Sherif Abdelfattah

Education

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University

M.S., Electronics and Communications Engineering, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt B.S., Electronics and Communications Engineering, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, Egypt

Biography

Dr. Sherif Abdelfattah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems (CS&IS) at Bradley University, which he joined in 2022. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Tennessee Technological University in 2022. During his doctoral studies, he served as an instructor at Tennessee Tech. Prior to that, he held a research position at Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

Teaching

Dr. Abdelfattah has taught the following courses at Bradley University:

• CS 101 – Introduction to Programming
• CS 220 – Computer Architecture
• CS 520 – Advanced Computer Architecture
• CS 541 – Python Programming for Data Science
• CS 560 – Fundamentals of Data Science
• CS 698 – Directed Individual Studies in Computer Science
• CIS 435/535 – Computer Networks and System Security
• CS 461/561 – Artificial Intelligence

Scholarship

Dr. Abdelfattah’s research interests span multiple fields, including cybersecurity, applied machine learning, artificial intelligence, cloud systems security, healthcare informatics, and intelligent transportation systems. He has published in leading IEEE journals, such as the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Access and IEEE Systems Journal, as well as in prestigious international conference proceedings.

Service

In addition to his service on various committees and initiatives at Bradley University, Dr. Abdelfattah is a professional member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He actively contributes to his field through editorial, reviewing, and professional service roles, including serving as a reviewer, technical program committee member, and co-editor. Beyond academia, he is committed to workforce development, serving as both a course instructor and developer for the Bradley University IT Workforce Accelerator Project, where he teaches and designs Python courses.

Join My Research Team

I am seeking self-motivated and talented undergraduate and graduate students to join my research team. If you are interested in collaborating on cutting-edge projects in my research fields, please email your C.V. to sabdelfattah@bradley.edu.