Suhayya Abu-Hakima

Suhayya Abu-Hakima
Born Middle East
Nationality Canadian
Other names Sue Abu-Hakima
Occupation President and CEO, Amika Mobile Corporation
Years active 1982 to present
Awards Order of Ontario (2011)
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)

Suhayya "Sue" Abu-Hakima is a Canadian technology entrepreneur and inventor of artificial intelligence (AI) applications for wireless communication and security. Since 2007, she has served as President and CEO of Amika Mobile Corporation, which she co-founded; she similarly founded and served as President and CEO of AmikaNow! from 1998 to 2004. A frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and AI systems, she has published and presented more than 125 professional papers and holds 30 international patents in the fields of content analysis, messaging, and security. She is an adjunct professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering at the University of Ottawa and has mentored many high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in science and technology. She was named to the Order of Ontario, the province's highest honor, in 2011, and was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

Early life and education

Suhayya Abu-Hakima was born in the Middle East and grew up in Montreal, where her father and mother were both professors at McGill University.[1][2] She has five siblings.[1]

In 1982 Abu-Hakima graduated from McGill University with a bachelor's degree in engineering,[3] specializing in computers and communications.[4] At Carleton University in Ottawa, she earned her honours master's degree in engineering in 1988 with a concentration in AI, submitting the thesis, "Rationale: A Tool for Developing Knowledge-based Systems that Explain by Reasoning Explicitly".[5] She earned her honours PhD in artificial intelligence in 1994;[6] her PhD thesis, "Automating Model Acquisition by Fault Knowledge Re-use: Introducing the Diagnostic Remodeler Algorithm", was supervised by Professor Nick Dawes of the Computer and Systems Engineering Department and Professor Franz Oppacher of the School of Computer Science at Carleton University.[7]

Career

Abu-Hakima began her career at Bell-Northern Research after receiving her bachelor's degree in 1982.[1] Her accomplishments included the creation of "speech and hand-printed character recognition applications, the Invisible Terminal and AI for telecom".[8] The Invisible Terminal, which she designed in 1983, facilitated wireless communication between mobile, pad-sized terminals and the main network.[8]

In 1987[4] she joined the National Research Council Canada, where she developed AI applications for "real-world problems" in various fields, including aircraft engine diagnosis and telecommunications network management.[8] She founded and led the Seamless Personal Information Networking laboratory in the NRC's Institute of Information Technology.[8] In 1996 she co-invented a technology for unified messaging networks.[8]

In July 1998 she formed her first startup company, AmikaNow!, which integrated AI applications in its wireless software for mobile phones and computers.[8] In 2004, Entrust acquired AmikaNow! Corporation's content scanning, analysis, and compliance technology, and Abu-Hakima served as Vice President of Content Technology for Entrust from 2004 to 2006.[9]

In March 2007 Abu-Hakima co-founded another startup, Amika Mobile, in Ottawa.[10] Using wireless technology created by AmikaNow!, the new company's flagship product, the Amika Mobility Server, auto-generates connections with mobile phones and computers to deliver emergency email and SMS alerts.[1][11][12][13] As of 2015, the company has won more than one dozen international awards for its emergency mass notification systems.[14]

Other activities

Abu-Hakima holds 30 international patents in content analysis, messaging, and security.[15] She is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship, technology, security, and AI,[16] and has published and presented more than 125 professional papers.[3]

She is an adjunct professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering at the University of Ottawa.[17]

She is active as a community volunteer and mentor. In Ottawa, she is credited with the creation of more than 130 high tech jobs.[16] She has served as Vice Chair and Director for the Ontario Centres of Excellence, and as an advisor on the Private Sector Advisory Board for the National Centres of Excellence (2007–2014).[18] She has also served in an advisory capacity on the Big Data Institute Advisory Board at Dalhousie University (2013) and the strategic advisory board at McGill University (2014).[18] In 2003 she was a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Women Entrepreneurs.[19] She has mentored many high school, undergraduate and graduate students for education and careers in science and technology.[16]

