Professor & FUE President
Prof. Sarhan has held the position of Founding President of Future University in Egypt since 2006.
In 1995, Prof. Sarhan founded the Faculty of Computers and Information at Helwan University, the first faculty of its kind in a Public University in Egypt. In 1984, Prof. Sarhan established the Scientific Computing Center at Helwan University. Prof. Sarhan held several academic positions at Helwan University leading to his promotion to Dean of the Faculty of Computers and Information at Helwan University. In 1984, Prof. Sarhan was a visiting professor at Old Dominion University in the USA
Prof. Sarhan is a member of a number of organizations including: The Egyptian Computer Journal Publication Association, the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate, the Scientific Committee of the International Conference of Artificial Intelligence, the Egyptian Teachers’ Syndicate. Prof. Sarhan was also an active member of the National Information Committee at the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, the Egyptian National Council for ICT and a member the Computer and Information Systems Sector Committee at Egyptian Supreme Council of Universities.
Prof. Sarhan is a member of a number of international organizations including: the British Computer Society, the UK Institution of Electrical Engineers and the US Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Prof. Sarhan was also a member of the Evaluation Committee of Information Technology Project and Undergraduate Degrees of Computer Science at Ajman Faculty at the Ministry of Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates.
Prof. Sarhan has authored and published more than 45 scientific articles in international and local journals in the field of Computer Science and Information Technology.
Prof. Sarhan holds a B.Sc. in Communications and Electronic Engineering from Cairo University, an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Manchester University,UK and a PhD. in Computer Systems from Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh.
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Dean of the Faculty
Prof. Abeer Elkorany holds a Ph.D. (2002), M.Sc. (1996), and B.Sc. with Honors (1992) in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Cairo University. She has extensive academic and leadership experience, having served as Head of the Computer Science Department (2014–2023), coordinator of the Master of Software Engineering program, and founder of the FCI Innovators Club.
Her professional contributions extend beyond academia, including consultancy at ITIDA (2008–2010) for the Research and Innovation Support. Since 2022, she has been Director of the Academic Committee for Content Development at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, contributing to the Digital Egypt Cubs Initiative (DECI) and the Digital Egypt Marble Initiative (DEMI).
Prof. Elkorany has published over 70 papers in international and national venues, receiving multiple scientific awards. Her research interests include Artificial intelligence, machine learning, knowledge-based systems, semantic networks, ontology development, knowledge management, social network analysis, recommender systems and quality assurance.
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