Aly Megahed

Biography

Dr. Aly Megahed is an AI Research Manager at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. In his current job, he leads a team of researchers who develop and advance both theoretical and applied research in analytics, machine learning, and operations research, with a focus on different service science problems (service/tendering analyses, pricing, and service delivery, cloud computing, IoT, and blockchain). Dr. Megahed got his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. He has two master’s degrees in Industrial and Production Engineering from Georgia Tech and Alexandria University, respectively, and a B.S. in Production Engineering from Alexandria University. He has done multiple analytical research/consultancy projects for over 6 companies in the past, has given both invited and submitted talks at several conferences, companies, and institutions/universities, and has his work published in several academic journals and conferences in addition to filing 35+ patent disclosures. He has taught university level courses at 7 different academic institutions. He was the elected secretary of the INFORMS service science section for two terms. Dr. Megahed has also won several internal IBM awards and external ones, including being a finalist for the Edelman award, the second place at the INFORMS Innovative Applications in Analytics Award, and the first place at ISSIP’s Excellence in Service Innovation Award.