CASS is continuing its “CAS Emerging and Selected Topics for Industry Forums” (CASIF) program on emerging and cross-discipline topics, where industrial speakers describe real-world challenges, and academic speakers describe potential technologies that could address those challenges.
Brief Description of the Forum: *
With the rapid development of Wearable Devices including, Smart Sensors, Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electronic systems and IoT technologies, the industrial systems are evolving fast into a unique class of circuits and systems (CASS), which provide a wide range of challenges and opportunities for circuits and systems development. Furthermore, this forum will cover an overview of the current state of the art on Wearable Devices (WD); it will address the applications of these devices, the innovative and emerging technologies in the WD. In addition, the future challenges in R&D as well as both on technical research and business related aspects will be discussed in this Forum. Finally, this forum will target the undergraduate and postgraduate engineers in order to bridge the gap between industry and academia. Invited speakers from industry in different perspectives in the field of circuits and systems will be sharing their practical experience and knowledge with the younger generation.
This 2nd CASIF will explore the following Topics:
- Closed-Loop Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases (M. Sawan, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China)
- Energy Harvesters for Wearable Devices (A. Madian, MU, Egypt)
- Toward Full-Smart Bioelectronic Devices (A. Soltan, Elsewedey Campany, Egypt)
- Artificial Intelligence for Wearable Devices (M. Boukadoum, RESMIQ, Canada)
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Chapters Chairs
Lebanon Chapter President
BIO:
Abdallah Kassem has previously worked as research assistant at Polystim Neurotechnologies Laboratory of the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada. He still cooperates with this laboratory doing some researches. He received his B.S in Microelectronics from University of Quebec in Montreal in 1992, his M.Sc and Ph.D in microelectronic from Ecole polytechnique de Montreal in 1996 and 2004 respectively. From 1996 to 2000, he taught computer architecture, microprocessors and digital electronic courses and laboratories at AUB, LAU in Lebanon. Prof. Kassem joined Notre Dame University-Louaize in 2005 as an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. He was promoted to the rank of full professor in 2020. Prof. Kassem published more than 70 papers in reviewed journals, book Chapters and international conference proceedings. He is an Associate Editor in IEEE Access and a Guest Editor Elsevier, AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. His research interests include microelectronics design and testing, VLSI, semiconductor device modeling and simulation, microprocessors, engineering education/management, ultrasonic applications, hardware/software embedded system, healthcare applications, e-Health and m-Health. Prof. Kassem is a Professional Engineer in Lebanon (Ordre des Ingénieurs du Liban). He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) and Organizer and TPC member of many IEEE International conferences. Recently, he was elected as a chair of the IEEE Lebanon Joint Chapter IE13/PE31/CAS04/PEL35 (Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics & Energy, Circuits and Systems, Power Electronics).
Egypt Chapter President
BIO:
Ahmed Madian (SM'12) received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University, Egypt, in 2007 and 2002, respectively. He is currently Professor at the Department of Electronics and computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and applied science, NILE University, Giza, Egypt. He is the director of Microelectronics System Design Master Program since sept. 2015. Also, He is the director of Nanoelectronics Integrated System Design Research center (NISC) since 2016. He has published more than 150 papers in international conferences and journals. His H-index is currently 20. Also, he served in the many technical and organizing committee of many international conferences. He received many research grants as Principle Investigator (PI), CO-PI, or Consultant from different national/international organizations. He won the best researcher award (Dr. Hazem Ezzat award 2017) for his outstanding research profile. His research interests are in circuit theory; low-voltage analog CMOS circuit design, current-mode analog signal processing, Memristors, Fractional systems, VLSI, Encryption systems and mixed/ digital applications on field programmable gate arrays. Also, he is member of the national radio of science committee (NRSC) since 2018. Dr. Madian is actively serving as a reviewer in several journal and conference publications including IEEE conferences and journals. He served as guest associate editor for many international journals. He is the founder of IEEE Circuits and systems (CASS) Egypt technical chapter and co-founder of the IEEE Robotics and automations (RAS) Egypt technical chapter. He is currently the IEEE Egypt Section Secretary and member of Ex-COM.
Technical Chair
Dr. Gunnam is an innovative technology leader with vision and passion who effectively connects with individuals and groups. Dr. Gunnam’s breakthrough contributions are in the areas of advanced error correction systems, storage-class memory systems, and computer vision-based localization & navigation systems. He has helped drive organizations to become industry leaders through ground-breaking technologies. Dr. Gunnam has 75 issued patents and 100+ patent applications/invention disclosures on algorithms, architectures, and real-time low-cost implementations for computing, storage, and computer vision systems. He is the lead inventor/sole inventor for 90% of them. Dr. Gunnam’s patented work has already been incorporated in more than 2 billion data storage and WiFi chips and is set to continue to be incorporated in more than 500 million chips per year.
Dr. Gunnam is also a key contributor to the precise localization and navigation technology commercialized for autonomous aerial refueling and space docking applications. His recent patent-pending inventions on low-complexity simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) for object detection, tracking, and classification are being commercialized for LiDAR+camera based perception for autonomous driving and robotic systems.
Dr. Gunnam received his MSEE and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station. He is world-renowned for a balance between strong analytical ability and pragmatic insight into the implementation of advanced technology. He served as IEEE Distinguished Speaker and Plenary Speaker for 25+ events and international conferences and more than 3000 attendees in the USA, Canada, and Asia benefited from his talks.
Sponsorship
Elsewedy Electric:
Since its beginnings as a manufacturer of electrical components in Egypt 80 years ago, Elsewedy Electric has evolved into a global provider of energy, digital, and infrastructure solutions with a turnover of USD 3.8 billion in 2021. Listed on the Cairo stock exchange since 2006, It operates in five key business sectors: Wire & Cable, Electrical Products, Engineering & Construction, Digital Solutions, and Infrastructure Investments. At the heart of our approach is an all-in-one integrated Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) service which enables Elsewedy Electric to deliver even the most complex projects on time and within budget.
They are pioneers of energy management and efficiency. As part of their commitment to sustainability they have established green energy and smart metering projects across Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. A vital part of their mission is ensuring that the communities where they operate develop and flourish.
Its growth has been based on sound financials and a commitment to hiring talented individuals. As well as empowering businesses and communities, They have been a major contributor to the Egyptian, African and Middle Eastern economies.
Technical Sponsors
