Ahmed Farahat

Ahmed Farahat is a Principal Research Scientist at Hitachi America, Ltd., with a career spanning over a decade in research and development. Farahat has extensive experience in big data algorithms, mentoring graduate students, and leading research projects, demonstrated through roles at the University of Waterloo as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant. Farahat's academic background includes a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, along with Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Engineering from Cairo University. Previous experience includes research engineering at IBM and teaching positions at Cairo University, focusing on software engineering and algorithms. Farahat has successfully developed innovative methods in data clustering and pattern recognition, contributing to advancements in the fields of business intelligence and text analytics.