Faculty and Staff
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College / Department
College of Engineering and Technology
Teaching Areas
Network Security, IT Forensics, IoT Security, Information Security, Introduction to Cybersecurity, Cloud and Virtualization Concepts, Operating Systems, Introduction to IoT, Computer Networks, Network and System Administration, Networking and Telecommunications, Advanced Networking, Wireless Networking, – Fundamentals of Wireless LANs, Digital Logic Circuit, Communications Technology, Voice over IP (VoIP) network protocols, Unified communications , E-Commerce Development., Web and Multimedia, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Research Areas & Interests
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Computing
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, 2015
The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), United States.
M.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2007
College of Engineering Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Egypt
B.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1999
Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt
Employment History
Assistant Professor, Egypt - National Telecommunication Institute
2015, 2021Adjunct Assistant Professor, Egypt - Higher Technological Institute
2016, 2020Graduate PhD Student/ Research Assistant, USA - Virginia Tech
2009, 2015Assistant Lecturer, Egypt - National Telecommunication Institute
2008, 2009Mobile Network Technologies Instructor, Egypt - Siemens Regional Training Institute / Egyptian German Telecommunication Industries (EGTI)
2003, 2008Teaching Assistant, Egypt - National Telecommunication Institute
2001, 2003PSTN Network Planning engineer, Egypt - Suez Central Office
2000, 2001Teaching Assistant, Egypt - Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University
1999, 2000Dr. Ahmed Khalifa
Acting Dean, Assistant Professor
Publications
- Wided Dafri, Nadia Yas, Omnia Salem, Ahmed A. Khalifa, and Adel Salem AlLouzi, " Policies and Laws of the Digital Customer and the Digital Government Service in the Emirates," , International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, Feb. 1, 2025.
- Mohammed Mubarak Mustafa, Ahmed Abelmonem Khalifa, Korhan Cengiz, and Nikola Ivković , " An Energy-Efficient Protocol for Internet of Things Based Wireless Sensor Network," CMC-Computers, Materials Continua journal, in special issue Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Sensors for Industrial IoT Applications, Tech Science Press, March, 2023.
- Ahmed A. Khalifa, Mohamed Azab, Bassem Mokhtar, and Mohamed Eltoweissy, " Resilient Collaborative Cloud Management in Mobile Environments," in International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) - (ISSN 2229- 5518), Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2017 Edition, pp. 550 - 568.
Conference Presentations
- Ahmed A. Khalifa, Shreyas J , Gururaj H L, Udayaprasad P K, Srinidhi N N, " Optimizing QoS in Internet of Multimedia Things using Cross-Layer Design and Artificial Bee Colony," , The 6th International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications (ICHORA 2024), Istanbul, Tukey, 23-25 May, 2024.
- Ahmed A. Khalifa, Ramesh G, Deekshith R, Harsha K, Shreyas J, " Forecasting Financial Frontiers: Real-time Insights in Stock Price Prediction through LSTM, Linear Regression, and Sentiment Analysis," , The 6th International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications (ICHORA 2024), Istanbul, Tukey, 23-25 May, 2024.
- Ahmed A. Khalifa, Fatmah Ali Aldhanhani, Nasir Hashim Abdalla Al Zaabi, and Korhan Cengiz, " Smart IoT-Based Diabetes Management System," , The 7th International Symposium on Innovative Approaches in Smart Technologies (ISAS), Istanbul, Tukey, 23-25 November, 2023.
- Mohammed M. Mustafa, Ahmed A. Khalifa, and Korhan Cengiz, " A Symmetric TDMA Mechanism to Optimize the Performance of the Body Sensor Network for Sports Application," 5th International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications, Istanbul, Turkey, June 8-10, 2023.
- M. Mohammed Mustafa, Ahmed A. Khalifa, Korhan Cengiz, " Performance Analysis of BSN Using ACK-TDMA Techniques for Effective Communication," 4th International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications, Ankara, Turkey, Jun 09, 2022 -Jun 11, 2022.
- M. Mohammed Mustafa, S. Umamaheswari, Ahmed A. Khalifa, Bassem Mokhtar, Korhan, " An Application of Linear Regression on Air Pollution Detection Using Deep Learning," 4th International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications, Ankara, Turkey, Jun 09, 2022 -Jun 11, 2022.
- A. Khalifa, M. Azab, and M. Eltoweissy, " Towards a Mobile Ad-hoc Cloud Management Platform," in the 7th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2014), London, United Kingdom, December, 2014.
- A. Khalifa, M. Azab, and M. Eltoweissy, " Resilient Hybrid Mobile Ad-hoc Cloud Over Collaborating Heterogeneous Nodes," in the 10th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing (CollaborateCom 2014), Miami, Florida, United States, October, 2014.
- A. Khalifa and M. Eltoweissy, " MobiCloud: A Reliable Collaborative Mobile- Cloud Management System," In the 9th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing, United States, October, 2013, pp. 158 – 167.
- A. Khalifa and M. Eltoweissy, " Collaborative Autonomic Resource Management System for Mobile Cloud Computing," in the Fourth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization, Spain, June, 2013, pp. 115–12.
Grant Sponsorships
- Full PhD Scholarship: Funded by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), 2009–2015.
Awards & Honors
- Instructor 10 Years of Service Award, Cisco Networking Academy
- Instructor Excellence Award, Cisco Networking Academy
- Best Paper Award, FUTURE COMPUTING 2011
- Certifications:
- • Cisco Certified Academy Instructor for “CCNA Security”
- • Hewlett Packard HP0-207: ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Fundamentals - ProCurve Networking certification within the HP Certified Professional program
- • Cisco Certified Academy Instructor for “Fundamentals of Wireless LANs”
- • Siemens Certified Trainer for Mobile Technologies (GSM, GPRS, CDMA, UMTS) Certified by Siemens I and C Training Institute (Munich, Germany)
- • Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA Routing and Switching), Issued by Cisco
- • IP Multimedia Public Communication Network Engineering Program by KDDI Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)