Organizing Committee

Organizing Committee Members

Honorable Chair

Dr. Eesa Bastaki

President, University of Dubai, UAE

Dr. Eesa Bastaki

President, University of Dubai, UAE

DR. EESA MOHAMMED BASTAKI, Ph.D. PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF DUBAI (UAE), is the recipient of the highest award in the UAE, the “Emirates Excellence Award in Sciences, Literature, and Arts”. Dr. Bastaki has extensive experience in education, leadership, technology, and communications. Previously, Dr. Bastaki worked as a professor at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). He also held positions as CEO of the ICT Fund; Director of Education, Training, and Research and Development for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO); and was a member of many academic boards. He is the Honorary Chair of IEEE, Chairman of the Emirates Science Club, Chair of the Emirates Energy Award, and a Board member of the Cultural and Scientific Association, and many more. Dr. Bastaki chaired several technology and research boards, initiated technology incubation concepts, and coined “R&BD terminology”. Dr. Bastaki received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of California, San Diego, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Email:eesa@ud.ac.ae

Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Mustafa El-Nainay

Dean, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Alamein International University, Egypt

Technical Program Chair

Dr. Samy Eltawab

Professor, Department of Computer Science, James Madison University, USA

Poster Session Chair

Dr. Husameldin Mukhtar

Director of Research | Associate Professor, College of Engineering & IT, University of Dubai, UAE

Tutorial and Workshop Chair

Dr. Adel Smeda

Professor, Expert in Sciences and Technology, ICESCO, Morocco

Industry Relation Committee Chair

Eng. Mohamed Aboud

VP Membership, Marketing, and Communications, IEEE TEMS

Eng. Mohamed Aboud

VP Membership, Marketing, and Communications, IEEE TEMS

Mohamed Aboud is a Managing Director of Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Company which focuses on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Co-Founder & Executive manger of MENA Robotics and Co-Founder & VP for Business Development of Ideaspace which is one of the biggest innovation hubs in MENA region that provide all needed tools, facilities, services and the suitable environment to enable innovation and entrepreneurship. He was the Co- founder and Manager of Start With Google, Bader Program, Mad in the Arab World and many other initiatives that support Innovation and entrepreneurship Eco-System in Egypt and Arab region, also he is a board member of COMESA Innovation Council, he has more than 18 years of experience in innovation and business development, he worked as Business Development Consultant at Science Age for 3 years, and Business Development Manager in the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) for 4 years.

Email:m.a.aboud@ieee.org

Member

Dr. Yan-Fu Li

Full Professor, IE Department of Tsinghua University, China

Member

Dr. Alaa Khamis

AI & Smart Mobility Technical Leader at General Motors, Canada

Dr. Alaa Khamis

AI & Smart Mobility Technical Leader at General Motors, Canada

I work as an Associate Professor and Director of the AI for Smart Mobility Lab in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the IRC for Smart Mobility and Logistics at KFUPM. Prior to joining KFUPM, I worked as the AI & Smart Mobility Technical Leader at General Motors Canada. I was also an Adjunct Faculty member, teaching graduate courses at the University of Toronto. I am the author of Smart Mobility: Exploring Foundational Technologies and Wider Impacts and Optimization Algorithms: AI techniques for design, planning, and control problems. Additionally, I have served as an Adjunct Professor at Ontario Tech University and Nile University, and as an Affiliate Member of the Center for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI) at the University of Waterloo. My previous roles include Autonomous Vehicles Professor at Zewail City of Science and Technology, Head of AI at Sypron Solutions, Associate Professor and Head of the Engineering Science Department at Suez University, Associate Professor and Director of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Research Group at the German University in Cairo (GUC), Research Assistant Professor and AI Lecturer at the University of Waterloo, Canada, Visiting Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, and Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, Visiting Researcher at the University of Reading, UK, and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany. My current research focuses on the intersection of AI with mobility systems, services, and business models. My research addresses a wide range of problems, including seamless integrated mobility, SDV observability, combining reasoning and action, contextual causal inference, and design, planning, and control problems related to people mobility, logistics, and transportation infrastructure. I have published five books and over 200 scientific papers in refereed journals and international conferences. Additionally, I have filed 72 US patents, trade secrets, and defensive publications. I am a Senior Member in the IEEE, editor of Springer Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), an associate editor for the International Journal of Robotics and Automation and founder and chair of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Egypt Chapter (recipient of the 2015 IEEE RAS Chapter of the Year Award and 2012 Chapter of the Year Award in IEEE Region 8). I am a member of Autonomous Robotics Group of IEEE RAS Standards and 2016 Advisory Committee Member of IEEE RAS-SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) and a member of IEEE SIGHT Partnerships SubCommittee. I am the 2018 recipient of the 2018 IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Achievement Award

Email:alaa.khamis@gm.com

Member

Dr. Said El-Khamy

Professor of Wireless Communications, Alexandria University | Telecommunications Consultant

Member

Dr. Lotfi Belkhir

Associate Professor & Chair of Eco-Entrepreneurship, McMaster University

Member

Dr. Boutheina Tlili

Women in Engineering Committee Chair, IEEE TEMS | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai, UAE

Member

Dr. Mahmoud Abdelwahed

Director of Office of Strategic Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (SIEED), President Office, Qatar University

Member

Dr. Mohab Mangoud

Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Bahrain | IEEE R8 MDC Member

Government and Public Sector Relations Chair

Dr. Fadel Digham

National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA), Egypt | Chair of “Digital Transformation “ Study Group, Development Sector, International Telecommunication Union

Dr. Fadel Digham

National Telecom Regulatory Authority of Egypt (NTRA), Egypt | Chair of “Digital Transformation “ Study Group, Development Sector, International Telecommunication Union

Dr. Fadel Digham is currently the Sector Head of National Projects (and previously the R&D Director) at the National Telecom Regulator Authority (NTRA) of Egypt. Dr. Digham enjoys a diverse experience encompassing policy, industry, and academia perspectives Dr. Digham is currently the Chairman of the “Smart Cities and Society” group under the Development sector at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Prior to this, he was Co-Chairman of the joint group between the ITU Development and Radio sectors on “spectrum management for developing countries”. He also served in the past as a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the IEEE Wireless Communications Engineering Technology (WCET) certificate program representing Africa and the Middle East. Dr. Digham has been participating in the planning and development of the smart cities in Egypt, and the issuance of codes for networks design and implementation and provision of smart services. Dr. Digham is a co-founder of the IoT Egypt forum. He has been developing and teaching a specialized course on “Telecom Policy and Technology Trends” for senior undergraduate students. In the past, Dr. Digham worked for Alcatel Telecom (Egypt branch), Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (USA), and the University of Minnesota (USA). Dr. Digham got his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA, and his B.Sc. from Cairo University, Egypt