Ahmed Abdallah currently holds a leading position in the US industry designing power management chips. Abdallah received his BSc degree with honors in electronics and communications engineering from Cairo University, in Egypt, in 2008 and his MSc degree from the Center for Nanoelectronics and Devices (CND) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) in Egypt in the summer 2012. From July 2010 - 2011, he was an intern with the Power Delivery Circuits and Systems (PDCS) group in the Circuit Research Lab (CRL) at Intel Inc., Oregon, where he worked on optimizing low-power power management circuits. Then, he received his PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in 2017.
Eslam Yahya Tawfik is a research assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State University, where he leads a research lab focused on digital System-on-Chip (SoC), hardware security and assurance, Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and secure hardware accelerators. He has research programs from various government and industry agencies, including the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Social Research Center (SRC), Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), Intel, The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), TI, MediaTek, and Siemens. Tawfik has authored/co-authored over 70 papers published in international conferences and journals; he is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) senior member and has served as an organizer, program chair, technical program committee member, and regular reviewer for numerous international conferences and journals.
Esraa Swillam is a senior product engineer for Design for Manufacturing (DFM) applications in the Calibre organization in Siemens Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Canada. She is responsible for developing and supporting flows that improve the manufacturability of the design and enhance the efficiency and quality of the design process. Swillam has previously worked for Qualcomm Canada and Mentor Graphics Egypt in different roles, including Computer-aided design (CAD)/Process design kit (PDK) development for DFM, as well as software testing and QA for Calibre PERC. She holds a BSc in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University and an MSc in electronics from The American University in Cairo.
Khaled Salah received his BSc degree in electronics and communications engineering with distinction and honor degree in 2003 from Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Salah received his MSc and his PhD degrees in electronics and communications in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He received his MBA degree in 2016. Salah joined Mentor Graphic Corporation, where he designed many System-On-Chip (SoC) Intellectual Properties (IP) such as AHB, HDMI, HDCP, eMMC, SDcard, HMC, and LPDDR5. Moreover, he worked as an engineering lead at the Emulation division at Mentor Graphic, Egypt. Currently, he is an applications engineering consultant at Emulation Division, USA. Salah published many books, patents, and more than 150 research papers in the top refereed journals and conferences. His research interests are in 3D integration, IP Modeling, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, Machine learning, and SoC design. Salah is a senior Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) member. In addition, he served as a reviewer for several conferences and journals, including IEEE Transactions on VLSI, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, and IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, ELSEVIER Microelectronics Journal.
Magdy A. El-Moursy received a Bachelor of Science in electronics and communications engineering (with honors) and a master's degree in computer networks from Cairo University, in 1996 and 2000, respectively, and the master's and the PhD degrees in electrical engineering in the area of high-performance VLSI/IC design from University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, in 2002 and 2004, respectively.
He has more than 20 years of industrial experience in different positions and industries, including senior design engineer at Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, between 2004 and 2006, and STMicroelectronics, San Diego, CA, USA. El-Moursy has been with Mentor Graphics for 15 years, where he held different technical and managerial positions such as staff engineer, engineering manager for virtual platforms and vista tools in the design creation team between 2012 and 2019 and senior engineering manager for the Solutions Prototypes Team of Software to Silicon business group of Integrated Circuits Verification Systems Division. He is currently a low-power architect for the High-Level Synthesis Division.
He is the author of around 100 papers, six book chapters, and five books in the fields of high-speed and low-power complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) design techniques Network Operations Center (NOC) and a Security Operations Center (SOC) and Embedded Systems. Besides industry, between 2006 and 2008, he was an assistant professor in the Information Engineering and Technology Department of the German University in Cairo (GUC), Egypt. Between 2014 and 2019, he was a conjunction associate professor in the Microelectronics Department, Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt. He is an associate editor on the Editorial Board of Elsevier Microelectronics Journal, Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, International Journal of Circuits and Architecture Design, and IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems and Technical Program Committee of many IEEE Conferences such as ISCAS, ICAINA, PacRim CCCSP, ISESD, SIECPC, and IDT. He is a member of the IEEE VLSI Systems and Applications Technical Committee. His research interest is in SW/HW Co-Design, Embedded Systems, Networks-on-Chip/System-on-Chip, interconnect design and related circuit-level issues in high-performance VLSI circuits, clock distribution network design, digital ASIC circuit design, VLSI/SoC/NoC design and validation/verification, circuit verification and testing and low power design.
