Mostafa A. Ahmad Faculty of Computers and Information, Menofiya University, Gamal Abdel-Naser St., 52311 Shebin El-Kom, Menofiya, Egypt. e-mail: mostafa.ahmed@ci.menofiya.edu.eg Affiliation: College of Computing and Information Technology Qualifications: PhD (2009) in Low Bit-Rate Multimedia Applications - Faculty of Computers and Information - Menofiya University, Egypt. Current Address: College of computing and information Technology, University of Bisha, Al-Riyadh St., 61922 Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Mobile: +966 538210277 e-mail: mamoustafa @ub.edu.sa / mostafa.77es@gmail.com Work experience 2024 - present • Chair of the schedule preparation committee for all programs in the college. • Member of the "Readiness" standardized testing committee for college students in all programs. The tests are administered by the National Center for Evaluation and Accreditation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. • Member of the subcommittee for the equivalency of professional certificates for college students in all programs. Professional certificates are part of the "Hadaf" program offered by the Human Resources Development Fund in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. • Chair of the Subcommittee for the Development and Evaluation of the CRITERION MS5 (CURRICULUM) for the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Program for ABET International Accreditation. 2020 - 2023 • University of Bisha, KSA, Vice-Dean of the College of Computers and Information Technology for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, 2020-2023. 2019 - 2020 • University of Bisha, KSA, Vice-Dean of the College of Computers and Information Technology for Educational Affairs, 2019-2020. 2019 - 2021 • University of Bisha, KSA, Adviser to the Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, 2019-2021. 2017 - 2018 • University of Bisha, KSA, Member of the Standing Committee of the initiative Smart University, 2017-2018. 2016 - 2019 • University of Bisha, KSA, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Departments of Computer Science and Information Systems, 2016-2019. 2015 – 2017 • Head of the Computer Science and Information Systems Department in Faculty of Science and Arts, Bisha University, KSA. • Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Departments of Computer Science and Information Systems at Bisha University since 2016. • Member of the Standing Committee of the initiative Smart University, that is Responsible for Smart Services at Bisha University since 2017. 1/5 2012 – 2014 • Assistant Prof. in Faculty of Science and Arts, Computer Science and Information Systems Department, King Khalid University, KSA. • Member of the unit of guidance in Faculty of Science and Arts, Computer Science and Information Systems Department, King Khalid University, KSA. 2009 – 2012 • Assistant Professor in Faculty of Computers and Information, CS Department, Menofiya University. • Director of Quality Assurance Unit in the Faculty since October 2010. • Director of Training Unit in the Center for Public Service in the Faculty. • Director of Programming Section in Innovation Center in Menofiya state. 2006 – 2008 PhD student, Chair of Technical Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke- Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Elektronik, Signalverarbeitung und Kommunikationstechnik (IESK), Magdeburg, Germany. 2002 – 2006 Assistant lecturer in Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information, Menofiya University. 2001 – 2002 Assistant lecturer in Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Menofiya University. 1997 – 2001 Demonstrator in Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Menofiya University, Egypt. Awards 2021 Project Supervisor funded by Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia, Steganography in Medical Images, UoB, 2021. 2021 Project Member funded by Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia, Next-Generation Sequencing Data Error Correction, UoB, 2021. 2021 Project Member funded by Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia, Smart Technology for COVID-19, UoB, 2021. 2015 Project Supervisor funded by University of Bisha, Multi-Biometric Verification Systems, KSA, 2015. 2013 Project Member for automatic processing of ancient manuscripts' images, Egypt, 2013. 2012 Post-doc scholarship, German Research Foundation (DFG) in cooperation with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) on the deputation of scientists under the agreement of scientific collaboration, 2012. 2010 Project Supervisor funded by Information and Communication Technology Outsourcing (ITIDA), Egypt, 2010. 2008 My research paper titled: “Spatially scalable wavelet-based intra-frame video codec using subband interpolation,” has been awarded as BEST PAPER in 4th IEEE Spanish Section International Symposium on Image/Video Communications (ISIVC), Bilbao 9-11 July 2008, Spain. 2/5 Objective I’m interested in deep learning classification and prediction, medical image processing, biometric systems, steganography and steganalysis, data compression, digital image processing, and communication networks. I hope that I can introduce some useful scientific ideas and participate in high-quality research in these fields.

