The 3rd SCS - 2020 Symposium
Keynote
Speakers
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Symposium Keynote Speakers and Details
3rd SCS - 21-23 September 2020
Symposium Patron and Symposium General Chair
Towards Smart Cities
University of Bahrain President Speech
Professor Dr. Riyad Y. Hamzah - University of Bahrain President
Symposium President Opening Ceremony Speech - 09:00 am, 21st of September 2020
Zain - E-learning Center
University of Bahrain - Sukhair - Kingdom of Bahrain
Symposium Keynote Speakers
Symposium Keynote
Talk
Managing Healthcare Priorities, ..
MBA, Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa
Project Director for the SEHATI-IT project at the Supreme Council of Health Bahrain.
Specialties: IT Management, Project Management, IT Audit, IT Consultancy.
Symposium Keynote
Talk
KACST Mission of Solar Innovations, ..
Prof. Hussam Khonkar
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, KACST
Water and Energy Research Institute, WERI,
National Center for Solar Energy Technology
Riyadh,
KSA.
Symposium Keynote Talk
Bahrain New Airport Project, ...
Mr. Mohamed Yousif
Al-Binfalah
Chief Executive OfficerMohamed Yousif Al Binfalah serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), Bahrain.
Symposium Keynote Talk
On the Intersection of Big Data and Privacy
Prof. Houssain Kettani
Dakota State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeland, Florida,
UAS.
Symposium Keynote Talk
Antenna Design for 5G Systems at Sub-6 GHz and Millimeter, ..
Dr. Khan, an A. Professor at the Research Institute for Microwave and Millimeter Wave Studies (RIMMS),
Pakistan.
Symposium Keynote Talk
Smart Building Automation, ...
Eng. Tarek Zakaria Dipl.-Ing. Managing Director of Greentec Automation DMCC, Germany.
Symposium Keynote Talk
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Models in Cybersecurity, ..
El-Sayed El-Alfy is Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KFUPM.
KSA.
Symposium Keynote Talk
From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities, ..
Keynote Speaker:
Volkan Alçınkaya
Title: Global marketing Director
Occupation: Electronic Engineer,
Turkey.
Symposium Keynote
Talk
Design, Architecture, Urban Planning, ...
Kai Miethig is an Architect and Project Manager with over 15 years of experience in the fields of design, project management and coordination,
Bahrain.
Symposium Keynote
Talk
Multi-Layered Distributed Cyber Security, ...
Mohannad AlHaj
“The founder and CEO of Safe Road Information
Technology, a Telematics‘ Solutions Company
started in 2009.
3rd Smart Cities Symposium
7-9 June 2020,
Keynote Talks and Speakers Details
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Managing Healthcare Priorities through Smart Healthcare Systems
by
Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa
Project Director for the SEHATI-IT project at the Supreme Council of Health - Bahrain.
TALK ABSTRACT
Embracing Smart Healthcare Systems has been the main challenger for increasing Healthcare costs and the gateway to achieving health system objectives. Countries all over the world seek to elevate Healthcare provision outcomes through digitization initiatives. Industry 4.0 has had a positive disruptive impact on the healthcare ecosystem. The talk will highlight aspects of the impact of smart initiatives in advancing and driving healthcare goals and priorities. The talk will also highlight the steps taken by the Supreme council of health to endorse a smart health care system through the SEHATI project.
Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa
Sh. Khalid bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has spanned a career of almost 20 years in Healthcare IT. Working at the Royal Medical Services and King Hamad University Hospital as a CIO. He oversaw both clinical and administrative systems as well as the underlying infrastructure. Sh. Khalid holds a masters’ degree in Software Engineering from George Washington University as well as having technical certifications in DB administration and IT Security Architecture. Currently, Sh Khalid is the project director for the SEHATI-IT project at the Supreme Council of health undertaking the digital transformation of the healthcare sector in the kingdom of Bahrain.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
KACST Mission of Solar Innovations to Advance National Industrial Economy Towards CO2 Reductions
by
Professor Hussam Khonkar
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, KACST, Water and Energy Research Institute, WERI,
National Center for Solar Energy Technology, Riyadh, KSA.
