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*Dr. Fadel Digham (EECE1995 & Head of National Projects Sector at NTRA) receives the IEEE Communication Society Award for 2021

Date: 
Mon, 28/06/2021
*Dr. Fadel Digham (EECE1995 & Head of National Projects Sector at NTRA) receives the IEEE Communication Society Award for 2021

The EECE Dept of Cairo University is pleased to convey the good news that Dr. Fadel Digham - EECE1995 & Head of National Projects Sector at NTRA - has received the IEEE Communications Society Award for Advances in Communication for the year 2021. The winning paper is entitled:

"On the Energy Detection of Unknown Signals Over Fading Channels" 

and appeared in the IEEE Transactions on Communication, Vol. 55, No. 1, Jan 2007.

The following is a short biography of Dr. Fadel Digham:

  • He is currently the Sector Head of National Projects at the National Telecom Regulator Authority (NTRA) of Egypt. Prior to that, he has established and directed the R&D Department at NTRA 
  • At the International level, he is currently the Chairman of the “Smart Cities and Society” group under the Development sector at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), one of the UN agencies. Prior to this, he was Co-Chairman of the ITU joint group on “spectrum management for developing countries”, and served as a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the IEEE Wireless Communications Engineering Technology (WCET) certificate program representing Africa and the Middle East. 
  • He has been participating in the planning and development of the smart cities in Egypt, and the issuance of codes for networks design and implementation and provision of smart services.  
  • He has supervised the execution of more than 40 applied research projects in collaboration with national universities and local companies in Egypt

The announcement of Dr. Digham's award has appeared in local media such as the Al-Ahram Newspaper, as well as in the official website of NTRA.

All EECE Staff members, EECE Allumni and EECE Associates congratulate Dr. Digham on this great achievement, and wish him continued success and more awards in the years to come.