Alexandria University

Alexandria University

Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech -– Middle East & North Africa

Graduate Studies & Scientific Research

Ministry of Higher Education

Prof. Dr. Sedki Riad, Program Director

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rizk

Academic Coordinator of Center of Excellence

VT-MENA Program: Info Session: 2

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EgyptEurope

US Canada

Other

US Engineering FeaturesCourses Broad Background

State-of-the-art Research

Practical Approach/ Industry

Engagement in the System

Problems4+ years away

Contrast when Return

Research “ends” upon Return

Egyptian Research & Missions


Bridging the Atlantic

Shrinking the Atlantic


MoHEEgyptVT Partnership

Establish Centers of Academic Excellence

Collaborative Graduate Degrees Programs Integrate Research and Graduate Studies

Initiates state-of-the-art Research Locally Provides Egypt with a Local US Higher Education

Model Program Provide access for more women and working

professional Students & Faculty Exchange

VT-MoHE Partnership


CAE: Center of Academic Excellence: will be established at a chosen EgU with identified interest and “distinction” in the specific field

Start with Two CAE s @ Alexandria Univ Computer Science and Engineering Communication Engineering Add more CAE/CDP at later stages

CDP: Collaborative Degree Programs

Offer Dual MS & PhD Degree Programs (VT&AU)

CAE/CDP


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Student Name Inst. Dep. Supervisor Prg. SemAmr Nabil Cairo ECE Prof. Jung-Min Park PhD F10Ishac Kandas Alex ECE Prof. Y. Xu PhD SP09Islam Ashry Alex ECE Prof. Y. Xu PhD SP09Karim Said Mans. ECE Prof. J. Reed D. PhD SP09Mahmoud Atef Fayoum ECE Prof. Micheal S. Hsiao PhD SP10Mohamed Naeem Alex ECE Prof. C. Paterson PhD SP09Mostafa Taha Assuit ECE Dr. P. Schaumont PhD F09Nader Shehata Alex ECE Dr. K. Meehan PhD SP09Shimaa Omran NRC ECE Dr. Rahman, Saifur PhD SP10Abdallah Hassan Minya ECE Prof. Cristopher J. White PhD F10Ahmed Khalifa NTI ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09Amr Abed Ain Shams ECE Prof. Binoy Ravindran PhD F10Asmaa Etman NTI ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09Bassem Mokhtar Alex ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09Bassant Youssef Alex ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09Mohamed Azab MCST ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD F09Mohamed

ElshambakeyMCST ECE Prof. B. Ravindran PhD F09

Mohamed Mohamadin Alex ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy D. PhD F09Mohamed Saad Alex ECE Prof. B. Ravindran D. PhD F09

StudentsSP’09 – F’10 - SP’10 – F’11


Student Name Inst. Dep. Supervisor Prg. Sem

Mohammad Elhenawy NTI ECE Prof. Y. Wang PhD SP09Haitham Al Marakeby El-Azhar U ECE PhD F11Mahy Osman El-Mansoura U ECE Prof. Tamal Bose PhD F11Ahmed Elsayed Alex U ECE Prof. Binoy Ravindran PhD F11Ahmed Eltrass Alex U ECE Prof. W.A. Scales PhD F11Ibrahim Ibrahim Cairo U ECE Prof. Yue Wang PhD F11Ali Younis Assiut U ECE PhD F11Mohamed Abdelraheem Assiut U ECE Prof. scott F. Midkiff PhD F11

Mai Elchehaly Ain Shams CS Prof. C. Ribbens PhD F10Mohamed Gharib AAST CS PhD F09Noha Elsherbiny AAST CS Prof. Edward Alan fox PhD F09Shaymaa Khater A. Shams CS Prof. Chang-Tien Lu PhD F10Sherif Elmeligy AAST CS Prof. Edward Fox PhD SP10Yasmine Elglaly S.Canal CS Prof. F. Quek PhD SP09Ahmed Elbery NTI CS Prof. Luiz Dasilva PhD SP11Ayat Naguib Ain Shams CS Prof. Liqing Zhang PhD SP11Mahmoud Tawfik Suez Canal CS Prof. Lynn Abbott PhD SP11Soha Ehsan Helwan CS Prof. Liqing Zhang PhD SP11Eman Badr Cairo CS Prof. lenwood heaith PhD F11Sally Hamouda Cairo CS Prof. Cliff Shaffer PhD F11Hanaa Torkey El-Menofia CS Prof. Lenwood Heath PhD F11