Maged Bekheit is a seasoned professional with a distinguished track record in academia, entrepreneurship, and industry. He holds MSc and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada, with a research focus on Electromagnetics, passive microwave circuits, and resonant structures. Bekheit's contributions in this field are underscored by numerous publications and esteemed awards, including the prestigious Microwave Theory and Techniques Fellowship and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC) of Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS), demonstrating his profound impact on microwave filters and resonant structure design and implementation. In the realm of industry, Bekheit excels in RF network planning, optimization, propagation modeling, network parameterization, and quality measurements. Throughout his career, he has made significant contributions to prominent mobile operators and vendors, notably during his tenure as Vice President of the Technology Department at Windmobile (now rebranded as Freedommobile), Toronto, Ontario, where he played a pivotal role in launching and rapidly expanding the business from inception. Additionally, Bekheit founded MAG Engineering Works in 2006, focusing on RF design, optimization, and network infrastructure solutions. Under his leadership, the company has grown to serve class A customers across multiple territories. Bekheit's commitment to education is evident through the establishment of MAG Training Academy, where he nurtures the next generation of electrical engineers. Bekheit's multidimensional expertise and unwavering dedication continue to shape the organizations he supports.
Mamdouh Abdelmejeed received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 2010. He subsequently pursued advanced studies and earned both his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA, in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Throughout his academic journey, Abdelmejeed conducted extensive research in sensors and actuators, with a particular focus on a novel technology for acoustic impedance sensing and material property imaging using GHz piezoelectric transducers on chip. Following the completion of his doctorate, Abdelmejeed embarked on a career at Intel Corporation, where he joined the esteemed Device Development Group (DDG) in 2020. Presently, he serves as an analog engineer within the organization, actively contributing to the development of the new generation high-speed SERDES transceiver for DDR memory interface.
Moataz Abdelfattah, born in 1986 in Cairo, Egypt, is an accomplished engineer and researcher with a passion for cutting-edge analog IC design. He graduated with honors from Cairo University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2008. Right after graduation, Abdelfattah's talent was recognized, and he was appointed as a teacher assistant at the same university. His thirst for knowledge led him to pursue an MSc degree in electrical and computer engineering at The American University in Cairo (2012), where he had the remarkable opportunity to intern at Intel Corporation in Oregon, USA. During his year-long internship, he worked alongside top talents in integrated circuit design, gaining invaluable experience in the field. Continuing his academic journey, he earned his PhD from The Ohio State University in 2017, specializing in advanced analog and power delivery circuits. Throughout his academic pursuits, Abdelfattah showcased his expertise by publishing several research papers and presenting at renowned conferences, including the prestigious International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).
Post-PhD, he joined Qualcomm Inc., a leading global company in cellular technologies. Over the past six years, he has thrived in the semiconductor industry, contributing significantly to the field. Currently serving as a staff engineer at Qualcomm, he plays a pivotal role in the envelope tracking product line, where he leads major modules in the product. Abdelfattah's contributions have been instrumental in the success of numerous tape-outs and cutting-edge products, including the world's first 5G envelope tracker. The ICs designed by him find their way into millions of mobile phones worldwide, making them an integral part of the technology that shapes modern communication.
Mohamed Saleh Abouelyazid received the BS and MSc degrees in electronics engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, in 2009 and 2013, respectively, and the PhD degree from the School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, in 2022.
He has been working with Siemens Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Cairo, since 2009, where he is currently a research and development software staff engineer and architect in Calibre, Design to Silicon Department. Moreover, he works on and leads the development activities of several products, such as Calibre xRC layout parasitic capacitance extraction and layout parasitic calibration engines. He has a long record of enabling layout parasitic extraction tools to support the latest advanced process technology nodes of different semiconductor foundries.
