International Journal of Advancements in Technology
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British University in Egypt, Egypt

Biography

Professor Samy Ghoniemy is a Professor of Computer Systems while he is the Vice Dean for postgraduate studies and research, Faculty of Informatics and computer science, the British University in Egypt (BUE). Dr. Samy obtained his B.Sc. in Communications and Computer Engineering, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Systems and Computer Engineering from Carleton University, Canada. Dr. Ghoniemy also has extensive professional and consultancy experience in ICT.

Publications

• Research   
  Dynamic Ensemble Modelling for Prediction of Influenza Like Illnesses: A Framework
  Author(s): Samy Ghoneimy, Hossam M. Faheem and Noha Gamal*
  
  One of the advantages we have today in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) that wasn’t as advanced in the SARS outbreak of 2003 is big data analytics and the major advancements in machine intelligence and artificial intelligence technologies. The United States of America’s statistical surveillances have listed pneumonia/influenza as the seventh leading cause of death. Severe influenza seasons can result in more than 60,000 excess deaths and more than 200,000 hospitalizations. US witnessed fifty-five-thousand deaths (55,000 people) caused by pneumonia/ influenza among total number of nine-hundred-thousand deaths (900,000 people) (%6.0)-during Influenza outbreak in 2018. Patients aged 65 years or older are at particular risk for death from viral pneumonia as well as from influenza not complicated by pneumonia. Deaths in these patients account for 89% of all pneumonia an.. View More»
  

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