Dr.Ahmed Hassan

Luxor and Aswan Trip

2011-12-13T07:37:00.000-08:00

After 16 years, I got the opportunity to return back to Luxor and Aswan. I enjoyed visiting the temples and the Nile scene. Xerox made a very successful annual event.

Lebanon trip

2011-11-28T22:40:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to participate in HP-AMD event held in Lebanon, 2011. It was a very good organized workshop with emphasis on HP Life and AMD Processors presentation.

Elections 2011

2011-11-28T09:49:00.000-08:00

After 21 years, I visited my secondary school to vote in the Parliament elections.
بعد 21 سنة، زرت مدرستي الثانوية للإدلاء بصوتي في الانتخابات التشريعية لمجلس الشعب.

Barcelona Trip (Shemera Project)

2011-11-21T09:49:00.000-08:00

Dr. Amr Radwan and Ahmed Hassan represented Egypt in the Shemera Project

The photo below in Barcelona Stadium

CIO Summit in Gouna

2011-11-09T15:18:00.000-08:00

The CIO Summit organized by Microsoft in Gouna was a very good event to discuss office365, Cloud and XBox. Networking with Amr Ibrahim, Ayman Bahaa, Mostafa Ebaid, Dr. Ahmed El Assal and Microsoft team was very useful.

Recent Academic Papers

2011-11-01T06:55:00.000-07:00

[6] Hesham Abdel-Ghaffar, Yasser Shoukry, Ahmed Hassan, Sherif Hammad, Hazem Abbas, "Neural Generalized Predictive Controller Stability Analysis", the 15th international conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, Romania, October 2011, Here Last Version

[5] Hesham Abdel-Ghaffar, Sherif Hammad, Hazem Abbas, A.Z. Badr, A. Hassan, "Neural Generalized Predictive Controller and Internal Model Principle", ICAC 2011, 17th International Conference on Automation and Computing, Huddersfield, UK, Sept 2011. Here

[4] Tamer Abd El-lateef, Ahmed H.Yousef, Mona I.Fahmy, "Software Approach for Performance Improvement Using Multi-staging", 2010 2nd International Conference on Computer Technology and Development (ICCTD 2010) Here Link

[3] H. Kashif, M. Safar, M. Watheq El-Kharashi, M. Shalan, A. Hassan, M. Fahmy and A. Salem, "Accelerating SAT-based ATPG Algorithms using Selective Conflict-Directed Jumping", Ain Shams Journal of Electrical Engineering ASJEE, June 2010 here final Version

[2] Ahmed Safwat Ali, Ashraf Saad Hussein, Mohamed Fahmy Tolba, Ahmed Hassan Yousef, "Large-Scale Vector Data Visualization Using High Performance Computing", Journal of Software, Vol. 6, No. 2, February 2011, Pages 298-305,Link, Full Text

[1] Ali, A.S.; Hussien, A.S.; Tolba, M.F.; Youssef, A.H., "Visualization of large time-varying vector data" , 2010 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT), Volume: 4,
Publication Year: 2010 , Page(s): 210 - 215
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MOU between MoHE and HP

2011-04-27T14:37:00.000-07:00

A memorandum of understanding is signed between Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt and HP company to foster the cooperation between the two parties

Unesco Statistics Institute

2011-03-26T02:36:00.000-07:00

An interactive database is found in www.uis.unesco.org/publications/GED2009
The data center
http://stats.uis.unesco.org/

Impact Factor of Journals

2011-03-22T12:20:00.000-07:00

SPRINGER Software Quality Journal Impact Factor: 0.977 (2009)
SPRINGER Empirical Software Engineering Impact Factor: 1.612 (2009)
SPRINGER Software & Systems Modeling: 1.533
SPRINGER Programming and Computer Software: 0.164
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering: 3.75
Elsevier Jouranl of Systems and Software: 1.3

Egyptian referendum on constitutional amendments and modificationsالاستفتاء على الدستور

2011-03-19T01:24:00.000-07:00

ذهبت اليوم لأدلي بصوتي في الاستفتاء على التعديلات الدستورية. أول مرة خارج الجامعة والنوادي

After the Egyptian youth revolution, I went today to vote in the Egyptian referendum on constitutional amendments and modifications. The first time outside the university and the clubs.

