Karim El-Laithy, born in March 1981 in Egypt, is currently a research assistant at the institute of Computer Science in Leipzig - Germany, where he has received his PhD in computer science (summa cum laude, 2011) with special focus on neuroscience. Dr. El-Laithy holds two M.Sc. in biophysics (Leipzig, 2011) and medical engineering (Cairo, 2006).