Abouelyazid has authored or co-authored publications and patents focusing on physical verification, data modeling, and electronic design automation. Moreover, he has served as an associate editor in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (TVLSI) systems since 2023. His current research interests include physical verification, substrate noise coupling, parasitic extraction, data modeling, machine learning, electromagnetic simulations, and electronic design automation.
Abouelyazid received a number of academic awards during his studies, such as the Certificate of Academic Honor and the Allehedan Graduate Award from The American University in Cairo.
Mohamed Swillam received his PhD from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, in 2008. After graduation, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the same group. In October 2009, he joined the Department of Physics and the Institute of Optical Sciences at the University of Toronto, where he works as a research fellow. In September 2011, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the Department of Physics at the American University in Cairo (AUC). He is now a professor at the Department of Physics at AUC.
His research interests mainly focus on nanophysics with emphasis on design optimization and fabrication of active and passive nanophotonic and plasmonic devices and systems, silicon photonics, optical interconnects, integrated on-chip optical systems, lab-on-chip, nano-antenna, metamaterials, and solar cells. The main applications include biomedical systems, energy harvesting, and telecommunications. He authored more than 350 technical papers in highly-ranked journals and conferences. He also holds 25 patents, a book, and a book chapter in these areas. Swillam worked as a research scientist at ASML, USA and as a technical consultant for different US high-tech companies. He is a member of the editorial board of many physics and photonics journals. Swillam currently holds a few national and international grants in the area of energy and sensing applications on-chip devices for telecommunications, with a total value of more than $3 million.
Swillam received various awards and fellowships, including the AUC Research and Creative Endeavors Award (2017), an early career award from the Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society and IEEE (2016), the state award for Advanced Technology in 2013 and Misr-Elkhair Best Publication award in science in 2012, Ontario Ministry of Research (MRI) fellowship in 2011. He is also the recipient of the best student paper award from the IEEE/LEOS Ottawa section for Photonics North 2007 and from ACES 2009.
Mourad Elsobky, an IEEE member, received the BSc Honours degree in information engineering and technology from the German University Cairo (GUC), Egypt, in 2014 and the MSc degree (very good) in communications technology from Ulm University, Germany, in 2015. In 2021, he received a PhD Honours degree from IMS CHIPS, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Since 2020, he has been an expert in analog/mixed-signal IC design and the analog lead of IMU IC development with Automotive Electronics at Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen, Germany. Elsobky authored and co-authored 3 books, several papers, and patents in the field of hybrid systems-in-foil and sensor systems.
Moustafa Nawito was born in 1979 in Cairo, Egypt. He attained his BSc in electronics and electrical communication engineering from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University in 2002 and his MSc in Radiofrequency (RF) electronics from the German university in Cairo in 2007. In 2017 he attained his Doctor of Engineering (magna cum laude) in Microelectronics from Stuttgart University in Germany.
From 2003 to 2005, he worked as an IT engineer at the German University in Cairo (GUC), where he was responsible for planning and implementing the networking and computer infrastructure. In 2005 he joined the newly established Department of Electronics at the Faculty of Engineering as a teaching assistant where he taught several courses with focus on microelectronics, advanced sensors, labs and circuit simulation. In 2008, he was appointed as project manager for the establishment of the research center for digital broadcasting in cooperation with Fraunhofer Institute IIS in Erlangen, Germany. He served as the technical director of the research center until 2010. During this time, he conducted several seminars and workshops on advanced Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for industrial and academic partners. He also co-founded the Center for Artificial Intelligence and led a research team to win the international RoboCup scientific competition in 2009. He was also a co-founder of the Egyptian IEEE chapter for computational intelligence which received the best chapter award in 2009.
In 2010 he joined the Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart The Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS) as a senior Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) designer, where he was responsible for the development of novel circuits for camera systems, industrial sensors and biomedical intelligent implants for diagnosis and therapy for Bosch, Daimler, and other industrial clients. In addition, he was the scientific project director of various German and international research projects.
In 2017, he founded the startup company Polymath Analog, where he works in close cooperation with customers to provide innovative and reliable ASIC solutions for Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and automotive applications, with special emphasis on advanced analog design. He served as lead consultant for the development of a new generation of implantable image sensors for the company Retina Implant AG.
