Prof. jose ilton de oliveira filho

Biography

Dr. Jose Ilton de Oliveira Filho (Member, IEEE) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Engineering, College of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2019 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2023, both from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, where he was named to the Dean's List. Prior to joining Khalifa University, he was a Research Scientist with the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE) program at KAUST, a Postdoctoral Researcher with the NEOM Institute for Ocean Science and Solutions at KAUST, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He was also a co-founder of an AI-enabled cardiovascular disease detection startup that received seed funding from the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund and was accelerated through the MIT delta v program.

He has also received multiple awards and accolades, namely from the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, Cypress Semiconductor, and Nordic Semiconductor, as well as a recognition medal from the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba). Dr. Filho is the World FPGA Champion of the 2022 Innovate FPGA competition, organized by Intel and Terasic and sponsored by Intel, Microsoft, Analog Devices, and Digi-Key, after winning the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regional title in 2021.

Education

• PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Teaching

• Digital Logic Design (CCEN210)
• Embedded Systems (CCEN703)
• Senior Design Project I (CCEN497)
• Senior Design Project I (CCEN497)

Affiliated Centers, Groups & Labs

• KU Center for Autonomous Robotic Systems
• Khalifa University