He received his BSc and MSc degrees from Cairo University in 1993 and 1998, respectively, and his PhD degree from the Department of Land Surveying and GeoInformatics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, in 2004. Dr. Shaker has international work experience in Canada, Spain, Hong Kong, Egypt and Kuwait. His research interests cover the fields of LiDAR data processing, satellite sensor modelling, image segmentation and classification, and 3-D modelling. Dr. Shaker has more than 80 publications in international journals and conferences.