The Department of Systems and Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at Cairo University is exceptionally proud to celebrate an inspiring international achievement by its students and researchers at the Science in Football International Conference 2026, organized by the Portugal Football Summit and the FPF Academy of the Portuguese Football Federation.
This remarkable participation reflects the growing potential of SBME students and researchers in football analytics, sports science, artificial intelligence, tactical modeling, and data-driven decision support. It is a proud moment to see research developed within Cairo University reach an international platform and contribute to one of the world’s most exciting interdisciplinary fields.
Under the supervision of Dr. Tamer Basha, Professor at the department, several works were accepted and presented:
“Pass2Formation: Multi-Receiver, Full-Team Next-Location Forecasting from Short Event Sequences in Football”
Presented by Eng. Mikhail Nadi Daoud, Teaching and Research Assistant at the Biomedical Engineering Department, Cairo University, as part of his Master’s thesis.
“Where Should He Stand? Inverse Modeling of Player Positioning in Soccer”
by Omar Refaat and Mahmoud Nasr (BDE 2026).
This work was also presented at the conference by Eng. Mikhail Nadi Daoud.
“Reversing the Game: Invertible Pitch Control for Tactical Inference and Design”
by Zeyad Hamed Abdelfattah and Mazin Elzeiny (SBME 2028), and Malak Ibrahim (SBME 2029).
The department extends its sincere congratulations to all participating students, Eng. Mikhail Nadi Daoud, and Prof. Tamer Basha for this outstanding achievement and for representing Cairo University on an international stage.
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