Curriculum Vitae

Mostafa I. H. Abd-El-Barr

Professor, Department of Information Science

Kuwait University (Retired)

Dean College of Computing Sciences and Engineering (2016-2019) Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, CFW (2006-2009)

Chairman Department of Information Science (2003-2005) Tagamoa Alkhamis- Alhayai Althani- Area 6- Steet 2- Villa 27 New Cairo-Egypt

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1. Degrees

Degrees Fields Institutions Year Granted

Ph.D. Electrical& Computer Engineering University of Toronto, Canada 1986 M.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Computer Division) Cairo University, Egypt 1979 B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Cairo University, Egypt 1973 2. Major Research Areas

1. Information Systems Security.

2. Cryptographic Algorithms and Structures.

3. Design and Analysis of Reliable & Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems. 4. Network Optimization and Security.

5. VLSI System Design & Algorithms.

6. Parallel Processing/Algorithms.

7. Digital Systems Testing.

8. Computer Organization& Architecture

9. Beyond-Binary Logic System Design & Analysis.

3. Appointments

3.1. Formally Designated Administrative Positions at Kuwait University Years Title Academic Unit

20016-2019 Dean College of Computing Sciences and Engineering (CCSE) 2006-2009 Vice Dean College for Women (CFW)

2003-2005 Department Chair Department of Information Science 3.2. Academic Appointments

Years Position Academic Unit

2003- 2020 Professor Department of Information Science, CCSE, Kuwait University 1996-2003 Professor Department of Computer Engineering, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia 1993-1996 Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 1989-1993 Associate Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 1986-1989 Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 2002- Now Adjunct Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Uvic, Canada 2005-2009 Adjunct Professor Department of Computer Engineering, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia 3.3. Accreditation Experience

Years Position Academic Unit

2009- Now ABET PEV ABET Accreditation, USA

2014-2018 Director CCSE Office of Academic Assessment and Accreditation (O-AAA), KU 2015-2017 Director Graduate Program Department of Information Science, CCSE, KU 3.4. Sample Administrative Activities

Title Unit/Committee

Consultant Kuwait Authority for the disable, Automation Committee, Kuwait, 2015-2016.

Director Office for Assessment and Accreditation, CFW, Kuwait, 2005-2006. Chairman Graduate& Research Committee, ISC, Kuwait University. Chairman Scientific Committee, CFW, Kuwait University, 2005-2009. 3

Chairman Recruiting and Promotion Committee, CFW, Kuwait University, 2003- 2009.

Member

Member

IT Graduate Program Committee, Kuwait University, 2005 -2009. Kuwait Accreditation Committee, 2007-2008.

Chairman Outcome-based Assessment Committee, CFW, Kuwait University, 2003-2004. Chairman ICS/COE Joint PhD Graduate Programs, KFUPM, 2001-2003. Member Program Advisory Committee for Vice Rector, KFUPM, 2002-2003. Member National IT Plan for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KFUPM, 2001-2002. Chairman Graduate & Research Committee, COE, KFUPM, 1997-1999. Member KFUPM Academic Committee, KFUPM, 2002-2003. Chairman Graduate Committee, COE, KFUPM, 2002-2003. Chairman ABET Visit Preparation Committee, COE, KFUPM, 2000-2001. Chairman Research Committee, CCSE, KFUPM, 1996-1998. Chairman Curriculum Committee, COE, KFUPM, 1996-1998. Member Committee to introduce “Communication Eng.", Program, KFUPM, 1997-1998. Chairman Graduate Committee, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, 1990-1993. Member Committee to introduce “Computer Eng.” Program, University of Saskatchewan, 1990-1993.

Member Committee on Research & Scholarly Work, University of Saskatchewan, 1992- 1993.

Member Curriculum Review Committee, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, 1987-1989.

