KHALED ALMUSTAFA

Email: addyo2@r.postjobfree.com

Nationality: Canadian

+966-**-***-****

EDUCATION:

● PhD (Electrical Engineering), October 2007

Specialization: Wireless Communications

Thesis Title: Multiple Input Multiple Output Communication Systems and Their Performance in the Presence of Imperfect Channel State Information (CSI). Cumulative Courses Average: 93.00 %

The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

● M.E.Sc (Electrical Engineering), December 2004

Specialization: Wireless Communications

Thesis Tittle: Numerical Solutions of Stochastic Differential Equations and Their Applications in Wireless Communication.

Cumulative Courses Average: 90.00 %

The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

● B.E.Sc (Electrical Engineering), April 2003

Specialization: Wireless Communication

Cumulative Average: 84.79 %

The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

HONOURS AND AWARDS:

● Outstanding Presentation in Graduate Symposium in Communication Systems and Data Networking, University of Western Ontario, 2007.

● Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, 2005-2006.

● Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Award 2006-2007.

● Top ten graduate, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2003.

● Dean's Honour Lists, 2000, 2001 and 2003.

● University of Western Ontario in-course Scholarship, 2000 and 2001.

● Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Research Scholarship, 2002.

PUBLICATIONS:

Submitted Journal Papers:

1. Faisal Bukhari, M.aida Khan, Waheed Iqbal, Khaled M. Almustafa, “Pakistan Sign Language Interpreter using Deep Learning”, submitted to IEEE Access 2. Faisal Bukhari, Fareeha Rasheed, Waheed Iqbal, Khaled M. Almustafa, A. Murtaza, Waqas Ilyas Malik, Shahzad Sarfraz “A Low-cost Unity-based Virtual Training Simulator for Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy using HTC Vive”, submitted to IEEE Access 3. Waqas Ahmad, Sheeraz Ahmed, Tanzila Saba, Ahmed Sameh, Khaled Almustafa, Khalid Haseeb, Naveed Islam “Received Signal Strength Based Localization for Distance Estimation in VANETs with varying Node Density”, submitted to MDPI Sensors. 4. Khaled M. Almustafa, “Comparative Analysis of Epileptic Seizure Dataset using Different Classification Algorithms” submitted to Health Informatics Journal 5. M. Bagyamathi, O. Joseph Liyaskar, Ahmad Taher Azar, Khaled M. Almustafa, H.H. Inbarani, “A Meta-heuristics Rough Set based Framework for Peptide Analysis and Prediction of Anti-HIV-1 Activities”, submitted to Neural Computing and Applications. 6. Khaled M. Almustafa, “Prediction of Heart Disease and Classifiers’ Sensitivity Analysis“, submitted to BMC Bioinformatics

7. J. Othiys, H. Hinba, Ahmad Taher Azar, K. M. Almustafa, “Improved Dominance Soft Set based Decision Rules with Pruning for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Image Classification”, submitted to IEEE Access

8. Khaled M. Almustafa, “Sensitivity Analysis of Parkinson Disease’s Speech Signal Dataset’s Classification”, submitted to The International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics. 9. Faisal Bukhari, Fareeha Rasheed, Waheed Iqbal, Khaled M. Almustafa, A. Murtaza, Shahzad Sarfraz, “A Low-cost Virtual Training Simulator for Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy using Unity”, submitted to IEEE Access 10. Khaled M. Almustafa, “Chronic Kidney Disease Prediction Using Different Classification Algorithms”, submitted to Scientific Reports.

11. Waheed Iqbal, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Waqas Ilyas Malik, Faisal Bukhari, Zubiar Nawaz “Big Data Full-Text Search Index Minimization Using Text Summarization”, submitted to Information Technology And Control

ISI Publications:

1. Zain Aftab, Waheed Iqbal, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Faisal Bukhari, Muhammad Abdullah “Automatic NoSQL to Relational Database Transformation with Dynamic Schema Mapping”, Scientific Programming, Hindawi, June, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8813350

2. Fatima Tahir, Muhammad Abdullah, Faisal Bukhari, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa Waheed Iqbal, “Online Workload Burst Detection for Efficient Predictive Autoscaling of Applications”, IEEE Access. ISSN: 2169-3536, Vol 8, Issue 1, PP: 73730-73745DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2988207, December, 2020.

