He was also assistant professor in Electrical Engineering Department at Alexandria University and the Wireless Intelligent Networks Center (WINC), Nile University. Seddik received the BSc (with highest honors) and MSc degrees in electrical engineering from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He received his PhD at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park 2008. His research interests include cognitive radio, interference channels, cooperative communications and networking, MIMO-OFDM systems, and distributed detection in wireless sensor networks. Seddik is a recipient of the Graduate School Fellowship from the University of Maryland in 2004 and 2005 and the Future Faculty Program Fellowship from the University of Maryland in 2006.