Alyaa Abdelhalim
PhD Student
ACADEMIC AREA
Information Systems
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Data Analytics, Healthcare Informatics, Big Data, Machine Learning, Systems Dynamics, Operations Management, Optimization.
SUPERVISOR(S)
Prof. Norm Archer and Prof. Manaf Zargoush
EMAIL
abdela21@mcmaster.ca
Biography
Alyaa joined the Ph.D. program in Information Systems at the DeGroote School of Business in 2021. She has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Systems Management from Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology (E-JUST), Egypt – Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. Alyaa is an Assistant Professor at Alexandria University in Egypt with more than 15 years of teaching experience. Her past research focused on optimization techniques to solve complex nonlinear problems with several engagements in industrial projects. Her current research focuses on employing big data analytics to investigate Multimorbidity and impairment management and prediction among older adults. In addition, she is studying the problem of delayed hospital discharge of frail patients, known as the Alternate Level of Care (ALC) in Canada, using large electronic age-related healthcare data, machine learning, optimization, and systems dynamics.
Publications
▪ Journals
− Abdelhalim A, Zargoush M, Archer N, Roham M. Decoding the persistence of delayed hospital discharge: An in-depth scoping review and insights from two decades. Health Expect. 2024 Apr;27(2):e14050. doi: 10.1111/hex.14050. PMID: 38628150; PMCID: PMC11021918.
− Abdelhalim, A., Nakata, K., El-Alem, M., Eltawil, A., “A hybrid evolutionary-simplex search method to solve nonlinear constrained optimization problems,” Soft Comput, pp 1–15, 2019. [Impact factor: 3.732]
− A. Abdelhalim, A. Eltawil, K. Nakata, M. El-Alem, “Guided Particle Swarm Optimization Method to Solve
General Nonlinear Optimization Problems,” Engineering Optimization, pp 568-583, 2017; DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2017.1340945. [Impact factor: 3.230]
− Mohamed Fathy, Walaa Mahmoud Shehata, Alyaa Abdelhalim, Fatma Khalifa Gad, “Improving Gasoline Quality Produced from MIDOR Light Naphtha Isomerization Unit,” Egyptian Journal of Petroleum (EGYJP), 26 (1), 111-124, 2017.
▪ Book Chapters
− A. Abdelhalim, A. B. Eltawil, “Recent Heuristics and Algorithms for Solving the Vehicle Routing Problems”, 19th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012) Proceedings, Ershi Qi, Jiang Shen, Runliang Dou (editors), Springer Verlang Berlin Heidelberg, pp 1103-1112, 2013.
− A. Moustafa, A. Abdelhalim, A. B. Eltawil, N. Fors, “Waste Collection Vehicle Routing Problem: Case Study in Alexandria, Egypt”,19th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012) Proceedings, Ershi Qi, Jiang Shen, Runliang Dou (editors), Springer Verlang Berlin Heidelberg, pp 935 – 954, 2013, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-37270-4_89.
▪ International Conferences & Other Publications
− S. Salama, A. Abdelhalim, A.B. Eltawil, “Assembly Line Balancing Using Discrete Event Simulation and Dseign of Experiments: A Case Study in a Home Appliances Production Line,” Accepted in in the 47th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (CIE47), Lisbon, Portugal.
− S. Salama, F. Mnale, J. Park, A. Abdelhalim, A.B. Eltawil, “Mobi-Manager: A Collaboration Platform for Production Management: the case of the Egyptian Furniture Industry,” Accepted in The 21st Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017), Langkawi, Malaysia, July 2017.
− S. Salama, A. Abdelhalim, A.B. Eltawil, “Mathematical Modeling Approaches to Solve the Line Balancing Problem,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES 2017), Porto, Portugal, February 2017.