People Biography

Ahmed Farouk is a Senior Scientist at the Qatar Center for Quantum Computing and an Associate Professor at the faculty of computers and artificial intelligence at Hurghada University, Egypt. He is an early-career scientist demonstrating excellence in quantum communication, quantum cryptography, quantum machine learning, and cybersecurity research, having published more than 120 research papers with a high impact (over 5,300 citations and a 39 H-index). He received the Egyptian State Encouragement Award in advanced technological sciences, the University Encouragement Award in basic sciences and engineering, the Prof. Dr. Tarek Kamel Award in communications and information technology, and many more.

He has also been selected as one of 17 researchers from Africa to participate in the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, selected by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to participate in the 2^nd and 3^rd U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine symposium and his work has been recognized as one of Stanford's World Top 2% scientists. He has won several travel and full grants from IEEE Computer Society, Lindau Foundation, Baden-Württemberg International, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.