33rd International Conference on Computer Theory

and Applications

ICCTA 2023

16-18 December 2023

Alexandria, Egypt

Under the Auspices of

H.E. Dr. Amr Talaat

Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Egypt

Conference Program

Alexandria Subsection

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DAY 1 - Saturday, December 16th, 2023
Venue: AASTMT Presidency Building, AbuQir and Online

10:00 Registration

11:00 Opening Session and Keynote Speech

Welcoming Speeches

Prof. Dr. Ayman Abdel-Hamid

Dean – College of Computing and Information Technology (Alexandria)
Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport
Conference Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Hesham Elbadawy

Vice Chairman, IEEE Egypt Section
Head of Network Planning Dept., National Telecommunications Institute, Egypt

Prof. Dr. Eman Tharwat

Chair - Sector Committee of Computer Science and Informatics
Supreme Council of Universities, Egypt

H.E. Prof. Dr. Yousry El Gamal

Former Minister of Education, Egypt
President, Computer Scientific Society

H.E. Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag

President – Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport

H.E. Major-general Mohamed Taher Elsherief

Alexandria Governor, Egypt

H.E. Dr. Amr Talaat

Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt
Keynote Speech

“Impact of Generative AI on Education and Scientific Research”

H.E. Prof. Dr. Yousry El Gamal

12:30 Coffee Break

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DAY 1 - Saturday, December 16th, 2023 (Cont’d)
13:30 Keynote Speech

“Human Dynamics, Approaches in Sensing, Modeling, and Smart City Integration”

Prof. Dr. Hirozumi Yamaguchi

Professor, Osaka University, Japan
Leader - Mobile Computing Laboratory

14:00 Keynote Speech

“Smart City Vision, What to Expect”

Dr. Hany Elgebaly

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AvidBeam Technologies Inc.

14:30 Keynote Speech

“The AI Revolution and the Role of Academia”

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Tantawy

Senior Technology and Strategy Advisor, USA

15:00 Lunch

End of Day 1 Activities - ICCTA 2023

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DAY 2 - Sunday, December 17th, 2023
Venue: Farsi Hall – College of Engineering and Technology- AbuQir and Online
9:00 - 11:00 Session I

Session I
Intelligent Computing I and Information Systems

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Shaheen

Impacts of Smartphones’ Distraction on Driving Behavior: Naturalistic Data Collection Using

A Smartphone Application

Mohamed Attwa, Mohamed El Esawey, and Ahmed Osama (Ain Shams University, Egypt)

CIRAJ: An Extended IoT Reference Architecture for Gamified Smart Classrooms

Islam Elgedawy and Laila Shoukry (Alamein International University, Egypt)

A New Hybrid Approach to Dynamic Pricing Categorization Using Deep Learning and
Neutrosophic

Mariam Yacout and Saleh Mesbah Elkaffas (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and
Maritime Transport, Egypt)

A Novel Transformer-Based Approach for Detecting Anomalies in Event Logs of Process-

Aware Information Systems

Eman Abd El-Aziz and Radwa Fathalla (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and
Maritime Transport, Egypt), Yasser Ismail (Southern University and A&M College, USA),
and Mohamed Shaheen (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport,
Egypt)

Unveiling the Unseen: Leveraging Zero-Day Attack Detection Using Unsupervised and Semi-
Supervised Learning

Osama A. El Awadia (NTRA, Egypt) and Sameh A. Salem (Helwan University, Egypt)

Fintech Discourse on Twitter: Mapping the Evolution and Interconnections of Academic

Publications

Dian Kurnianingrum (Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia), Isma Addi Bin Jumri
(Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia), Mulyani Karmagatri, Rosyidah
Rahmah (Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia), Nugraha Nugraha (Universitas
Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia), and Enny Noegraheni Hindarwati (Bina Nusantara
University, Indonesia).
Review of Challenges and Need of Artificial Intelligence for the Modern Businesses in light of
Strategic Vision documents of the GCC countries