A Family Trip to Alexandria

2011-03-12T05:33:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to go to Alexandria with my family after Jan 25 revolution. My children enjoyed taking photos in front of army tanks.

MoHE and Cisco organize workshop for ICT strategy development in Egyptian Higher Education

2010-12-23T04:15:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to participate in the workshop organized by Ministry of Higher Education and Cisco consultants to shape the strategy of Higher Education in Egypt

The gamed changers we agreed upon are:

1- Leadership (Communication Campaign, Embassadors, Motivate Stakeholders)

2- Private Public People Partnership

3- Empower Stakeholders

4- New Business Models (Service Delivery, Operation Models)

5- Governance (Measurement, Monitoring, KPIs)

Solutions include:

1- Collaborative Space (Cloud based, SaaS, Mobilitiy enabled) for students, faculty, leaders

2- Modern eLearning: Curriculm instead of Content, Learner Centric

Minor Piligram Trip

2010-12-15T09:58:00.000-08:00

Thanks god. I had the opportunity to visit Mecca and Madina in July.The photo below is for my son Bahy in the aeroplane and in Mecca.

Ahly Club took the Handball Cup

2010-12-15T09:48:00.000-08:00

My darling daughter Engy participated with Ahly Club to take the Handball Cup for girls born in 2001. Congratulation.

Alexandria Training Ceremony

2010-11-29T23:13:00.000-08:00

I had the opportunity to attends Alexandria University training ceremony that was held in aculty o Nursing at 27th o November 2010. In this event, the University Vice President stressed the importance of ICTP training. I presented ICTP vision in different tracks and my collegaue Dr.Ibrahim Fathy presented the vision of the central training unit. I would like to theank Prof. Mamdouh Mesairy and Prof. Mahmoud Gabr or their efforts to organize the event.

Hany Kashif Master

2010-10-15T14:57:00.000-07:00

I am very proud to introduce Hany Kashif to the blog visitors. He had a master degree in Computers Engineering from Ain Shams University, Computers and Systems Engineering Department. He is specialized in Hardware Verification.

Congratulation to Hany and Good Luck in your future.

رحلة إلى جامعة سيناء

2010-10-15T13:46:00.000-07:00

في إطار تطوير التعلم الإلكتروني وإدخال أنماط جديدة معتمدة على تكنولوجيا المعلومات في التعليم، قام وفد من إدارة المشروع والمركز القومي للتعلم الإلكتروني بزيارة جامعة سيناء للوقوف على تجربتها في إدخال المعامل الافتراضية

Riding Horses in Pyramids

2010-10-03T02:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Ziad Torkey, I enjoyed a good horse riding in Pyramids.

Awareness Session for Bany swaif University

2009-08-17T06:47:00.000-07:00

Dr. Mohamed Sharawy and myself had an awareness session with Banswaif university deans and vice deans. The session was attended by the university project manager (Dr. Kawthar Abdel Fattah) and the university vice project manager (Dr.Esmat Soliman).

Monitorng Mission

2009-04-18T15:41:00.000-07:00

I had a monitoring mission from the ICTP director, Dr. Tarek Al Ahmady. The mission started in Zagazig University, then Upper Egypt Trip started with a visit to Assiut then Sohag. I had a very good day in South Valley University. Thanks to Prof.Abbas Mansur, Prof. Taha Amaron, Dr. Ibrahim Eissa, Dr. Hussein Abdel Basset, Dr. Essam.
More Photos will be added

Commerce Server 2009 Course in Finland

2009-03-27T12:41:00.000-07:00

Commerce Server 2009 Course in Finland I had the opportunity to deliver a Commerce Server 2009 Course in Finland. The course was for finnish partners and attended by two Microsoft Services Consultants.

