Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt
Topics
Learning Algorithms and Training Machine Learning
Biography
# Biography of Professor Walid Gomaa
Professor Walid Gomaa is a distinguished computer scientist and engineer currently serving as Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Acting Chairperson of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) in Alexandria, Egypt, where he has been a faculty member since 2010.
Dr. Gomaa earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park in 2007, where his dissertation focused on Model Theory and Complexity Theory under the supervision of William Gasarch and David Kueker. He previously obtained his M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Alexandria University in 2002 and his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from the same institution in 1998, graduating with honors.
His research interests span multiple domains, including human activity recognition from various sensory modalities (RGB, thermal, depth, and inertial motion data), Arabic Natural Language Processing with applications in social media and lyrics analysis, machine learning applications in video content analytics and time series analysis, and theoretical computer science including computable analysis, descriptive complexity, and computation over arbitrary metric and topological spaces.
Professor Gomaa has an extensive publication record with numerous journal articles and refereed conference proceedings. His work has appeared in prestigious venues including IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, EPJ Data Science, Neural Computing and Applications, EPJ Quantum Technology, and the Journal of Artificial Intelligence. He has contributed to diverse areas ranging from human activity recognition and crowd scene analysis to quantum computing and computational docking.
Throughout his career, Dr. Gomaa has secured significant research funding as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator from major agencies including STDF (Science and Technology Development Fund), JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), ITIDA (Information Technology Industry Development Agency), and ASRT (Academy of Scientific Research and Technology). His funded projects encompass areas such as virtual exercise recognition systems, AI-based predictive maintenance, smart farming, brain-computer interfaces, and quantum neural network computation.
Professor Gomaa has demonstrated exceptional leadership in both academic and professional spheres. He served as Leader of the Egyptian team for the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2018 and 2019, achieving historic results for Egypt. His team's honorable mention in 2018 marked the first time Egypt achieved such recognition, with significant advancement in the country's ranking.
He has supervised numerous Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, with many of their dissertations receiving awards. He maintains active editorial roles with the Journal of Complex Systems and Frontiers in High Performance Computing, and serves as an associate editor and reviewer for numerous international journals and funding agencies including the British Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, and Research Councils UK.
Professor Gomaa is a member of the American Mathematical Society and a regular associate of the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. He has given invited talks and presentations at universities and research institutions worldwide, including Waseda University, Osaka University, Rice University, École Polytechnique, and the University of Udine.
Beyond his research and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Gomaa has demonstrated a strong commitment to educational outreach. He has developed and publicly shared comprehensive course series on Cryptography, Machine Learning, Theory of Computation, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, and Quantum Computation through his YouTube channels, making computer science education accessible to a broader audience.