1. Ahmad, M.; Ahmed, A.; Hashim, H.; Farsi, M.; Mahmoud, N. Enhancing Heart Disease Diagnosis Using ECG Signal Reconstruction and Deep Transfer Learning Classification with Optional SVM Integration. Diagnostics 2025, 15, 1501. (ISI Cited Publication/2023, Q1, IF:3.0). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15121501 2. Ahmad Mostafa, Al-Qhtani Eftkhar, Samak Ahmed, Ibrahim Amr, Elloumi Mourad, and Ahmed Ali. (2025). "Deep Learning-Based Steganalysis for Detection and Classification of Possible Hidden Content in Images". Fusion: Practice and Applications. 17. 377-393. 10.54216/FPA.170228. 3. Ahmad, M., and Ahmed, A. "Palm tree disease detection and classification using residual network and transfer learning of inception ResNet." PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0282250. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282250. Available online 2 March 2023. (ISI Cited Publication/2023, Q1, IF:2.9). 4. Mohammad M. Alshahrni, Mostafa A. Ahmad, Monir Abdullah, Nadir Omer, and Muzzamil Azziz. "An Intelligent Deep Convolutional Network based COVID-19 Detection from Chest X-Rays." Alexandria Engineering Journal, Available online 14 September 2022. (ISI Cited Publication/2021, Q1, IF:6.626). 5. Mostafa A. Ahmad, Mourad Elloumi, Ahmed H. Samak, Ali M. Al-Sharafi, Ali Alqazzaz, Monir Abdullah Kaid, and Costas Iliopoulos. "Hiding patients’ medical reports using an enhanced wavelet steganography algorithm in DICOM images." Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 61, No. 12, pp. 10577-10592, 2022. (ISI Cited Publication/2021, Q1, IF:6.626). 6. Mourad Elloumi, Mostafa A. Ahmad, Ahmed H. Samak, Ali M. Al-Sharafi, Daisuke Kihara, and Ahmed I. Taloba. "Error correction algorithms in non- null aspheric testing next generation sequencing data." Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 61, No. 12, pp. 9819-9829, 2022. (ISI Cited Publication/2021, Q1, IF:6.626). 7. Mostafa A. Ahmad; Ahmed Ghoneim, Saleh Alshomrani, Ahmed H. Samak, Nader Omar, Fahad Algarni. "A novel and dependable image steganography model for strengthening the security of cloud storage," Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems. Vol. 38, pp. 1-12, 2019. (ISI Cited Publication/2021, Q3, IF:1.737). 8. Mostafa A. Ahmad; Ahmed, Samak, Nadir Omer "An Accurate Multi Biometric Personal Identification Model Using Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG)" International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications. Vol. 9, No5, 2018. (ISI Cited Publication/2021, Q3, IF: 1.092). 9. Elham E. M. Eid, Arabi Keshk, Mostafa Ahmad, “Evaluation of Migration Techniques of Virtual Machines in Cloud Computing,” The Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems (ICICIS 2013), Dec. 14-16, 2013, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 57-63. 5/5 10. Mostafa A. Ahmad, Aly M. Meligy, Amal H. Hashim and Ayoub K. Al- hamadi,“ReversibleData Hiding by Integer Wavelet Transform with Lossless EZW Bit-Stream,”International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 66, No. 2, March 2013, pp. 8-15. 11. Kh. M. Amin, M. A. Ahmad, and A. Ali "A Novel Binarization Algorithm for Historical Arabic Manuscripts using Wavelet Denoising", International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Information Science (IJICIS), Vol. 13, No. 1, January 2013, pp. 139-146. 12. Nader Mahmoud, Stephane A. Nicolau, Arabi Keshk, Mostafa A. Ahmad, Luc Soler, and Jacques Marescaux, “Fast 3D Structure From Motion with Missing Points from Registration of Partial Reconstructions,” Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7378, 2012, pp 173-183. 13. Nader Mahmoud, Stephane A. Nicolau, Arabi Keshk, Mostafa A. Ahmad, and Luc Soler, “Fast Textured Surface Reconstruction of Organs Using Monocular Endoscope During Exploratory Phase,” Int. Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) 2012, Vol. 7, Supplement 1, June 2012, S405. 