List of Academic Papers

2009-03-03T17:34:00.000-08:00

[12] Ashraf S. Hussein, Ahmed H. Mohammed, Tarek E. El-Tobeily, and Mohammed A. Sheirah, "e-Learning in the Egyptian Public Universities:Overview and Future Prospective", ICT-Learn 2009 Conference, Human and Technology Development Foundation, 14-16 July 2009

[11] Quantifying the ICT Needs of Academic Institutes Using the Service Category-Stakeholder Matrix Approach, El-Hadidi, M.; Anis, H.; El-Akabawi, S.; Fahmy, A.; Salem, M.; Tantawy, A.; El-Rafie, A.; Saleh, M.; El-Ahmady, T.; Abdel-Moniem, I.; Hassan, A.; Saad, A.; Fahim, H.; Gharib, T.; Sharawy, M.; Abdel-Fattah, K. Information & Communications Technology, 2008. ICICT 2008. 6th International Conference on ITI Volume , Issue , 16-18 Dec. 2008 Page(s):107 - 113

[10] G. H. Riad, A. H. Yousef, M. A. Sheirah, "Fuzzy Supervisory Control System for a Fed-batch Baker Yeast Fermentation Process", 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, June 3 - 5, 2009, Moscow, Russia June 2009. Link

[9] G. H. Riad, A. H. Yousef, M. A. Sheirah, "Supervisory Control System for a Fermentation Plant", 4th International Computer Engineering Conference, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, December 2008.

[8] A. H. Yousef, "Analysis and Enhancement of Software Dynamic Defect Models", The 2009 International Conference on Networking and Media Convergence (ICNM'09), 24-25 Mar 2009

[7] G. H. Riad, A. H. Yousef, M. A. Sheirah, " Supervisory Control System for a Fermentation Plant", IEEE 13th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems 2009, Barbados, April 2009.

[6] Khaled A. Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan, "Web usage mining analysis of federated search tools for Egyptian scholars", electronic library and information systems Journal, Year: 2008 , Volume: 42 , Issue: 4 , Page: 418 - 435 Here Get Copy

[5] Walaa M.1, Ahmed H., Hoda K., "Combined Algorithm for Data Mining using Association rules", Ain Shams Journal of Electrical Engineering
ASJEE Vol. 1. No. 1 ISSN: 1687-8582 Here

[4] T. Abd El-lateef, A. H. Yousef, and M.F. Ismail, "Object Oriented Design Metrics Framework based on Code Extraction", The 2008 International Conference on Computer Engineering & Systems (ICCES'08), November 25-27, 2008 Here

[3] A. H. Yousef, "Historical Measures based Software Estimation Approach", Engineering Bulletin,
Ain Shams University, Vol. 42, No. 4, Dec. 2007

[2] A. Osama, S.A. Hammad, A.H.Yousef, "A Framework for Real Time Hardware in the loop Simulation for Control Design", GCC IEEE Conference, Bahrain, November 2007 here.

[1] Software Projects Success Factors Identification using Data Mining Nov, 2006 Here

This papers were from my phd
Genetic Fuzzy Approach for controlling parameters varying processes Sep, 2004

Identification and control of nonlinear processes using neural network June, 2004[5] Under Review, Tamer Journal Systems and Software

A new Commerce Server Course in Copenhagen

2009-01-23T04:30:00.000-08:00

I delivered a new Commerce Server Course in Copenhagen to very nice Ukraini Team

Assiut University Visit

2008-11-28T03:02:00.000-08:00

I had a very good day in Assiut MIS project. Many Faculties are using the system efficiently. Below you will find some images about the event.

A visit to Kafr El Sheikh University MIS Project

2008-10-16T01:51:00.004-07:00

A visit is done by Dr. Mohamed Sharawy and myself to Kafr El Sheikh University MIS Project. They did very good achievenets.

Authoring of a chapter in Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 Book

2008-10-11T05:39:00.000-07:00

I just finished authoring of “Chapter 17: Developing with the Marketing System” in the Commerce Server book. The agreement is done with Glen Smith Software. You can find Top IT Commerce Server training on the recommended training providers list on MSDN web site at http://blogs.msdn.com/commerce/default.aspx

Meeting of the Universities MIS Project Managaers

2008-09-11T01:54:00.000-07:00

The Meeting of the Universities MIS Project Managaers was held in Ain Shams University hotel at Monday 8th of September.

