Technical Committee

Alaa Khamis
Founding Chair

AI & Smart Mobility Technical Leader at General Motors, Canada

Samy Eltawab
Technical Program Co-Chair

Associate Professor, James Madison University, USA

Basem Shihada
Technical Program Co-Chair

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Electrical, and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA

Ahmad Salman
Publication Co-Chair

Assistant Professor, James Madison University, Virginia, USA

Ahmad Taher Azar
Publication Co-Chair

Research professor, College of Computer & Information Sciences (CCIS), Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia.

Leader of Automated Systems & Soft Computing Lab (ASSCL), Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia

Habib Alshuwaikhat
City Planning for Smart Mobility - Track Co-Chair

Full Professor of Urban Sustainability, Department of City and Regional Planning, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA

Ismail Arai
Smart Mobility Technologies Track Co-Chair

Associate Professor at Information Initiative Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Amr Hilal
Smart Mobility Governance Track Co-Chair

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech University, USA

City Planning for Smart Mobility Track Chair
Nicos Komninos

Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | CEO, Intelspace Innovation Technologies, Greece

Mustafa El-Nainay
Organizing Committee Member

Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering AlAlamein International University, Matrouh, Egypt

Mohab Mangoud
TPC Member

Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Bahrain (UOB)| IEEE Comsoc Bahrain Chapter Chair & R8 MDC member, Bahrain

Mohamed Tounsi
TPC Member

Associate Professor, College of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, KSA

Suliman Fati
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, College of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim A. Hameed
TPC Member

Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SMIEEE, Norway

Gabriella Casalino
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Khalid Elgazzar
Organizing Committee Member

Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in the Internet of Things (IoT) at Ontario Tech University, Canada

Hisham El-Sherief
TPC Member

Head of Industrial Automation Department at German University in Cairo and IEEE RAS Egypt Chapter Chair, Egypt

Shaaban Abdallah
TPC Member

Professor of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, USA

Samar AbdelFattah
TPC Member

Smart City Business Consultant, INTRACOM-TELECOM, UAE

Ahmed Elnoshokaty
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, Northern Michigan University, USA

Ali Ismail Awad
TPC Member

Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Chris Bachmann
TPC Member

Professor, James Madison University, USA

Hanaa Shaker
TPC Member

Associate Professor, Zagazig University, Egypt

Puya Ghazizadeh
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, St. Johns University, USA

Ahmed Alghamdi
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Marco Picone
TPC Member

Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

Nazli Siasi
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, Christopher Newport University, USA

Bassem Mokhtar
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE

Heba Abdel-Atty
TPC Member

Associate Professor, Port Said University, Egypt

Mohamed Khalefa
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, Suny Old Westbury University, USA

Ahmed Abboud
TPC Member

Associate Professor, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China

Hossam Yahia
TPC Member

Chief Technical Officer of automotive systems and VP of Autonomous Driving Systems at Brightskies, Egypt

Mohammed El-Abd
TPC Member

Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Applied SciencesAssociate | Full Professor of Computer Engineering, American University of Kuwait (AUK), Kuwait

Mohamed Azab
TPC Member

Associate Professor, Yanbu Industrial College, KSA

Islam Elgedawy
TPC Member

Associate Professor, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering , Alamein International University (AIU), Egypt

Ahmed Al Jizani
TPC Member

Senior Consultant, Transport General Authority, KSA

Toyokazu Akiyama
TPC Member

Professor, Graduate school of Frontier Informatics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

Hiroshi Yamamoto
TPC Member

Professor, College of Information Science and Engineering Department of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Masatoshi Kakiuchi
TPC Member

Assistant professor, Information Initiative Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Arata Endo
TPC Member

Assistant professor, Information Initiative Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Araya Kibrom Desta
TPC Member

Researcher at JTEKT, AI Laboratory, Aichi, Japan

Ali Rafiei
TPC Member

Machine Learning Engineer, General Motors, Canada

Muhamad Felemban
TPC Member

Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Dept, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA

Hossam Farag
TPC Member

Tenure Track Adjunkt, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark

Hasan Bayanouni
TPC Member

Research Associate at University of Toronto 

Heba M Abd El Atty
TPC Member

Professor of Communication, Port Said University | Huawei Academy Manager, Egypt

Ahmed Shaffie
TPC Member

 Louisiana State University at Alexandria, LA, USA

Program Co-Chairs

Hesham A. Rakha

Virginia Tech, USA

Haoxiang Lang

Ontario Teh University, Canada

Smart Mobility Technology Track Co-Chairs

Saiedeh Razavi

Professor and Chair in Heavy Construction, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada

Simona Sacone

Professor, University of Genova, Italy

Ismail Arai

Associate Professor at Information Initiative Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

