Mahmoud A. Ismael, Associate Prof. Faculty of Computers and Information,Cairo University, Egypt. PhD in Computers and Systems Engineering,Ain Shams University 1998. MSC in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,Cairo University, 1994. BSC in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 1990. He is currently in the Information Technology department of the faculty of Computers and Information, Cairo University. His research interests include: Speech recognition, pattern classification, signal processing and artificial intelligence.