Alexandria University

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Alexandria University
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech - Middle East North
AfricaGraduate Studies Scientific
ResearchMinistry of Higher Education Prof. Dr.
Sedki Riad, Program DirectorProf. Dr. Mohamed
Rizk Academic Coordinator of Center of Excellence

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Presentation

• VT-MENA Overview
• VT-MENA NOW
• How to Join
• Research Areas

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Egyptian Research Missions
US Engineering Features Courses ? Broad Background State-of-the-art Research Practical Approach/ Industry Engagement in the System Problems 4 years away Contrast when Return Research ends upon Return
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Bridging the Atlantic
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Shrinking the Atlantic
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VT-MoHE Partnership
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

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CAE/CDP

• 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 _at_ 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 (VTAU)

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Presentation

• VT-MENA Overview
• VT-MENA Now
• How to Join
• Research Areas

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StudentsSP09 F10 - SP10 F11
Student Name Inst. Dep. Supervisor Prg. Sem
Amr Nabil Cairo ECE Prof. Jung-Min Park PhD F10
Ishac Kandas Alex ECE Prof. Y. Xu PhD SP09
Islam Ashry Alex ECE Prof. Y. Xu PhD SP09
Karim Said Mans. ECE Prof. J. Reed D. PhD SP09
Mahmoud Atef Fayoum ECE Prof. Micheal S. Hsiao PhD SP10
Mohamed Naeem Alex ECE Prof. C. Paterson PhD SP09
Mostafa Taha Assuit ECE Dr. P. Schaumont PhD F09
Nader Shehata Alex ECE Dr. K. Meehan PhD SP09
Shimaa Omran NRC ECE Dr. Rahman, Saifur PhD SP10
Abdallah Hassan Minya ECE Prof. Cristopher J. White PhD F10
Ahmed Khalifa NTI ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09
Amr Abed Ain Shams ECE Prof. Binoy Ravindran PhD F10
Asmaa Etman NTI ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09
Bassem Mokhtar Alex ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09
Bassant Youssef Alex ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD SP09
Mohamed Azab MCST ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy PhD F09
Mohamed Elshambakey MCST ECE Prof. B. Ravindran PhD F09
Mohamed Mohamadin Alex ECE Prof. M. Eltoweisy D. PhD F09
Mohamed Saad Alex ECE Prof. B. Ravindran D. PhD F09
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StudentsSP09 F10 - SP10 F11- SP12
Student Name Inst. Dep. Supervisor Prg. Sem

Mohammad Elhenawy NTI ECE Prof. Y. Wang PhD SP09
Haitham Al Marakeby El-Azhar U ECE PhD F11
Mahy Osman El-Mansoura U ECE Prof. Tamal Bose PhD F11
Ahmed Elsayed Alex U ECE Prof. Binoy Ravindran PhD F11
Ahmed Eltrass Alex U ECE Prof. W.A. Scales PhD F11
Ibrahim Ibrahim Cairo U ECE Prof. Yue Wang PhD F11
Ali Younis Assiut U ECE PhD F11
Mohamed Abdelraheem Assiut U ECE Prof. scott F. Midkiff PhD F11

Mai Elchehaly Ain Shams CS Prof. C. Ribbens PhD F10
Mohamed Gharib AAST CS PhD F09
Noha Elsherbiny AAST CS Prof. Edward Alan fox PhD F09
Shaymaa Khater A. Shams CS Prof. Chang-Tien Lu PhD F10
Sherif Elmeligy AAST CS Prof. Edward Fox PhD SP10
Yasmine Elglaly S.Canal CS Prof. F. Quek PhD SP09
Ahmed Elbery NTI CS Prof. Luiz Dasilva PhD SP11
Ayat Naguib Ain Shams CS Prof. Liqing Zhang PhD SP11
Mahmoud Tawfik Suez Canal CS Prof. Lynn Abbott PhD SP11
Soha Ehsan Helwan CS Prof. Liqing Zhang PhD SP11
Eman Badr Cairo CS Prof. lenwood heaith PhD F11
Sally Hamouda Cairo CS Prof. Cliff Shaffer PhD F11
Hanaa Torkey El-Menofia CS Prof. Lenwood Heath PhD F11
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StudentsSP09 F10 - SP10 F11- SP12
Student Name Inst. Dep. Supervisor Prg. Sem

Fatma Alzahraa Eid El-Azhar U CS PhD SP12
Mohamed SaadSeyam El-Mansoura U CS PhD SP12
Sherin Fathy Aly Alex U ECE PhD SP12
Ahmed Sobhy Elnady Banha U ECE PhD SP12
Sherin Ghannam El-Mansoura U ECE PhD SP12
Doaa Altarawy Alex U CS PhD SP12
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Affiliation of Students
Affiliation Number of Students
Alexandria Univ. 12
NTI 4
MCST 2
Mansoura Univ. 4
Fayoum Univ. 1
Assuit Univ 3
Suez Canal Univ. 3
Ain Shams Univ. 2
El-Minya Univ. 2
El-Azhar Univ. 2
NRC 1
El-Menoufia 1
Helwan Univ. 1
Cairo Univ. 4
Benha Univ 1
Total 43
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Students Status
No. of students in USA 18
No. of students in Egypt 25
No. of ECE students 31
No. of CS students 12
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VT-MENA SP09 / SU09 / F09 Courses