Professor Hussam Khonkar
Professor\ Hussam Khonkar been awarded the Mission Innovation Prize 2019, he received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Solar Thermal) from Reading University, U.K., 1996. He was the first Saudi to get B.Sc. in Engineering of Renewable Energy from Colorado Tech. University, USA 1987. He has been working with KACST since then, he is also Board Members of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy KA Care. , in 1989 Dr. Khonkar worked along in Saudi German HYSOLAR producing hydrogen by solar and Have the educational program as well as 2Kw project at King Abdulaziz University. Moreover, Dr. Khonkar served as the Deputy Director of the Measurement and Instrumentation Center for more than 8 years at KACST and participated on Technical Committee of Saudi Arabia Standard Organization SASO and GCC standard In addition, he has been Adjunct Faculty at the Florida Institute of Technology, USA, and King Saud University, Riyadh. He worked at IBM T.J. Watson research center in New York for four years as researcher international assignee to develop CPV for KACST. Dr. Khonkar submitted more than 20 patents in Saudi Arabia and internationally he has more the 188 publication and technical reports. He been award a Gold Medal for a patent in April 2007, from 35th International Exhibition of Inventions for New Energy Techniques and Products, in Geneva. He is a member of Scientific Committee in Research Grants Program for Saudi Universities, He is one of the planner largest 10 Megawatt Khafji Solar PV installation for desalination in the world 2019.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
On the Intersection of Big Data and Privacy
by
Prof. Houssain Kettani
Dakota State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeland, Florida, UAS.
TALK ABSTRACT
A struggle has emerged in relation to the sacredness of one’s private information and the importance of moving forward in a digital world of social media, smart devices, and Big Data – an era known as the Age of Context. A real cause for concern has emerged regarding the seriousness of keeping data private while facilitating efforts to encourage and support emerging technologies. This includes data collection methods, a discovery of Big Data processes and purposes, and the identification of risks pertaining to the individual, the military, and the country. It was determined that significant concerns do exist pertaining to data collection, Big Data, and privacy. These concerns not only pertain to the individual, but with military effectiveness and national security. It is important to keep private information private and it is equally important, if done in an ethical manner, to allow certain entities access to this data for the benefit of the user of whom the data belongs, the benefit of the organization, and the benefit of the nation. Big Data is the key to housing this information and as such is growing at a phenomenal rate. The basis as to what data an organization can collect, store, have access to, and share is continuing to be litigated in the courts and legislated by state and national law makers. The use of data collection processes and devices and other technologies, and the storage of the information that they capture is being contested in a wide range of course setting, which makes the future use of these technologies likely to be as much a legal issue as it is a technology issue. As we move forward in this exciting Age of Context, social media, and Big Data, let us pursue an ever-greater means of integrating our environment without compromising or sacrificing one of our most precious assets, our personal and private information.
Prof. Houssain Kettani
Dr. Houssain Kettani received the Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus in 1998, and Master’s and Doctorate degrees both in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Kettani served as faculty member at the University of South Alabama (2002-2003), Jackson State University (2003-2007), Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (2007-2012), Fort Hays State University (2012-2016), Florida Polytechnic University (2016-2018) and Dakota State University since 2018. Dr. Kettani has served as Staff Research Assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory in summer of 2000, Visiting Research Professor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in summers of 2005 to 2011, Visiting Research Professor at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center at the University of Alaska in summer of 2008 and Visiting Professor at the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in summer of 2010. Dr. Kettani’s research interests include algorithms, cybersecurity, machine learning and population studies. He presented his research in over one hundred refereed conference and journal publications and his work received over six hundred citations by researchers all over the world. He chaired over hundred international conferences throughout the world and successfully secured external funding in millions of dollars for research and education from US federal agencies such as NSF, DOE, DOD, and NRC.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Smart Building Automation
by
Tarek Zakaria
Tarek Zakaria Dipl.-Ing. Managing Director of Greentec Automation DMCC, Germany
Tarek Zakaria
