Nashwa El-Bendary

Nashwa Mamdouh El-Bendary is an Egyptian computer scientist.[1] She researches climate change and its impact on agricultural crops.[1] Her work won the L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science award in 2015.[1][2][3] She also won the UNESCO ALECSO Award for creativity and technical innovation for young researchers in 2014.[2]

Education

El-Bendary studied Computer and Data Science at Cairo University. She graduated in 2000. She then earned a MA in 2004 and PhD in 2008.[2]

Career

El Bendary uses artificial intelligence to understand climate change.[1][2][3] Computer science helps her understand how agricultural crops are impacted by climate.[1][3]  She is interested in disease detection in crops.[3] She is researching if artificial intelligence can help detect problems.[3]

El-Bendary is a professor at the Arab Academy of Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AAST).[1][2]  She is now the Dean of the College of Computing and Information Technology at the AASTMT (South Valley branch).[2] She directs the China-Arab States Technology Transfer Center (CASTTC).[2]

She published over 80 research papers.[2] She is also a member of the Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE).[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "The L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science". Identity Magazine. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Egyptian Scientist Nashwa El-Bendary". SCIplanet. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Woman Science Award Winner On Breaking Into A Man’s Field.". Egypt Today (Cairo, Egypt). January 19, 2016.