Hesham Magd (Modern College of Business and Science, Oman) and Shad Ahmad Khan
(University of Buraimi, Oman)

11:00 Coffee Break

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11:30 - 13:30 Session II

Session II
Intelligent Computing II

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Khaled Mahar

A Novel Computational Method for Predicting DNA Methylation Sites within WGBS of
Chromosome Y with WGS Data and Illumina Array Data

Asmaa Abo Bakr Kamel, Nahla A. Belal, and Yasser El-Sonbaty (Arab Academy for Science,
Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Classifying Email Spam Using K-Nearest Neighbors, Logistic Regression, and AdaBoost

Alaa Sheta (Southern Connecticut State University, USA) and Walaa H. El-Ashmawi (Suez
Canal University and Misr International University, Egypt)

Comparative Analysis of Computer Vision Techniques for Traffic Signs Recognition in

Autonomous Vehicles

Yaman Sahu, Mahmoud Wael, Bibek Gupta, Tasneem Tarek Abdelkareem (Nile University,
Egypt), and Mohamed A. Wahby Shalaby (Cairo University and Nile University, Egypt)

Deep Learning SAR-Ship Detection Model in Complex Background for Maritime Surveillance

Mourad A. Kenk, Safaa A. Abdelrahman, A. Mahdy, and Emad A. Ahmed (South Valley
University, Egypt)

Kinship Recognition through Stacked Self-Calibrated Attention Network

Ahmed A. Dabas, Nagia M. Ghanem, and Mohamed A. Ismail (Alexandria University, Egypt)

Noise Optimized Order-Statistic Energy Pre-fitted Active Contour for Accurate Image
Segmentation

C. M. A. Rahman, Satirtha Paul Shyam, P. K. Partho, and Wasi Mashrur (Military Institute of
Science and Technology, Bangladesh)

Social Listening Using Machine Learning and NLP to Make Sense of Frontline Employees
Experiences and Learning

Shiri Vivek and Muhammad S Ahmed (Eastern Michigan University, USA)

Enhancing Quadrotor Performance Based on Intelligent Control Integration

Abdelrahman M. Watany, A. M. Abdel Ghany, M. E. Bahgat (Helwan University, Egypt), and

Manar Lashin (Benha University, Egypt)

13:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Session III

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 Session III
Cybersecurity, Networks, and Distributed Systems

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ayman Abdel-Hamid

Hackers on the Go: Investigating Cyber Threats to Crowdsourced Mobility-on-Demand

Platforms

Hamada Rizk and Hirozumi Yamaguchi (Osaka University, Japan)

Comparative Study of Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio System Using Energy Detection
over Different Channels

Nouran Mostafa Mohamed, Mohamed Saad Zaghloul, and Roshdy Abdelrassoul (Arab
Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Smart Autonomous IoT Agricultural Monitoring System for Banana Agriculture in Egypt

Albashir Mohamed (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport,
Egypt)

Towards Egyptian National HPC Grid (EN-HPCG): From Cluster to Grid Approach

Hanan A. Hassan, Mona S. kashkoush, Aya I. Maiyza, and Ghada M. Fathy (City of Scientific
Research and Technological Applications, Egypt)

Comparative Analysis of Gigabit Passive and Active Optical Networks for Undetectable
Signal Interception

Khaled F. Abdallah (Military Technical College, Egypt), Moustafa H. Aly (Arab Academy for
Science, Technology and Marine Transport, Egypt), Mohamed Hussein (Military Technical
College, Egypt), Mohamed A. Azim, Mohamed A. Taleb (Mansoura University, Egypt), and
Mohammad A. Maher (Egyptian Russian University, Egypt)

Scheduling Linear Workflows with Various Levels of Privacy Requirements in a Fog–Cloud

