. A Historical Survey of Advances in Transformer Architectures, Applied Sciences (switzerland), 1 May 2024
Alaa Elkouni, Mohamed Elmohandes, Imran Zualkernan And Ali Sajun. Audio Style Transfer Using a Modified Lightweight TimbreTron Pipeline, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Rana Elfakharany, Johnny Kortbawi, Hiba Saleem, Aya Zabalawi, Imran Zualkernan, Ali Sajun And Assim Saghayroon. Energy-Efficient Cloud Detection on Satellites Using Edge-Based Deep Learning, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Lodan Elmugamer, Rana Gharaibeh, Ali Sajun And Imran Zualkernan. Evaluating Edge Devices for Automated Classification of Student Engagement, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024
Ali Sajun And Imran Zualkernan. Evaluating the FixMatch Semi-Supervised Algorithm for Unbalanced Image Data, 2022
Imran Zualkernan, Salam Dhou, Jacky Judas, Ali Sajun, Brylle Gomez And Lana Hussain. An IoT System Using Deep Learning to Classify Camera Trap Images on the Edge, Computers, 2022
Ali Sajun, Salsabeel Shapsough, Imran Zualkernan And Rached Dhaouadi. Edge-based individualized anomaly detection in large-scale distributed solar farms, Ict Express, 2022
Ali Sajun, Imran Zualkernan And Donthi Sankalpa. Investigating the Performance of FixMatch for COVID-19 Detection in Chest X-rays, Applied Sciences, 2022
Ali Sajun And Imran Zualkernan. Survey on Implementations of Generative Adversarial Networks for Semi-Supervised Learning, Applied Sciences, 2022
Ali Sajun. Exploring Semi-Supervised Learning Algorithms for Camera Trap Images, 2022
Ali Sajun And Imran Zualkernan. Exploring Semi-Supervised Learning for Camera Trap Images from the Wild, 17 December 2022
Ali Sajun And Imran Zualkernan. Evaluating the FixMatch Semi-Supervised Algorithm for Unbalanced Image Data, 11 March 2022
Nada Abdalgawad, Ali Sajun, Yara Kaddoura, Imran Zualkernan And Fadi Aloul. Generative Deep Learning to Detect Cyberattacks for the IoT-23 Dataset, Ieee Access, 2021
Imran Zualkernan, Salam Dhou, Jacky Judas, Ali Sajun, Brylle Gomez, Lana Hussain And Dara Sakhnini. Towards an IoT-based Deep Learning Architecture for Camera Trap Image Classification, 2020
Salsabeel Shapsough, Imran Zualkernan, Rached Dhaouadi And Ali Sajun. Using Siamese Networks to Detect Shading on the Edge of Solar Farms, 2020