I am currently a Professor at the Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, American University in Cairo (AUC). I currently serve as an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking journal.
I am originally from Alexandria, Egypt. I got my B.Sc. Degree (distinction with honor) in Electrical Engineering (with a concentration in Electronics and Communications Engineering) from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, in 2001
I got the M.Sc. Degree in 2004, with the thesis titled "Blind Channel Estimation in OFDM Systems," from Alexandria University, under the supervision of Dr. Onsy Abdelaleem
I got my Ph.D. degree in 2008 at the University of Maryland, College Park, with the thesis titled "Diversity in Cooperative Networks: How to Achieve and Where to Exploit?" under the supervision of Prof. Ray Liu