Awards and Fellowships
- Computing Innovation Fellowship from National Science Foundation and Computing Research Association, 2020 - 2023
- Kaufman Teaching Certificate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022 [Certificate]
- University-wide Best Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2021
- First Place (Gold Medal) in ACM SIGSPATIAL 2019 Student Research Competition, 2019
- University-wide Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2019 - 2020
- Best Paper Candidate in ACM SIGSPATIAL 2018, and invited to ACM TSAS special issue on best papers
- Selected Among Top 10 Finalists in ACM SIGMOD 2017 Student Research Competition, 2017
- Academic Excellence Fellowship from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Spring 2016
- Best CS Bachelor’s Thesis Award from Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, 2010
- Excellence Certificates of Honor from Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, 2006 - 2010
- Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award from IAESTE Germany and Alexandria University Egypt, 2009
Travel Grants
- NSF Travel Award from VLDB, 2019 and ACM SIGSPATIAL, 2015, 2017 - 2018
- ACM Student Travel Award from ACM SIGMOD, 2017 and ACM SIGSPATIAL, 2019
- IEEE Student Travel Award from IEEE WCNC, 2013
- IEEE Student Travel Award from IEEE ISDA, 2010