Alexandria ACM Student Chapter | Research in Egypt | Changing Culture & Building Hope

7/28/2019 Alexandria ACM Student Chapter | Research in Egypt | Changing Culture & Building Hope

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Moustafa Youssef

Alexandria University and E-JUST


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Why research?

How are Things Changing in Egypt?

Academia vs. Industry

Post Graduate Study in Egypt Opportunities for You

Summary

(c) 2009 By Moustafa Youssef


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Research can be defined as the search for knowledge,or as any systematic investigation, with an open mind,to establish novel facts, solve new or existingproblems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories,usually using a scientific method Wikipedia



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Innovation

Solve a (society) problem

Output is protected by an IP



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What it means Open inventions

Compare to trade secret

WWII Google founders and idea

IPhone multi-touch Palm Pre Google G1

GIF images



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US and JP arestill the top.Its a culture



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Have to spend money

I think 90% of the budget of MoHE is for salaries!

Majority of grants wont be successful

You fund for those, say 5%, who will succeed



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http://www.nationmaster.com



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Listed among the top universities in the world

Started in 1948!!!

Only seven universities

Export Hi Tech No SCU

IIT model Stanford recruiting campaigns



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WWII

Google founders and idea

IPhone multi-touch Palm Pre Google G1

GIF images



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Why research?




Summary



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Different options STDF ITIDA NTRA

Egypt-US fund BibAlex Others In the region

More flexible QNRF ASTF others



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IP rights Compare to Google

Permission before publishing

Permission before travel Permission before demo

Letter of credit



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Not-for-profit

More later

Cannot use education for profit!!



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Why research?




Summary



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Research Assistant or Teaching Assistant

Fellowship

Postdoc

Assistant Professor Associate Professor

Professor



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Research Lab Researcher

Senior researcher

Manager

etc

Industry Developer

Software engineer

Project manager

Etc



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Academia Most flexible Do what you want (almost) Less pay Tenure process compare to Egypt

Even in new universities (SCU)!

Industry Least flexible Do what they want DB forms till you die

More pay amortize over lifetime Research lab

In between



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Why research?




Summary



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Public universities Alexandria, Cairo, etc

Private universities AUC AAST, GUC, etc

Not-for-profit E-JUST VT-MENA NU Zewail city

Outside Egypt My background

Affiliation Friends



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Alexandria, Cairo, etc Commitment

TAs vs. others

Conference every two years Not for TAs

Changed!

Tenure/promotion rules Authors Conference vs. journal Number of years Supervision Committee



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Alexandria university ranked 147 in THE ranking! Individual letters to faculty

Sign on Horya Street

Media

Etc Fruit of the effort of the new university president!

The world view



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Alexandria university ranked 147 in THE ranking! Individual letters to faculty Sign on Horya Street Media

Etc Fruit of the effort of the new university president!

The world view- University World View "How could Alexandria University in Egypt be 147th and

the top ranked institution in the Arab world? Until thenit had occurred to no one that it could be the bestuniversity in Egypt. In fact, according to Webometrics, it

was not even the best university in Alexandria."



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Alexandria university ranked 147 in THE ranking! Individual letters to faculty Sign on Horya Street Media Etc

Fruit of the effort of the new university president The world view New York Times

Alexandrias surprising prominence was actually due to thehigh output from one scholar in one journal soonidentified on various blogs as Mohamed El Naschie, anEgyptian academic who published over 320 of his own articlesin a scientific journal of which he was also the editor. InNovember 2009, Dr. El Naschie sued the British journalNature for libel over an article alleging his apparent misuseof editorial privileges. The case is still in court."



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Private universities AUC

AAST, GUC, etc

AUC Claimed best education in Egypt

College in the US

Not research focused

All seek money Compare to Harvard, Stanford, etc

Cannot have education for profit!



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EJUST, VTMENA, NU, Zewail City First not-for-profit universities in Egypt

Commitment

Students Labs

Research assistantships

Depend on FACULTY and PROGRAM

Even in the US Challenges

Later



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KAUST Should be good

Vision/capacity building

No tenure position



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IBM CMIC

Intel



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Top management Support staff

Interaction with the rest of the Egyptian system

Sustainability



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Public universities Still good if parties commit

Private universities Not till now, hard to change

Not-for-profit Current optimal

Start from scratch Interaction with others?

People Google is your best friend

scholar.google.com



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Why research? How are Things Changing in Egypt?



Summary



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and Past Achievements



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I am presently a Pre-Final(third)year student at IndianInstitute of Technology(IIT), India, Dept. of ComputerScience And Engineering.

I read from the your web-page about your research inthe field of Computer Networking AndCommunications. I am interested in this field and

already have some prior experience in the same.



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1. I have also co- authored a conference paper in Wireless Sensor Networksand submitted it in Second International Conference on

Emerging Applications of Information Technology(EAIT 2011).

2. Dynamic Random Replication for Data Centric Storage in Wireless SensorNetworks, University Of Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.Collaborating in Journal

Paper to be submitted in ACM Transactions On Sensor Networks.3. QoS in Wireless Sensor Networks, Indian Institute of Technology,

Guwahati.

4. Building customized Network Simulator.

I am looking to work on a research project and I would be highly interested inworking under you in my summer recess from May'11 to July'11 (3 months). Thisinternship opportunity will enable me to apply my skills in your researchproject while adding to my knowledge base as well.



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Undergraduate internships First year: two groups, two members each

Two research demos in Mobicom 2008

Second Year One group: One poster one demo

ACM SIGMobile: Student Research Competition Second place winner Travel award to Mobicom Certificate

Extended abstract published in ACM MC2R

Third year Paper in IEEE ICC. Demo to be submitted to Mobicom 2011

Trend continues



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Path: Intern, graduatation project, M.Sc., Ph.D. Interns

Google Zurich, USA Bell labs and Google

Anita Borg Scholarship

To apply: Statement of purpose+ CV

Graduation project



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Graduate Students Working on a funded project Dedication Recommended Ph.D. abroad

Especially in the US Started to change- challenging

Top conferences and journals Conferences more important Media coverage Interns in top places Ph.D. in top places

To apply: be prepared for an interview Be prepared with your record

CV GPA Why should we choose you?



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Why research? How are Things Changing in Egypt?



Summary



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Important for the country Opportunity for you



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Summer intern Email your Statement of purpose+ CV to

[email protected]

Prepare for an interview

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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