Ahmed Farouk

jong hyouk leeAhmed Farouk is currently an assistant professor at South Valley University, before that he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Wilfrid Laurier University and Ryerson University, Canada. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Mansoura University, Egypt. He is one of the Top 20 technical co-founders of the Quantum Machine Learning Program by Creative Destruction Lab at the University of Toronto. Furthermore, he is selected as Top 25 of InnovateTO150 Canada to showcase the best of Toronto’s next generation of change-makers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. He is exceptionally well known for his seminal contributions to theories of Quantum Information, Machine Learning, and Cryptography. He published 80 papers in reputed and high-impact journals like IEEE Internet of Things, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Nature Scientific Reports, and Physical Review A. The exceptional quality of his research is recognized nationally and internationally.  He was selected by the scientific review panel of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings to participate in the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. His volunteering work is apparent since he was appointed as chair of the IEEE computer chapter for the Waterloo-Kitchener area and editorial board for many reputed journals like Nature Scientific Reports, IET Quantum Communication, and IEEE Access. Also, he was selected for IEEE and IET Young Professional Ambassador and as a moderator for the new IEEE TechRxiv. Recently, he was appointed as an associate editor for the IEEE Canadian Review (ICR).