The above image shows from Left to Right: Prof. Abu Zahhad (Assiut University), Ahmed Hassan, Abdullah El Sherif, Mohamed, Tamer Gouda (ICTP), Dr. Mohamed Sharawy, Dr. Mostafa Shehata (Sohag University), Dr.Yasser Abdel Latif (Ain Shams University), Dr. Mohamed Omran (South Valley University), Eslam Rawash (ICTP).

Heroes events and Partner Readiness events in Microsoft

2008-08-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

Top IT delivered courses of “Gold Certified Partners Readiness” for IT Works, Raya Software, Et3, Globe soft in Microsoft Premises, Smart Village. The courses include SQL Server 2008, Biztalk 2006 and Microsoft Office Share point 2007 (Jul-Aug 2008).

IT Works joined TOP IT Customers

2008-06-30T18:00:00.000-07:00

I delivered IT WorX company Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Transact-SQL course.Below is a photo with IT WORX group and me

Meeting With Dr: Eyad (Manager of pioneer solution)

2008-05-17T06:06:00.000-07:00

Top IT Held a Meeting With Dr: Eyad and TOP IT development staff To Discuss some issues for the future of development career inside TOP IT . Below is a photo with Dr: Eyad , TOP IT developers group and Me.

TAPR II join TOP IT

2008-05-14T16:00:00.000-07:00

I delivered TAPR II company Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database . Below is a photo with TAPR II group and me.

Back to MFC

2008-04-26T12:44:00.000-07:00

Eng. Sameh (Fugro International) needed MFC training in a crash one day course. Here is his photo with me.

Imagine cup event

2008-04-12T10:00:00.000-07:00

I Attended imagine cup event that was discussioning graduation projects for Egyptian universities Students . Below is a photo with Top IT team who attended imagine cup .

What is the Imagine Cup?
Is Step up to the challenge.
One world. Unlimited possibilities.
Let’s face it — the world needs help. The kind of help that happens when you take the top young minds from around the globe and turn them loose on solving the world’s toughest problems. That’s what the Imagine Cup is all about. This is your chance to innovate and create, show the world what you’ve got, and win some serious prizes. Simply put, it’s your chance to use the power of technology to change the world — and have some fun while you’re at it.
Everything that the world may become "someday" lies in the hands of young people today. As they look at the road ahead, their close relationship with technology enables them to dream in ways we never have before. Put the two together, and you have young minds holding the tools that can make their vision a reality.
This is the recipe that inspired Microsoft to create the Imagine Cup. What begins with a burst of inspiration and a lot of hard work can become a future software breakthrough, a future
The Imagine Cup started five years ago, and already more than 100,000 students from over 100 countries and regions have competed. This year, more students than ever will be looking for victory in the nine competitions set up under three main categories, each reflecting this year’s theme.

The 2008 World Finals: Paris!
Each year the World Finals are held in a different city. Past World Finals cities include Seoul, South Korea (2007); Delhi, India (2006); Yokokama, Japan (2005); Sao Paulo, Brazil (2004); and Barcelona, Spain (2003).The 2008 World Finals will be held in Paris France from July 3-8, 2008.
What's the Agenda?
The 2008 Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals will be held in Paris France from July 3-8, 2008. For one week in July, the world will turn to Paris to imagine the future of technology. Our partner, UNESCO, will host the teams at UNESCO World Headquarters in Paris, and the Mayor of Paris will welcome us to this beautiful city.
From a field of over 200,000 students around the world who started the journey last fall we have narrowed the field to 124 teams. And now we are ready for the final challenge. The finalists will meet in Paris France July 3-8 to compete before a prestigious judging panel of internationally renowned technology and environmental experts.
Who will win Imagine Cup 2008?

Mantrac join TOP IT

2008-03-30T07:24:00.000-07:00

I delivered Mantrac company Designing a Business Intelligence Solution for the Enterprise Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Below is a photo with Mantrac group and me.