3. Faisal Bukhari, Numan Shafi, Muhammad Asif, Khaled Almustafa, Waheed Iqbal and Zubair Nawaz, “Cleft Prediction before Birth Using Deep Neural Network”, accepted for publication at the Health Informatics Journal (HIJ), ISSN: 14604582, January, 2020. 4. Karima Amara, Ali Malek, Toufik Bakir, Arezki Fekik, Ahmad Taher Azar, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Dallila Hocine, El-Bay Bourennane, “Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy System based Maximum Power Point Tracking for Stand-alone Photovoltaic system”, International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp 311-311. 2019. 5. Fatima Tul Zuhra, Kamalrulnizam Bin Abu Bakar, Adnan Ahmed, Khaled Almustafa, Tanzila Saba, Khalid Haseeb and Naveed Islam, “LLTP-QoS: Low Latency Traffic Prioritization and QoS-aware routing in Wireless Body Sensor Networks”, IEEE Access. ISSN: 2169-3536, Vol 7, Issue 1, pages 152***-******, December 2019.

6. Dhafer Almakhles, R. Sakthivel, Akshya Swain, Umashankar Subramaniyan and Khaled Almustafa. “A generalized one-bit control system Using Delta-Sigma-Quantizer”, IEEE Access. ISSN: 2169-3536, Vol 7, Issue 1, pages 117***-******, December 2019. 7. Abid Nisara, Waheed Iqbala, Fawaz Bokharia, Faisal Bukharia, Khaled Almustafa,

“Dynamic Horizontal and Vertical Scaling for Multi-tier Web Applications”, Intelligent Automation And Soft Computing, issue 26, Vol: 2, DOI: 10.31209/2019.100000159, January, 2019.

8. Ali Raza Bhangwar, Adnan Ahmed, Umair Ali Khan, Tanzila Saba, Khaled Almustafa, Khalid Haseeb, Naveed Islam, “WETRP: Weight based Energy & Temperature aware Routing Protocol for Wireless Body Sensor Networks”. IEEE Access, ISSN: 2169-3536,Vol 7, Issue 1, Pages 879**-***** December 2019,

9. Dhafer Almakhles, Chathura Wanigasekara, Akshya Swain, Khaled Almustafa & Umashankar Subramaniyan, “Hybrid delta modulator: stability analysis using sliding mode theory” Systems Science & Control Engineering, ISSN: 2164-2583, Vol 7, Issue 1, pages 234-242, June, 2019.

10. Mamdouh Alenezi, Khaled Almustafa, Khalim Amjad Meerja, “Cloud based SDN and NFV Architectures for IoT Infrastructure,” Egyptian Informatics Journal (EIJ) ISSN: 1110-8665. Vol. 20, No. 1, 2019, Pages 1–10.

11. Muhammad Abdullah, Saad Khana, Mamdouh Alenezi, Khaled Almustafa, and Waheed Iqbal,

“Application Centric Virtual Machine Placements to Minimize Bandwidth Utilization in Datacenters,” Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, ISSN Online: 2326-005X, pp. 1–17, August, 2018

12. M. Marey, K. Almustafa, Hala Mostafa “ Multiuser Detection Schemes for Multicarrier Four-node Wireless Systems” The International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking (IJFGCN), ISSN:2233-7857, August, 2017. Vol. 10, No. 8. pp. 51-58.

13. Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Khaled Almustafa, Ahmed Zekri, Rached Zantout, “Number Recognition in the Saudi License Plates using Classification and Clustering Methods”, Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences 11(1):1-13 · January 2017 14. Khalim Amjad Meerja, Khaled Almustafa, “Architecture Considerations for Big Data Management”, The International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications

(IJACSA), Monthly ISSN: 2158-107X, August 2016, Vol. 7, No. 8 : PP. (334-342). 15. Rejaul Chowdhury, Khaled Almustafa, “Design of physical topology and placement of equipment in a hybrid optical-wireless access network”, The International Journal of Compute Science and Network Security (IJCSNS) ; ISSN: 1738-7906, June 2016, Vol. 16, No. 6: PP. 14-26

16. Khalim Amjad Meerja, Khaled Almustafa, “Big Data Outburst due to Wireless Internet of Things”, The International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS); ISSN: 2158-107X, May 2016, Vol. 14, No. 5: PP 31-41. 17. Shafi Mirza, Khaled Almustafa, “Estimation of Packet Loss on MAC Layer in IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks”, The International Journal of Future Generation Communication and Networking (IJFGCN), ISSN:2233-7857 March.27, 2015. Non-ISI Refereed Publications:

1. S. Udhaya Kumar, Ahmad Taher Azar, H. Hannah Inbarani, O. Joseph Liyaskar and Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, “Weighted Rough set Theory for Fetal Heart Rate Classification”, International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development, Paper No. 1, Issue 4, Vol. 11 (Scopus).

