The Speakers

Talk: "A comprehensive Survey of Recent Trends in Deep Learning for Digital Images Augmentation"

Nour El-Deen Mahmoud received his BSc, M.Sc., and Ph.D. degree in 2006, 2009, and 2013 respectively, all from Cairo University, Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Department, Cairo, Egypt. He had a Professional M.Sc. in Cloud Computing in 2018. Currently, he is an associate professor in the faculty of computers and Artificial Intelligence at Cairo University.

He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the National Cybersecurity Task Force in Egypt. Also, he is a member of the permanent committee of international universities ranking in Cairo University and a member of the CU president technical office. He held the Cairo University Award for Encouragement in Engineering in 2021 for distinguished publication records. His name is included in the Stanford university list of the top 2% percent of scholars around the world in 2021 and 2022. He is an academic editor in PLOS One journal. He reviewed several papers for international journals and conferences. He is one of the team members of the Open factory project funded by the European Union (1 million dollars grant).

His H-index is 20 and has more than 2500 citations. He authored/co-authored more than 40 publications and 3 edited books. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, cryptography, multimedia, wireless communication security, network security, cloud, machine, and deep learning. 

https://scholar.cu.edu.eg/nourmahmoud

Talk: "Context Aware Expert for Software Architecture Recovery (CAESAR) : An Automated Approach for Recovering Software Architectures"

Khaled Ibrahim received a B.Sc. degree in computer science from Cairo University in 2012. Khaled has 10 years of experience as an AUTOSAR engineer with diverse knowledge of the software engineering of automotive software. He also has studied ISO-26262 and applied his studies to various safety-relevant automotive software. Khaled is a second-year M.Sc. student from Cairo University. He has spent his past two years researching the automation of various software engineering activities with a focus on reverse engineering with regard to automotive software engineering. He is also interested in continuing studies in intersecting topics between software engineering and artificial intelligence topics.

Haitham Hamza is a Full Professor of IT at the Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence at Cairo University (FCAI-CU).  He currently serves as the Vice-Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research at FCAI-CU Since 2012, he managed the R&D Dept. at the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), where he leads the development and implementation of several initiatives related digital transformation, IT assessment, AI, IoT, and blockchain technologies. 

From 2019-2023, Dr. Hamza served as the Head of the Central Department of Missions and Culture Representation at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He was responsible for the planning and implementation of all government-supported scientific missions abroad including co-funded programs by USAID, JICA, and the British Council. He also served as a board member in Fulbright commission in Egypt. 

Dr. Hamza obtained his B.Sc. and the M.Sc. Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University in 1998 and 2001; respectively, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the university of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA in 2002 and 2006; respectively

Prof. Amr Safwat received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electronics and communication engineering from Ain Shams University in 1993 and 1997, respectively, the B.Sc. in accounting from Ain Shams University in 1997, and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Maryland, College Park, in 2001. From Aug. 2001 to Aug. 2002, he was with Cascade Microtech Inc, Beaverton, Oregon. In Aug. 2002 he joined the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, where he is currently full professor. He served as the electronics and electrical communication Dept. chair from March 2018 to August 2022. In. Nov. 2016, he joined the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), as the manager of the Information Technology Academia Collaboration (ITAC) dept. In September 2022, he joined Nile University as the Dean of the school of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 

Dr. Safwat has 8 US patents and more than 120 international journal and conference papers. He was awarded the Egyptian encouragement state prize for engineering sciences twice, in 2007 and 2014, and the first class medal of excellence in 2017. 

Talk : "How Does Forecasting Affect the Convergence of DRL Techniques in O-RAN Slicing?"

Ahmad Nagib (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University. He works there as an Assistant Lecturer and is on a study leave at the present time. Ahmad is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree at the School of Computing, Queen’s University, Canada where he is a Graduate Research Fellow at the Telecommunications Research Lab (TRL). 

Mr. Nagib has recently been part of an industry-academia collaboration project with Ericsson, Canada. He also worked there as a Machine Learning Ph.D. Co-op in the areas of 5G radio resource management and cloud radio access network. His research mainly addresses the practical challenges of incorporating machine learning, and specifically reinforcement learning, in next-generation wireless networks. Ahmad’s work has resulted in a record of publications in several IEEE flagship venues, such as the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, GLOBECOM, ICC, and LCN. He has also served as a Reviewer and a TPC Member in all of these respectable venues in addition to IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

Email address: ahmad@cs.queensu.ca

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmadnagib/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dOpJI0kAAAAJ

Mohamed Maher brings 20 years of experience in the field of information technology and has a diverse background in corporate and SMEs settings, with extensive experience in research, instructional, and enterprise Business Analytics as well as IoT Solutions.

