WORK EXPERIENCE

  • March 00 - ... Expert Engineer at INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique), France.
    Valse Project: Experimentation of a system of automatic self-service cars tested at INRIA Rocquencourt.
    • Explored the possible functionalities of the system with the various members of the team.
    • Designed the Control Management System.
    • Drew up the analysis, functional and conceptual documents concerning the Control Management System.
    • Established the communication protocol between the different cars of the system and the Control Management system, as well as the communication between clients and the Control Management System.
    • Implemented and tested programs for the Control Management System in the C language and TCL-TK under Linux.
    • Developed the interface in html and the programs in C behind the interface in order to allow clients to call a car.
    • Collaborated with different members of the team and the international partners.
  • Oct. 97 - Feb. 99 Teaching Assistant at Nanterre University, France.
    In charge of the Computer lab sessions and courses in Excel and Word.

  • Sept. 95 - Nov 99 Computer Scientist and PhD student at INRIA, France.
    Praxitèle Project: A new public transport system with self-service electric cars. Collaboration with Renault, EDF, Dassault Electronique, CGEA and INRETS. A two-year experimentation period at Saint Quentin en Yvelines in France.
    • Developed programs for the Control Management System of the demonstrator which consisted of one car, one station and a simple management system in C under windows.
    • Participated with the different partners in the discussions for the specification of the different functionalities.
    • Designed the different technical reports concerning the redistribution of the cars among the stations and the recharging process.
    • Implemented programs for the redistribution and the recharging processes in C under Unix.
    • Involved in a European project that dealt with electric cars.
  • Oct. 92 - Sept. 94 Computer Scientist at CEDEJ, Egypt.
    • Computerized the library in DBASE III + Clipper.
    • Collaborated with the librarians.
  • Sept. 92 - Oct. 92 Engineer at Merlin Gerin, EMG, Egypt.
    • Responsible for stock management.
    • Direct contact with clients and suppliers.
  • June 90 French Teacher at the Centre culturel Français, Heliopolis, Egypt.
    • Teaching French as a foreign language for adults.
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EDUCATION

  • May 96 - Oct. 99 Ph.D. in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.
    INRIA, (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique) France.
    Ph.D. Subject: Equilibrium conditions and management of a pool of self-service cars with stochastic demands.
    • Compared, designed and developed methods for solving two major problems: balancing and recharging.
  • Sept. 94 - June. 95 Master of Science in Robotics, Option: autonomous robots.
    University of Jussieu, Paris VI, France.
    Training Subject: Developed a reliable method based on histograms to segment handwritten words in order to present each character separately to a classifier.

  • Sept. 88 - June 92 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration. American University in Cairo, Egypt.
    Graduation Project:
    • Design and implementation of software that acquires signals from the electrocardiograph.
    • Analysis of the ECG signals and establishing a diagnosis for cardiac diseases.
  • Sept. 87 - June 91 Bachelor of Arts in French Literature.
    Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.
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COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Languages : C++, C, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, Prolog, Assembly, Ada, Dbase III, Tcl/TK, Clipper.
  • Operating Systems : Unix, Linux, Windows NT, Dos, Vax/Vms, Macintosh
  • Software : Scilab, Matlab, Latex, Xfig, Emacs, Power Point, Word, Excel.
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LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Bilingual Arabic and French.
  • Excellent knowledge of English.
  • Knowledge of Spanish.
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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

  • Swimming, Squash.
  • Extensive worldwide traveling experience.
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  • N. Hafez, M. Parent, and J.-M. Proth, 'Managing a Pool of Self-Service Cars' (submitted)
  • V. Clerget, N. Hafez, M. Parent and Y. Zvirin, 'Low Cost, Trackless PRT', (submitted)
  • M. Kais, N. Hafez and M. Parent, 'An Intelligent Vehicle Architecture for Automated Transportation in Cities, (submitted).
  • F. Chauvet, N. Hafez, J.M. Proth, "Electric Vehicles: Effect of the Availability Threshold on the Transportation Cost" Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, accepted, 1999.
  • F. Chauvet, N. Hafez, J. M. Proth and N. Sauer, " Management of a Pool of Self-Service Cars ", Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, pages 459-466, 1997.
  • F. Chauvet, N. Hafez, J. M. Proth," Gestion d'un système de véhicules électriques en libre-service", Modélisation et simulation des systèmes de production et de logistique, pages 325-332, Paris, 1997.
  • Névine Hafez, " Analyse fonctionnelle et modèle conceptuel de l'optimisation des hauts-le pied, de la recharge et de la disponibilité des voitures électriques ", INRIA, Rocquencourt, 1997.
  • E. B.-Francois, N. Hafez, M. Parent " Praxitèle : A New Public Transport with Self-Service Electric Cars." ISATA Congress, Florence, Italy June 1996.
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