Plenary Lecture
Intelligent Methodologies for e-Learning
Professor Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem
Head of BioMedical Informatics and Knowledge Engineering Research Lab
Faculty of Computer and Information sciences
Ain Shams University
Abbasia, Cairo
Egypt
E-mail: abmsalem@yahoo.com
Abstract: In the last years artificial intelligence (AI) approaches have been proposed by the knowledge engineers in the context of educational and e-learning technologies. These approaches offer intelligent methodologies, techniques, and algorithms that can help solving problems in a variety of education/ learning/training domains. In recent years, network-based teaching and learning has become widespread, with bespoke solutions by individual institutions and standardizing initiatives for learning technologies. The variety of AI methodologies enable the design of a robust and new techniques for managing, representing, accumulating, understanding ,discovering ,and updating knowledge in e-Learning knowledge-based systems. This talk presents the following intelligent approaches and methodologies: (a) case-based reasoning, (b) intelligent data mining and knowledge discovery, and (c) ontological engineering . Current research topics and promising application areas are discussed as well.
Brief Biography of the Speaker: Prof. Dr. Abdel-Badeeh M Salem is a Professor of Computer Science since 1989 at Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences , Ain Shams University, Cairo,Egypt. He is a professor emeritus since October 2007 . He was a Director of Scientific Computing Center at Ain Shams University (1984-1990). His research includes intelligent computing, expert systems, biomedical informatics, and intelligent e-learning technologies. He has published around 250 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings in these areas. He has been involved in more than 300 conferences and workshops as a plenary speaker, member of International Program Committees , workshop/invited session organizer and Session Chair. He is author and co-author of 15 Books in English and Arabic Languages.
He was one of the founders of the following events, First Egyptian Workshop on Expert Systems 1987, Int. Cairo Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications in 1992 and Int. Conf. on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems 2002, and one of the main sustainers of annual Int. Romanian Internet Learning Workshop Project (RILW), 1997.
In addition he was Secretary of Egyptian Computer Society (1984-1990), Member of National Committee in Informatics – Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (1992-200), Member of Egyptian Committee in the Inter-Governmental Informatics Program, IIP-UNISCO, Paris (1988-1990) and Coordinator of the Annual International Conference for Statistics, Scientific Computing, and Social and Demographic Research (1983-1990). In addition he was a partner of a MEDCAMPUS Projects on Methodologies and Technologies for Distance Education in Mediterranean (1993-1995). In addition He is a Member of the Editorial Board of 15 international and national Journals in the following countries: Canada; Italy, Romania, Japan, Turkey, UK and Egypt. Also, He is member of many Int. Scientific Societies and associations in USA, UK, Switzerland, Austria, Canada and Egypt.