Smuc 2010 industry panel

Abstract

Nayer Wanas is currently the CTO and founder of Nile innovations, a startup founded in 2010 focusing on analysis, processing and delivery of user generated content streams on different platforms. In 2007, Nayer joined the Cairo Microsoft Innovation Laboratory (CMIC) as a researcher conducting research in the area of mining social media and web 2.0 platforms. In 2005, he was involved in the design and founding of the Data Mining and Computer Modeling Centre of Excellence in Egypt, and held the position of program manager of the center till 2007. In 2004, he was a founder and associate of knowledge for development, a consultancy in utilizing ICT for socio-economic development. In 2003,