• VT-MENA Program courses

Course Format VT/AU Sem Instructor
ECE 5565 Network Arch. Protocols 1 VS VT SP09 M.Eltoweisy / M. Moharam
ECE 5605 Stochastic Signals System f2f VT SP09 I. Beseries
ECE 6504 Trustworthy Wireless Networking VS VT SP09 M.Eltoweisy / M. Moharam
ECE 5664 Cellular Radio Communications VS VT SP09 J. Reed / M. Khedr
ECE 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT SP09 G. Brown
11727 Advanced Computer Architecture f2f AU SP09 M. Rizk
11752 Theory of Algorithms f2f AU SP09 A. Khalafallah
10681 Digital Communicationns Theory f2f AU SP09 S. Elnouby
11714 Software Engineering f2f AU SP09 W. Rabei
ECE 5566 Network Arch. Protocols 2 f2f VT SU09 M.Eltoweisy
ECE 5105 Electromagnetic Waves f2f VT SU09 S. Riad
ECE 5104G RF Microwave Engineering VC VT F09 S. Riad
ECE 5550G Hard Real Time Systems f2f VT F09 B. Ravindran
ECE 5984 Multiprocessor Programming f2f VT F09 B. Ravindran
ECE 5524 Pattern Recognition VS VT F09 J. Wang / R. Kashef
ECE 5655 Communications Systems Design VS VT F09 T. Pratt / M. Khedr
CS 5204 Operating Systems VS VT F09 D. Kafura / M. Kholeif
ECE 5554 Computer Vision Systems VS VT F09 J. Xuan / N. Yousry
ECE 5565 Network Arch. Protocols 1 VS VT F09 M.Eltoweisy / M. Elnainay
ECE 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT F09 G. Brown
106831 Intro. to Stat. Comm. Info Theory f2f AU F09 M. Elkhamy
106382 Optical WDM Networks f2f AU F09 H. Shalaby
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SP09 / SU09 / F09 Courses
University Number of Courses
VT 16
AU 6
Format Number of Courses
f2f 11
VC 1
VS 10
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VT-MENA SP10 / SU10 / F10 Courses

• VT-MENA Program courses

Course Format VT/AU Sem Instructor
ECE 5530 Configurable computing f2f VT SP10 C. Patterson
ECE 5724 Neural Fuzzy Systems f2f VT SP10 M. Khedr
ECE 5604 CAD Analysis of Comm. Systems f2f VT SP10 M.Abu Elnasr
ECE 6104 Nonlinear Optics VC VT SP10 Y. Xu / A. Mahros
ECE 5605 Stochastic Signals Systems f2f VT SP10 I.Besieris
CS 5614 Database Management Systems VC VT SP10 C. Egyhazy
ECE 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT SP10 G. Brown
10626 Wave Propagation in Biological Media f2f AU SP10 N. Ismail
11741 Systems Modeling Simulation f2f AU SP10 M. Amin
11704 Operating Systems f2f AU SP10 H. Aly
10641 Application of Math. Methods in EE f2f AU SP10 W. Gomaa
11615 Network Security f2f AU SU10 H. Elmongui / S. Ghanem
11751(9) Machine Learning f2f AU SU10 W. Gomaa / N. Yousri
PHY 14669 Optical Systems f2f AU SU10 M. Hussein
CS 5504 Computer Architecture f2f VT F10 Y. Hanafy
CS 5974 Spatial Databases f2f VT F10 H. Elmongui
ECE 5220 RFIC VC VT F10 D. Ha / H. Farag
ECE 5205 Basic Semiconductor Devices VC VT F10 M. Orlowiski
ECE 5565 Network Architecture Protocols 1 VS VT F10 M. Elnainay
ECE 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT F10 G. Brown
11726 Parallel Processing f2f AU F10 H. Elmongui
11744 Simulation Techinques f2f AU F10 H. Elmongui
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SP10 / SU10 / F10 Courses
University Number of Courses
VT 13
AU 9
Format Number of Courses
f2f 15
VC 4
VS 3
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VT-MENA SP11 / SU11 / F11 Courses