Environment

Helen D. Karatza (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

AuthMe – A Passwordless Decentralized Authentication Management System

Abdelrahman Mustafa El-Feky, Ammar Essam Basha, Karim Mohamed Gomaa, Youssef
Ashraf El-Etreby, Yasmine N. M. Saleh, and Ayman Adel Abdel-Hamid (Arab Academy for
Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Embracing Open Innovation: A Cost-Efficient Cloud Computing Disaster Recovery Model

Ahmed Abdelaziz, Saleh Mesbah, and Mohamed Kholief (Arab Academy for Science,
Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

End of Day 2 Activities - ICCTA 2023

DAY 3-Monday December 18th, 2023

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Venue: Farsi Hall – College of Engineering and Technology- AbuQir and Online
9:00 - 11:00 Session IV

Session IV
Intelligent Computing III and Multimedia Processing

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Kholief

MonoLite3D: Lightweight 3D Object Properties Estimation

Ahmed El-Dawy, Amr El-Zawawi , and Mohamed El-Habrouk (Alexandria University, Egypt)

A Novelty Two-Layered Ensemble Framework with Hybrid Filter-Based Feature Selection for
Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease

Ahmed Mohamed Elsheikh and Nader Mahmoud (Menoufia University, Egypt)

PSO-Based Optimization of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic for Question Difficulty Prediction

Mai Shaaban, Yasser F. Hassan, and Magda M. Madbouly (Alexandria University, Egypt)

Speech Emotion Recognition using Machine Learning

Batoul Rida Haidar (Coventry University – Egypt Branch) and Christopher Habib Rahme
(University of Saint Joseph, Lebanon)

Enhancing Neural Machine Translation for Languages with Limited Resources Utilizing Non-
Parallel Text

Mohamed Atta Faheem, Khaled Tawfik Wassif, Hanaa Bayomi Mobarz, and Sherif Mahdy
Abdou (Cairo University, Egypt)

A comparative Analysis of Ensemble Methods and their Efficiency in the Classification of ‘HIT
AND RUN’ Cases in an Imbalanced Dataset (Traffic Crashes) with and without using Synthetic
Minority Oversampling Technique

Manjula Shenoy K. and R. Srinivas Prabhu (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India)

Adaptive Pyramid with Tree-map Visualization

Hazem Hossam (German University in Cairo, Egypt), Enas Elgmmal (Media Television,
Egypt), and Reham H. Elnabawy (New Giza University, Egypt)

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:30 Session V

Session V
Intelligent Computing IV

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Saleh Mesbah

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 Session V
Intelligent Computing IV

Stairs Gait Cycle Trajectory Prediction and Phase Segmentation Using Deep Learning

Mohamed Karakish and Ahmed ELsawaf (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and
Maritime Transport, Egypt), Mohamed I. Abu El-Sebah (Electronics Research Institute,
Egypt), and Moustafa A. Fouz (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime
Transport, Egypt)

Workspace Mobile Application Finder Based on Machine Learning Approach

Wessam M. Salama (Pharos University, Egypt) and Moustafa H. Aly (Arab Academy for
Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Skin Diseases Detection Based on Deep Learning Models

Moustafa H. Aly (Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt),
Loaa Ahmed Mohamed, Wessam M. Salama, Ahmed Abd El-Hakim Abd El-Motilab, Mahmoud
Moustafa Fathalla, Maria Mina William, Arsany Nashaat Fawzy, and Mohamed Mohamed
Ibrahim (Pharos University, Egypt)

Integration of Advanced Automated Systems Utilizing Internet of Things and Artificial

Intelligence

Omar Yasser, Amr Othman, and Hamdy A. Ashour (Arab Academy for Science, Technology
and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Optimized End-to-End Coiflets Discrete Wavelet Transform for Dermoscopic Images

Compression

Radwa A. Elsawy (Alexandria Higher Institute of Engineering & Technology, Egypt), Ghada F.
R. Hassan, Maram A. Wahba, Diaa-Eldin A. Mansour (Egypt-Japan University of Science and
Technology, Egypt), and Amira S. Ashour (Tanta University, Egypt),

