Prof. Dr. Magdy Tawfik Hanna

Contact Information
Phone Number: 01272312315
Fax Number: 084 6334031
E-mail Address: mth00@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University.
Postal Address: Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, FayoumP.O. Box : 63514, Egypt

Academic Qualifications

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, June 1975, (with honor).

Diploma in Planning Techniques, the Institute of National Planning, Cairo, Egypt, November 1977 (with distinction). Research Project Title: Advanced Mathematical Treatment of the Least Squares in Economic Applications.

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, June 1980. Thesis Title: Control, Modeling and Optimization of the National Economy.

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 1983.

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 1985. Dissertation Title: Multichannel and Two-Dimensional Signal Processing for Sensor Arrays.

Academic Positions

Research Assistant, Planning Techniques Center, the Institute of National Planning, Cairo, Egypt from July 1976 to Sept. 1980.

Teaching Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA from September 1981 to April 1985.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA from August 1985 to May 1987.

Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University/Fayoum Branch, Fayoum, Egypt from January 1988 - August 1992.

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bahrain, Isa Town, Bahrain from September 1992 - August 1996.

Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University/Fayoum Branch, Fayoum, Egypt from September 1996 to July 2004.

Professor, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Fayoum University since August 2004.

Administrative Positions

Interim President, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt from October 11, 2011 to December 6, 2011.

Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt from September 22, 2010 to 31 / 7 / 2013.

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt from March 8, 2010 to September 17, 2010.

Chairman of the Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt from September 2004 to March 7, 2010 and Acting Chairman from March 8, 2010 to August 30, 2010.

Acting chairman of the Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt from September 1998 to June 2003.

Research Interests

Areas of Interest in Research
* Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform, Wavelet Transform and Filter Banks, Digital Signal Processing and its applications, Sensor Array Signal Processing, Two-Dimensional Digital Filters, Neural Networks, Optimization Techniques.

Work Experience

(Professor since August 2004, Associate Professor from September 1996 to July 2004), Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt. (Before August 2005 the Fayoum University was the Fayoum Branch of Cairo University).

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Bahrain, Isa Town, Bahrain.

Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University/Fayoum Branch, Fayoum, Egypt.

I taught courses in linear programming and FORTRAN programming on part-time basis at the Institute of National Planning, Cairo, Egypt.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

Teaching Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Research Assistant, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Very Large Array Telescope, Socorro, New Mexico, USA.

Research Assistant, Planning Techniques Center, the Institute of National Planning, Cairo, Egypt.

Awards and Fellowships

Fayoum University Distinction in Performance Award for the year 2013.

Fayoum University Scientific Publication Award for the years 2009, 2011, 2012.

The Distinction Award in graduate studies (supervision of a Ph.D. dissertation) for the year 2006 from the Center for Advancement of Postgraduate Studies and Research in Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University,Cairo, Egypt. This award was offered to the supervisors of thebest Ph.D. dissertation passed by the Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University during 2004-2006.

Recognition by the University of Pittsburgh on its annual Honors Day Convocation in 1985 for superior performance in the graduate program.

The Atlantic Richfield's Academic Excellence Award from the Atlantic Richfield Company in March 1981.

A Peace Fellowship from the US AID (Agency for International Development) for doing a graduate study in the United States for 10 months starting from September 1980.

The Distinction Award from the Institute of National Planning, Cairo, Egypt in November 1977.

Alexandria University undergraduate scholarship for the years 1970-1975.

Society Membership

Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) since 1990 (Member since 1985 and Student Member since 1981).

Member of Eta Kappa Nu (The Electrical Engineering Honor Society) since 1985.

Member of SIGMA XI (The Scientific Research Society of North America) from 1986 to June 2004 (Associate Member during 1985).

Associate member of the SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) from 1986 to 1987 (Student Member from 1984 to 1985).

MS Thesis Supervision

MennaTollah Mahmoud Mohammed Elbarawy, Wavelet- Based Denoising with Applications to Speech Signals, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, GIZA, EGYPT, 2011. (The supervisors: Prof. Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Prof. Dr. Nabila P. A. Seif and Dr. Maha A. Hassanein).

Mary Monir Saaid Heness, Digital Image Watermarking Using Multiresolution Analysis, Department of Electronics, Communication and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt, November 2011. (The supervisors: Prof. Magdy Tawfik Hanna and Dr. Zaki Bassyouni Nossair).

Rick Culver Oltman, Array Filters for Seismic Signal Processing, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, May 1987. (The supervisor: Dr. Magdy Tawfik Hanna).