From 1994 to 1998 she was an editor of Computational Intelligence, the magazine of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Organization.[20][21]

Honors and awards

In 2014 she was named one of the Top 25 Women of Influence by the Women of Influence organization.[1][22]

In 2012 she was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, being noted as "a technology visionary and tireless volunteer".[15]

In January 2011 she was named to the Order of Ontario.[23][24]

In 2007 she was named an Outstanding Women Entrepreneur by the Canadian Advanced Technology Association.[10]

Personal

Abu-Hakima is the mother of two children.[1][8] She resides in Kanata, Ontario.[23][24]

Selected bibliography

Selected patents

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sali, David (4 December 2014). "Ottawa High-Tech CEO Names Woman of Influence". Ottawa Business Journal. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. "Kanata Entrepreneur Named to Order of Canada". Kanata Kourier-Standard. 27 January 2011. p. 17. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Alumnotes – Engineering". McGill News Alumni Magazine. 25 December 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 Prabhakaran, B.; Kavehrad, Mohsen (1999). Mobile Computing Environments for Multimedia Systems: A Special Issue of Multimedia Tools and Applications. 9. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 68. ISBN 1461550556.
  5. Abu-Hakima, Suhayya (1988). Rationale: a Tool for Developing Knowledge-based Systems that Explain by Reasoning Explicitly. Carleton University.
  6. Fekete, Jason (Winter 2001). "Smart and Savvy Duo". Carleton University Magazine: 13. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  7. Abu-Hakima, Suyahha (1993). [file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/5765207.pdf "Automating Model Acquisition by Fault Knowledge Re-use: Introducing the Diagnostic Remodeler Algorithm"] Check |url= value (help) (PDF). National Research Council Canada. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Engineering Women of Wireless". Wireless Week. 2 October 2000. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  9. "Suhayya (Sue) Abu-Hakima, Co-Founder, President/CEO Amika Mobile Corporation". Amika Mobile. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Two women earn technology honours". Ottawa Citizen. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  11. Shiffman, Kim (14 December 2011). "Female Tech Entrepreneurs". Connected for Business. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  12. "Amika Mobile Solution Used for Hazmat Emergency & Amika Mobile Announces Strategic Partnership with FieldServer Technologies at ISC West 2012 (press release)". Marketwired. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  13. Jackson, Brian (22 August 2012). "Little League Baseball makes safe call with Ottawa emergency alerts service". itbusiness.ca. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  14. "Recent Awards". Amika Mobile. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  15. 1 2 "Sue Abu-Hakima Receives Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal". Ontario Centres of Excellence. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 "Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima". Women's Business Network. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  17. "Undergraduate Studies Calendar 2003–2005". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Suhayya Abu-Hakima". LinkedIn. 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  19. "The Prime Minister's Task Force on Women Entrepreneurs – Report and Recommendations" (PDF). womenable.com. October 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  20. "Publications". Amika Mobile. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  21. "Past Executive Committees". Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association. 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  22. "4th Annual Top 25 Women of Influence". Women of Influence. 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  23. 1 2 "30 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour". Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  24. 1 2 "SUHAYYA ABU-HAKIMA, BEng'82". McGill Alumni Live 365. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  25. "Wipo Publishes Patent of Suhayya Abu-Hakima and Kenneth E. Grigg for "Alert Broadcasting to Unconfigured Communications Devices" (Canadian Inventors)". US Fed News Service. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015. HighBeam
  26. "US Patent Issued on Nov. 22 for "Collaborative Multi-Agent System for Dynamic Management of Electronic Services in a Mobile Global Network Environment" (Canadian Inventors)". US Fed News Service. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2015. HighBeam
  27. [file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/US6823331.pdf "Concept Identification System and Method for Use in Reducing and/or Representing Text Content of an Electronic Document"] Check |url= value (help) (PDF). United States Patent. 2004.
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