Professional Experience
Courses Taught |
Students Supervised |
Professional Affiliations |
Professional Activities |
Committees |
Administrative Appointments
- 2006-2010: Vice Provost and Director of Graduate Studies and Research, The American University in Cairo
- 2004-Present: Founding Director, Actuarial Science Program, Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science at AUC
- 1994–1998: Department Chair, Department of Social Statistics Cornell University
- 1975–1980: Chef/Manager, French/Continental restaurants in New York City
- 1972–1975: Customs Officer, Customs Administration, Cairo International Airport
Academic Appointments
- The American University in Cairo:
- 2010-Present: Distinguished University Professor
- 2000-2010: Professor
Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science
The American University in Cairo
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74
New Cairo 11835, Egypt - Cornell University:
- 2002-Present: Professor Emeritus
- 1996-2002: Professor
- 1994-1998: Department Chair
- 1990-1996: Associate Professor
- 1984-1990: Assistant Professor
Department of Social Statistics
Cornell University
358 Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901, USA - New York University:
- 1983-84: Instructor
- 1980-83: Research Assistant
Department of Statistics and Operations Research
Stern School of Business
New York University
44 West 4th Street
New York, NY 10012-1126
Industrial Experience
- Council Member, Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance
- Technical Committee Member, Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance
- Board Member, Al Baraka Bank, Egypt (formerly Saudi-Egyptian Finance Bank) (2009–Present)
- Board Member, Misr Insurance Company (2007–Present)
- Board Member, Egypt-RE (2006–2007) Board Member, Egypt-RE (2006–2007)
- Chef/Manager: French/Continental restaurants in New York, (1975–80).
- Customs Officer: Customs Administration, Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt, (1972–1975).
Short-Term Visits
- Spring 1999: Visiting Professor
School of Civil Engineering
University of Castilla La Mancha
Paseo Universidad s/n
13071 Ciudad Real, Spain - Fall 1998: Distinguished Visiting Professor
School of Sciences and Engineering
The American University in Cairo
113 Kasr El Aini Street, Box 2511
11511, Cairo, Egypt - Every January since 1998: Visiting Professor
Department of Statistics
University of Neuchâtel
Place de la Gare 10, Case Postale 1825
Ch-2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland - Spring 1994: Visiting Professor
Department of Statistics and Econometrics
Faculty of Social and Judicial Sciences
Carlos III University of Madrid
Calle Madrid, 126
28903 Getafe, Spain - 1993-94: Visiting Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computing Science
Faculty of Civil Engineering
University of Cantabria
39005 Santander, Spain - Summer 1991: Visiting Professor
Department of Statistics
University of Umeå
S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
Telephone: (46) 90-165213 - March 1991: Distinguished Visiting Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
College of Sciences
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-1907
Telephone: (803) 654-4755 - Summer 1985: Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics and Operations Research
Stern School of Business
New York University
44 West 4th Street
New York, NY 10012-1126
Committees:
- The American University in Cairo:
- Project Manager, Accreditation of the University, School of Sciences and Engineering, and the Management Program by the Egyptian National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE)
- Project Manager of DAR (Digital Archive and Research Repository), durrently E-Repertoire
- Chair, Provostial Task Force on the Status of Faculty at AUC
- Chair, Intellectual Property Committee
- Chair, Honoraray Degrees Committee
- Chair, University's Research Advisory Council
- Chair, University's Graduate Advisory Council
- Chair, University's Excellence in Teaching Awards Committee
- Chair, University's Excellence in Research and Creative Endeavors Awards Committee
- Organizer, The University's Annual Research Conference
- University's Medical Committee
- University's Finanacial Aid Committee
- Senator at Large.
- Senator, Faculty Senate (2002-2023).
- Senate’s Executive Committee
- Chair, Senate's Academic Affairs Committee
- Senate representative on the New Campus Committee
- Senate’s Committee on One-Year Contract
- Co-Chair: Reaccreditation Task Force on Student Admissions and Retention
- Task force on Academic Integrity
- Provost's Advisory Council on Promotion/Tenure
- Research Advisory Board
- Task Force on Learning Space Technology
- Ad-Hoc Committee on The Assessment of the Learning and Teaching of English at AUC
- Library Collections Committee
- Department Chair Pro Temp for a promotion to full professor case, Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science
- Cornell University:
- Nominating Committee for the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship
- Educational Policy Committee
- Nominations, Elections, and Personnel Committee, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Academic Freedom and Professional Status of the Faculty
- Vice President's Committee on Statistics, (an ad hoc committee)
- Teaching Advisory Committee, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Computing Committee, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Faculty Fellow, Cornell University's Campus Life Residential Program
- Review and Procedures Committee
- Curriculum Review Committee, School of Industrial and Labor Relations (an ad hoc committee)
- Task Force on Statistical Computing for Research, Cornell Information Technologies
- Undergraduate Program Committee, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Minority and Third World Affairs Committee, Cornell University Assembly
- Faculty Council of Representatives
- Faculty Internal Review Committee, School of Industrial and Labor Relations (an ad hoc committee)
- Committee on the Future of Statistics at Cornell, Graduate Field of Statistics (an ad hoc committee)
Courses Taught
Taught the following graduate and under graduate courses:
- Fundamentals of Data Science
- Fundamentals of Simulation
- Applied Regression Analysis
- Robust Regression Diagnostics
- Multivariate Analysis
- Expert Systems and Probabilistic Network Models
- Statistical Reasoning I
- Statistical Reasoning II
- Matrix Algebra
- Graphical Methods for Data Analysis
- Introductory Calculus
- Advanced Calculus
- Probability Theory
- Mathematical Statistics
- Operations Research
I have also been invited to teach short courses on "Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Regression", "Modern Data Analysis", "Graphical Methods for Data Analysis", "Expert Systems and Probabilistic Network Models", "Robust Regression Diagnostics", by the following:
- The University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1998.
