PROFILE

Amr Helmy received his B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Cairo University, Egypt. He received his M.Sc. degree in micro- and nano-electronics from the Grenoble Institute of Technology and University of Joseph Fourier in 2006.

In 2006, he received a scholarship from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to pursue his Ph.D. studies. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in micro and nano-electronics in 2010 from University of Grenoble. During his Ph.D. studies, he worked in the TIMA Laboratory, Grenoble, France in the verification of digital systems group. From September 2009 till September 2010, he worked as a temporary attaché for teaching and research.

In September 2010, Dr. Helmy joined Nile University as an assistant professor. In January 2011, he joined Intel Labs in Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.A, where he pursued research on guaranteeing the on-chip network delivery correctness in low voltage mode. In September 2011 he joined the ranks of the American University in Cairo as an assistant research professor in the Center for Nanoelectronics and Devices. Dr. Helmy’s doctoral studies focused primarily on the development of a formal model for networks on chip. This model can be used to formally verify the correctness of the network design. It also allows the simulation and execution of the network in the initial phases of its design.

His current research interests include alternative and renewable energies, power harvesting, low-power circuits, formal verification, on-chip networks, and design methodologies. His current research focuses on prolonging the battery lifetime of mobile devices focusing on lowering the power requirements of the mobile devices themselves by using low power on-chip networks, optimizing the design methodologies for low-power and low power methodologies for the cores, and extending the battery power content through the use of alternative and renewable power sources.