Research Project
Subsidies Mobile Wallet (SMW) and Its Applications to Fertilizer Distribution
Objective/Contributions: The subsidy is a strategic service in Emerging countries like Egypt; it makes available essential items to poor people at discounted prices, as they are unable to purchase such items or services at their market price. The subsidy is always a hot topic that floats every year with the preparation of any annual government budget in Egypt. Subsidy remains a major burden for
Research Project
Smart Agricultural Clinic: Egyptian Farmer Electronic Platform for the Future
Objective/Contributions: Smart agricultural clinic (SAC) aims to: 1) Provide an integrated end-to-end digital system to effectively deliver personalized agriculture extension and veterinary services, including best cultivation, fertilization and breeding practices, to farmers and animal producers through the use of mobile/handheld devices. 2) Use advanced computer vision and deep learning
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Rice Plant Disease Detection and Diagnosis Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Hyperspectral Imaging
Objective/Contributions: One of the main challenges of early detection of key rice blast disease is that it can be misclassified as the brown spot disease by less experienced agriculture extension officers (as both are fungal diseases and have similar appearances in their early stages) which can lead to wrong treatment. Given the current scarcity of experienced extension officers in the country
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Portable Ophthalmoscope for Telemedicine Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Screening in Egypt
Few diseases affect human life and personal destinies more than the loss of the ability to see. In adults, visual impairment is associated with a loss of personal independence inducing large personal and societal costs. According to the World Health Organization, 39 million people are legally blind. In Egypt, there are almost 1 million individuals (~1% of the population) with sight loss. The
Research Project
Genetics’ Factors Affecting Progression of Diabetes Type II in the Egyptian Population
Objective/Contributions: This project aims mainly to find the distant genetic relationship between the Egyptian population and other populations worldwide for the genes associated with the 4 metabolic diseases ( Diabetes, Obesity, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia). First, we started by collecting data related to Diabetes and its relation to the other diseases from the 1k genome project. Our aim in
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Lung Cancer Detection in Chest X-Ray Images Empowered by 3D Computed Tomography Deep Convolutional Radiomics (CXRClear)
Objective/Contributions: Cancer is treatable if it is discovered at an early stage, and lung cancer screening is a critical component in a preventive care protocol. Although CT imaging affords higher spatial resolution and 3D density information than digital chest X-rays, there are still limitations to having it as a cheap and fast method for rural areas outreach. These limitations are outlined in
Research Project
AgriSem: Semantic Web Technologies for Agricultural Data Interoperability
Objective/Contributions: The amount and types of raw data generated within the agriculture domain are dramatically growing. However, these raw data in themselves are meaningless and isolated, and therefore may offer little value to the farmer. The Agricultural Research Center (ARC)and the Central Lab for Agricultural Expert Systems (CLAES) was established to enhance the productivity of knowledge
The future of healthcare is in the hands of Nile University students of Biomedical Informatics.
ITCS students are on the cutting edge of health care. The first part of the graduation project is done under the full supervision of educational and industrial experts. We are proud to have judges from Roche to provide our biomedical informatics senior students at the Information Technology and Computer Science School with the skills, competencies, and support to advance the future of healthcare. The graduation projects revolve around personalized healthcare and how to build a data-driven healthcare ecosystem to achieve it. The future of healthcare is in the hands of Nile University students.