4. Sample Honours and Awards Year Source Title

2015 Faculty Association, Kuwait University Distinguished Teaching and Research Award 2002 College of Computer Sciences and Engineering, KFUPM Distinguished Teaching Award 1998 College of Computer Sciences and Engineering, KFUPM Distinguished Advising Award 1996 College of Computer Sciences and Engineering, KFUPM Distinguished Teaching Award 1993 Computer Science Department, University of Saskatchewan Professor of the year 1992 Computer Science Department, University of Saskatchewan Professor of the year 1992 University of Saskatchewan M aster Teacher (nominated) 5. Memberships in Professional Societies Institute Rank Period ACM Member 2016-Now

ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) ABET Accreditation, USA IEEE Senior Member 1992-Now

IEEE Member 1986-1992

6. Publications

6.1. Summary

Publication Item Quantity

Books 5

Refereed Journals/ Conferences 183

Technical Reports 11

Ph.D. Theses Supervision/Membership 8

M.Sc. Theses Supervision/Membership 72

Research Grants Information 24

6.2. Books

1. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Design and Analysis of Reliable and Fault Tolerant Computer Systems”, Imperial College Press, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd., January 2007. ISBN 1-86094-668-2. 4

2. Abd-El-Barr, M. and H. El-Rewini, “Fundamentals of Computer Organization and Architecture”, John Wiley Publishing Co., 2005. ISBN 0-471-467441-3.

3. El-Rewini and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Advanced Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing”, John Wiley Publishing Co., 2005. ISBN 0-471-46740-5.

4. Abd-El-Barr, M. and H. El-Rewini, “Fundamentals of Computer Organization and Architecture”, John Wiley Publishing Co./Publishing House of Electronic Industry (http://www.phei.com.cn), 2005. ISBN 0-471-467441-3

(same book in 2 in Chinese).

5. El-Rewini and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Advanced Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing”, John Wiley Publishing Co./Publishing House of Electronic Industry (http://www.phei.com.cn), 2005. ISBN 7-121-01988-4

(same book in 3 in Chinese).

6.3. Refereed Journal Publications

Accepted/Published Papers

1. Al-Janahi, N., Abd-El-Barr, M., and Qureshi, K., “Evaluation and Performance Comparison of a Model for Adoption of Biometrics in Online Banking”, Kuwait Journal of Science (KJS), vol. 48, no 2, pp.1-19, April 21, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.48129/kjs.v48i2.8800. 2. M. Abd-El-Barr, K. Qureshi, and S. Bambang, “Swarm Intelligence versus Direct Cover Algorithms in Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, Applied Computing and Informatics, March 10, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aci.2020.03.002.

3. M. Abd-El-Barr, “Performance Assessment of an Efficient Search and Realization Technique of the S-Box in the AES Cryptosystem”, International Journal of Computer and Software Engineering, 4: 146, 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4451/2019/146.

4. Abd-El-Barr, M., Gebali, F., “Reliability Analysis and Fault Tolerance for Hypercube Multicomputer Networks”, ElSevier Journal of Information Sciences (INS), vol. 276, August 2014, pp. 295-318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2013.10.031 (First Quartile, Q1 journal). 5. Abd-El-Barr, M. and Al-Farhan, A., “A Highly Parallel Area Efficient S-Box Architecture for AES ByteSubstitution," International Journal of Engineering and Technology vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 346-350, October 2014. 6. Khan, K., Qureshi, K., and Abd-El-Barr, M., “An Efficient Grid Scheduling Strategy for Data Parallel Applications”, Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 68, pp. 1487-1502, June 2014. DOI 10.1007/s11227-014-1114-0. 7. Abd-El-Barr, M. and A. Khattab, “An Efficient Pipelined Multiplicative Inverse Architecture for the AES Cryptosystem”, Interantional Journal of Information and Electronics Engineering (IJIEE), vol. 4, no. 2, March, 2014, pp. 81-86. ISSN:2010-3719, DOI: 10.7763/IJIEE.2014.V4.413. 8. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Iterative Synthesis Techniques for Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, Interantional Journal of Information and Electronics Engineering (IJIEE), vol. 4, no. 2, March 2014, pp. 111-115. ISSN:2010-3719, DOI: 10.7763/IJIEE.2014.V4.413.

9. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Performance Comparison of Evolutionary Techniques for Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, Accepted, Journal of advances in Information Sciences and Service Science (AISS), June 2013. Number of manuscript pages is 11.

10. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Khan, E., “Improved Direct Cover Heuristic Algorithms for Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, International Journal of Electronics, Oxford, vol. 101, no. 2, February 2014, pp. 271-286. 11. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Evolutionary Techniques in Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, Interntional Journal of New Computer Architectures and Their Applications, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 410-421, August 2012. 5

12. Abd-El-Barr, M. “Hybrid Fuzzy Direct Cover Algorithm for Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions", ElSevier International Journal of Computer Science (IJCS), Vol. 8, no. 3, May 2011, pp. 158-166. ISSN 1694-0814. 13. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Heuristic Algorithms for Synthesis of Multiple-valued Logic Functions”, Accepted International Journal of Computed Science (IJCS), March 2011. Number of two-column pages is 9. 14. Manuel, P. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Thamarai, S., “A Novel Trust Management System for Cloud Computing – IaaS Providers”, Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computation, vol. 79, November 2011, pp. 3-22.

15. Abd-El-Barr, M. and Al-Somani, T., “Topological Properties of Hierarchical Interconnection Networks - A Review and Comparison”, Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (JECE), vol. 2011, Article ID 189434- 12 pages. DOI: 10.1155/2011/189434.

16. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Ant Colony Heuristic Algorithm for Multi-Level Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, International Journal of Computed Science (IJCS), 37:1, IJCS_37_1_07, February 2011, pp. 1-6. 17. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Ant colony optimization-direct cover: a hybrid ant colony direct cover technique for multilevel synthesis of multiple-valued logic functions”, International Journal of Electronics (IJE), Vol. 97, No. 12, pp. 1391- 1404, December 2010.

18. Abd-El-Barr, M., "Fault Tolerance and Reliability of Mesh Multi-Computer Networks − A Review", Journal on Software Engineering (i-manager's), Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 7-17, January - March 2010. 19. Abd-El-Barr, M. “Ant Colony Heuristic Algorithm for Multi-Level Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, International Journal of Computer Science (IJCS), vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 58-63, March 2010. 20. Abd-El-Barr, M. “Heuristic Algorithms for Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions", Accepted, International Journal of Computer Science (IJCS), April 2010. Number of manuscript pages is 15. 21. Abd-El-Barr, M. “ACO-DC: Hybrid Ant Colony Direct Cover Technique for Multi-Level Synthesis of MultipleValued Logic Functions”, International Journal of Electronics (IJE), vol. 97, no. 12, December 2010, pp. 13911404.

22. Abd-El-Barr, M. “Topological Network Design: A Survey”, Elsevier Journal of Networks and Computer Applications (JNCA), vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 501-509, May 2009. 23. E. Khan, M. W. El-Kharashi, F. Gebali, and M. Abd-El-Barr, "Design Space Exploration of a Reconfigurable HMAC-Hash Unit'', Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 109--127, May 2008.

24. Manuel, P., Abd-El-Barr, M., Rajasingh, I., and Rajan, B., "An Efficient Representation of Benes Networks and its Applications", Journal of Discrete Algorithms, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 11-19, March 2008. 25. Abd-El-Barr, M. “Non-Binary Functional Synthesis Using ACO Heuristic”, International Journal of Electronics, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 39-56, January 2008.

26. Manuel, P., Abd-El-Barr, M., and Tamarai, S., "Knowledge Based Document management System for Free-Text Document Discovery", Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computation (JCMCC), vol. 67, pp. 141-152, 2008.

27. Abd-El-Barr, M. and Khan, Salman, “Design and Analysis of a Fault Tolerant Hybrid Mobile Scheme”, Journal of Information Science 177 (2007), pp. 2602-2620.

28. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., M. Nadeem, and K. Al-Tawil, “A Heuristic-based Wormhole Routing Algorithm for Hypercube Multicomputer Networks”, Cluster Computing Journal, vol. 4, pp. 253-262, July 2001. (First Quartile, Q1 journal).

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29. F. Ashraf, Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and K. Al-Tawil, “Introduction to Routing in Multicomputer Networks”, ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 14-21, December 1998. 30. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., K. Al-Tawil, and T. Al-Jarad, “RAZAN: A High Performance Switch Architecture for ATM Networks", International Journal of Communication Systems, vol. II, pp. 275-285, November 1998. 31. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., G. Abdul-Hamid and M. Hasan, "On the Synthesis of MVL Functions using Input and Output Assignments", IEE Proceedings Circuits and Systems, vol. 145, no. 3, June 1998, pp. 207-212. 32. Al-Tawil, K., Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and Ashraf, F., "A Survey and Comparison of Fault-Tolerant Routing Techniques in Mesh Networks", IEEE Network, March-April 1997, pp. 38-45. 32. Khan, E., El-Kharashi, W., Gebali, F., and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Design and Performance Analysis of a Unified, Reconfigurable HMAC-Hash Unit", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 54, no. 12, pp. 2683-2695, December 2007. (First Quartile, Q1 journal).

