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African vultures optimization-based hybrid neural network–proportional-integral-derivative controller...
and Learning Systems, Human-Centric Comput- Menouf, Egypt, in 2008, the M.Sc. degree from
ing and Information Sciences (Springer), and En- Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technol-
gineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ogy (E-JUST), in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree
(Elsevier). from FEE, Menoufia University, in 2019. From
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-6373 January 2021 to December 2024, he was a Re-
searcher with the Security Engineering Laboratory
Saim Ahmed received the B.Sc. degree in elec-
(SEL), Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh,
tronics from the Sir Syed University of Science
Saudi Arabia. He is currently a Senior Researcher
and Technology, Pakistan, in 2009, the M.E. de-
with the Automated Systems and Computing Lab-
gree in industrial control and automation from
oratory (ASCL) and an Assistant Professor with
Hamdard University, Pakistan, in 2013, and the
the College of Computer Science and Informa-
Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering
tion Systems, PSU. In addition, he is an Asso-
from Nanjing University of Science and Technol-
ciate Professor with the Department of Electron-
ogy, China, in 2019. He is currently a Post- ics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Fac-
doctoral Researcher with the Department of Com- ulty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia Univer-
puter Science, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, sity. His research interests include wireless mo-
Saudi Arabia. His research interests include the bile and multimedia communication systems, im-
theory and applications of adaptive control, sliding age and video signal processing, efficient 2D/3D
mode control, time delay control, robotic manipu- video coding and transmission, quality of service
lators, and nonlinearities and their compensation. and experience, digital communication techniques,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2302-705X cognitive radio networks, adaptive filter design,

Ahmed Redha Mahlous is an Associate Pro- 3D video watermarking, steganography, encryp-
fessor in the Department of Computer Science tion, error resilience and concealment algorithms
at Prince Sultan University (KSA). He earned a for video codecs (H.264/AVC, H.264/MVC, and
H.265/HEVC), cognitive cryptography, medical
master’s degree (MSc) from South Bank Univer-
image processing, speech processing, security al-
sity (London, UK) and a PhD degree from the
gorithms, softwaredefined networks, the Internet
University of Bradford (UK). He worked as an
of Things, FPGA implementations of signal pro-
IT consultant for a number of UK-based compa-
cessing algorithms and communication systems,
nies, and worked for several years as an academic
cancellable biometrics, pattern recognition, image
instructor and as a Pearson VUE Exam Center
and video magnification, artificial intelligence ap-
Director at the Regional Cisco Academy (KSA).
plications in signal processing and communication
He holds multiple commercial certifications from
systems, modulation identification and classifica-
Microsoft, Cisco, and Palo Alto, among others.
tion, image and video super-resolution and de-
His research interests include Cybersecurity, Net-
working, QoS, and Data mining. He is a reviewer noising, automated systems, cybersecurity appli-
for some prominent journals and has multiple sci- cations, malware and ransomware detection, and
entific publications. DL for signal processing and communication sys-
tems. He is a dedicated reviewer for numerous
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7745-3428
international journals and conferences, contribut-
Walid El-Shafai (Senior Member, IEEE) was ing to the advancement of research in his areas of
born in Alexandria, Egypt. He received the B.Sc. expertise.
degree (Hons.) in electronics and electrical com- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-2120
munication engineering from the Faculty of Elec-
tronic Engineering (FEE), Menoufia University,

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