Diabetic Retinopathy Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks

Dina W. Ahmed, Fatma A. Hashim, and Nancy M. Salem (Helwan University, Egypt)
Blockchain and Restricted Boltzmann Machine for Credit Card Fraud Detection

Mahmoud Ghanem (Alexandria University, Egypt), Saleh Mesbah Elkaffas (Arab Academy for
Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt), and Magda M. Madbouly (Alexandria
University, Egypt)

13:30 Coffee Break

14:00 - 16:00 Session VI

Session VI
Intelligent Computing V

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Waleed Abdel Moez

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 Session VI
Intelligent Computing V

MyHealthDigest: A Smart-driven Medical Platform

Dalia Mohamed Sobhy (Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport,
Egypt), Noureldin Saad Eldehi (Vodafone, Egypt), Youssef Tarek (Software Engineer), and
Mahmoud Eid (Software Engineer)

Analyzing User Interest Detection in Web sites: A Bimodal Approach

Habiba Elkashef, Alaa Taie, Abdalla Hamdy (October University for Modern Sciences and
Arts, Egypt), and Ayman Atia (Helwan University and October University for Modern
Sciences and Arts, Egypt)

Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering based Method for Image Clustering using Restricted
Boltzmann Machine

Abraham Woubie (Silo AI, Finland), Enoch Solomon (Virginia State University, USA), and
Eyael Solomon Emiru (University of Trento, Italy)

Enhanced Brain Tumor Detection and Segmentation Using Identity Generative Adversarial
Network and Attention Residual U-Net

Mahmoud Elagamy, Hossam Selim, and Saleh Mesbah Elkaffas(Arab Academy for Science,
Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Hybrid Framework for Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis through MRI Segmentation: A
Multi-Layer Preprocessing and Modified Residual Attention U-Net Approach

Mohamed Elagamy, Hossam Selim, and Saleh Mesbah Elkaffas (Arab Academy for Science,
Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt)

Enhancing Remote Sensing Image Classification through Modified VGG 16: Augmentation and
Missing Pixel Imputation Approaches

Mohammed Attya, OM Abo-Seida (Kafr El-Shiekh University, Egypt), Hatem M. Abdulkader,

and Amgad M. Mohammed (Menoufia University, Egypt)

Detecting Sarcasm in Arabic Text Using Model Soup of Deep Learning Models

Aya Lotfy, Marwan Torki, and Nagwa El-Makky (Alexandria University, Egypt)

End of ICCTA 2023 Activities

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 ICCTA 2023 Committees

Honorary Chair
H. E. Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag
President, Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Egypt

Conference Chair
H. E. Prof. Dr. Yousry S. El-Gamal
Former Minister of Education
President, Computer Scientific Society

AASTMT Liaison
Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdel Bary
Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, AASTMT

Conference Coordinator and Program Chair

Prof. Dr. Ayman Abdel-Hamid, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt.

Advisory Committee
Prof. Dr. Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada
Prof. Dr. Satoshi Goto, Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abougabal, Alexandria University, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Said El-Khamy, Alexandria University, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Darwish, Cairo University, Former Minister of State for Administrative
Development, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Abdel Badeeh Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Tantawy, International Strategy and Management Consultant, USA

Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Ossama Badawy, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Prof. Dr. Khaled Mahar, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Dr. Essam Kosba, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt.
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Farouk, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Dr. Mahmoud Farouk, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Kholief, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abou Elfarag, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Dr. Mohamed El-Habrouk, Alex. Univ., Alex., Egypt
Prof. Dr. Amira Zaki, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Eng. Hassan Bakr, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt
Mr. Kabary Mohamed, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt

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 ICCTA 2023 Committees (Cont’d)

Finance Chair
Eng. Mahmoud Morsy
Honorary Secretary, Computer Scientific Society

Marketing and Public Relations

Dr. Nezar El Shenawy
Head of Marketing Unit, Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research, AASTMT

Web Committee
Eng. Eman Eid, AASTMT, Alex., Egypt

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