User:Unicornsarereal!/Nashwa El-Bendary
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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[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
El Bendary uses artificial intelligence to understand climate change.[1][2][3] Computer science helps her understand how agricultural crops are impacted by climate.2,3 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.1 She is also a member of the Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE).[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "The L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science". Identity Magazine. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Egyptian Scientist Nashwa El-Bendary". SCIplanet. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Woman Science Award Winner On Breaking Into A Man's Field". Egypt Today (Cairo, Egypt). January 19, 2016 – via NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current.