ICCCAS 2025 Invited Speaker

Salem Hegazy

Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt

Biography: Salem F. Hegazy (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. (Hons.), Diploma, and M.Sc. degrees in electronics and communications engineering from Cairo University, in 2002, 2006, and 2011, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in quantum optics and nonlinear optics through a joint-supervision scheme between CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, and the National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, Cairo University, in 2017. He serves as an Associate Professor with the National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, Cairo University, and is the Founding Director of the Quantum Communications and Cryptography Lab (QCCL) at the Center for Photonics and Smart Materials, Zewail City of Science and Technology. His research interests include optical processing of quantum computation and quantum information, practical security of quantum cryptography, photonic entanglement, optical communications, optical chaos-based systems, and optical image encryption. He was the recipient of the Egyptian State Encouragement Award in Engineering Sciences in 2019 and State Award for Organizations and Individuals in Scientific and Technological Innovation in 2021.