Yousry Elgamal is Professor of Computer Engineering, senior consultant at The Arab Academy for Science and Technology, and Chairman of The Computer Scientific Society (CSS), Alexandria-Egypt. He served as The Minister of Education of Egypt 2005-2010, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) 2010-2014, and the senior consultant of the National Telecommunications Institute of Egypt.
Elgamal has also served in a number of capacities at The Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport. He also served as a Lecture of Nuclear Electronics at The Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Prof. Elgamal holds a D.Sc. in Computer Science from the George Washington University, and he is a recipient of Richard Merwin Award 1984. He is a board member of the Center of Special studies and Programs (CSSP) and the Center of Science and Planetarium, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.