Hussein S. M. Zedan (1 July 1953 – 23 February 2019) was a

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ian descent, mainly based in the

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. Hussein Zedan was born in 1953. He received his PhD degree in 1981 at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, studying under John Derwent Pryce and Hubert Schwetlick for a thesis entitled ''Modified Rosenbrock-Wanner methods for solving systems of stiff ordinary differential equations''. Zedan was an academic in the Department of Computer Science at the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

. Prof. Zedan then headed the Software Technology Research Laboratory (STRL) as Technical Director at

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. He was also Head of Computing Research. Later STRL was headed by Zedan's PhD student and subsequently colleague François Siewe. Zedan was subsequently appointed Assistant Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Development at the Applied Science University in

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, until 2017. Hussein Zedan died on 23 February 2019. He was married with two daughters.

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