Ph.D. Dissertation Supervision

Waleed Abd El Maguid Ahmed, The Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform Based on the Orthonormal Hermite-Gaussian-Like Eigenvectors of the Discrete Fourier Transform Matrix, Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, October 2005. (The supervisors: Prof. Magdy Tawfik Hanna and Dr. Nabila Philip Attalla Seif).

University Services

Member of the Graduate Studies and Research Council, Fayoum University from October 2013 till present.

Member of the College Council, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University from September 2013 till present.

Member of the Council of the Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Fayoum University from September 2013 till present.

Member of the College Graduate Committee, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University from October 2013 till present.

Member of the University Council, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt from September 18, 2010 to July 31, 2013.

Chairman of the Graduate Studies and Research Council, Fayoum University from September 18, 2010 to July 31, 2013.

Member of the Graduate Studies and Research Council, Fayoum University from March 2010 to July 2013.

Member of the Council of the Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Fayoum University from September 1996 to August 2010.

Member of the College Council, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University from October 1998 to June 2004 and from September 2004 to August 2010.

10. Member of the College Undergraduate Committee, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University from September 2001 to July 2003 and from September 2004 to July 2005 and from September 2004 to August 2010.

Member of the College Graduate Committee, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University from September 2001 to July 2003 and from September 2004 to August 2010 and Chairman of the committee from March 2010 to August 2010.

Member of the College Library Committee, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University from September 2005 to August 2010.

Coordinator of the College of Engineering in the university level project entitled "Development of Student Assessment System Project (DSASP)," funded by the Projects Management Unit of the Ministry of Higher Education from October 2009 to September 2010.

Supervisor of the College Computer Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University from September 1997 to September 2001.

Member of the Department Undergraduate Committee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA from August 1985 to May 1987.

Member of the College Placement Committee, College of Engineering, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA from August 1985 to May 1987.

Service as a Reviewer for Journals

Reviewer for the Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt in 2010.

Reviewer for Elsevier Optics and Lasers in Engineering in 2009.

Reviewer for the (Institution of Engineering and Technology) IET Signal Processing in 2008, 2009, 2017 and 2018.

Reviewer for the International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications in 2008.

Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II: Express Briefs in 2007.

Reviewer for the IEEE Signal Processing Letters in 2006 and 2008.

Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2016.

Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks in 2000.

Reviewer for the Journal on Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing in1994.

Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing in 1986-1987.

Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems in 1986, 1992, 1993 and 1998.

Reviewer for the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications in 1988.

Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing in 1987, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2011.

Reviewer for GEOPHYSICS in 1985.

Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics in 1981.

Service as a Reviewer for Conferences

Reviewer for the Second International Scientific Conference: Construction, Energy and Urbanization: Current Challenges and Future Prospects, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt, February 25-26, 2018.

Reviewer for the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Melbourne, Australia, June 1-5, 2014.

Reviewer for the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seoul, Korea, May 20 - 23, 2012.

Reviewer for the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, May 24-27, 2009.

Reviewer for the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 27-30, 2007.

Reviewer for the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems.

Service as a Member of Promotion Committees

Member of the Engineering Mathematics and Physics Promotion Committee of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities for the thirteenth cycle (September 2019- August 2021).

Member of the Engineering Mathematics and Physics Promotion Committee of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities for the eleventh cycle (January 2013- July 2016).

Service as a Reviewer for Promotion Committees

Reviewer for the Engineering Mathematics and Physics Promotion Committee of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities for the twelfth cycle (2016-2019).

Reviewer for the Engineering Mathematics and Physics Promotion Committee of the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities for the tenth cycle (2008-2011).

Chairing Sessions in Conferences

Session chairman in the 55th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2012), Boise, Idaho, USA, August 5-8, 2012.

Service as a Conference Committee Member

Committee member of University of Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation (1981-1985).

Journal Publications

Maha Amin Hassanein, Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif and Menna T. M. M. Elbarawy, “Signal Denoising Using Optimized Trimmed Thresholding,” Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Vol. 37, Issue 6, pp 2413–2432, June 2018. (Publisher: Springer US)

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Fractional Discrete Fourier Transform of Type IV Based on the Eigenanalysis of a Nearly Tridiagonal Matrix," Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 22, Issue 6, pp. 1095-1106, December 2012. (Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE)

Magdy Tawfik Hanna"Direct Sequential Evaluation of Optimal Orthonormal Eigenvectors of the Discrete Fourier Transform Matrix by Constrained Optimization," Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 22, Issue 4, pp. 681-689, July 2012. (Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE).

