His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, issued a decree of appointing Professor Dr. Rasha Mohamed Ismail Mohamed as Dean of the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences at Ain Shams University.
It's worth noting that Professor Rasha Ismail, Professor of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in the Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Ain Shams University, she obtained her PhD in Information Systems in November 2009 from the same faculty.
Prof. Rasha Ismail served as the Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research at the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences from August 1, 2018, until becoming Dean, she also served as Director of Specialized Programs (Credit Hours) in 2018 and Coordinator of the Bioinformatics Program (BIP) from September 2019. She has played a prominent role in supporting Ain Shams University's digital transformation and developing its academic and administrative services. Since April 2025, she has served as Executive Director of the University Mechanization Project (UMS) and as Director of the E-Portal Unit since 2021.
She also contributed significantly to the university's winning of the Egypt Award for Excellence in Government 2022 for the Best Website in Providing Government Services category.
Dr. Rasha Ismail has published more than 80 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals and at prestigious international conferences. She has supervised more than 20 master's theses and 15 doctoral theses, in addition to participating in the arbitration of numerous research projects and publications, both locally and internationally.
She also served as a member of the jury and examination committee for the scientific production of professors and assistant professors (fourteenth session 2022–2025) in the specializations of computers, information, and management information systems.
She was the Chair of the Scientific Research and Scientific Activities Standards in the accreditation self-study and contributed to the preparation of the 2024–2029 strategic and research plan as part of Ain Shams University's accreditation by the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in 2025.
She chaired the preparation committee for the MOSAIC competition, organized by the Innovators and Geniuses Care Fund, in which Ain Shams University won first place as one of the best Egyptian universities and research centers in innovation and collaboration with industry in 2023.
She also participated as a member of the Intellectual Property Policy Development Committee for Ain Shams University in 2022 and has been a member of the university's international ranking task force since May 2021. She has also contributed to the preparation and development of undergraduate and graduate regulations to keep pace with global trends in scientific research, meet labor market needs, and support the achievement of sustainable development goals, Egypt's 2030 Strategy, and the Higher Education Strategy.
Dr. Rasha Ismail is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Information Sciences (IJICIS) and Co-Chair of the International Conference of Intelligent Computing and Information Sciences (ICICIS), She is also an active participant in numerous local and international conferences and workshops.