Said Ali Hassan received his Ph.D. degree in Informatics from National Institute Polytechnic, Toulouse, France, 1981. He received two M.Sc. degrees in Operations Research Applications, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt, 1974 and in Management Development, Euro-Arab Management School, Granada, Spain, 2000. He received his B.Sc. degree from the Military Technical College in Cairo, Egypt in 1971. He is a full professor in the Department of Operations Research and Decision Support, Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University, Egypt. Prior to his current position, he was a staff member in the Military Technical College, Cairo from (1971–1993). He was the Chairman of Operations Research Department in Maritime Research and Consultation Center (MRCC), Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt, (1993–1994). He was the Chairman of Operations Research and Decision Support Department in the Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University (2000-2003) and. He was the Vice Dean, Arab Development Institute, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2004-2005). He was professor at the Industrial Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2005–2018). He has the field experience in working as: Scientific Manager, International Center for Systems (ICS), Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt, (1986 – 1996), Member of the Board of Directors of the Higher Institute of Computer Science and Information Systems, 6 October City, Egypt, 1998, Member of the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Information Systems and Computer Science , 6 October City, Egypt, 1999, Training Manager, Pyramids Computer Center (PCC), Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, (2001-2004), Member of the Founding Committee of Engineering Faculty, Northern Borders University, Saudi Arabia, 2009, and Member of the Academic Accreditation Committee, College of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, 2009. He serves as an editor and as a reviewer for many International accredited journals, he published more than 110 research papers in National and International Journals and Conferences, supervised more than 60 M.Sc. and Ph. D. thesis in Egypt and Saudi Arabia and participated as a PI and Co-PI in more than 30 funded projects. His research interests lie broadly in Operations Research, Optimization, Decision sciences, Forecasting, Management science, Strategic management, and modelling and solving of real-life applications.