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Amr Mohamed Shaarawi, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif and Waleed Abd El Maguid Ahmed,"Discrete fractional Fourier transform as a fast algorithm for evaluating the diffraction pattern of pulsed radiation," Journal of the Optical Society of America A – Optics, Image Science, and Vision, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 1610-1619, August 2011.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif and Waleed Abd El Maguid Ahmed,"Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform Based on the Eigenvectors of Tridiagonal and Nearly Tridiagonal Matrices," Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 709-727,September 2008. (Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE)

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Direct Batch Evaluation of Optimal Orthonormal Eigenvectors of the DFT Matrix," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 2138- 2143, May 2008.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif and Waleed Abd El Maguid Ahmed, "Hermite-Gaussian-Like Eigenvectors of the Discrete Fourier Transform Matrix Based on the Direct Utilization of the Orthogonal Projection Matrices on its Eigenspaces," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 2815-2819, July 2006.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif and Waleed Abd El Maguid Ahmed,"Hermite-Gaussian-Like Eigenvectors of the Discrete Fourier Transform Matrix Based on the Singular Value Decomposition of its Orthogonal Projection Matrices," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part I: Regular papers, Vol. 51, No. 11, pp. 2245-2254, November 2004.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "A Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform Based on Orthonormalized McClellan-Parks Eigenvectors," Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 11-30, February 2004.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna and Sana Ahmed Mansoori, "A Centrosymmetric Matrix Based Technique for the Interpolation of a Hermitian Signal," Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 10, Issue 8, pp. 701-720, December 2003. (Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL)

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Formulae for the Coefficients of Daubechies Product Filter,"Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 1019-1036, December 2003.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Bases for the Whole Sample Symmetric Filter Banks Using aComplex Allpass Filter," Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 653-669, August 2003.

Magdy T. Hanna, "Multiple Signal Extraction by Multiple Interference Attenuation in the Presence of Random Noise in Seismic Array Data," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 51, No. 7, pp. 1683-1694, July 2003.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Design Of Two-Dimensional FIR Filters With Arbitrary Magnitude And Phase Responses," Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 223-242, April 2003.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna and Sana Ahmed Mansoori, “The Discrete Time Wavelet Transform: Its Discrete Time Fourier Transform and Filter Bank Implementation,” IEEE 6Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 48, no. 2, pp.180-183, February 2001.

Magdy T. Hanna, “On the Stability of a Tank and Hopfield Type Neural Network in the General Case of Complex Eigenvalues,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 289-293, January 2000.

Magdy T. Hanna, “On The Generalized Eigenvectors of a Class of Moment Matrices,”IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 2236-2238, August 1998.

Magdy T. Hanna, “A Singular Value Decomposition Derivation in the Discrete Frequency Domain of Optimal Noncentro-Symmetric 2-D FIR Filters,” IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 1397-1402, May 1998.

Magdy T. Hanna, "Weighted Least Squares Design of Two-dimensional Zero-Phase FIR Filters in the Continuous Frequency Domain," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II : Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 534-537, July 1996.

Magdy T. Hanna, "Design of Circularly Symmetric Two-Dimensional Linear-Phase Low-pass FIR Filters using Closed-Form Expressions," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II : Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 537-540, July 1996. (DOI: 10.1109/82.508432)

Magdy T. Hanna, "Design of Linear Phase FIR Filters with a Maximally Flat Passband," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II : Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 142-147, February 1996.

Magdy T. Hanna, "Windows with Rapidly Decaying Sidelobes and Steerable Sidelobe Dips," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 42, no. 8, pp. 2037-2044, August 1994.

M.T. Hanna, A. Kia and J.P. Robinson, "Digital Filters for Attenuating Interference Arriving from a Wide Range of Angles," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. SP-40, no. 6, pp. 1499-1507, June 1992.

M.T. Hanna, "Velocity Filters for Multiple Interference Attenuation in Geophysical Array Data," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. GE-26, no. 6, pp. 741-748, November 1988.

M.T. Hanna, "Array Filters for Attenuating Multiple coherent Interference," IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. ASSP-36, no. 6, pp. 844- 853, June 1988.

M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "A Least Sensitive Multichannel Optimum Filter for Sensor Arrays," IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. OE-13, no. 2, pp. 64-69, April 1988.

M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Design and Implementation of Velocity Filters Using Multichannel Array Processing Techniques," IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. ASSP- 35, no. 6, pp. 864-877, June 1987.(DOI: 10.1109/TASSP.1987.1165199)

M. Simaan, A. Hussain and M.T. Hanna, "Nondestructive Detection of Flaws in Material Using Transducer Arrays," Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, vol. 6, no .1, pp. 47- 55, March 1987.