StudentsSP’09 – F’10 - SP’10 – F’11- SP’12


Student Name Inst. Dep. Supervisor Prg. Sem

Fatma Alzahraa EidEl-Azhar U

CS PhD SP12

Mohamed SaadSeyamEl-Mansoura U

CS PhD SP12

Sherin Fathy AlyAlex U

ECE PhD SP12

Ahmed Sobhy Elnady Banha U ECE PhD SP12

Sherin GhannamEl-Mansoura U

ECE PhD SP12

Doaa Altarawy Alex U CS PhD SP12

StudentsSP’09 – F’10 - SP’10 – F’11- SP’12


Affiliation Number of Students

Alexandria Univ. 12NTI 4MCST 2Mansoura Univ. 4Fayoum Univ. 1Assuit Univ 3Suez Canal Univ. 3Ain Shams Univ. 2El-Minya Univ. 2El-Azhar Univ. 2NRC 1El-Menoufia 1Helwan Univ. 1Cairo Univ. 4Benha Univ 1

Total 43

Affiliation of Students


No. of students in USA 18

No. of students in Egypt 25

Students’ Status

No. of ECE students 31

No. of CS students 12


Course Format VT/AU Sem InstructorECE 5565: Network Arch. & Protocols 1 VS VT SP09 M.Eltoweisy / M. MoharamECE 5605: Stochastic Signals & System f2f VT SP09 I. BeseriesECE 6504: Trustworthy Wireless Networking VS VT SP09 M.Eltoweisy / M. MoharamECE 5664: Cellular Radio Communications VS VT SP09 J. Reed / M. KhedrECE 5944: Graduate Seminar VS VT SP09 G. Brown11727: Advanced Computer Architecture f2f AU SP09 M. Rizk11752: Theory of Algorithms f2f AU SP09 A. Khalafallah10681: Digital Communicationns Theory f2f AU SP09 S. Elnouby11714: Software Engineering f2f AU SP09 W. RabeiECE 5566: Network Arch. & Protocols 2 f2f VT SU09 M.Eltoweisy

ECE 5105: Electromagnetic Waves f2f VT SU09 S. RiadECE 5104G: RF & Microwave Engineering VC VT F09 S. RiadECE 5550G: Hard Real Time Systems f2f VT F09 B. RavindranECE 5984: Multiprocessor Programming f2f VT F09 B. RavindranECE 5524: Pattern Recognition VS VT F09 J. Wang / R. KashefECE 5655: Communications Systems Design VS VT F09 T. Pratt / M. KhedrCS 5204: Operating Systems VS VT F09 D. Kafura / M. KholeifECE 5554: Computer Vision Systems VS VT F09 J. Xuan / N. YousryECE 5565: Network Arch. & Protocols 1 VS VT F09 M.Eltoweisy / M. ElnainayECE 5944: Graduate Seminar VS VT F09 G. Brown106831: Intro. to Stat. Comm. & Info Theory f2f AU F09 M. Elkhamy106382: Optical WDM Networks f2f AU F09 H. Shalaby

VT-MENA Program courses

VT-MENA SP’09 / SU’09 / F’09 Courses


University Number of Courses

VT 16

AU 6

SP’09 / SU’09 / F’09 Courses

Format Number of Courses

f2f 11

VC 1

VS 10


Course Format VT/AU Sem InstructorECE 5530: Configurable computing f2f VT SP10 C. PattersonECE 5724: Neural & Fuzzy Systems f2f VT SP10 M. KhedrECE 5604: CAD & Analysis of Comm. Systems f2f VT SP10 M.Abu ElnasrECE 6104: Nonlinear Optics VC VT SP10 Y. Xu / A. MahrosECE 5605: Stochastic Signals & Systems f2f VT SP10 I.BesierisCS 5614: Database Management Systems VC VT SP10 C. EgyhazyECE 5944: Graduate Seminar VS VT SP10 G. Brown10626: Wave Propagation in Biological Media f2f AU SP10 N. Ismail11741: Systems Modeling & Simulation f2f AU SP10 M. Amin11704: Operating Systems f2f AU SP10 H. Aly10641: Application of Math. Methods in EE f2f AU SP10 W. Gomaa11615: Network Security f2f AU SU10 H. Elmongui / S. Ghanem

