Dr Aboul Ella Hassanein is the Founder and Head of the Egyptian Scientific Research Group (SRGE), Cairo Univesrity, and a Professor of Information Technology at the Faculty of Computer and Information, Cairo University. Professor Hassanien is ex-dean of the faculty of computers and information, Beni Suef University. Professor Hassanien has more than 800 scientific research papers published in prestigious international journals and over 40 books covering such diverse topics as data mining, medical images, intelligent systems, social networks and smart environment.