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Information Systems Center

Unit’s director: Prof. Dr. Hossam Eldin Hassan Abdel-Monem.

E-mail: Hossameldin.hassan@eng.asu.edu.eg

Unit’s Objectives

  1. Providing services related to information systems in terms of analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance.
  2. Conducting feasibility studies and writing technical specifications in the fields of computers, information systems, and industrial control systems, as well as evaluating submitted proposals and selecting the optimal solution.
  3. Contributing to the training of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of computers, information technology systems, computer networks, and control systems.
  4. Organizing general and specialized training courses in information systems, computer engineering, and related fields.

Beneficiaries of the Unit's Services

  1. Faculty Members.
  2. Undergraduate Students.
  3. Postgraduate Students.
  4. Faculty Administrations.

Services provided by the Unit

  1. Services Related to the College

  • Designing, developing, and maintaining software, systems, and databases.
  • Developing and maintaining the electronic portal and websites.
  • Maintaining systems and operating programs.
  • Maintaining networks and devices, providing technical support, and preparing statistics and needs assessments.
  • Planning for the development of information technology in the college.

  1. Data Center and Infrastructure

  • The Information Systems Center manages the main data center that hosting the college's internet network servers.
  • Developing the wireless internet network.
  • Managing and developing the college's information network.
  • Managing the college's backup systems.
  • Managing the firewall and wireless internet network.

  1. Maintenance and Technical Support Activities

  • Providing services to students, faculty members, and college staff by.
  • Maintaining computers.
  • Resolving issues related to access to educational and administrative systems at the college.
  • Resolving issues with attendance and departure systems.
  • Resolving issues with email and all IT-related matters.

  1. Software Development

  • Building all systems related to the educational process at the college, such as.
  • Information Management System (IMS).
  • Student Information System (SIS).
  • Learning Management System (LMS).
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

  1. Electronic Coordination

  • The center annually conducts electronic coordination on the electronic coordination website for all high school students and their equivalents.

  1. Electronic Registration

  • Registering new students and those accepted for transfer to higher years on the college website.

  1. Central Laboratories in the College

  • The center manages and maintains the central laboratories in the college.
  • Managing and operating the IoT (Internet of Things) lab.

Summary of the previous work for the Unit in brief

  1. Training:

  • Training courses for college students and those interested in the field of computer systems - Specialized courses for entities such as (BANQUE MISR- Iron and Steel Company - Ministry of Education - Tax Authority - National Cement Company - Power Control Center - Petrojet Company) 
  • Training for young graduates affiliated with the Ministry of Communications and Information for 22 courses.

  1. Design and Implementation of Information Systems:

  • Analyzing, designing, and implementing an administrative information system for the Suez Canal Mooring and Lighting Company. Higher education and education planning.
  • Developing websites for (Business Administration, Ain Shams University - Alumni Affairs, Ain Shams University - Ain Shams Specialized Hospital - Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, postgraduate studies – Credit hours engineering programs, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University).
  • Project for the study of establishing an information systems center for the transport sector for the General Authority for Transport Project Planning.
  • Analyzing, designing, and implementing an information system for the financial and administrative affairs sector of the Ministry of Planning.
  • Implementing a system for issuing graduation certificates for the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, student affairs.

  1. Industry:

  • Preparing studies and designs for some industrial applications and implementing them in cooperation with the Control Technology and Systems Engineering Center at the General Organization for Industrialization.
  • Cooperation with the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company to prepare technical studies for measuring the thickness of hot steel strips using microcomputers, supervising the implementation of this study, and training workers on the proposed measurement method.
  • Designing a model for measuring the thickness of plates by computer for the hot rolling unit of the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company.
  • Testing and evaluating applicants for systems specialist and systems engineering positions for Delta Steel Company.
  • Participating in the study of proposals for supplying computers to the Egyptian Wool and Textile Company (Wooltex).
  • Providing technical consultations in the field of networks, control devices, data transfer, and smart cards for the Cairo Metro project.
  • Preparing a tender for purchasing Microsoft programs for the Water and Wastewater Company in cairo.
  • Science and Technology Development Fund.
  • Developing websites for new universities (Galala, King Salman International, Alamein International, New Mansoura).
  • The center participated as a design and installation consultant for electronic gate systems for the Egyptian Railways.
  • Participating in consultancy works for Bashay Steel Company.

  1. Education

  • Research project to outline the basic policy for scientific research at Ain Shams University.
  • Developing a system for evaluating student exams by computer for the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
  • Analyzing and designing information systems for higher education and education planning in cooperation with the Unified Center for Education Information.