2. Mamdouh Alenezi, Khaled Almustafa and Mohamed Hussein, “On Virtualization and Security-Awareness Performance Analysis in 5G Cellular Networks”, The Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review (JESTR), ISSN:1791-2377 Vol 11,No 1, 2018, Pages 199–207 (Scopus).

3. Mamdouh Alenezi and Khaled Almustafa. "Empirical Analysis of the Complexity Evolution in Open-Source Systems." Accepted at the SERSC International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology (IJHIT), ISSN: 1738-9968, February, 2015. 4. Khaled Almustafa, “Circular Traffic Signs Recognition Using the Number of Peaks Algorithm”, The International Journal of Image Processing (IJIP), ISSN - 1985-2304, Vo. 8, No. 6, Page: 514-522, Dec. 31st, 2014.

5. Sherif kamel Hussein, Khaled Mohamed Almustafa, “Triangle Routing Problem in Mobile IP”, Journal of Communication and Computer, JCC-E20140114-3 USA,2014 6. Khaled M. Almustafa, “On the Automatic Recognition of Saudi License Plate.”International Journal of Applied Information Systems Volume 5, Issue 1: Page 34- 44, January 2013. Published by Foundation of Computer Science, New York, USA. 7. L. Hamandi, K. Almustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, “Using Character Recognition for Plate Localization”, The International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA), Vo. 4, No. 5,pp. 39-50, October 2012

8. Hamandi Lama, Almustafa Khaled, Zantout Rached, Obeid Hasan, Automatic Recognition and Localization of Saudi License Plates, Book Chapter in Multidisciplinary Computational Intelligence Techniques: Applications in Business, Engineering, and Medicine, Ali Shawkat, Abbadeni Noureddine, Batouche Mohamed (Editors), IGI Global, 2012. 9. Khaled Almustafa, Serguei Primak, Performance of MIMO Systems in Partially Known Channels: Performance of MIMO Systems In Imperfect CSI (ISBN 978-3-8443-8651-6), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG. June, 2011 10. Khaled Almustafa, “Performance of Multiple Input Multiple Output Communication System in Partially Known Channels,” Ph.D. Thesis. The University of Western Ontario. 2007.

11. Serguei Primak, Khaled Almustafa, Jeff Weaver and Valeri Kontorovich, “On Moment Analysis of Stochastic Differential Equations with Random Structure,” Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems journal, 2007. 12. Khaled Almustafa, “Numerical Solutions of Stochastic Differential Equations (SDE) and Their Applications in Wireless Communication,” Master Thesis. The University of Western Ontario. 2005.

13. Primak S, Almustafa K, Willink T and Baddour K, “On Achievable Data Rates and Optimal Power Allocation in Fading Channels with Imperfect Channel State Information,” Wireless Personal Communication Journal, July 2009, Vol. 50, Issue 1, pp 69-81. CONFERENCES:

1. Nashwa Ahmad Kamal, Ahmad Taher Azar, Ghada Said Elbasuony, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Dhafer Almakhles, “ PSO-based Adaptive Perturb and Observe MPPT Technique for Photovoltaic Systems”, The 5th International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems and Informatics. Cairo, Egypt during October 26-28, 2019. 2. Jothi G, Hannah Inbarani. H, Ahmad Taher Azar, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, “ Feature Reduction ased on Modified Dominance Soft Set” The 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Data Mining (FSDM2019), Oct. 18-21, 2019 Kitakyushu, Japan. 3. Arezki Fekik, Hakim Denoun, Ahmad Taher Azar, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Dhafer Almakhles, Mustapha Zaouia, Mohamed Lamine Hamida, and Nacira Yassa, “A Self Tuning Fuzzy-Fractional-Order P-I Controller for SpeedControl of DC Motor”, The Third IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis (ICCAD’19), Grenoble, France, July 2-4, 2019.

4. Arezki Fekik, Hakim Denoun, Ahmad Taher Azar, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Dhafer Almakhles, Mustapha Zaouia, Mohamed Lamine Hamida, and Nacira Yassa., “A Self Tuning Fuzzy-Fractional-Order P-I Controller for Speed Control of DC Motor” the 3rd IEEE- 2019 International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis (ICCAD’19), Grenoble-France July 2-4, 2019.

