Dr. Hazem Shatila

Dr. Hazem Shatila, Professor of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Cognitive Radio &
wireless communication at a number of universities in the USA and Egypt. Hazem has more
than 25 years of experience in the Artificial Intelligence field, Cognitive radio and Telecom
industry. Played different roles in the Telecom industry, leading the advanced analytics and
digital transformation mega-projects. Hazem has a descent number of publications and a key
speaker/editor and reviewer for a number of worldwide conferences. He is also an Academic
advisor for a number of universities in Egypt and a consultant in non-governmental and
governmental organizations. He is the founder and CEO of Markov Data. Hazem is the Data
Science and Artificial Intelligent Advisor to assistant of Prime Minister of Egypt.
Hazem Completed his PhD from Virginia Tech University, USA in 2012 in Electrical
Engineering. Hazem currently supervises a large number of Masters and PhD research
students. Hazem, as a consultant to ITI, took part in building the first Data Science Academy
in Egypt in conjunction with ITI (Information Technology Institute) and the Ministry of
Education, he is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation serving a variety
of industries (Telecom, e-finance & Banking sectors, Transportation & Agriculture). Hazem
has worked as an AI consultant for ministry of Interior and also as a Data analytics/Data
strategy/FinTech consultant and a member of board of advisory for governmental
organizations. He is also a board member at the Egyptian Cabinet. Hazem led many projects
with many multi-national industries including Intel, Samsung, Vodafone, Etisalat, Teradata,
Ericsson, AT&T, SAS & Huawei. Hazem is also the Head of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in e& Egypt.