11751(9): Machine Learning f2f AU SU10 W. Gomaa / N. YousriPHY 14669: Optical Systems f2f AU SU10 M. HusseinCS 5504: Computer Architecture f2f VT F10 Y. HanafyCS 5974: Spatial Databases f2f VT F10 H. ElmonguiECE 5220: RFIC VC VT F10 D. Ha / H. FaragECE 5205: Basic Semiconductor Devices VC VT F10 M. OrlowiskiECE 5565: Network Architecture & Protocols 1 VS VT F10 M. ElnainayECE 5944: Graduate Seminar VS VT F10 G. Brown11726: Parallel Processing f2f AU F10 H. Elmongui11744: Simulation Techinques f2f AU F10 H. Elmongui





VT 13

AU 9



f2f 15

VC 4

VS 3



Course Format VT/AU Sem InstructorECE- 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT SP11

ECE-5566Network Architecture and Protocols F2F VT SP11 M. ElnainayCS-5014 Research Methods in Computer Science

VC VT SP11 Frakes

11702 Parallel Computation F2F AU SP11 L. Abo-Hadid 11748 Data Mining F2F AU SP11 N. El-MakkyCS-5114 Theory of Algorithms VC VT SP11 V. Choi

10681Digital Communicate on Theory F2F AU SP11 S. Youssef10685 Spread Spectrum Communicate F2F AU SP11 S. El-Khamy 11717Database System F2F AU SP11 H. El MonguiCS 5704 Software Engineering F2F VT F11 R. Abd El-MoneamCS 5634 Data Management for Bioinformatics VS VT F11 N. RamakrishnanCS / ECE 5565 Network Arch and Protocols F2F VT F11 M. ElnainayCS/ECE 5510 Multiprocessor prog. VS VT F11 B. RavindranECE 5674 Software Radios F2F VT F11 M. KhedrECE 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT F1111717 Database F2F AU F11 H. El MonguiComputer Vision F2F AU F11 M. El-TorkyAntenna Reading AU F11 M. RizkOptimization Techniques F2F AU F11 M. Rizk




VT 9

AU 9



f2f 13

VC 2

VS 4

VT-MENA SP’09 - F’10 Courses

StudentsSpring 2009 Summer 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Summer 2010 Fall 2010

VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU CoursesA. Mahfouz 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 TI.Kandas 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0B. Moukhtar 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 TI. Ashry 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 TB. Youssef 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0K. Said 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1M. Naeem 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 TN. Shehata 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0A. Khalifa 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 TM. Azab 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0M. Elshambakey 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 0M. Mohamedin 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0M. Saad 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 TM. Elhenawy 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 T TY. Elglaly 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 TN. Elsherbiny - - - - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M. Magdy - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0M. Taha - - - - 2 2 3 1 0 0 2 0M.Atef - - - - - - 2 1 0 2 3 1S. Elmeligy - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 T TAbdAllah Hassan - - - - - - - - - - 2 1A. Abed - - - - - - - - - - 2 2A. Nabil - - - - - - - - - - 3 1H. Eldib - - - - - - - - - - 3 0M. Elchehaly - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 2S. Khater - - - - - - - - - - 1 2



StudentsSpring 2011 Summer 2011 Fall 2011

VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU CoursesA. Mahfouz 1 0 0 0 TI.Kandas 1 T 0 0 TB. Moukhtar 0 0 0 0 TI. Ashry 0 0 0 0 TB. Youssef TK. Said 2 T 0 0 TM. Naeem 0 T 0 T TN. Shehata 1 T 0 T TA. Khalifa 0 T 0 T TM. Azab 0 T 0 T TM. Elshambakey 0 T 0 T TM. Mohamedin 1 T 0 T TM. Saad 0 T 0 T TM. Elhenawy TY. Elglaly 2 T 0 T TN. ElsherbinyM. MagdyM. TahaM.Atef 0 0 0 0S. ElmeligyAbdalla Hassan 0 1 0 0 3 0A. Abed 1 0 0 0A. NabilH. EldibM. Elchehaly 0 0 0 0 1 0S. Khater 2 2 0 0Soha Ehsan 2 0 0 0 2 1Shaimaa Omran 3 3 3 0 2 0



StudentsSpring 2011 Summer 2011 Fall 2011

VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU CoursesA. Elbery 1 1 0 0 1 1A. Naguib 2 1 0 0 2 0M. Tawfik 1 1 0 0 2 1H. Torky 0 2 0 0 3 0A. Younis 0 2 0 0 3 1Fatma Alzahraa 0 0 0 0 0 0M. Saad Seyam 0 0 0 0 0 1Sherin Fathy 0 0 0 0 0 3A. Sobhy Elnady 0 0 0 0 0 2Sherin Ghannam 0 0 0 0 0 2




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