Director, School of Computer Science; OU Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Email: sshah@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-4042
Office: Devon Energy Hall Room 158
Education
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas
Dr. Shishir Shah is the director of the School of Computer Science and is the university’s first chief artificial intelligence officer. He joins OU after a distinguished tenure at the University of Houston, where he was professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science and founded the Quantitative Imaging Laboratory. With a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Shah brings to OU a deep and broad background in engineering, computer vision, machine learning, startup leadership, and academic scholarship.
Throughout his career, Dr. Shah has been committed to advancing both fundamental science and real-world impact. At Houston he led research efforts in video analytics, person re-identification, human motion / behavior analysis, biometrics, microscope image analysis, and sensor‐fusion systems. At OU, he is driving a university-wide AI strategy, embedding AI across research, education and industry partnerships, while guiding the school’s growth in education, scholarship and innovation.
