Dr. George E. Sakr received the BE degree (with distinction) in electrical and electronics engineering from Lebanese University, Roumieh, in 2005, the MS degree in networking and telecommunications from the joint program between Lebanese University and St. Joseph University of Beirut in 2007 and the PhD degree in Machine Learning from the American University of Beirut in 2011.

Between 2011 and 2015 George was a Lecturer at AUB and the Lebanese American University as well as a post-doctoral fellow at the Medical Center of the American University of Beirut where he worked on applying machine learning for precision medicine.

Since 2015, George has been an assistant professor at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.
His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, human machine interfacing, and application of machine learning for precision medicine.
He is a member of the IEEE since 2008.
He has more than 20 journal and conference publications in the domain of machine learning and heart healthcare.