33. Khan, E., El-Kharashi, W., Gebali, F., and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Applying the Handel-C Design Flow in Designing an HMAC-Hash Unit on FPGAs”, Published, IEE-E Proc. Computers & Digital Techniques, vol. 153, no. 5, pp. 323- 334, September 2006.

34. Y. Wang, Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and C. McCrosky, "An Algorithm for Symmetric OBDD Detection", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 46, no. 6, June 1997, pp. 731-733. (First Quartile, Q1 journal). 35. D. Ekong, H. Wood, and Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "Fault-Tolerant Neural Network with Concurrent Error Detection and Correction Capability", Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 22, no. 1, 1997, pp. 13-18. 36. J. Zhu, Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and C. McCrosky, "A New Theory for Testability-Preserving Optimization of Combinational Circuits", VLSI Design International Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 1996, pp. 59-75. (Q1 journal). 37. Wang, Y. and Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "A New Algorithm for RNS Decoding", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. 43, no. 12, December 1996, pp. 998-1001. (First Quartile, Q1 journal). 38. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and S. Ansari, "Statistical Analysis of Multiple Intermittent Faults in Combinational Circuits", International Journal of Electronics, vol. 80, no. 5, May 1996, pp. 647-660. 39. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and Hai, M. A., "Subcube Reliability of a Modular Fault Tolerant Hypercube Architecture" Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, no. 1, 1996, pp. 7-25. 40. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., McCrosky, C. D., and W. Li., "A Less Expensive Test Pattern Generation Technique", Proc. IEE Pt. E, vol. 143, no. 1, January 1996, pp. 17-22. 41. Xu, Y., Abd-El-Barr, M. H., McCrosky, C., "Graph-Based Output Phase Assignment for PLA Minimization", IEEE Trans. Computer-Aided Design (CAD) of Integrated Circuits and Systems}, vol. 14, no. 5, May 1995, pp. 613-622.

(First Quartile, Q1 journal).

42. Li, W., Abd-El-Barr, M. H., McCrosky, C., and Wei, D., "D-CPT: A Time/Space Efficient Fault Simulator" International Journal of Electronics, vol. 76, no. 4, April 1994, pp. 633-645. 43. Jain, A. K., Bolton, R. J., and Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "CMOS Multiple-Valued Logic Design - Part I: Circuit Implementation", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. 40, no. 8, Aug. 1993, pp. 503-514. (First Quartile, Q1 journal).

44. Jain, A. K., Bolton, R. J., and Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "CMOS Multiple-Valued Logic Design - Part II: Function Realization", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. 40, no. 8, Aug. 1993, pp. 515-522. (First Quartile, Q1 journal).

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45. Zhu, J. and Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "On the optimization of MOS circuits", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. 40, no. 6, June 1993, pp. 412-422. (First Quartile, Q1 journal). 46. Zhu, J. and Abd-El-Barr, M. H.,"TSC3 : A Totally Self-Checking Checker/Corrector with Self-Exercising", International Journal of Electronics, vol. 74, no. 5, May 1993, pp. 683-695. 47. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and H. Choy, "The Use of Simulated Annealing to Reduce 2-Bit decoder PLAs", International Journal of Electronics. vol. 74, no. 3, March 1993, pp. 441-450. 48. Jain, A., Abd-El-Barr, M. H., and Bolton, R., "A New Structure for CMOS Realization of MVL Functions", International Journal of Electronics, vol. 74, no 2, Feb. 1993, pp. 251-263. 49. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "Programmable Synthesis of Multi-valued Multi-threshold Functions for Implementation Using Charge-Coupled Devices", International Journal of Electronics}, vol. 73, no. 2, 1992, pp. 345-370. 50. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "Systematic Realization of Binary and Multi-valued Functions Using Charge-Coupled Devices Building Blocks", Proc. IEE-G, vol. 138, no. 6, Dec. 1991, pp. 694-702. 51. Tandri, S., M. H. Abd-El-Barr, and C. McCrosky, "Integrated Specification, Simulation, and Fabrication of Systolic/Wavefront Arrays", International Journal in Computer Simulation, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 273-290, 1991. 52. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., Z. G. Vranesic, and S. G. Zaky, "Algorithmic Synthesis of MVL Functions for CCD Implementation", IEEE Trans. Comput., vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 977-986, August 1991. (First Quartile, Q1 journal). 53. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "A CMOS Quaternary Logic Encoder-Decoder Circuits", International Journal of Electronics, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 279-296, 1991.

54. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., "Programmable Logic Array Structure for Realization of Multi-valued Multi-threshold Functions Using Charge-Coupled Devices", International Journal of Electronics, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 765-783, 1991. 55. Abd-El-Barr, M. H. and Z. G. Vranesic, "Cost Reduction in the CCD Realization of MVMT Functions" IEEE Trans. Comput, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 702-706, May 1990. (First Quartile, Q1 journal). 56. Abd-El-Barr, M. H. and Z. G. Vranesic, "Charge-Coupled Device Implementation Of MVL Systems", Proc. IEEE, vol. 136, no. 4, pp. 306-315, July 1989.

57. Abd-El-Barr, M. H. and Z. G. Vranesic, "The Incremental-Cost Approach for Synthesis of CCD 4-valued Unary Functions", International Journal of Electronics, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 735-748, 1989. 58. Abd-El-Barr, M. H., Z. G. Vranesic and S. G. Zaky, "Synthesis of Multi-Valued Multi-Threshold Logic Functions for CCD Implementation", IEEE Trans. Computers, vol. C-35, no. 2, pp. 124-133, Feb. 1986. (First Quartile, Q1 journal).

59. M. R. ElKaraksy, A. S. Noah and M. H. Abd-El-Barr, "Communication Channels Microprocessor Based Interface For Bit oriented Line Protocols", Journal of Engineering Sciences, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 207-211, Nov. 1979. 6.4. Refereed Conference Publications

1. Abd-El-Barr, M., “On the Design Approaches of the S-Box in AES Cryptosystems— A Review and Performance Comparison”, Submitted, the 2019 International Conference on Security and management”, held July 29-Auguest 1, 2019, Las Vegas, USA. Pp. 3-8.

2. Khan, Salman and Abd-El-Barr, M., “A Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Topology Optimization of Local Area Networks”, Second International Conference on Computing Sciences and Engineering

(ICCSE2018), held March11-13, 2018. IEEE Xplore Digital Library 2018. Number of manuscript pages is 6. 8

3. Sharar, Bedour and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Citizens’ Perspective on the Impact of Social media on Politics in Kuwait”, Second International Conference on Computing Sciences and Engineering (ICCSE2018), held March11-13, 2018. IEEE Xplore Digital Library 2018. Number of manuscript pages is 6. 4. Al-Jarallah, Dana and Abd-El-Barr, M., “A study on the influence of social media technology on medical education in Kuwait”, Second International Conference on Computing Sciences and Engineering (ICCSE2018), held March11-13, 2018. IEEE Xplore Digital Library 2018. Poster. 5. Alsaiari, U., Gebali, F., and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Programmable Assertion Checkers for hardware Trojan Detection”, Accepted LASCAS/PRIME 2017, February 20-23, 2017, Bariloche, Argentinea. Number of manuscript pages is 11.

6. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Al-Noori, A.,“ Design of Arithmetic Building Blocks for Cryptographic Systems”, Asia Joint Conference on Information Security Management (AsiaJCIS 2016) held Augst 3-5, 2016, Fukuoka, Japan. Number of manuscript pages is 6.

7. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Al-Noori, A.,“ Design of Arithmetic Building Blocks for Cryptographic Systems”, Accepted, International Conference on Security Management (SAM’16) held July 25- 28, 2016 in Las Vegas, USA. Number of manuscript pages is 6.

8. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Al-Noori, A.,“ Logic Design and Comparison of Arithmetic Structures for AES Cryptographic Systems”, International Conference on Security Management (SAM’15) held July 27- 30, 2015 in Las Vegas, USA, pp. 185-191.

9. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Al-Noori, A.,“Arithemtic Structures for AES Cryptographic Systems”, the 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS), February 26-27, 2015 in Karpagam, India, pp. 1364-1370.

10. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Alfarhan, A.,“Binary versus Multi-valued Logic Realization of the AES S-Box”, the 14th International Conference on Security & management (SAM’14), July 21-24 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Number of manuscript pages is 5.

11. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Alfarhan, A.,“A Highly Parallel area Efficient S-Box Architecture for AES ByteSubstitution”, the 2014 3rd International Conference on Security Science and Technology (ICSST 2014), held March 20-21, 2014 in Manila, Philippines, pp. 346-350. 12. Abd-El-Barr, M. and A. Khattab, “An Efficient Pipelined Multiplicative Inverse Architecture for the AES Cryptosystem”, 2nd Interantional Conference on Communication and Electronic Information (ICCEI 2014), held January 2-3, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, pp. 81-86. 13. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Iterative Synthesis Techniques for Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, 2014 2nd Interantional Conference on Communication and Electronic Information (ICCEI 2014), held January 2-3, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, pp. 111-115.

14. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Iterative Techniques in Synthesis of MVL Functions – A Review and Comparison”, the 8th International Conference on Information processing, Management, and Intelligent Information Technology, (CDES- 2013), held, July 22-25 2013, LasVages, Nevada, USA, pp. 61-66. 15. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Evolutionary Techniques in Synthesis of Beyond-Binary Logic – A Review and Comparison”, the 8th International Conference on Information processing, Management, and Intelligent Information Technology, (ICIPT2013), April 1-3, 2013, Seoul, Korea, pp. 856-861. 16. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Non-Binary Evolutionary Synthesis Techniques – A Comparison”, International Conference on Informatics & Applications (ICIA2012), June 3-5, 2012, Malaysia, pp. 156-167. 17. Al-Shatti, T., Abd-El-Barr, M., Al-Mutairi, M. and Al-Mutairi, F., “Information Technology in Neuroplasticity Exercises for Learning Difficulties”, International Conference on ICT (ICDD2012), held May 20-22, 2012, in Kuwait. Number of manuscript pages is 10.

18. Abd-El-Barr, and Al-Somani, T., “Performance Comparison of Hierarchical Interconnection Networks”, IEEE 2011 Pacific Rim Conference, August 23-26, Victoria, BC, Canada, pp. 191-196. 19. Abd-El-Barr, M., “On Optimization of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions”, The IASTED International Conference on Circuits and Systems (CS 2010), held August 23-25, 2010, Hawaii, USA, pp. 27-32. 20. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Minimization of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions Using Heuristic Techniques”, Submitted, 21. The International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCS’10) held October 20-22, 2010, San Francisco, USA. Number of manuscript pages is 8.

22. Abd-El-Barr, M. and Al-Otaibi, J., “e-Government in the GCC Countries – A Review & Comparison”, Proceedings of the IFIP EGOV2010, held August 29 to September 2, 2010 in Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 135- 142.

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23. Manuel, P. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Thamarai, S., “Trust Management System for Grid and Cloud Resources”, International Conference on Advanced Computing, (ICAC 2009), Chennai, India, December 2009. 24. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Ant Colony Direct Cover Technique for Multi-Level Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic 25. Functions”, International Conference on Circuits and Systems (ICCS’09), held October 20-22, 2009, San Francisco, USA, pp. 182-185. This paper won the Best Paper Award during the ICCS’09. 26. Sarif, B. and Abd-El-Barr, M., “The use of Multiple Connected Pseudo Minterms in the Synthesis of MVL Functions”, the 39th IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL), held May 21-23, 2009, Japan, pp. 145-150.

27. Sarif, B. and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Fuzzy-based Direct Cover Algorithm for Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions", IASTED Circuits and Systems, held Hawaii, September 2008, pp. 61-65. 28. Sarif, B. and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Minterm Injection Technique for Synthesis of Multiple-Valued Logic Functions", IASTED Circuits and Systems, held Hawaii, September 2008, pp. 66-70. 29. Sarif, B. and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Functional Synthesis Using Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization”, Proceedings IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, held September 21-23, 2008, St. Louis MO, USA, pp. 1-8. 30. Manuel, P., Abd-El-Barr, M., Manmathanraj, R., Thamarai, S., and Mahendran, E., “Knowledge Discovery from Text Documents Using Neural Network based on Abstract Maps”, Proceedings, the International Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science, (ICMCS 2007), March 1-3, 2007, Chennai, India, pp. 694- 700.