From 1999 to 2007, Maher held several positions across different corporates like Agiba (ENI subsidiary) and Oracle where he acquired deep experience in working with many of the world first class companies in different advanced technologies and solutions like data analytics, advanced payment solutions , enterprise software development , Web4.0 architecture , sensor networks and RFID solutions design. Maher is certified for many IT planning and operation processes (ITIL v3 and TOGAF 9.1) as well as many other technical certificates.

From 2007 to 2014, Maher joined CIT Global as a Technical Manager where he led the design, innovation, and implementation of many commercial payment innovative solutions beside building one of the early mobile payment platforms in the region.

From 2014 Maher is cooperating with many major international and regional investment VCs to help them in in companies’ assessment from the techno business perspective to provide a clear view about the current technical / business objectives alignment and to provide a sharp quality roadmap to achieve the business targets. Excellent record of success has been developed with companies in Egypt, Europe (Austria, Finland, Slovenia, UK, Germany, ..) and GCC.

Also Maher works as a digital transformation and Innovation consultant for multiple companies working in (IoT, construction management, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and Supply chain) to help them to provide innovative solutions and services by developing and enhancing their business and operational capabilities through profit oriented digital and disruptive technological road maps (from strategy to Implementation ) . Some of these projects were on the national level like the national gateway for SMEs manufacturers and the national touristic VR/AR platform.

Currently Maher is working as of Sadeem knowledge company where he is planning and architecting the business and the technical road maps of new solutions to create new business and new investable products beside managing the partnership relationships.

Maher holds two master’s degrees in computer science and business administration beside his previous work as a PhD researcher in big data analytics , semantic web techniques and AI for sustainability in Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid and Lincoln University , Malayziya. This beside his technical leadership for many EU Funded projects IoT , Generative AI and Industry 4.0 research projects

I am currently a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where I specialize in computational geotechnics. My academic journey began at Zagazig University, where I graduated with exceptional distinction, ranking 8th among 617 students. Subsequently, I earned a tenured research position at the Housing and Building National Research Center. I completed my master's degree at Helwan University and have been honored with the HBRC Best Paper Award twice, in 2015 and 2020. In 2018, I received the CDM Scholarship Award, followed by a PhD Scholarship Award in 2021. To date, I have published 14 papers, primarily focusing on computational methods and reliability-based design in geotechnical engineering. My current research is centered on understanding the behavior of granular materials using advanced constitutive models integrated with the Finite Element Method (FEM)

Talk: "Modeling and design of highly sensitive photonic crystal fiber biosensors"

Mai Abdelghafar was born in Egypt, in 1989. she received the BSc degree in physics from ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt in 2011.Then, she received the MSc degree in optics from Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2017. She received the PhD degree in laser interaction with matter from Niles ,Cairo University, Cairo,  Egypt,in 2023. Now, she is with center for photonics and smart materials (CPSM), Zewail City of science and technology, Giza, Egypt as a postdoctoral researcher. Her research interests include the area of Photonic devices, Optoelectronics, Plasmonic devices, and Photonic crystal fibers.

Professor Galal-Edeen received his B.Sc. in Management Sciences (Computing) from the Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Cairo, Egypt; an MSc in Systems Analysis and Design from City University, London; a PhD in Information Systems Engineering from Brunel University, London; a BA in Architecture from the University of Greenwich, UK; and an MSc in Advanced Architectural Studies from University College London, UK. Between 1988 and 2002, he worked in an Assistant, Associate Professor-equivalent ranks, and as Senior Research Fellow in several UK universities. In Cairo University, he served as University Chair on Innovation, as director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre and as senior consultant in innovation and as chief innovation policy advisor to the Egyptian Government. He is currently on secondment as a Professor of Information Systems at the American University in Cairo. He is a full professional Member of the British Computer Society and the American Computing Machinery. His research work and media interviews can be found by searching for “Galal-Edeen”.

Ahmed Anas is the head of the Cyber Security Governance Unit at The Central Bank of Egypt. Before joining CBE, Ahmed was acting as EFG Holding and Valu CISO. Ahmed is an industry and cybersecurity expert and public speaker. Ahmed has extensive experience in creating and implementing cybersecurity strategies, designing, implementing, and assessing infrastructure and applications cybersecurity. His areas of experience also include governance, risk management and assessment, compliance, incident handling and response, penetration testing, Red Teaming, and SOC implementation. Ahmed earned his master’s degree in computer science from Cairo University with a thesis in the field of cyber security, Ahmed is an ISC² certified information systems security professional (CISSP), EC-Council Certified Instructor (CEI), and Ethical Hacker (CEH), and obtained GIAC web application penetration tester (GWAPT) and ISACA COBIT 2019 Foundation certificates. Ahmed is a Ph.D. researcher in cyber security and AI.