IT SOFT joined TOP IT

2008-03-29T10:24:00.000-07:00

I delivered IT soft company Visual Studio 2008 (Windows Workflow Foundation).Below is a photo with IT Soft group and me

IT WORX once again

2008-02-06T08:00:00.000-08:00

I delivered IT WorX company BizTalk Server 2006 course.Below is a photo with IT WORX group & and me

New Web Page for me

2008-01-23T10:10:00.000-08:00

You will find some new and updated information in the MCT Directory

Back to Europe

2008-01-21T11:23:00.001-08:00

I instructed a Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 course in Copenhagen (Denmark). The audience were Dennis and Christian from WUPTI, Paul and Gens from Creuna A/S. The course was organized by Global Knowledge.Below is a photo me & the customers

Et3 joined TOP IT Customers

2008-01-18T09:55:00.000-08:00

Et3 with a recommendation from Microsoft Egypt joined TOP IT training programs in ASP.net, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008.Below is a photo with Et3 Team & me

American champer of commerce join TOP IT customers

2008-01-16T03:46:00.000-08:00

I delivered American champer of commerce a SQL Server 2005 reporting services course and a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Service in the BI Track. Below is a photo with MS/Naglaa sobhy saeed ,Mr.Mohameed Alaa Eldin and me

Mentor Graphics Software Project Management Course

2008-01-02T05:20:00.000-08:00

Back to mentor training

One Card joins TOP IT Customers

2007-12-13T14:35:00.000-08:00

One Card got a customized course on Visual Studio.net 2008 and SQL Server 2005. Below is a photo with alaa Brii and Sara Bakr.

London Trip

2007-12-10T12:33:00.000-08:00

I participated with the Egyptian Universities Libraries Consortium (EULC) in Online Information Conference held in London. We visited the british library and the conference boothes. We made some deals with some publishers. All the online information will be available from http://www.eul.edu.eg

IT Works joined TOP IT Customers

2007-11-28T21:50:00.000-08:00

IT Works (The leading software house) joined TOP IT Customers. SQL Server and Integration Services Courses are delivered in October and November 2007.

Project Management Course in Ain Shams University

2007-11-05T16:45:00.000-08:00

The poject management course integrates theoretical background (demonstrated by Eng.Ahmed Abbas in Sections) with practical background(demonstrated by Dr.Ahmed Hassan) in lecture.
Topics covered so far include chapter 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 from Project 2007: Step By Step

EMax UK Joins TOP IT Customer List

2007-05-21T13:37:00.000-07:00

Emax (United Kingdom) sent their chief technical engineers to get CRM and Commerce Server training in TOP IT (Cairo Branch)

Interactive Saudi Arabia Limited joins TOP IT Customers

2007-05-10T23:35:00.000-07:00

Interactive Saudi Arabia Limited chose TOP IT to provide them with a MOC training in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The course was held in TOP IT in May 2007.

TOP IT Consultation for MONDO project

2007-04-27T00:09:00.000-07:00

Mondo is a software company located in Denmark with branches in Pakistan and Ukraine. They have very large development in Commerce Server 2007. TOP IT consulted them for Commerce Server 2007 implementation of DSG in the interval April 16-20 2007.

The First Business Intelligence Certified Professional in the Middle East

2007-04-26T23:55:00.000-07:00

Saturday, April 21, 2007 was a very special day. Emad (my student in Microsoft FGF scholarship) was certified as the first Business Intelligence Certified Professional in the Middle East.
See Top IT web site for more details about FGF scholarship

Independant Software Vendors (ISV) Innovation Days

2007-04-05T13:28:00.000-07:00

These days were organized to give a deep technical overview of Microsoft Products like VSTS, BI on SQL 2005, VS 2005 and others.
A photo from the last session held at smart village in 5th of April 2007 is here

The yahoo group is isvegypt@yahoogroups.com

Commerce Server 2007 training in Denmark

2007-03-31T01:59:00.000-07:00

I instructed a very good course regarding Commerce Server 2007 in Denmark. The course was organized in a city called Aarhus by Global Knowledge company.
Some photos for two of the attendees with me are here.

