Maher Elshakankiri

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream , Concentration Coordinator, ISD

Phone: 416-978-3035

Email: Maher.Elshakankiri@utoronto.ca

Office: BL 645

Dr. Maher Elshakankiri is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the Faculty of Information (iSchool), University of Toronto. He holds an Engineering degree, Master, and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Ain Shams University (Egypt). He completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Regina (Canada).

Dr. Elshakankiri’s research interests include Active Learning Classrooms, the Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. He authored a book titled “Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks,” and published more than thirty peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. He is working on pedagogical research related to using technology and gaming in the classroom.

Dr. Elshakankiri is a member of the Standard Council Canada (SCC) committee for the Internet of Things and Digital Twins. He is also a reviewer at several journals and a technical program committee member at numerous conferences.

Dr. Elshakankiri is the Information Systems and Design (ISD) concentration liaison.

Research

Professor Elshakankiri is working on pedagogical research related to using technology and gaming in the classroom. He is also working on using the Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks in different fields, including medical, agriculture, and sports. Further research concerns vehicle-to-vehicle communication, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and RFID in libraries and retail systems.
Publications

Selected Articles

Onasanya, A., Lakkis, S. & Elshakankiri, M. (2019). Implementing IoT/WSN Based Smart Saskatchewan Healthcare System. Wireless Networks (WINET): The Journal of Mobile Communication, Computation and Information. [IF: 2.6]

Onasanya, A. & Elshakankiri, M. (2019). Smart Integrated IoT Healthcare System for Cancer Care. Wireless Networks (WINET): The Journal of Mobile Communication, Computation and Information, Special Issue on Internet of Things for Smart Living. [IF: 2.6]

Elshakankiri, M. & El-darieby, M. (2016). Implementation of a Random WSN in an Irregular Shape Large Building. Journal of Wireless Networking and Communications, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Elshakankiri, M. (2012). Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for WSN using Dual Power Management. Communications of the ACS Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1.

Selected Peer Review Conference Papers

Yam, B. & Elshakankiri, M. (2023). The Design of Smart Cane SC+. The 7th World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security and Sustainability. London, UK.

Narayanan, K. & Elshakankiri, M. (2021). UAV Based Data Communication using Wireless Sensor Networks. The 2nd Communication Technologies and Cloud Computing Conference. Edinburgh, UK.

Tokolyi, K. & Elshakankiri, M. (2020). Internet of Things in the Game of Basketball. The 6th EAI International Conference on IoT as a Service. Xi’an, China.

Chen, Y. & Elshakankiri, M. (2020). Implementation of an IoT based Pet Care System. The 6th International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technology. Paris, France.

Mohan, A. & Elshakankiri, M. (2019). Enhanced Priority-Based Routing Protocol (EPRP) for Inter-vehicular Communication. Advances in Data Science, Cyber Security and IT Applications, International Conference on Computing. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Kaur, J. & Elshakankiri, M. (2018). Intelligent Impaired Driving Detection and Road Emergency Services System. IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, Embedded Systems and Communication. Hammamet, Tunisia.

Onasanya, A. & Elshakankiri, M. (2018). Secured Cancer Care and Cloud Services in IoT/WSN Based Medical Systems. Proceedings of the SGIoT, 2nd EAI International Conference on Smart Grid and Internet of Things. Niagara Falls, Canada.

Onasanya, A. & Elshakankiri, M. (2017). IoT Implementation for Cancer Care & Business Analytics/Cloud Services in Healthcare Systems. 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility & Cloud Computing. Austin, Texas.

Lakkis, S. & Elshakankiri, M. (2017). IoT based Emergency and Operational Services in Medical Care Systems. 13th CTTE/CMI Conference on Internet of Things – Business Models, Users, and Networks. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Elshakankiri, M., (2012). Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for Large-Scale WSN. International Conference on Informatics & Applications. Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

Al-Sudais, R., Al-Otaby, M. & Elshakankiri, M. (2011). Design of a Smart Library IT System using RFID Technology. IEEE Women in Engineering & Industry Forum. Jeddah, KSA.

Elshakankiri, M. (2011). Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for WSN using Dual Power Management. 7th International Computing Conference. Riyadh, KSA.

Mimish, H., Ba-Atiyah, H. & Elshakankiri, M. (2011). Design of a Self-Service Checkout IT System using RFID. 7th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Elshakankiri, M., Moustafa, M. & Dakroury, Y. (2008). Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. 4th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing. Sydney, Australia.

Elshakankiri, M. & Dakroury, Y. (2003). A Quality-of-Service Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks. 46th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits & Systems Conference. Cairo, Egypt.

Books

Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks (2015). Riyadh, KACST Publications.
Memberships and Awards

Member of the Standard Council Canada (SCC) committee for the Internet of Things and Digital Twins
Course Titles

INF452: Information Design V: Coding
INF453: Capstone Project
INF1005: Information Workshop I (The Internet of Things)
INF1006: Information Workshop II (The Internet of Things)
INF1340: Programming for Data Science
INF1341: System Analysis and Process Innovation
INF1343: Data Modelling and Data Design

Maher Elshakankiri

Maher Elshakankiri

Research

Publications

Memberships and Awards

Course Titles