Wael obtained his Ph.D. with Distinction in 2003 from the University of New Mexico where he was selected Outstanding Graduate Student. Since January 2004, he has been with University of Maryland’s Institute for Advanced Computer Studies as a Research Scientist. Wael leads research activities in computer vision, robotics and document image processing, using machine learning methodologies. He has over 17 years of academic and industrial experience

Ayman is an entrepreneur and technology business professional with over 20 years of technology marketing, business development, program and product management. He brings experience from the telecom, data networking, technology management and non-profit industries. AtIBM, he held positions as a Business Architect, Enterprise Architect, Systems Engineer and Project Manager. Over the past decade he has managed a portfolio of dozens of projects value