• VT-MENA Program courses

Course Format VT/AU Sem Instructor
ECE- 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT SP11
ECE-5566Network Architecture and Protocols F2F VT SP11 M. Elnainay
CS-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-Makky
CS-5114 Theory of Algorithms VC VT SP11 V. Choi
10681Digital Communicate on Theory F2F AU SP11 S. Youssef
10685 Spread Spectrum Communicate F2F AU SP11 S. El-Khamy
11717Database System F2F AU SP11 H. El Mongui
CS 5704 Software Engineering F2F VT F11 R. Abd El-Moneam
CS 5634 Data Management for Bioinformatics VS VT F11 N. Ramakrishnan
CS / ECE 5565 Network Arch and Protocols F2F VT F11 M. Elnainay
CS/ECE 5510 Multiprocessor prog. VS VT F11 B. Ravindran
ECE 5674 Software Radios F2F VT F11 M. Khedr
ECE 5944 Graduate Seminar VS VT F11
11717 Database F2F AU F11 H. El Mongui
Computer Vision F2F AU F11 M. El-Torky
Antenna Reading AU F11 M. Rizk
Optimization Techniques F2F AU F11 M. Rizk
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SP11 / SU11 / F11 Courses
University Number of Courses
VT 9
AU 9
Format Number of Courses
f2f 13
VC 2
VS 4
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VT-MENA SP09 - F10 Courses
Students Spring 2009 Spring 2009 Summer 2009 Summer 2009 Fall 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Summer 2010 Summer 2010 Fall 2010 Fall 2010
Students VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses
A. Mahfouz 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 T
I.Kandas 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
B. Moukhtar 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 T
I. Ashry 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 T
B. Youssef 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
K. Said 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
M. Naeem 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 T
N. Shehata 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0
A. Khalifa 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 T
M. Azab 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
M. Elshambakey 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 0
M. Mohamedin 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
M. Saad 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 T
M. Elhenawy 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 T T
Y. Elglaly 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 T
N. Elsherbiny - - - - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Magdy - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
M. Taha - - - - 2 2 3 1 0 0 2 0
M.Atef - - - - - - 2 1 0 2 3 1
S. Elmeligy - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 T T
AbdAllah Hassan - - - - - - - - - - 2 1
A. Abed - - - - - - - - - - 2 2
A. Nabil - - - - - - - - - - 3 1
H. Eldib - - - - - - - - - - 3 0
M. Elchehaly - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 2
S. Khater - - - - - - - - - - 1 2
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VT-MENA SP11 - F11 Courses
Students Spring 2011 Spring 2011 Summer 2011 Summer 2011 Fall 2011 Fall 2011
Students VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses
A. Mahfouz 1 0 0 0 T
I.Kandas 1 T 0 0 T
B. Moukhtar 0 0 0 0 T
I. Ashry 0 0 0 0 T
B. Youssef T
K. Said 2 T 0 0 T
M. Naeem 0 T 0 T T
N. Shehata 1 T 0 T T
A. Khalifa 0 T 0 T T
M. Azab 0 T 0 T T
M. Elshambakey 0 T 0 T T
M. Mohamedin 1 T 0 T T
M. Saad 0 T 0 T T
M. Elhenawy T
Y. Elglaly 2 T 0 T T
N. Elsherbiny
M. Magdy
M. Taha
M.Atef 0 0 0 0
S. Elmeligy
Abdalla Hassan 0 1 0 0 3 0
A. Abed 1 0 0 0
A. Nabil
H. Eldib
M. Elchehaly 0 0 0 0 1 0
S. Khater 2 2 0 0
Soha Ehsan 2 0 0 0 2 1
Shaimaa Omran 3 3 3 0 2 0
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VT-MENA SP11 - F11 Courses
Students Spring 2011 Spring 2011 Summer 2011 Summer 2011 Fall 2011 Fall 2011
Students VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses VT Courses AU Courses
A. Elbery 1 1 0 0 1 1
A. Naguib 2 1 0 0 2 0
M. Tawfik 1 1 0 0 2 1
H. Torky 0 2 0 0 3 0
A. Younis 0 2 0 0 3 1
Fatma Alzahraa 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Saad Seyam 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sherin Fathy 0 0 0 0 0 3
A. Sobhy Elnady 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sherin Ghannam 0 0 0 0 0 2
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Presentation

• VT-MENA Overview
• VT-MENA Now
• How to Join
• Research Areas

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To Join..

• Fill the Interest sheet available
  athttp//vtmena.alexu.edu.eg/applying.html
• Send it to
• vtmena_at_alexu.edu.eg
• We will contact you
• Website vtmena.alexu.edu.eg

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Admission Qualifications

• Admission standards and requirements are the same
  as those for VT Ph.D. students at the USA main
  campus
• Students with M.Sc. Degrees
• 3.5 GPA for Ph. D. Admission
• GRE required (High Scores)
• English proficiency (TOEFL 80 for CS, 97 for ECE)

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Presentation

• VT-MENA Overview
• VT-MENA Now
• How to Join
• Research Areas

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Research Areas

• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Cognitive Radios Cognitive Networks
• Network Security
• VANET Routing Security
• Optical Networks
• Bioinformatics
• Healthcare Services
• Smart Homes

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End Questions
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For more information Website
vtmena.alexu.edu.eg E-mail address
vtmena_at_alexu.edu.eg Phone [phone] Fax
203-592-4813Mobile [phone]
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