Prof. Mahmoud T. El-Hadidi received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University (Egypt) in 1973 and 1975, respectively. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University (USA) in 1977 and 1979, respectively. During the period 1979-1980, he was a visiting researcher at the Central Research Laboratories (C&C) of NEC (Japan), pursuing research in optimal receivers for optical fiber communication systems. His research results led to two Japanese patents. While on leave of absence from Cairo University at Qatar University - from 1985 to 1992 - Prof. El-Hadidi has initiated the work on a campus-wide local area network for Qatar University. After returning to Egypt in 1992, he has been active in the area of computer networks and pioneered the work on a nationwide computer network for the automation and internetworking of Engineering Libraries in Egyptian Universities. Prof. El-Hadidi has also participated in the organization of several international conferences and was the Secretary General for the 17th International Conference on Information Security (IFIP/SEC 2002), which was held in Cairo 6 - 8 May, 2002.

      Prof. El-Hadidi holds the position of Professor of Computer and Telecommunication Networks at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication (Cairo University), since 1992. His current research interests include modeling and analysis of local area networks, congestion control in ATM networks, multimedia communication, LAN Interconnection via ATM Networks, wireless communication, and computer network security.