Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim El-Rafei

Professor at Engineering Physics and Mathematics

Career Information

Academic Information

Brief

Ahmed El-Rafei received his B.Sc. with honor in Electronics and Communication Engineering and M.Sc. in Engineering Mathematics from Ain Shams University. In 2012, he received his Dr.-Eng. degree with distinction in Computer Science from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Since 2012, Dr. El-Rafei is an Assistant Professor in the engineering physics and mathematics department, the faculty of engineering at Ain Shams University. Early in his career, he worked as a teaching and research assistant in the same department. He joined the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for four years as a Ph.D. candidate and in summer 2015 as a guest professor. He is a reviewer of many international journals and research grants in addition to being part of the scientific committee of scientific conferences. Dr. El-Rafei has authored/coauthored many peer-reviewed conference and journal papers in addition to supervising master and PhD theses. He is a member of IEEE and the Egyptian Society of Language Engineering. Moreover, he has been a member of the Erlangen School of Advanced Optical Technologies SAOT and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Among his research interests are applied mathematics in engineering, signal and medical image processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Awards

• Member of the scientific committee of the following conferences:
1- VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing in Portugal (2011)
2- Workshop on Computational Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis (WCBIPA 2012)
3- VipIMAGE 2013- IV ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing in Portugal (2013)
4- VipIMAGE 2015- V ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing in Spain (2015)
• Member of the organizing committee of the 5th (2005) and 6th (2006) conferences on Language Engineering (2005)
• Scientific Membership
1- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2- The Egyptian Society of Language Engineering
3- Erlangen graduate School in Advanced Optical Technology (SAOT)
4- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. (ARVO) (2009-2011).
• PhD. thesis was nominated for best thesis award in the faculty of engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany for the year 2012.
• PhD. thesis was nominated for the STADLER company best thesis award for the year 2012.
• Certificate for the successful completeness of the Erlangen graduate school of advanced optical technologies (SAOT), 2012.
• Paper at the VipImage conference in 2009 was selected as one of the top papers
• Full Ph.D. scholarship award from DAAD “German Academic Exchange Service”, 2007
• Fellowship travel grant for key contribution in the “WavE 2006”, 2006, EPFL, Switzerland

Articles

1. A. Youssry, A. El-Rafei, and S. Elramly, “A quantum mechanics-based algorithm for vessel segmentation in retinal images”. Quantum Information Processing 2016; 15(6): 2303-2323.
2. A. Youssry, A. El-Rafei, and S. Elramly, “A Quantum Mechanics-Based Framework for Image Processing and Its Application to Image Segmentation”. Quantum Information Processing 2015; 14(10): 3613-3638.
3. J. Schoemann, T. Engelhorn, S. Waerntges, A. Doerfler, A. El-Rafei, and G. Michelson, “Cerebral Microinfarcts in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma correlated with DTI-derived Integrity of Optic Radiation”. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2014; 55: 7241-7247.
4. A. El-Rafei, T. Engelhorn, S. Wärntges, A. Dörfler, J. Hornegger, and G. Michelson, “Glaucoma Classification Based on Visual Pathway Analysis Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging”. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2013; 31(7): 1081 - 1091.
5. G. Michelson, S. Wärntges, T. Engelhorn, A. El-Rafei, J. Hornegger, and A. Dörfler,
“DTI-Parameters of Axonal Integrity and Demyelination of the Optic Radiation Correlate with Glaucoma Indices”. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2012; 251(1):243-253.
6. T. Engelhorn, G. Michelson, S. Wärntges, S. Hempel, A. El-Rafei, T. Struffert, A. Doerfler, “A new approach to assess intracranial white matter abnormalities in glaucoma patients: changes of fractional anisotropy detected by 3T”. Academic Radiology 2012; 19(4):485 - 488.
7. G. Michelson, S. Wärntges, T. Engelhorn, A. El-Rafei, J. Hornegger, and A. Dörfler,
“ Integrity/demyelination of the optic radiation, morphology of the papilla, and contrast sensitivity in glaucoma patients”. Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde 2012; 229(2):143-148.
8. G. Michelson, S. Wärntges, T. Engelhorn, A. El-Rafei, J. Hornegger, and A. Dörfler, “Cluster Analysis of Glaucoma Patients Using the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness of the Optic Nerve and DTI Parameters of the Optic Radiation”. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology 2011; S4:001.
9. A. El-Rafei, T. Engelhorn, S. Wärntges, A. Dörfler, J. Hornegger, and G. Michelson, “A Framework for Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis of the Optic Radiation Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Glaucoma”. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2011; 29(8):1076-1087.
10. A. El-Rafei, T. Engelhorn, S. Wärntges, A. Dörfler, J. Hornegger, and G. Michelson, “Automatic Segmentation of the Optic Radiation Using DTI in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Glaucoma”. Series: “Computational Methods in Applied Sciences”, Springer. Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing - Recent Trends 2011; 19:1-15.

