Khalid M. Hosny (member, IEEE) was born in 1966 in Zagazig, Egypt. He is a professor of information technology at the Faculty of Computers and Informatics at Zagazig University. Dr Hosny received his BSc, MSc, and PhD from Zagazig University, Egypt, in 1988, 1994, and 2000. From 1997 to 1999, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA. Dr Hosny is a senior member of ACM and IEEE. His research interests include image processing, pattern recognition, multimedia, and computer vision. Dr Hosny has published 4 edited books and more than 150 papers in international journals. He is an editor and scientific reviewer for more than 60 international journals. Prof Hosny was among the top 2% of scientists according to the Stanford ranking, 2020–2022.