Tarek Zakaria Dipl.-Ing. Managing Director of Greentec Automation DMCC Dubai /UAE, moved from Germany in 2002 Dubai/UAE with a mission to develop the ME & African regions for Smart Building Automation technology based on the worldwide KNX protocol. Actually, Tarek is president of the KNX Association Middle East. KNX global HQ located in Brussels and having more than 370 members from the building relevant industries. Started his career in Germany 35 years ago and graduated in the Electrical Engineering from the Technical Engineering University Bremen/Germany. 25 years was employed with ABB as regional manager for building technologies developing the European and the Middle East, African markets for the KNX building technology. Encouraging consultants, architects, engineers, system integrators and technology providers to implement energy efficient building technologies in all the different segment of buildings like commercial, residential, hospitals, hotels & resorts. In addition, he is also a founder & member of the board of the Emirates Green Building Council (EBGC) in the UAE & is actively involved in promoting the green building initiatives. A person to listen to for work on implementing energy efficient buildings which now has reached high acceptance throughout the region to implement high performance buildings with EGBC, ESTIDAMA ratings and LEED certifications.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Models in Cybersecurity: Potentials, Tools, and Risks
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Prof. El-Sayed El-Alfy is Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
KFUPM, KSA
TALK ABSTRACT
With the increasing reliance on smart devices and computing-enabled infrastructure for automated systems, cybersecurity has become a growing field of interest and investment. Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and its recent technological advances have gained global importance in many domains including the digital world of cybersecurity. AI-driven systems can be a blessing or curse for cybersecurity experts and criminals alike. For instance, while cybersecurity experts are harnessing the potential of AI to develop countering solutions for hacking activities, cybercriminals can employ it to build more smart malware agents to adapt and launch illusive attacks that are hard to fight. Governments, organizations, businesses and individuals need to be aware of the game and the potentials and limitations of AI techniques to be prepared to combat cybercrimes by investing in the research and development of innovative solutions in order to protect our vital information and critical systems from adversaries and potential catastrophic cyber threats. In this talk, we provide an overview of artificial intelligence techniques from machine learning to deep learning models and how they have been applied in cybersecurity..
Prof. El-Sayed El-Alfy
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy}, Professor King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). He has 25+ years of experience in industry and academia involving research, teaching, supervision, curriculum design, program assessment and quality assurance. He is ABET/CSAB Program Evaluator and IEEE Senior Member. He worked as a consultant and reviewer for NCAAA, and several universities and research agents in various countries. He is an active researcher in machine learning and nature-inspired computing and applications to data science and cyber analytics, pattern recognition, multimedia forensics, and security systems. He published numerously in peer-reviewed int’l journals and conferences, edited a number of books, contributed to organization of many int’l conferences, served as guest editor for a number of special issues, and been in editorial board of a number of premium journals including IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, International Journal on Trust Management in Computing and Communications, and Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence (JETWI). He co-founded and coordinated a research group on Intelligent Systems at KFUPM. He is a member of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and x-member of ACM and IEEE Computer Society. His work has been internationally recognized and received several awards.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Smart Cities .. The New Bahrain Airport Project
by
Mohamed Yousif Al-Binfalah
Chief Executive Officer, serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), Bahrain
TALK ABSTRACT
A new era of aviation awaits the Kingdom of Bahrain, and new details of the ongoing Airport Modernisation Programme (AMP). BAC, which operates and manages the Bahrain International Airport (BIA), is overseeing the ongoing expansion that will turn the airport into a world class facility with higher volume capacities and improved passenger experience. “The AMP will elevate all aspects of the airport experience, while at the same time building capacities significantly. Once completed, the main passenger terminal building will have an area of 210,000sqm, and the airport overall will be able to accommodate an annual volume of 14 million passengers. There will be new check-in counters, including e-gates offering passengers more convenience and speed. The Departure Hall will have a much expanded retail and food & beverage offerings including the development of a dedicated other airline CIP lounges. A new airside hotel will be opened giving passengers more options. Our capacity building plans will see us continue with the training program Tahleeq through expanding its outreach to cover hospitality and facilities management technicians programs. Furthermore, significant progress is being made in constructing the new fuel farm and hydrant system through BAC Jet Fuel Company.” “We are also currently undergoing a comprehensive Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) program in partnership with Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide to ensure that all the stakeholders, including BAC, are ready to transfer in 2019 to the new passenger terminal building. Work on this stream is steadily progressing in collaboration with our partners at BIA.” BAC is the authority responsible for enhancing BIA and increasing the airport’s contribution to the local economy in line with Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030. In its operational role, BAC is responsible for elevating the airport’s operations, infrastructure and services. This is set to improve BIA’s capabilities and cater to the growing number of passengers as well as the changing demands of stakeholders.