City Planning for Smart Mobility Track Co-Chairs

Hao Yang

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Canada

Amer Shalaby

Professor, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto

Smart Mobility Governance Track Co-Chairs

Sahar Kokaly

Software Safety Engineering Leader, General Motors, Canada

Alvine Boaye Belle

Assistant Professor, York University, Canada

Technical Committee Members

Xu Fang Zhao

Senior System Engineer - Speech Recogntion senior System Engineer - Speech Recogntion General Moto

Tianyu Shi

Ph.D. Student, University of Toronto, Canada

Amr Hilal

Virginia Tech University, United States

Nicos Komninos

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | CEO, Intelspace Innovation Technologies, Greece

Gabriella Casalino

University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Basem Shihada

Associate Professor, Computer Science, Electrical, and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA

Ahmad Salman

James Madison University, Virginia, USA

Mustafa El-Nainay

Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering AlAlamein International University, Matrouh, Egypt

Arata Endo

Information Initiative Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Heba M Abd El Atty

Port Said University | Huawei Academy Manager, Egypt

Hossam Farag

Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Denmark

Suliman Fati

College of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Araya Kibrom Desta

AI Laboratory, Aichi, Japan

Toyokazu Akiyama

Graduate school of Frontier Informatics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

Hiroshi Yamamoto

College of Information Science and Engineering Department of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Masatoshi Kakiuchi

Information Initiative Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Hossam Yahia

Brightskies, Egypt

Mohammed El-Abd

College of Engineering and Applied SciencesAssociate | Full Professor of Computer Engineering, American University of Kuwait (AUK), Kuwait

Mohamed Azab

Yanbu Industrial College, KSA

Islam Elgedawy

Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering , Alamein International University (AIU), Egypt

Bassem Mokhtar

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), UAE

Ahmed Shaffie

Louisiana State University at Alexandria, LA, USA

Mohamed Khalefa

Suny Old Westbury University, USA

Ahmed Aboud

Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China

Puya Ghazizadeh

St. Johns University, USA

Shaaban Abdallah

Professor of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati, USA

Marco Picone

Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

Nazli Siasi

Christopher Newport University, USA

Ahmed Elnoshokaty

Northern Michigan University, USA

Ali Ismail Awad

United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Chris Bachmann

James Madison University, USA

Hanaa Shaker

Zagazig University, Egypt

Ibrahim A. Hameed

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SMIEEE, Norway

Hisham El-Sherief

Head of Industrial Automation Department at German University in Cairo and IEEE RAS Egypt Chapter Chair, Egypt

Mohamed Tounsi

College of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, KSA

Suliman Fati

College of Computer & Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Panel Title: Engineering and Societal Adoption Challenges of Automated Driving Systems
IEEE International Conference on Smart Mobility (IEEESM)
Across the globe, there are tens of companies pursuing the development of automated driving systems (ADS), ranging over SAE Driving Automation Levels 3-5. There are several open engineering challenges of ADS software – particularly in development and validation of ADS operation in challenging weather conditions, critical corner cases, dealing with a variety of pedestrians and traffic conditions, and cooperation with human operated vehicles. Many standards (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO 21448) are emerging providing guidelines to ensure safety of ADS under the intended operating conditions. On the other hand, there are societal concerns that technological advancements such as ADS and robotics might bring in, e.g., people being out of work, competing with automation etc.. Initiatives like Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) aim to alleviate such concerns by educating public and policymakers on pros and cons of automated driving systems. This panel discussion will focus on ADS engineering and societal adoption challenges and offer some possible solutions.
Ramesh S Senior Technical Fellow, General Motors, USA
Panel Moderator
Arun Adiththan Senior Researcher, General Motors, USA
Panel Moderator
Panel Description
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Panel Title: Engineering and Societal Adoption Challenges of Automated Driving Systems
IEEE International Conference on Smart Mobility (IEEESM)
Across the globe, there are tens of companies pursuing the development of automated driving systems (ADS), ranging over SAE Driving Automation Levels 3-5. There are several open engineering challenges of ADS software – particularly in development and validation of ADS operation in challenging weather conditions, critical corner cases, dealing with a variety of pedestrians and traffic conditions, and cooperation with human operated vehicles. Many standards (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO 21448) are emerging providing guidelines to ensure safety of ADS under the intended operating conditions. On the other hand, there are societal concerns that technological advancements such as ADS and robotics might bring in, e.g., people being out of work, competing with automation etc.. Initiatives like Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) aim to alleviate such concerns by educating public and policymakers on pros and cons of automated driving systems. This panel discussion will focus on ADS engineering and societal adoption challenges and offer some possible solutions.
Ramesh S Senior Technical Fellow, General Motors, USA
Arun Adiththan Senior Researcher, General Motors, USA
Panel Moderator
Panel Description
Panel Moderator
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