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In Jan.2017, Dr. El-Moursy has been promoted to the Associate Prof. Rank.<b>Amany Abd El Samea<\/b> received the BSc degree from Shoubra Faculty of Engineering in 1999,the MSc degree from Faculty of Engineering Cairo University in 2006and the PhDdegree in Computer Engineering from Faculty of Engineering Cairo University in 2017. In 2000, she has joint Electronics Research Institute, Giza, Egypt.She attended the Chain-Reds school on Cloud Computing held at INFN Catania April2015.Her research interest focus on the fields of parallel computing, distributed computing, grid computing and cloud computing.<b>Rukshanda Kamran<\/b> has completed her Masters in Information Technology in 2005 from Preston University, Pakistan and Bachelors in Computer Science in 1999 from Shah Abdul Latif University Karachi, Pakistan with Honors. Rukshanda Kamran has working experience as Faculty of Information Technology in Bedfordshire University, UK (Dubai Campus) Sep 2011 till January 2014, Preston University Dubai for the period from early 2003 till May 2013 and as Research Assistant at University of Wollongong Dubai from July 2014 till Feb 2015 in the area of A Hybrid Cloud Enabled Supply Chain Network. Rukshandakamran has joined SZABSIT University Dubai In Sep 2013 and currently working as Assistant Professor SZABSIT University and In Feb 2016 Rukshanda Kamranh as joint ECE Dep.at University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE and working as Research Assistant. Rukshanda Kamran is an enrolled Student for PhD. in the area of High-Performance Cloud Computing at University of Malaysia, Sarawak(UNIMAS) 2014. Her research interest are High performance computing and Cloud Technologies.<b>Mohamed Saad<\/b> (Senior Member, IEEE) received Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, in 2004.He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE. His research interests include networking, communications and optimization, with current activity focused on the optimal design of wireless and wired communication networks, and optimal network resource management. He has also held research positions with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, and the Advanced Optimization Laboratory at the Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.Dr. Saad is an editor for the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. He was the recipient of the best paper award in the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, Riccione, Italy, June 2010. He was the recipient of the University of Sharjah \"Annual Incentive Award for Distinguished Faculty Members\", for excellence in research, April 2010 (university-wide). He received also two best teaching awards by the IEEE Women in Engineering Society, University of Sharjah (in 2007 and 2009). He was also the recipient of a 2005-2006 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) post-doctoral fellowship. 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