M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Array Filters for Attenuating Coherent Interference in the Presence of Random Noise, " IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. ASSP-34, no. 4, pp. 661-668, August 1986.

M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan,"Absolutely Optimum Array Filters for Sensor Arrays,"IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. ASSP-33, no. 6, pp. 1380-1386, December 1985.

M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "A Closed Form Solution to a Quadratic Optimization Problem in Complex Variables," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 437-450, December 1985.

M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Array Filters for Sidelobe Elimination,"IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Special Issue on Beamforming, vol. OE-10, no. 3, pp. 248-254, July 1985 (invited paper).

M.S. Mahmoud and M.T. Hanna, "Linear Optimal Control of National Econometric Models," International Journal of Systems Sciences, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1061-1081, October, 1982.(Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)

Conference Publication

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, “The Direct Batch Generation of Hermite-Gaussian-Like Eigenvectors of the DFT Matrix Using the Notion of Matrix Pseudoinverse," Proceedings of the 38th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2013), the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, Canada, May 26 - 31, 2013, pp. 6063-6067.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, “The Orthogonal Projection Matrices on the Eigenspaces of the DFT-IV Matrix,” Proceedings of the 55th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2012), Boise, Idaho, USA, August 5-8, 2012, pp. 1020-1023.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, “Fully Fledged Versus Simple Fractional Discrete Fourier Transform of Type IV,” Proceedings of the 55th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2012), Boise, Idaho, USA, August 5-8, 2012, pp. 1116-1119.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, “Revised Direct Batch Evaluation of Optimal Orthonormal Eigenvectors of the DFT Matrix,” Proceedings of the 55th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2012), Boise, Idaho, USA, August 5-8, 2012, pp. 1124-1127.

Maha A. Hassanein, Menna T. M. M. Elbarawy, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif and Magdy Tawfik Hanna, “Trimmed Thresholding with SURE for Denoising Signals,” Proceedings of the 55th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2012), Boise, Idaho, USA, August 5-8, 2012, pp. 1024-1027.

Mary Monir Saaid, Zaki Bassyouni Nossair and Magdy Tawfik Hanna, “An Image Watermarking Scheme Based on Multiresolution Analysis,” Proceedings of the 54th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2011), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, August 7-10, 2011.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Orthonormal Eigenvectors of the DFT-IV Matrix by the Eigenanalysis of a Nearly Tridiagonal Matrix," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 15-18, 2011, pp. 1504-1507.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Direct Sequential Evaluation of Hermite-Gaussian-Like Eigenvectors of the DFT Matrix," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, May 24-27, 2009, pp. 513-516.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif, Waleed Abd El Maguid Ahmed, "Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform Based on the Eigenvectors of Grünbaum Tridiagonal Matrix," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Seattle, Washington, USA, May 18-21, 2008, pp. 1160-1163.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Direct Batch Evaluation of Desirable Eigenvectors of the DFT Matrix by Constrained Optimization," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 27-30, 2007, pp. 825-828.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "On the Angular Decomposition Technique for Computing the Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 27-30, 2007, pp. 3988-3991.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, Nabila Philip Attalla Seif and Waleed Abd El Maguid Ahmed, "Hermite-Gaussian Like Eigenvectors of the DFT Matrix Generated by the Eigenanalysis of an Almost Tridiagonal Matrix," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Kobe, Japan, May 23-26, 2005, pp. 832-835.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "A Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform Based On Orthonormalized McClellan-Parks Eigenvectors," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Bangkok, Thailand, May 25-28, 2003, Vol. 4, pp. 81-84.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "Bases For The Whole Sample Symmetric Filter Banks Using A Complex Allpass Filter," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Hong Kong, April 6-10, 2003, Vol. 6, pp. 381-384.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "A Discrete Fractional Fourier Transform Based On Orthonormalized McClellan-Parks Eigenvectors and the Orthogonal Procrustes Algorithm," Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference On Intelligent Engineering Systems, Assiut – Luxor, Egypt, March 4-6, 2003, pp. 651-656.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, "The Coefficients Of The Autocorrelation Filters Corresponding To Daubechies Wavelets," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics (EMP), Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, May 14-16, 2002, pp. 101-114.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna and Sana Ahmed Mansoori, "A Centrosymmetric Matrix Based Technique For The Interpolation Of A Hermitian Signal," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics (EMP), Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, May 14-16, 2002, pp. 137-159.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna and Sana Ahmed Mansoori, “A Filter Bank - Mother Wavelet Relationship in the Context of the Discrete Time Wavelet Transform,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Monterey, California, May 31-June 3, 1998, vol. 5, pp. V-130-133.

