TUTORIALS
Tutorial I: |
Title: GIS in Information
Technology: Development of Applications and Deployments |
Presenter: |

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Mr. Hossam Sayed
— Esri, Senior Solutions Engineer |
Abstract |
GIS
is everywhere, you just don’t know it!
In
this tutorial we will discover how everybody is using
maps even when they don’t know it. Explore the tremendous
opportunities available for IT professionals to work
with maps for various applications. We will explore
what Geographic Information Systems are and how these
systems are actually becoming a main stream field of
IT. We will show numerous innovative examples from around
the world and the Middle East on how maps and GIS can
make a difference in everyone’s life and at the same
time provide excellent career opportunities for IT professionals.
Finally we will show some examples on how to develop
some easy yet powerful GIS applications for the web,
smart phones and tablets.
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Biography |
Hossam
Sayed is leading the solutions engineering team at Esri
regional office in Dubai. He has over 17 years of experience
consulting with Esri clients in the fields of geographic
information systems and information technology. He has
been working at Esri headquarters in Redlands for the
last 6 years and recently moved to Dubai to support
the Middle East and Africa out of the Esri Dubai office.
Sayed’s
primary role is educating and consulting with clients,
distributors, and partners about the latest technology
from Esri. Sayed’s career includes a diverse set of
experience composed of working in the full life cycle
of implementing GIS/IT projects. He has worked in such
roles as technical support, training, application development,
consulting, project management, and technical marketing.
He currently manages the technical marketing group in
the Esri Dubai office. During his career he worked with
various technologies including .NET, Flex, JavScript,
Oracle, SQL Server and various Esri GIS software and
solutions.
Mr.
Sayed has an MBA in IT Management from the University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the US. He also holds GIS/IT
diploma from the Information Technology Institute in
Cairo, Egypt and a bachelor of Architectural Engineering
from School of Engineering, Cairo University
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Tutorial II: |
Title: Challenges and
Directions for Integration of Advanced Energy Conservation
and Management Approaches for Remote Structures and
Buildings utilizing the Smart Grid |
Presenters: |

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Dr. Hamid Sharif
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Dr. Mahmoud Alahmad
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Abstract |
The
modernization and development of the electrical grid
into the Smart Grid creates a broad and reliable real-time
communication medium for energy management of local
and remote assets such as buildings. Energy consumption
monitoring and conservation management are the critical
economical and environmental elements in our communities.
An effective energy conservation management system requires
real-time monitoring of consumption data in local and
remote buildings. Dissemination of this data also requires
reliable and broad communication channels to inform
the end-users on their energy consumptions to influence
their behavior for conserving energy. Cyber and traditional
communication channels require additional infrastructure
for remote areas, where the Smart Grid offers available
networks for energy and data distributions. In this
tutorial, we present the critical elements for achieving
successful energy efficiency in buildings and challenges
and the directions for utilizing the Smart Grid as not
only a network of power and energy distribution system,
but as a real-time communication media for energy management
information exchanges for remote sites and buildings.
Thus, this tutorial will discuss the following five
major components in details: 1) The Smart Grid & the
Information Domain; 2) Energy Conservation Management
approaches in Buildings; 3) Electricity Consumption
& Behavior Changes; 4) Challenges in Smart Grid as a
Real-Time Communication Medium, and 5) Smart Grid Reliability
and Security.
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Biography |
Dr.
Sharif is the Charles J. Vranek Distinguished full Professor
in the Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). He is also
the Director of the Advanced Telecommunications Engineering
Laboratory at UNL. His research areas include wireless
communication protocols, security in wireless communications,
wireless sensor networks, security in multimedia transmissions,
wireless system performance evaluations, and embedded
system designs. He has published over 200 research articles
in international journals and conferences. His research
projects have been funded by major research agencies
such as NSF, DoD, DoT and other national and international
organizations. Professor Sharif has been the recipient
of a number of best papers and distinguished research
and teaching awards. He has been serving on many IEEE
and other international journal editorial boards and
currently is the Co-Editor-In-Chief for the Wiley Journal
of Security and Communication Networks. He has contributed
to the IEEE in many roles including the elected Chair
of the Nebraska Section, elected Chair of the Nebraska
Computer Chapter, elected Chair of the Nebraska Communication
Chapter, and the Chapter Coordinator for the IEEE Region
4 in USA. Dr. Sharif received his BSEE degree from the
University of Iowa, his MSEE degree from the University
of Missouri-Columbia, and the Ph.D. degree from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Biography |
Dr.
Mahmoud Alahmad is an associate Professor in the Durham
school of Architectural Engineering and Construction
(DSAEC) in the College of Engineering at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research interests include
real-time power monitoring in the built environment,
battery power management, and renewable energy alternatives.
To expand his research interest, Dr. Alahmad joined
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in
Golden, Colorado, as a full-time summer employment in
2011. He served as a Researcher Associate working on
two energy research projects that closely align with
his research on energy, monitoring and conservation.
Dr. Alahmad has been involved in multiple funded projects,
from NSF and EPA in addition to local and national industries,
which relate to reducing energy consumption and behavior
research in buildings. He is currently investigating
remote monitoring and load forecasting to integrate
with the Smart Grid. Dr. Alahmad has published over
60 refereed research articles in national and international
conferences and journals. He is a registered Professional
Engineer (PE) with over 10 years of industry experience,
designing electrical distribution systems for the built
environment. Dr. Alahmad Received the B.S. degree in
electrical engineering, the M.S. degree in electrical
engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering
from the University of Idaho, Moscow, USA in 1989, 1991,
and 2005, respectively.
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Tutorial III: |
Title: Design and Implementation
of Video Games |
Presenter: |

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Dr. Boumediene Belkhouche
- UAEU |
Abstract |
The
objective of this tutorial is to introduce game design
from a software engineering perspective and to highlight
the importance of games in our “modern” life. Games
have become so pervasive in our daily life that we do
not consider them any more as just leisurely activities,
even though the phrase “serious games” is used to qualify
games we consider productive. In education, experiential
learning is achieved through gameplay.
Major
topics to be covered include game concepts and principles,
game architectures, techniques to design game engines,
motion planning, and intelligent behavior modeling.
The nature of games and game genres are surveyed and
categorized. Analysis of these games is used to identify
the attributes of a good game. A game life cycle is
introduced to illustrate the development of video games.
A brief survey of tools for game development is given
and a specific tool is introduced to illustrate an actual
implementation.
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Biography |
Dr.
Boumediene Belkhouche is currently Professor of Software
Engineering (College of Information Technology, UAE
University). His main research interests cover the font-end
of the software life cycle, specifically, formal specifications,
design, and prototyping. A sample of his publications
can be found at
http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/b_belkhouche/.
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Requirement |
To make the tutorial interesting I advice all attendees to bring with them a windows-based laptop, so we can build a game together.
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