Issam Hammad, Dalhousie University

Research

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Augmented Reality (AR)CANDU Reactors Control Systems Cybersecurity Deep Learning Nuclear Energy Regulation of SMRs

Latest papers

Quantized Convolutional Neural Networks Robustness under Perturbation.
F1000Research · 2025
Auto Sizing of CANDU Nuclear Reactor Fuel Channel Flaws from UT Scans.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023 · first author
Practical Considerations for Accuracy Evaluation in Sensor-Based Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

AI for Small Modular Reactors: Human-Centric Control, Sovereign Deployment, and Regulation
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Adapting and Regulating Emerging Technologies for Cybersecurity Solutions in Remotely Operated Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$180,000

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Quantized Convolutional Neural Networks Robustness under Perturbation.

Langille J, Hammad I, Kember G

F1000Research2025

DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.163144.1 PMID: 40308295

02

Auto Sizing of CANDU Nuclear Reactor Fuel Channel Flaws from UT Scans.

Hammad I, Poloni M, Isherwood A, Simpson R

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023First author

DOI: 10.3390/s23083907 PMID: 37112248

03

Practical Considerations for Accuracy Evaluation in Sensor-Based Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

Hammad I, El-Sankary K

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019First author

DOI: 10.3390/s19163491 PMID: 31404972

AI for Small Modular Reactors: Human-Centric Control, Sovereign Deployment, and Regulation

Principal investigatorNSERC2025CNSC-SMR (Phase II)

Principal investigators: Hammad, Issam I

$125,000

Adapting and Regulating Emerging Technologies for Cybersecurity Solutions in Remotely Operated Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Hammad, Issam IH

Keywords: artificial intelligence (ai); augmented reality (ar); candu reactors; control systems; cybersecurity; deep learning; nuclear energy; regulation of smrs; small modular reactors (smrs); software qualification for nuclear

$180,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Kamal El-Sankary

Electrical & Computer Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dear Professor Hammad, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Quantized Convolutional Neural Networks Robustness under Perturbation." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "AI for Small Modular Reactors: Human-Centric Control, Sovereign Deployment, and Regulation" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]