Professor Saliah-Hassane holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McGill University in Montréal, a Bachelor's degree and a Master of Applied Science degree from École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada. He has just retired as a full professor from TELUQ University in Montreal where he taught Computer Science and Computer Networks and Security. He was also the Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at the École des mines, de l'industrie et de la géologie (EMIG), an engineering school of the former Economic Community of West Africa (WAEC/CEAO) (1989-1991). He is now an Associate Professor in some other universities including University Abdou Moumouni in Niger and an Affiliate Professor at Florida Atlantic University in the USA. His research interests include intelligent distributed systems and mobile robotics. Professor Saliah-Hassane has chaired the Montreal IEEE Education Society Chapter (2005- 2022). He was the Past Chair of the IEEE Education Society Standards Committee (2010 - 2021) and the Past Chair of the Working Group of the joint standardization activity on "Secure and Trusted Learning Systems" (2019 -2021) sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), and the IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Standards Committee (CS/LTSC).
Professor Saliah-Hassane has received many awards in recognition of his achievements, including the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI) 2024 Medal of Academic Merit and the IEEE Education Society EdWin C. Jones, Jr. Meritorious Service Award (2019). And, consistent with his work in distributed embedded systems, the IEEE Standards Association's award with recognition for chairing and contributing to the development of IEEE Standard 1876™ - 2019 on "Networked Smart Learning Objects for Online Laboratories" (2019), the IEEE SA 2019 Emerging Technology Award to the IEEE SA 1876™ - 2019 Working Group.