Dr. Hossam M.A. Fahmy is a Professor of Computer Engineering, served as Chair of the Computer Engineering Systems Department, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt from 2006-2008, and from 2010-2012. He participates in many academic activities in Egypt and abroad. Prof. Fahmy is recipient of Ain Shams University Appreciation Award in Engineering Sciences. He has published and refereed extensively in Springer, Elsevier and IEEE journals and in several refereed international conferences. His teaching and research areas are focused on Computer Networks, MANETs, WSNs, VANETs, Fault Tolerance, Software and Web Engineering. He authored "Wireless Sensor Networks: Concepts, Applications, Experimentation and Analysis" book published by Springer, first edition 2016, and in 2021 its second edition titled "Concepts, Applications, Experimentation and Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks", and "Wireless Sensor Networks: Energy Harvesting and Management Techniques for Research and Industry", book published by Springer, 2020.

Professor Fahmy founded and chaired the IEEE International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems (ICCES) from 2006-2008, and from 2010 -2013. He is a Senior IEEE member, IEEE Region 8 Distinguished Visitor (2013-2015) and (2015-2018), Chair of the Distinguished Visitor Committee of the IEEE Computer Society. He speaks Arabic, French and English.

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