14. M. A. Ahmad, A. Al-Hamadi, G. Krell, M. Hadhoud and B. Michaelis, “Spatially scalable wavelet-based intra-frame video codec using subband interpolation,” in Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Image/Video Communications (ISIVC), Bilbao 9-11 July 2008, Spain. pp. 55- 60. (The article earned the best paper award) 15. M. A. Ahmad, A. Al-Hamadi, G. Krell, and B. Michaelis, “Very low bit rate video codec based on different wavelet filters,” In Proceedings of International Conference of Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA), Malaysia, August 2007, pp. 65-71. 16. M. A. Ahmad, A. Al-Hamadi, G. Krell, and B. Michaelis, “Enhancing the visual quality in hybrid filters wavelet-based low bit-rate video codec,” in Proceedings of International Conference of Measurment of Audio and Video Quality in Networks (MESAQIN), Prague, June 2007, pp. 59-65. 17. M. Hadhoud, N. Ismail, F. Torkey, and M. A. Ahmad, “Reducing the wavelet ringing artifacts in a low-complexity video codec,” International Journal of information Acquisation – WSPC-IJIA, Vol. 3, June 2006, pp. 161-169. 18. M. Hadhoud, N. Ismail, F. Torkey, and M. A. Ahmad, “Reducing the wavelet ringing artifacts in a low-complexity video codec,” In proceedings of the Twenty Third National Radio Science Conference, NRSC 2006, Vol. 0, March 2006, pp. 1-9. 19. Aly M. Meligy and Mostafa A. Ahmad, “Supporting Multimedia Services Over a Token-Passing Bus Local Area Network,” The Egyptian Computer Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2002. 20. Mostafa Nofal and Mostafa A. Ahmad, “Guaranteed Quality-of- Service for Multimedia Applications Over a Priority-Oriented Token-Passing Bus Local Area Network,” GLOBECOM 2001- IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, No.1, November 2001, pp. 1968-1973.

eaching: 1. Menofiya University (Egypt): I have taught a lot of subjects in faculty of science, computer science department, and faculty of computers and information since 1996. Among subjects I taught are Operating Systems, Advanced OS, File Structures and Organization, Computer Networks, Digital Networks, Internet Computations, Data Compression, Multimedia Systems, and Database Management Systems. Moreover, I have taught different courses for postgraduate students (Diploma, Pre-Master, and Pre-PhD) in the faculty of computers and information since 2009 such as: Multimedia-2, Advanced Database Management Systems, Computer Animation, Database Management Systems-3, Computer Networks-3, Operating Systems-3, Programming Packages-1, Programming Packages-2, and Advanced Programming Languages. 2. Benha University (Egypt): Modeling and Simulation, Formal Languages and Theory of Computations. 3. Canadian International College (CIC) (Egypt): Operating Systems-1 4. Modern Academy for Computer Science and Management Technology (Egypt): Multimedia, Theory of Computations, File Systems, and Operating Systems. 5. Delta University (Egypt): Introduction to Information Technology 6. Higher Technological School (HTI) (Egypt): C++ Programming Language, Database Management Systems 7. King Khalid University (KSA): Discrete Mathematics, Computer and Internet Ethics, Selected Topics (Data Cryptography and Steganography), and Research project-1. 8. Bisha University (KSA): Data Compression, Multimedia Systems, Research project-1, and Research project-2. Training: • I have trained many students in Labs since 1996 in many courses such as: DOS, Windows, Basic, Fortran, Pascal, C, C++, Assembly, and Microsoft Office. Moreover, I trained many students to solve problems in system analysis, software engineering, statistical methods, data structures, and several pure mathematic courses. • Won numerous training courses as well as participated in workshops in digital libraries, quality assurance, e-learning, and CISCO networks. Supervisions: I supervise some students in their Master research under different topics: Grid Computing (A Study of Load Balancing in Distributed Computational Systems),

1. Participated in teaching a three-month computer skills course for a number of Public Security personnel. 2. Trained a number of university students on using Microsoft Excel. 3. Participated in educational seminars on artificial intelligence for several university departments. 4. Participated in training courses for students to prepare them for readiness tests. 5. Trained groups of students on building and programming intelligent robots.