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ICTRF2011 Speakers Bios“MERLOT: A Model of Open Education Resource Services”Prof. Sorel Reisman, President, IEEE Computer Society, Managing Director, MERLOT.ORG,USAProf. Sorel Reisman is 2011 IEEE Computer Society President, is Managing Director of the international,higher education consortium MERLOT.ORG, and IS Professor at California State University Fullerton. He hasheld senior management positions at IBM (Canada/US), Toshiba (US), and EMI (UK) and haspresented/published 50+ articles/books on many IT topics.“The ATLAS Experiment and the High Performance Networking”Prof. Rajaa Cherkaoui <strong>El</strong> Moursli,Mohammed V–Agdal University, Rabat, Morroco Académie Hassan II des Sciences etTechniques, MoroccoProf. Rajaâ Cherkaoui <strong>El</strong> Moursli is at the Faculty of Sciences of the University Mohammed V - Agdal Rabatand Head of the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics (LPNR). She participates in the ATLAS experiment at CERN.She is also a board member of the National Center of Scientific Studies of Nuclear Science and Technology(CNESTEN). As an IAEA expert, she participates actively in several lectures in Morocco and Africa. Prof.Moursli is a corresponding member of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology1
“Made in UAE Sold Globally: Why is it vital for our National Interest?”Dr. Eesa Bastaki, CEO, ICT Fund, Chairman of IEEE, UAE Section, UAEDr. Eesa Bastaki is the CEO of the ICT Fund and Chairman of IEEE, UAE Section and member of Society ofEngineers. He is a member of Trustees and Advisory Boards of a number of universities in the UAE. He is therecipient of Sheikh Rashid's Award for Scientific Excellence. In 2009, Dr. Eesa received UAE’s highest award“The Emirates Awards for Science, Arts and Literature” in sciences.“EBTIC: a Research and Innovation Collaboration in ICT”Prof. Nader Azarmi, Director, EBTIC, UAEProf. ader Azarmi is the director of EBTIC. He has pioneered and led BT's highly successful IntelligentSystems research and innovation programme. Nader has been awarded the prestigious Royal Academy ofEngineering and the IET achievement medals for his research and application of Artificial Intelligencetechnology in industry.2
“From Data to Knowledge: Challenges in Data and Process Mining”Prof. Frank Klawonn, Director, DAPaR Lab, Institute of Applied Informatics, University ofApplied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, GermanyProf. Frank Klawonn is Director of the Institute of Applied Informatics at Ostfalia University of AppliedSciences in Wolfenbuettel, Germany, where he also leads the Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition Lab(DAPaR). In addition, he is the head of the Bioinformatics & Statistics Group at Helmholtz Centre for InfectionResearch in Braunschweig, Germany.“Building and coordinating the Seismological Observational ResearchInfrastructure in Europe”Dr. Torild Van Eck, Senior Research Seismologist, Royal Netherlands Metrological Institute,Secretary General of ORFEUS, NetherlandsDr. Torild van Eck is seismologist and senior scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.Currently he is secretary general of ORFEUS (Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology)and secretary of the FDSN (International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks). Author of more than40 peer reviewed publications, project coordinator and manager of several large scale EC research infrastructureprojects (e.g. MEREDIAN, NERIES, NERA..).3
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