PROFESSOR BESTOUN S. AHMED AL-BEYWANEE
Professor at Karlstad University
Short Biography:
Bestoun S. Ahmed, starts working as a Senior Lecturer at Karlstad University on January 14th, 2019. He obtained his BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Salahaddin-Erbil in 2004, his MSc degree from University Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2009, and his Ph.D. from University Sains Malaysia (USM), Software Engineering, in 2012. He worked as a research fellow at the Software Engineering Research Group at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). His next engagement was as a senior lecturer at Salahaddin University, where he was promoted to Associate professor later in 2015. He completed his postdoctoral research position in the Swiss AI lab at IDSIA (Istituto di Molle di Studi s Intelliigenziale), Lugano, Switzerland, in 2015. He also worked as an Assistant Professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague during 2017-2019. He was also the Software Engineering Chair funded by Red Hat and the STILL (Software Testing Intelligence) lab co-founder in Prague. He was promoted to Associate Professor at Karlstad University in 2020 and later to Professor in 2023. His main research work is on software quality assurance, Applied AI, and Trustworthy AI.
Water and Water Structures Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, [email protected], [email protected]
Towards a Competitive Water Industry in the Digital Transformation Era
Abstract:
Water is one of the most important natural resources for human life and its sustainability. Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface with a very limited amount of freshwater, while human blood contains 70% of its volume of freshwater and 70% of the freshwater consumed by agriculture. This highlights the critical importance of the water industry in sustaining fresh water to keep human life and its associated activities sustainable. On the other hand, the water industry includes all aspects connected to freshwater as a limited natural resource with multipurpose connections to all human life and associated activities to simultaneously keep the freshwater with minimized or prevented pollution and maximum possible agricultural productivity. This necessitates the transformation of water activities into digitized and utilizes the great power of AI tools. This presentation provides insights into the benefits of the digital transformation of the water industry and the great role of AI in driving an almost automated industry and wise management of this precious natural resource.
Keywords: Water resources, Natural Resources, Agriculture, digital Water industry, transportation, AI.
Short Biography:
Abdelazim Negm has been a Professor of Hydraulics (and Water Resources Management) at the Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University (ZU), Egypt, since 2004. He was the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of ZU from 12/2008 to 12/2011. He was the Head of the Environmental Engineering Department at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt, from October 2013 to March 2016. With 400+ papers in national and international journals and conferences, Prof. Negm has contributed to 50+ book chapters and edited 35+ books, including some volumes in The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry book series from Springer. He was the editor-in-chief of EIJEST during the period of 2017–2020, an editor of the EMJEI, which is published by Springer, and an associate editor of the Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences and Scientific African Journal, which is published by Elsevier. He is a guest editor at MDPI and Frontiers, leading several special issues. He was also the Head of the permanent Scientific Committee on Water Resources (committee no.115), the supreme council of Egyptian Universities, Egypt. Prof. Negm is listed in the most famous and prestigious directories in the world, including the American Biographical Institute (ABI), Inc, USA, “Marquis Who’s Who in the World,” 27th Ed., 2010, USA, until now and in IBC’s 2000 as an Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century by International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, since 2011 until the present. He was nominated for various awards by both ABI and IBC during 2011–2012.