Publications

1. Ali, Ziad M., Diaaeldin, Ibrahim Mohamed, El-Rafei, Ahmed, Hasanien, Hany M., Aleem, Shady H. E. Abdel, Abdelaziz, Almoataz Y., " A novel distributed generation planning algorithm via graphically-based network reconfiguration and soft open points placement using Archimedes optimization algorithm ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
2. Ziad Ali, Ibrahim Mohamed Diaaeldin, Shady Abdel Aleem, Ahmed El-Rafei, Almoataz Abdelaziz, Francisco Jurado, " Scenario-Based Network Reconfiguration and Renewable Energy Resources Integration in Large-Scale Distribution Systems Considering Parameters Uncertainty ", Mathematics, 2020
3. Michelson, G., " Cerebral microinfarcts in primary open-angle glaucoma correlated with DTI-derived integrity of optic radiation ", , 2014
4. Michelson, G., Engelhorn, T., Wärntges, S., El Rafei, A., Hornegger, J., Doerfler, A., " DTI parameters of axonal integrity and demyelination of the optic radiation correlate with glaucoma indices ", , 2013
5. El-Rafei, A., Engelhorn, T., Wärntges, S., Dörfler, A., Hornegger, J., Michelson, G., " Glaucoma classification based on visual pathway analysis using diffusion tensor imaging ", , 2013
6. Engelhorn, T., Michelson, G., Waerntges, S., Hempel, S., El-Rafei, A., Struffert, T., Doerfler, A., " A New Approach to Assess Intracranial White Matter Abnormalities in Glaucoma Patients. Changes of Fractional Anisotropy Detected by 3T Diffusion Tensor Imaging. ", , 2012
7. El-Rafei, A., Engelhorn, T., Wärntges, S., Dörfler, A., Hornegger, J., Michelson, G., " A framework for voxel-based morphometric analysis of the optic radiation using diffusion tensor imaging in glaucoma ", , 2011
8. El-Rafei, A., Engelhorn, T., Wärntges, S., Dörfler, A., Hornegger, J., Michelson, G., " Glaucoma classification based on histogram analysis of diffusion tensor imaging measures in the optic radiation ", , 2011
9. Engelhorn, T., Michelson, G., Waerntges, S., Otto, M., El-Rafei, A., Struffert, T., Doerfler, A., " Changes of Radial Diffusivity and Fractional Anisotopy in the Optic Nerve and Optic Radiation of Glaucoma Patients ", , 2012
10. , " Impairment of 4th neuron- axons correlates with retinal nerve fiber loss in glaucoma ", ,
11. Michelson, G., Wärntges, S., Engelhorn, T., El-Rafei, A., Hornegger, J., Dörfler, A., " Integrität/Demyelinisierung der Radiatio optica, Morphologie der Papille und Kontrastsensitivität bei Glaukompatienten ", , 2012