- The University of Cantabria, Spain, 1996.
- The University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 1996 and 1999.
- The International Statistical Institute's 48th Session, Cairo, Egypt, 1991.
- The Energy Information Agency, Washington, DC, 1989.
- The Forty-Fourth Conference on Applied Statistics, American Society for Quality Control, Atlantic City, NJ., 1988.
- The Thirty-Fourth Conference on the Design of Experiments, Las Cruces, NM, 1988.
- The American Statistical Association's Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA., 1988.
Students Supervised
- Cairo University: Served/Currently serving as a co-supervisor for the following graduate students:
- Mona Nazih Abdel Bary, Ph.D.
- Eman Effat, M.Sc.
- Menna Medhat, M.Sc.
- Dina Adel Said, M.Sc.
- Amal Sakr
- Hala Sobeih
- Ayman Taha
- Huda Mohammed Touny, M.Sc.
- Cornell University: Served as the supervisor for the following graduate students:
- Ahmed Alzahrani
- Emad El-Sebakhy
- Sahar El-Sheneity
- Brian Jersky
- Hyeseon Joo-Lee
- Pascale Voldman
- Cornell University: Served as a committee member for the following graduate students:
- Hassan Abu-Libdeh
- Richard Cleary
- Mary Dowling
- Jody Enk
- Diane Johnson
- Douglas Morrice
- Patricia Moy
- Jong Reem
- Gad Saad
- John Walker
- Yoshio Yanadori
- Neuchâtel University: Served as an External Supervisor for the following Ms.c. students:
- Khmais Hedhehli, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2006
- Cédric Béguin, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2002
- Other Universities: Served as an External Examiner for the following Ph.D. candidates:
- Shaymaa Elnawawy, Ph.D. Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, October 2022
- Shubham Gupta, Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology, School of Mines. India, June 2022
- Emong Herbert Robert, Ph.D., Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research, Cairo University. Egypt, November 2021
- Jesna Jose, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, School of Mines. India, August 2021
- Rawan Arafa Ibrahim, M.Sc., Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, June 2021
- Islam Abdullah Husseiny Ph.D., Metwally, Zagazig University, Egypt, February 2021
- Hsin Yen Wen, Ph.D., Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 2021
- Fatma Farag, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, April 2019
- Thuraya El-Sayed Ramadan, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, July 2017
- Nesma Ali Mahmoud Saleh, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, July 2016
- Heba Moustafa Ezzat, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, July 2016
- Moustafa Mohamed Ahmed Ali Salem, M.Sc., Faculty of Commerce, Alexandria University, June 2016
- Walaa Akram Anwar, M.Sc., Faculty of Computer and Information, Cairo University, 2014
- Sara Alaa Yones, M.Sc., Faculty of Computer and Information, Cairo University, 2014
- Aida Calviño, School of Engineering, Ph.D., University of Cantabria, Spain, 2013
- Eman Mohamed Mostafa Abdel-Azim, M.Sc., Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 2012
- Md. Amirul Islam, Ph.D., Department of Statistics, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, 2012
- Ahmed Said Hefny, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 2010
- Athanassios Kondylis, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2006
- Mohammed Hussein, University of Linkoping, Sweden, 2005
- Habshah Midi, University of Kebangsaan, Malaysia, 1995
- Tarit Kanti Saha, McMaster University, Canada, 1995
- José Manuel Gutiérrez, University of Cantabria, Spain, 1994
Professional Activities
Professional activities include:
- Editor-In-Chief, International Statistical Review, Journal of the International Statistical Institute (2009–2010).
- Associate Editor, TEST: The Spanish Journal of Statistics, 2002-2005
- Co-Editor, Journal of Economic and Social Research, 1998-Present.
- Elected member of the Board of Directors, the International Association for Statistical Computing, 1997-1999.
- Editor, TIES Newsletter of The International Environmetrics Society, 1996-2000.
- Associate Editor, Journal of the International Environmetrics Society, 1992-Present.
- Associate Editor, Benchmarking for Quality Management and Technology, 1993-2005.
- Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Studies, 1993-2004.
- Panel member, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1996 and 1998.
- The main speaker in the Umeå University Winter Conference, Kittelfjäll, Sweden, March 1992. (See picture)
- Invited to teach a short courses on "Current Trends in Expert Systems and Network Models", by the University of Cantabria, Laredo, Spain, July 1996.
- Invited to teach a short course based on his Wiley book on "Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Regression" by the following:
- The International Statistical Institute's 48th Session, Cairo, Egypt, 1991.
- The Energy Information Agency, Washington, DC, 1989.
- The Forty-Fourth Conference on Applied Statistics, American Society for Quality Control, Atlantic City, NJ., 1988.
- The Thirty-Fourth Conference on the Design of Experiments, Las Cruces, NM., 1988.
- The American Statistical Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA., 1988.
Professional Affiliations
- Advisory Board Member, The Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF)
- Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
- Council Member, the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
- Elected President of the Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences
- Elected member of the International Statistical Institute
- Fellow of the American Statistical Association
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
- Member of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence
- Member of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Member of the International Association for Statistical Computing.
- Member of The International Environmetrics Society