Tracks & Co-Chairs
Track 1: Antenna Systems, Microwaves & RF Design
Track Chairs
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Dr. Mohamed Fathy Abo Sree
AAST, Cairo, Egypt
dr.eng.m.fathy2019@hotmail.com -
Dr. Shoukry Shams
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
shoukry.shams@ieee.org -
Dr. Mohamed Ismail
Electronic Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
miahmed@eri.sci.eg -
Dr. Dalia ElSheikh
Electronics Research Institute, Egypt
dalia.mohamed@sut.edu.eg -
Dr. Mohamed Aly
UQO, Canada
mohamed.ali@ieee.org -
Dr. Anwer Sayed Abd El-Hameed
Electronic Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
anwer.sayed@eri.sci.eg
Topics
- Antennas, arrays, and circuits
- Antennas for space systems, modeling, and design
- Distributed antenna systems
- Energy-efficient antenna systems
- Antenna applications and emerging technologies
- Computational and numerical techniques
- RF and microwave integrated circuits
- Propagation, scattering, and remote sensing
- Electromagnetic environment and interference
- Electromagnetics and materials
- Hazards of electromagnetic
- Design methodology for RF and microwave ICs
- Microwave photonics integrated circuits
- Digital RF
- Narrowband and wideband channel characterization and modeling
- Propagation channel measurements, prediction, and simulation
Track 2: Radars, Space Systems, Signal Processing & Navigation
Track Chairs
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Dr. Aboelmagd Noureldin
Royal Military College, Canada
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Dr. Haidy Elghamrawy
RMC, Canada
Haidy.elghamrawy@queensu.ca -
Dr. Karim Moussa
Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
karim6684@gmail.com -
Dr. Ahmed NasrEldin Sayed
University of Waterloo
ansayed@waterloo.ca -
Dr. Said Hassan
Russian University, Egypt
Topics
- Beam-Forming, MIMO, and Exploiting Diversity
- Tracking, Localization, and Classification
- Robust Detection and Information Extraction
- Multi-Sensor Architectures and Systems
- Electronic Surveillance, Defense, and Attack
- Radar environment and phenomenology
- Signal Processing
- Ground to air, Ground to space surveillance
- Airborne, Naval, and coastal surveillance
- Multifunction, active/passive RF-EW-CNI systems
- ECM / ECCM
- Remote sensing from airborne or spaceborne systems
- SAR modes for 2D and interferometric SAR
- Weather radar
- Novel methods for design, development, integration of complex space systems
- Navigation, avionics, spacecraft, and aerospace power
- Telemetry, defense, transportation, and command and control
- Micro & Nano satellite systems
- Space robotics
- Space communication and onboard hardware design
Track 3: IoT, M2M, Sensor & Ad-Hoc Networks
Track Chairs
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Dr. Fatima Domingues
Khalifa University, UAE
fatima.domingues@ua.pt -
Dr. Chiara Garibotto
University of Genoa, Italy
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Dr. Rawya Rizk
Port Said University, Egypt
r.rizk@eng.psu.edu.eg -
Ahmad Taha
University of Glasgow, UK
ahmad.taha@glasgow.ac.uk -
Jawad Y. Siddiqui
Queen's University
jys.rpe@gmail.com -
Prof. Hanaa Salem Marie
Delta University for Science and Technology, Egypt
hana.salem@deltauniv.edu.eg
Topics
- Ad hoc, sensor, and IoT networks
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication
- Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication
- Protocols, architectures, and applications for IoT
- Connected cars, automotive, and intelligent transportation systems
- Low-power wide area networks (LowPANs) and technologies
- LoRa & LoRaWAN technologies
- Ultra-low power IoT technologies and embedded system architectures
- Distributed storage & data fusion for IoT
- Wearables, body sensor networks, smart portable devices
- Underwater and underground sensor and actuator networks
- Autonomic computing for IoT
- IoT big data mining and analytics
Track 4: AI and Machine Learning for Communications
Track Chairs
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Dr. Mohamed Abd Elfattah
MET, Mansoura, Egypt
mohabdelfatah8@gmail.com -
Mohammed A.-Megeed Salem
German University in Cairo & Ain Shams University, Egypt
mohammed.salem@guc.edu.eg -
Aliaa Youssif
Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
aliaay@yahoo.com
Topics
- Machine learning in communication systems
- Generating ML and AI data sets for communications benchmarking
- Network function virtualization (NFV)
- Service function chaining
- Resource sharing & isolation
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning in AI
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Planning, Scheduling, and Uncertainty Modelling in AI
- Software-defined networking (SDNs)
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning for IoT
- Cognitive and software-defined radio
- Virtualization technologies/techniques
- Performance, interoperability, and scalability challenges
- Security and privacy issues in virtualized environments
Track 5: Smart Grid & Sustainable Power Systems
Track Chairs
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Dr. Hesham ElBadawy
National Telecommunication Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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Dr. Heba M. Abdel-Atty
Port Said University, Egypt
heba.mohamed@eng.psu.edu.eg -
Dr. Mahmoud Badr
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
badrm@sunypol.edu -
Dr. Mohamed Baza
College of Charleston
bazam@cofc.edu -
Sheldon Williams
UOIT
Topics
- Renewable energy and distributed generation
- Condition monitoring in smart grid
- Control and Automation in Smart Grid
- Electric Vehicle and Smart Grid Integration
- Smart building and IoT
- Demand response in smart grid
- Smart Grid technologies
- Smart Grids Transmission Infrastructure
- Smart Grids management and control
- Software for Smart Grids
- Advanced IT energy-aware technologies
- Challenges in Smart Grids and IT-energy aware technologies
- Trends in energy fields
- Power System Management Technologies
- Power System Monitoring and Mitigation
- Integrated Substation Automation Technologies
- Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis System
- Control Strategies for Modern Power System Stability
- Power System Analysis and Optimization
- Renewable Energy and Applications
Track 6: Advanced Topics in Communication Technologies and Applications
Track Chairs
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Dr. Ali Takieldein
Delta University for Science and Technology, Egypt
a_takieldeen@deltauniv.edu.eg -
Sherif Azmy
Queen's University
Topics
- 5G/6G and beyond communication systems
- Millimeter wave and Terahertz communications
- Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems and massive MIMO
- Wireless Security
- Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications
- Ultra-wideband communication systems
- Cache-aided communication
- Information Centric Networks (ICNs)
- Quantum Communication
- Backhaul and Fronthaul communications and networking
- Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)
- Distributed, Fog, Edge, and Cloud Computing
- Mobile multi-access edge computing
- Extreme Edge Networks
- Social networks
- Big Data frameworks
- Advanced and ruggedized networking materials
- Tactile Internet