5. Daher L.A., Zantout R., Elkabani I., Almustafa K. “Evolution of Hashtags on Twitter: A Case Study from Events Groups” The 5th International Symposium on Data Mining Applications, Riyadh, KSA, March 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 753. Springer, Cham.

6. Khaled Almustafa, Mamdouh Alenezi, “Cost Analysis of SDN/NFV Architecture over 4G Infrastructure”, the 8th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN-2017). Lund, Sweden, September 2017. 7. Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, Intelligent Recognition of Closed-Set Characters, 22nd LAAS International Science Conference, Beirut, April 2016.

8. Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, “The Recognition of the Closed-set Patterns in the Saudi License Plates” Accepted at the International Conference on Applied Research in Computer Science & Engineering

(ICAR'15), Beirut, Lebanon from 8 to 9 October 2015. 9. Khaled Almustafa, Mamdouh Alenezi, “Dynamic Evolution of Source Code Topics”, The Tenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances ICSEA2015, Barcelona Nov 15-20, 2015.

10. Zantout, Rached, Al Mustafa, Khaled, Hamandi, Lama, “Hybrid localization of Saudi License Plates “, Accepted at the 19th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2015) Orlando, Florida, USA, July 12-15, 2015. 11. Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, “A New Feature Extraction Method for License Plate Recognition”, The Fifth International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications

(DICTAP2015), pages:64-69, April 29 - May 1, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon. 12. Shafi Mirza, Khaled Almustafa, “Packet Loss Estimation on MAC Layer in IEEE 802.11 WLAN”, The International Conference on Engineering and Information Technology (ICEIT 2015), pages 46-53, Singapore, Jan. 19-22, 2015.

13. Rejaul Chowdhury, Abdallah Shami, Khaled Almustafa, “Designing of next-generation hybrid optical-wireless access network”, The 14th IEEE International Conference on Innovations for Community Systems (I4CS), June 4-6 2014, Reims, France. 14. Khaled M. Almustafa, Zantout Rached, “Saudi License Plate Localization Using Hybrid Method”, The 17th IEEE Mediterranean Electro-technical Conference- MELECON2014, Beirut, Lebanon, 13-16 April 2014.

15. Hamandi Lama, Almustafa Khaled, Zantout Rached, Obeid Hasan, “Recognition of Triangular Traffic Signs Using the Number of Peaks Algorithm”, The 2nd International conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications – ACTEA’12, Notre Dame University, Lebanon, December 12-15, 2012. 16. Khaled Almustafa, Rached N. Zantout, Hasan R. Obeid and FadiSibai “Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates Using Character Boundaries,” International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), 2011, Abudabi, UAE, Pages 415-420. 17. Khaled Almustafa, Rached N. Zantout, Hasan R. Obeid, “Peak Position, Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates,” 2011 IEEE - GCC Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, Pages 186-189.

18. Khaled Almustafa, Rached N. Zantout, Hasan R. Obeid, "Pixel Density: Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates," The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA), 2010 Egypt, Pages 308-313. 19. Eltayeb Abuelyaman, Atikan Teber and Khaled Almustafa “Extension of Diffie- Hellman’s Secure Key Distribution Technique to Multipoint Broadcasting,” The 2010 International Conference on Security & Management, SAM 2010, Las Vegas Nevada, USA, Pages 714- 720.

20. Serguei Primak and Khaled Almustafa, “Optimization of pilot placement in adaptive M- PSK modulation systems in Rayleigh fading channel,” The 5th IEEE-GCC Conference -

'Innovative Engineers for sustainable Environment, Kuwait, 2009 21. Primak S, Almustafa K, Willink T and Baddour K, “On Achievable Data Rates and Optimal Power Allocation in Fading Channels with Imperfect CSI,” The 4th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, (ISWCS 2007), Trondheim, Norway, Pages 282-286.

22. Serguei Primak and Khaled Almustafa, “On the Covariance Function of a Mobile to Mobile Communication Link,” the IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation

(MS 2007). Montreal, Canada.

23. Serguei Primak, Khaled Almustafa and T. Willink, “On Alamouti Scheme Performance in Spatially Correlated Fading and Pilot Assisted Channel Prediction,” The 18th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, (MS 2007) Pages 26-31. Montreal, Canada.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

● Simulation of numerical solutions to Stochastic Differential Equations (SDE) in communication applications using MATLAB.