Mohamed Yousif Al-Binfalah
Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) with the responsibility of the management, operation and future strategy and development of Bahrain International Airport. In addition, Mohamed is leading the Company’s team who is responsible for the delivery of the $1bn Bahrain International Airport Modernization Programme with the aim of elevating the airport’s infrastructure and services in line with the highest levels of safety, security, technology, passenger experience and environmental standards. Mohamed joined BAC in 2012 and was previously the General Manager of DHL Aviation Service W.L.L. for 8 years. Prior to this Mohamed held various senior management positions and worked at Gulf Petrochemicals Industries Co. B.S.C. (GPIC) and was one of the founders and Chief Executive Officer of a facility management practice headquartered in Bahrain with offices in Kuwait, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. Currently, Mohamed is working with a group of co-founders to incorporate the Bahrain Green Building Council. He has been recently appointed as Special Advisor on the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Regional Board. He holds a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Business Administration.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Antenna Design for 5G Systems at Sub-6 GHz and Millimeter-Wave Bands
by
Dr. Muhammad Umar Khan
Research Institute for Microwave and Millimeter Wave Studies (RIMMS), Pakistan.
TALK ABSTRACT
5G communication Standard is the future of wireless mobile services. It will help in the realization of the data hungry technologies and will be the enabling technology for IoT, autonomous cars, smart cities etc. The 5G technology will rely on several frequency bands including the millimeter-wave bands to achieve extremely high data rates. The performance of a 5G system greatly rely on the design of its wireless transceiver. Among this, antenna design is of paramount importance. In a limited space, multiple antennas covering widely spaced bands with stringent radiation characteristics are required. This talk will focus on the design of antennas for 5G. It will cover both the designs and antenna requirements in the sub-6 GHz bands and in the millimeter-wave bands. Different scenarios will be presented to explain how the antenna design can affect the performance of a MIMO system and based on which, antenna designs for 5G will be presented.
Dr. Muhammad Umar Khan
Dr. Khan is an assistant professor at the Research Institute for Microwave and Millimeter Wave Studies (RIMMS). He obtained his bachelor’s in electrical engineering degree from Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Karachi, Pakistan in 2006. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from GIK Instittue of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), Topi, Pakistan in 2008. He received Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 2015. His research focus during his doctorate studies was on Microwave and Antenna Systems Design. As part of the Antennas and Microwave Structure Design (AMSD) laboratory at KFUPM, he worked on Electrically Small Antennas and MIMO Antenna Systems. In Fall 2019, he spent a semester as a visiting researcher at University of Central Florida (UCF), FL, USA and worked under the supervision of Prof. Raj Mittra. Dr. Khan has more than a decade long association with academia. He has taught at GIK Institute and KFUPM. Since joining NUST, he has served in several committees related to research policy and graduate curriculum. His current research interests include Printed Antennas and Antenna Arrays, MIMO Antenna Systems, Millimeter-Wave antennas, Reconfigurable Antennas, Applied Electromagnetics, Microwave Electronics and Microwave System Design. He has published 50 refereed journal and conference papers and has one issued patent with the USPO. Dr. Khan is a Member of US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Automated Building and Homes a Smart City consist of: From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities
by
Smart Cities and Cyber- Security SectorInterra,
Volkan Alçınkaya, Global marketing Director, Turkey.
Presentation by Eng. Nihat Aslandogdu, Head of Interra Academy, Export Technical Manager Occupation.
TALK ABSTRACT
From Smart Buildings to Smart Cities
Let's compare smart cities to a community of people, the smallest unit in a community is the individual and the family. If it is not a smart city, we can call it an individual or family. When we consider buildings here, smart systems have been implemented in our buildings for a long time. It treats me as a common system under the automation of many structures and systems that are now required in the networks. Illuminations, elevators, sensors and pumps are the nerve endings of the building and there is a constant flow of information. This information is sent to a common point inside or outside the building. It ensures that the management of this building is energy-efficient and that they are kept under control. It also offers much more comfort, health and safety for people living in it. Other topics in the keynote; Digital Twin, How smart offices, rooms change the future of work and living places.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Design, Architecture, Urban Planning for Humans
Waste Management and Recycling must be considered
by
Kai Miethig
Architect and Project Manager
TALK ABSTRACT
Anything worldwide, in general, is designed, planned and made suitable for human usage. May it be a car, a bottle, a tool, a bag or a house. A neighborhood, a park, a computer, mobile or TV. All these items and structures have a limited life duration. From a few seconds like a bag up to a few hundred years maybe, so everything has to come to an end, but what after usage/life ends? Throwing away is not a solution, actually, it is never a solution. All that products humans create has an end and these products will not vanish like whatever comes from animals will disappear. So we need o start considering in any design the waste management and recycling possibilities to achieve sustainable design, fitting to human behavior.
