and was nominated for the Senate Medal for the outstanding performance award from the same University. Dr. Ghoniemy's primary research interests are optical computing, optical communications, optical/photonic networks and interconnects. He is currently an associate professor and is a Member of the IEEE Computer society, SPIE "The International Society for Optical Engineering" and OSA "Optical Society of America". Dr. Ghoniemy published more than 50 research papers in the fields of Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences. Omar H. Karam obtained his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Communications and Electro-physics) from Alexandria University and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. He has extensive professional experience in ICT management and is the author or co-author of more than 50 publications in international scientific journals and conferences. Dr.