● Statistical methods of random processes in wireless communication.

● Simulation of Probability of Error in term of signal to noise ratio in a communication systems using CPFSK and OFDM coding schemes.

● Simulation of the Log-normal shadowing model for wireless mobile communication.

● Generation of non-Gaussian random processes in the form of SDE.

● Design of a Wireless Interface for Secure Data Transmission.

● Design of RF receiver.

PROFESSIONALPROFILE:

● Dedicated scholar with exceptional academic state of mind.

● Demonstrated ability to clarify difficult concepts.

● Multifaceted technical and personal communication skills.

● Self-motivated with a strong desire for success and accomplishment.

● Received outstanding evaluations from students and supervising administrators. WORK EXPERIENCE:

● 9/2019 – Present

o Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, College of Computer Science and Information System

o Chief Information and Technology Office (CITO)

The CITO of ITC is responsible in overseeing an effective and efficient information technology system of the whole university. The CITO plans, coordinates, directs and designs all operational activities of the Center, ensuring reliable delivery of services to all academic and administrative units in the university. The CITO is also responsible for setting-up a state-of-the art information technology infrastructure to support quality instruction and research, efficient network communication system, and effective management information services.

Develops an Information Technology strategic plan which is responsive and conforms to the institutional vision and mission;

Implements, monitors, evaluates and updates computing and information technology strategic plan, programs, computer and information services, and network communications;

Develops, reviews, and/or updates policies and procedures for effective management of the ITC;

Develops and maintains Center’s facilities including space design and utilization, furnishings, equipment and security.

Establishes management information system infrastructure to support and enhance academic and administrative units within the university;

Establishes and manage university-wide written electronic and in-person communications with administration officials, department heads, and end- users regarding university activities, latest technologies including department and individual transactions;

Provides leadership in the formulation and implementation of academic and administrative policies of the Center.

● 9/2017 – 8/2019

o Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Networks Engineering. o Director of PSU Research and Initiatives Center

The director of the Research and Initiatives Center (RIC) is responsible for working with the colleges’ deans to increase the effectiveness and the utilization of research results of all colleges, and actively assists in broadening the scope of research activities and utilization of research and intellectual property to add value to the university’s mission in term of research activities within each college.

Develop and execute the strategic plan for the center in lines with the goals and objectives of the university.

Implementation of national and international projects and collaboration in the related field of research and innovation within the center.

Follow up with the Colleges’ Deans on the delivery of their colleges’ research objectives.

Involving a broad range of partners and consider it essential to apply an interdisciplinary approach to assist the colleges in their research objectives.

● 9/2015 – 8/2018

o Vice Dean, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Provides leadership in establishing the strategic direction and long range plan of the College; develops academic and administrative policies; conducts curricular review, promotes faculty and staff development and supports scholarly research. Also responsible for monitoring the recruitment, evaluation and retention of faculty; overall academic advising of students as well as administrative and financial management of the College, and work closely with the Dean to ensure the delivery of quality academic programs, as well as supervises all department chairs and/or associate chairs assigned to his leadership. Duties and Responsibilities:

Academic Affairs

Administrative Management

Faculty Recruitment and Orientation

Professional Performance and Development

Quality Assurance and Accreditation

● 8/2016 – 8/2017

o Director, PSU Innovation Center, Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The director of the innovation centre is responsible for increasing the effectiveness and the utilization of research results of all units related to the innovation centre, and actively assists in broadening the scope of research activities and utilization of research and intellectual property to add value to the university’s mission in term of research activities within the centre.

Develop and execute the strategic plan for the center in lines with the goals and objectives of the university.

Implementation of national and international projects and collaboration in the related field of research and innovation within the center.

Follow up with the Colleges’ Deans on the delivery of their colleges’ research objectives.

Involving a broad range of partners and consider it essential to apply an interdisciplinary approach to assist the colleges in their research objectives.

● 9/2011- 8/2015

o Chairman, Department of Communication and Networks Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Appointed as the Chairman of the newly established Department of Communication and Networks Engineering, College of Engineering, PSU, starting September 1st, 2011.

Participated in designing the curriculum for the Communication and Networks Engineering Program.

Hiring new faculty members for the newly established department.

Set up all the labs requirements for the Communication and Networking courses.

o Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Networks Engineering.

Communication and Networks Engineering’s students’ council.

Interim Counsellor for the PSU’s IEEE students’ branch.