Kai Miethig
Kai Miethig is an Architect and Project Manager with over 15 years of experience in the fields of design, project management and coordination, construction, site supervision, and team leadership. His has professional expertise and social competence in leading teams towards achieving project goals on high efficiency and quality He is also since many years engaged and experienced in waste management and technology solutions for the ever-increasing worldwide problem of waste and recycling along with humans habits to preserve the environment and nature. He developed recently a special training program suitable for all humans in order to have a better understanding of what waste is exactly, how behavior can be changed as well as how others can be influenced to switch habits for a better world. Environmental awareness along with handy solutions and the respective technologies is his passion.
SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTE TALK
Deploying Multi-Layered Distributed Cyber Security to avoid Transportation IoT Workplace vulnerabilities
by
Eng. Mohannad Al Haj
Founder and CEO of Safe Road Information Technology, a Telematics‘ Solutions Company
Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, KSA
TALK ABSTRACT
In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has recorded a significant number of road traffic accidents. This led to the Government to implement multiple strategies to reduce the number of accidents in the Kingdom. The current results show 33% decrease in the number of road traffic accidents. In line with the vision 2030, the aim is to reach only 8 deaths per 100,000 compared 26 deaths per every 100,000 population in the year 2015. The purpose of the study is to determine how telematics technology can significantly lower the rate of traffic accidents in the Kingdom with the support of the community and Company policies. Devices that can detect dangerous driving behavior are commonly equipped in commercial vehicles of Saudi Arabia. The technology alone does not produce desired results, the combination of support from driver families and traffic laws play a significantrole in lowering the rate of Traffic accidents. Strict policies against dangerous driving have recorded substantial reduction in the accidents whereas soft rules against driving behavior have not achieved similar results. Additionally, the effect of family over drivers does not always affect the driving behavior, the age of drivers & lifestyle of families produced variable results. Driving behavior, a score associated with the practices of the driver. The scores were calculated after considering the amount of hard braking, sharp acceleration, fatigue driving, over speeding & sharp turning events. Traffic laws for drivers against dangerous driving and the response from driver’s family is qualitative data that was considered during the project. The driving behavior data was collected from Saferoad Tracking system database whereas surveys with families and drivers were used to obtain various information. The results show that combination of technology and strict traffic laws have convincingly reduced the rate of accidents. However, the effect of family over drivers is comparatively less. The present and future of traffic safety in Saudi Arabia can be improved if the telematics technology is combined with strict traffic laws against the dangerous driving behavior.
Speaker: Mohannad AlHaj
“The founder and CEO of Safe Road Information Technology, a Telematics‘ Solutions Company started in 2009 and become one of the best successful company in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.“ Mohannad is a Jordanian entrepreneur Born on 1982 in Saudi Arabia. Mohannad joined a college as a medical student; then he decided to study CIS in Jordan, where he started a coffee shop business using only $300 and managed to open two branches and hire four employees in a single year. Mohannad worked as an application specialist in IBM and then joined an Australian company working on telematics as Business Development Manager. From his experience working for telematics companies, Mohannad noticed that the companies were providing complex solutions. This issue opened up his eyes to the idea of having a solution based on a web-based platform and using a smart, high-quality device, named later “ASTROLABE“. The Appearance of Safe Road: In early 2009 Saferoad was officially announced as a telematics hardware and software provider. Starting with installing only 34 devices for its first client. In-House Technology: Mohannad’s precious knowledge of the market helped him in building his products and software in-house. Moreover, Saferoad uses very advanced algorithms to encrypt technology and protocol, makes its offerings unique. Partnership with Saudi Aramco: Because of the constant growth, in addition to the high success potential of saferoad. In 2015, Saferoad received its first round of funding from Saudi Aramco venture capital which became a shareholder to saferoad, to increase company innovations, operational capacity and expand new markets. International Expansion: Mohannad implemented a new strategy to provide saferoad technologies to global market successfully. Reflected in expanding SafeRoad sales coverage to more than 70 countries, serving more than 250 corporate clients, with more than 50 employees.