31. Manuel, P., Abd-El-Barr, and Thamarai, S., “Knowledge Discovery Using Neural Networks”, Proceedings, the International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE’07), Las Vegas, USA, June 25-28, 2007.

32. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Topological Network Design”, Proceedings, the International Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science, (ICMCS 2007), held March 1-3, 2007, Chennai, India, pp. 4-13. 33. Abd-El-Barr, M. and Sarif, B., “Improved Ant Colony Optimization for Synthesis of MVL Functions", Proceedings, the International Conference on Communication and Information Technology (ICICI 2007), held August 8-9, 2007, Bandong Indonesia. Number of camera-ready pages is 8. 34. Abd-El-Barr, M. and Sarif, B., “Weighted and Ordered Direct Cover Algorithms for Minimization of MVL Functions", Proceedings, the 37st IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL-2007), held May 13-16, 2007, Oslo, Norway, pp. 48-53.

35. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Sarif, B., “Synthesis of MVL Functions – Part I: The Ant Colony Optimization Approach”, International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM-06) held December 16-19, 2006, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, pp. 154-157.

36. Sarif, B. and Abd-El-Barr, M., “Synthesis of MVL Functions – Part II: The Genetic Algorithm Approach”, International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM-06) held December 16-19, 2006, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, pp. 158-161.

37. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Sarif, B., “Genetic Algorithms in the Synthesis of MVL Functions”, the 2006 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), held July 2006, Seatle, USA. Number of two-column pages is 8.

38. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Performance Comparison of a Number of Reliable and Fault-Tolerant Hierarchical Interconnection Networks”, Proceedings, the 18th IASTED International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems (PDCS 2006), held November 13-15, 2006, Dallas, Texas, USA. Number of manuscript pages is 12.

39. Abd-El-Barr, M., “Ant Colony Based Optimization Approach for Synthesis of MVL Functions”, Proceedings, the IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals and Systems (CSS 2006), held November 20-22, 2006, San Francisco, USA, pp. 131-136.

40. Manuel, P., Abd-El-Barr, M., Rajasingh, I., and Rajan, B., “Efficient Representation of Benes Network and its Application”, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australian Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (AWOCA- 2005), September 18-21, 2005, Victoria, Australia, pp. 217-230. 41. Abd-El-Barr, M., Youssef, M., and Al-Otaibi, M., “Wireless Sensor Networks – Part I: Topology and Design Issues”, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 1-4, 2005.

42. Abd-El-Barr, M., Al-Otaibi, M., and Youssef, M., “Wireless Sensor Networks – Part II: Routing and Security Issues”, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 1-4, 2005.

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43. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Al-Awami, “Iterative-based Minimization of Unary 4-valued Functions for Current-mode CMOS”, IEEE 34th International Conference on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL-04), held May 19-22, 2004, Toronto, Canada, pp. 315-320.

44. Sarif, B., Abd-El-Barr, M., Sait, S., and Al-Saiari, U., "Fuzzified Ant Colony Algorithm for Efficient Cominantional Circuits ", The 2004 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), held June 2004, Portland, Oregon, USA, pp. 1415-1420.

45. Abd-El-Barr, M., Sait, S., and B. Sarif, “Ant Colony Algorithm for Evolutionary Design of Arithmetic Circuits”, IEEE 15th International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 03) held December 9-11, 2003, pp. 198-201.

46. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Al-Awami, “Iterative-based Minimization of Unary 4-valued Functions for Current-mode CMOS Realization”, IEEE 15th International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 03) held December 9-11, 2003, pp. 233-238.

47. Abd-El-Barr, M., and Al-Awami, “Analysis of Direct Cover Algorithms for Minimization of MVL Functions”, IEEE 15th International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 03) held December 9-11, 2003, pp. 308-312. 48. Abd-El-Barr, M., B. Sarif, Sait, Sadiq, and U. Al-Saiari, “A Modified Ant Colony Algorithm for Evolutionary Design of Digital Circuits”, the 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, December 8-12, 2003, Canberra, Australia, pp. 708-715.

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