Chairman of the College of Engineering’s Curriculum Committee.

Member of PSU Recruitment Committee.

Member of the CCIS Accreditation Committee.

● 9/2011- 8/2014

o General Supervisor, Information Technology and Computer Services (ITCS), Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:

Supervising the process of maintenance of the servers and IT services at the University on day-to-day basis, as well as providing recommendations for the University to purchase up-to-date IT infrastructure to help the academic staff with their teaching tools.

● 9/2008 – 8/2011

o Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Member of “The Setup of The College of Engineering” Committee.

Teaching some Information Systems (IS) and Computer Science (CS) courses.

Member of the Students Enrolment Improvement Committee.

Chairman of the Marketing and Public Relation (PR) Committee.

Chairman of the Students’ Assessment and Recognition Committee.

Director of the Public Speaking Club.

Interim Counsellor for the PSU’s IEEE students’ branch.

Coordinator of the Curriculum Committee:

Set the Strategic Plan and action plans for the curriculum committee.

Reviewed the curriculum of the CS department.

Recommended changes and ways to implement those changes.

Member of the PSU University Level Committee for the preparation for the Institutional level accreditation for the University by the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA).

Participated for the preparation for the accreditation of the College of Computer and Information Systems with ABET.

Participated in setting up a Master Program in Software Engineering for the CS department.

IS Students’ Academic Counsellor: helping students to choose their courses based on their averages and according to their degree plan. o General Supervisor ITCS, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

● 1/2008 – 7/2008

o Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering, University of Kalamoon, Deratiah, Syria.

Teaching Communication Engineering courses for senior undergraduate students.

Supervising students with their graduation’s design projects.

Program Development for the Communication Engineering with the cooperation of Dr. Serguei L. Primak, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada, under the supervision of the Dean of Engineering at KalamoonUniversity, Dr. Shawki El-Batal.

● 12/2004- 11/2007

o Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London. Under the supervision of Dr. S.L. Primak with a formal cooperation with Dr. T. Willink; Communication Research Centre Canada (CRC).

Investigating the effect of channel estimation and channel parameters on the performance of the 2x1 Alamouti Space Time Coding (STC).

The capacity of a MIMO link subjected to a random change in the visibility of the antenna elements through numerical simulations.

Effect of the channel estimation’s error on the diversity of MIMO systems.

Covariance functions of a mobile to mobile communication link.

Achievable Data Rates and Optimal Power Allocation in Fading Channels with Pilot Assisted Estimation.

o Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London.

Third year undergraduate level course, Communication Electronic I.

Fourth year undergraduate level course, Communication Electronic II.

Third year undergraduate level course, Electromagnetic Theory II.

● 05/2003-12/2004

o Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London. Under the supervision of Dr. S.L. Primak.

Numerical simulation of applications in wireless communication, involving the generation of non-Gaussian probability density functions using stochastic differential equations. Simulations done in MATLAB.

● 04/2002-04/2003

o Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London.

Computer simulation of the effect of noise and channel fade on a wireless channel.

Wireless interface for secure data transmission. COURSES AT PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY:

● CME 112 Electrical Circuits And Electronics

o This course is an introduction to Electric Circuit and Electronics. It enables the student to understand the basic components and operations of DC and AC electrical circuits as well as the design and the analysis of basic circuits. Also it would introduce the students to the concept of circuit transformation and steady state analysis of electrical circuits. In addition, the course covers the basic characteristics and applications of semiconductor devices and circuits.

● CME 243 Electromagnetic I

o This course covers the fundamentals of applied electromagnetic by emphasizing physical understanding and practical applications in Electrical and Computer Engineering systems. It deals with the study of static electric fields in vacuum and dielectrics, conductors, capacitance, electrostatic energy and forces.

● CMP 012 Computer Orientations II.

o The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the Computers and Information Technology. Students are introduced to various applications and Multimedia on the Internet. Students also learn about Hardware components in a system, Input / Output devices, Storage devices, Internet and Web technology and Computer Networking.

● CS 101 Computer Programming I.

o The objective of this course is to provide the student with a clear overview of how to solve real-life problems and provide a computer solution to them using the C programming language and to acquaint students with computer terminology commonly used in the computer discipline.

● CS 151 Introductions to Digital Design.

o The objective of this course is to enables the student to understand how the basic components of computers are specified, optimized and implemented using current digital electronics technology. This knowledge is a key factor in preparing the student to understand how computers work in subsequent courses.

● CS 285

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