For the complete photos, please go http://picasaweb.google.com/AhmedTOPIT/Denmark

The course attendees and their expectations are here
1- Carsten Sand Madsen
carstensm@mail1.stofanet.dk
Dansk Supermarked A/S
System Developer
Experience:4 years web development (ASP, Delphi, MS SQL Server)6 months C# .NET development (mostly web)
Little Commerce Server 2007 development experience - but some knowledge about it.
I expect to be able to implement Commerce Server in a Best Practices way, that will fit the company I work for.I expect to be able to program with the Commerce Server API, and know its strengths and limitations.

2. Asad Ullah Mirza
asad.mirza@geopaq.com.pk
Mondo Employee
Sr. Software Eng.
Development and support of team members
4 to 5 years.. but in .net around 1 to 2 years
Did two projects

Expectations
1. How to use the real power of CS07, what we can do indepth?
2. In which areas we can customize CS?
3. How it uses piplines, pricesing rules, adaptars, marketing management and applying the campaigns?
4. Course should more focus on the devlopment side.

3. Hung Dao
hda@mondo.dk
Company: Mondo A/S
Title: Developer
Job responsibility: currently developing reports in MS SQL Server 2005 using Reporting Services
Development experience: 1 year (Java, C#, and ASP.NET)
Commerce server experience: none
Expectations for the course:
- an introduction to Commerce2007
- learn the features of Conmerce 2007
- understand the limitations of Commerce 2007

4. Kennet Rusbjerg
rusbjerg@gmail.com
Works for IBM denmark.
My job is Server and system administration ( IT professionel )
my function with Commerce server will be daily administration.
I have no experience with Commerce server or programming.
My expectations with this cource is to have knowlege about the product and to get tips on system administration.

5. Sune Bøgh Nielsen
drewler9@hotmail.com
Company Affiliation: Danish Supermarked
Title: Developer
Job Responsibility: Biztalk CS integration
Programming exp: c++,java,c#
CS 2007 exp: have been previously involved in CS 2007 project.
Expectations for the course: detailed information of the usage og cs. Integration with biztalk.

6. Eigil Mølgaard
eigilm@microsoft.com
Title: Consultant
I work as a consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services in the Information Worker team. My speciality is MOSS 2007, but I have experience with BizTalk 2006 and Content Management Server 2002. I haven't worked with Commerce Server before, but it should be my secondary product during the next 6 months.

7. Henrik Gildeus
kelloggsmannen@yahoo.se
Avensia Innovation, Sweden
Developer / GUI specialist
Job responibility:Designing and developing different kinds of web applications, mainly e-commerce solutions.
Programming experience:5 years experience of web programming including ASP,JSP, ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, databases etc.
Commerce Server experience:6 months experience of developing with the CS2002 version. 1 month expeience of the CS2007 version. I'mcurrently working on a project trying to migrate an existing e-commerce solution from CS2002 solution to the new one.
Expectations:- Learn how to develop with the different API's- Best practises

Tunisia Trip

2007-03-01T16:10:00.000-08:00

I was invited by Microsoft to attend its Academic Days held in Tunisia.

Sweden Trip

2006-10-27T02:11:00.000-07:00

The commerce server 2007 courses held in Sweden include many Swedish partners lead to

Our Mission was to deliver Commerce Server 2007 Training. This included:
Curriculum Development: Our Team design and develop a customized TOP IT in-house developed Curriculum and material. This material include virtual pc images, labs, power point presentation.
5 Full Days Training for Some Partners from Sweden and Switzerland.
3 Days training for nBit SIGMA (a Gold Certified Partner in Portals).

The course includes very advanced topics regarding Starter Site, Product and Inventory Catalogue, Marketing, Pipelines (from the partner SDK), International Markets, Staging Service and others.

The attendees were from different companies (Sigma, Halogen and others) and different experience using Microsoft Technology, Some attendees were senior developers, designers, who worked with e-commerce platforms for 3 years. Others want to compare Commerce Server 2007 to other e-commerce products.