Magdy Tawfik Hanna, “A Constrained Minimization Method for Designing Two-Dimensional Finite Impulse Response Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, December 23-25, 1997, vol. 1, pp. 94-109.

20. Magdy Tawfik Hanna and Sana Ahmed Mansoori, “Derivation of the Filter Bank Realizing the Discrete Time Wavelet Transform,” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt, December 23-25, 1997, vol. 1, pp. 34-43.

21. M.T. Hanna, "Velocity Filters for Multiple Signal Extraction by Multiple Coherent Interference Attenuation in Sensor Array Data," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Atlanta, Georgia, May 12-15, 1996, pp. 517-520.

22. M.T. Hanna, "Weighted Least Squares Design of Two-dimensional Zero-Phase FIR Filters in the Continuous Frequency Domain," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Atlanta, Georgia, May 12-15, 1996, pp. 177-180.

23. M.T. Hanna, "The Application of the QR Matrix Decomposition Technique for Multiple Signal Extraction in Array Data," presented at the International Conference on Pure and Applied Mathematics, Bahrain, November 19-22, 1995.

24. M.T. Hanna, "A closed-form Least Squares Solution to the Discrete Frequency Domain Design Problem of Two-Dimensional FIR Filters," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Detroit, Michigan, USA, May 8 - 12, 1995, vol. 2, pp. 1252-1255.

25. Magdy T. Hanna, "Maximally Continuous Windows," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, London, England, May 30-June 2, 1994, vol. 2, pp. 165-168.

26. Magdy T. Hanna, "A Linear Phase Maximally Flat Low-Pass FIR Filter," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, London, England, May 30-June 2, 1994, vol. 2, pp. 525-528.

27. Magdy T. Hanna," Windows with Rapidly Decaying Sidelobes and Steerable Sidelobe Dips," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Adelaide, Australia, April 19-22, 1994, vol. 3, pp. 617-620.

28. Magdy T. Hanna "On the stability of a Tank and Hopfield type neural network," Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Network Applications to Signal Processing, Singapore, August 17-20, 1993, pp. 293-298.

29. Magdy T. Hanna, "On the generalized Eigenvectors of a class of moment matrices," Proceedings of the 36th MIDWEST Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Detroit, Michigan, USA, August 16-18, 1993, pp. 820-823.

30. Magdy T. Hanna, "On the stability of a Tank and Hopfield type neural network," Proceedings of the World Congress on Neural Networks, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 11-15, 1993, pp. IV-654 - 657.

31. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Velocity Filters for Processing Geophysical Data," Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 18-21, 1987, pp. 27-31.

32. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Design and Implementation of Velocity Filters Using Multichannel Array Processing Techniques," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Philadelphia, PA, May 4-7, 1987, pp. 641-644.

33. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Minimally Sensitive Digital Filters for Array Data Processing," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Dallas, Texas, April 6-9, 1987, pp. 2348-2351.

34. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Two-Dimensional Filtering of Sensor Array Data," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, San Jose, California, May 5-7, 1986, pp. 17-20.

35. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Optimum Simultaneous Suppression of Coherent and Random Noise in Seismic Data," Proceedings of the 55th Annual International Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Washington, D.C., Oct. 6-10, 1985, pp. 627-629.

36. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Minimum Rejection Response Array Filters in the Presence of White Noise," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Tampa, Florida, March 26-29, 1985, pp. 1796-1799.

37. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "A Closed Form Solution to a Quadratic Programming Problem in Complex Variables," Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 12-14, 1984, pp. 1087-1092.

38. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Optimum Multichannel Filtering for Suppression of Undesired Coherent Signals," Proceedings of the 54th Annual International Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 2-6, 1984, pp. 529-532.

39. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Array Filters for the Attenuation of a Coherent Undesired Signal in the Presence of White Noise," Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Oct. 3-5, 1984, pp. 469-477.

40. M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Absolutely Optimum Filtering for Sensor Array Data," Proceedings of the 27th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Morgantown, WV, USA, June 11-12, 1984, pp. 153-156.

Publication as Chapters in Books

M.T. Hanna and M. Simaan, "Frequency Domain Array Filters for Seismic Traces," in Advances in Geophysical Data Processing, Volume 2, JAI Press, Greenwich, CT., pp. 143-197, 1985.