Dr. Hamdy Soliman

Dr. Hamdy S. Soliman

Professor of Computer Science & Engineering  •  New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

Cramer Hall, Dept. of CSE, NMT, Socorro, NM 87801  •  hamdy.soliman@nmt.edu

IEEE Member  •  ACM Lifetime Member  •  35+ years at NMT

Publications Google Scholar Research
Cramer Hall — NMT CSE Department
27
Journal Articles
66
Conference Papers
5
US Patents
35+
Years at NMT

Research Interests

Wireless Sensor Networks Machine Learning Neural Networks Computer Networks Network Security & Patents Forest Fire Detection Big Data Analytics IoT Cancer Subtype Detection Cloud Computing

About

Dr. Hamdy S. Soliman is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), where he has served on the faculty since 1990, progressing from Assistant Professor to full Professor in 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from New Mexico State University, an M.S. from Florida Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt.

His research spans machine learning and neural network modeling (LVQ, BP, BAM, Hopfield, ART, KSOFM, Deep Learning), smart & secure wireless sensor networks for early event prediction (forest fires, border intrusion, earthquakes, cancer), network security (five U.S. patents in dynamic encryption), cloud computing management, and big data analytics. He has received funding from NSF, NASA, NMSGC, Sandia National Labs, U.S. Dept. of Defense, LANL, and NMT Research Foundation. As an administrator, he has served as Department Chair, Associate Chair for Research & Graduate Affairs, and Graduate Advisor. He is a long-standing IEEE member and ACM lifetime member, and serves as a reviewer for federal research proposals and international journals.

Career & Academic Timeline

  • BS
    ~1975–1978
    B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
    Alexandria University, Egypt
  • 1978–1981
    Computer Communication Engineer
    Ministry of Planning, Kuwait
  • MS
    ~1982–1984
    M.S. in Computer Science
    Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
  • PhD
    ~1985–1989
    Ph.D. in Computer Science
    New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  • 1989–1990
    Visiting Assistant Professor
    New Mexico Tech — First appointment at NMT
  • 1990–1996
    Assistant Professor, NMT
    NSF grant ($48,674) for Computer Networks Lab — 1992. Sandia National Labs grants ($60,000) — 1991–93.
  • 1994–1996
    Department Chair, CSE — NMT
    Served as Chair of the Computer Science Department for two years while continuing research and teaching responsibilities.
  • 1996–2007
    Associate Professor, NMT
    DoD Information Assurance grant ($156,906) — 2002. First neural network & sensor network courses introduced.
  • 1997–1998
    Visiting Associate Professor
    King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 2003–2010
    5 U.S. Patents Awarded
    Dynamic encryption & neural network-based image compression patents issued by USPTO
  • 2007–Present
    Full Professor, NMT
    NSF CRI grant ($210,000) for SS-WSN Lab — 2007. NASA grants — 2012–2016. Founder of Smart & Secure Sensor Lab.
  • 2010–2012
    Forest Fire & Border Intrusion Field Experiments
    Small-scale forest-fire emulation and Mica-Z mote sensor deployments in New Mexico
  • 2023–2026
    Active Research — AI & WSN
    Multiple publications in MDPI Electronics, Future Internet, and AI for Engineering on forest fire prediction, malware detection, and clustering for cancer subtype discovery.