In 2020 he joined the IU International University of Applied Sciences as a professor and founding chair of the electrical engineering program. He successfully led the development of the curriculum and the academic accreditation of the newly established department. He also serves as scientific reviewer on several committees for the appointment of new Professors.
Prof. Nawito is the author of several publications, including the textbook CMOS Readout Chips for Implantable Multimodal Smart Biosensors (Springer). His research interests include the design of low-power data converters, high-precision sensors and organic and implantable electronics. He is a senior member of IEEE, VDE, OE-A and other technical societies and associations. In addition, he is an expert reviewer for the accreditation of engineering university programs for the EU and has conducted on-site reviews on four continents.
Omar Eldash is currently a visiting professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include Computing on the Edge, reconfigurable hardware, dynamic hardware, machine learning hardware, and System on Chip. Omar is also currently a postdoctoral researcher at Hewlett Packard Enterprises, focusing on FPGA development for accelerating and assisting new memory technologies in the domain of Machine Learning execution.
Omar Eldash received his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt, in 2009. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from the Center of Advanced Computer Studies (CACS), University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA, USA, in 2016 and 2022. Omar has 2 patents and many conference and Journal papers published in the domain of Circuits and Systems. He recently received the 2023 Best Paper award for VLSI transactions in Circuits and Systems for his collaboration with his colleagues. He has experience in digital design, FPGA development, Computer architecture and hardware systems for Machine Learning Acceleration. Beyond work, Omar has been active in technical and non-technical society activities like IEEE chapters and local initiatives.
Shady Agwa is a research fellow at the Centre for Electronics Frontiers at the University of Edinburgh. Shady received his BSc and MSc degrees from Assiut University (Egypt), both in electrical engineering. He got his PhD in Electronics Engineering from The American University in Cairo (AUC, Egypt) in 2018. Following his PhD in 2019, Agwa joined the Computer Systems Laboratory at Cornell University (USA) as a Postdoctoral Associate for two years. In 2021, Shady joined the Centre for Electronics Frontiers at the University of Southampton (UK) as a Senior Research Fellow and then as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh (UK). His research interests span across circuits and architecture design for AI acceleration using conventional and emerging technologies. His work focuses on unconventional ASIC-Driven AI Architectures, which cover In-Memory Computing, Stochastic-like Computing, Memristive Devices, Systolic Arrays, Analogue Content-Addressable Memories and Beyond-Von Neumann Architectures. He has filed two patents and contributed to the design of many chips using different technologies from 180nm to 12nm. He currently leads digital ASIC design for AI Hardware at the Centre for Electronics Frontiers, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
Yehya H. Ghallab (S’05 - M’06 - SM’10) is currently a specialist electrical engineer with Wood Canada Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has more than 20 years of experience in different industrial sectors in Canada and North America, including electronics, IC design, bioelectronics and biomedical engineering. Ghallab was a professor with both the Biomedical Engineering Department at Helwan University and the Center of Nanoelectronics and Devices (CND) at Zewail City of Science and Technology / the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Ghallab received the BSc (with honor) and the MSc degrees from the Electronics and Communication Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 1995 and 2000, respectively, and the PhD degree from Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 2005. Ghallab worked as an Integrated Circuit Design Engineer with Neurosilicon Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 2006 to 2008. He worked as a Senior Electrical Engineer with AMEC America Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 2008-2012. He has authored and co-authored more than 80 technical papers published in refereed international conferences and journals. He holds three patents in the US and Canada (one published and two pending) in the area of bio and nanoelectronics. His research interests include the application of microelectronics in biomedicine, Lab-on-a-chip, dielectrophoresis, microelectronic biomanipulators, sensors, current-mode devices and applications of flexible electronics in biomedical. Ghallab is a technical reviewer on the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Sensors Journal and other technical journals and conferences. He registered as a professional engineer in Canada, and he is a senior member of IEEE. He was a recipient of the Alberta Ingenuity Fund award as an industry associate in 2007. Ghallab is a project management professional (PMP).