Ahmed Khaled received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 2018 from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt, in 2011 and 2013, respectively.
He works with graduate and undergraduate students in designing and developing systems, tools, and applications for distributed systems with the Internet of Things (IoT) as a particular use case of focus. His current focus and research interest is on three main fields: 1) Smart and usable healthcare systems; 2) Location-aware microservices for smart spaces; and 3) Utilizing Data management, modeling, and mining techniques for descriptive, discovery, and predictive analytics.
His research uses a combination of applied science and engineering grounded on theoretical foundations. His projects involve software and hardware platforms from different vendors and operating environments for experimental evaluation. He also has long academic experience teaching various undergraduate and graduate-level courses in different modalities and formats.