Dr. El-Alfy - Research

Journal Publications

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Conference Publications

Technical Reports

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Talks/Seminars/Keynote

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Publications in Refereed Journals

Radwan E. Abdel-Aal and El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, "Constructing optimal educational tests using GMDH-based item ranking and selection," Neurocomputing, vol. 72, no. 4-6, January 2009, pp. 1184-1197. <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, "Learning Methods for Spam Filtering," International Journal of Computer Research, vol. 16, no. 4, 2009.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy and Radwan E. Abdel-Aal, “Construction and analysis of educational tests using abductive machine learning,” Computers & Education, vol. 51, no. 1, August 2008, pp. 1-16. <pdf file >
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “Applications of genetic algorithms to optimal multilevel design of MPLS-based networks,” Computer Communications, vol. 30, no. 9, June 2007, pp. 2010-2020. <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Yu-Dong Yao and Harry Heffes, "A learning approach for prioritized handoff channel allocation in mobile multimedia networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 5, no. 7, July 2006, pp. 1651-1660. <pdf file>
Hafiz M. Asif and El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “The impact of random early detection on the performance of different queueing disciplines,” WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 11, no. 4, November 2005, pp. 1522-1528. <pdf file>

Book Translation

شبكات الحاسب والإنترنت، الجزء الأول: أسس ومبادئ الشبكات والإنترنت. د. السيد الألفي ود. رضوان عبد العال، مكتبة العبيكان 2009. قيد النشر. (Arabic Translation of: Computer Networking, 4/Edition, 2008, By Kurose & Ross, ch.1-ch.5 )
شبكات الحاسب والإنترنت، الجزء الثاني: مفاهيم وتقنيات متقدمة. د. السيد الألفي ود. رضوان عبد العال، مكتبة العبيكان 2009. قيد النشر. (Arabic Translation of: Computer Networking, 4/Edition, 2008, By Kurose & Ross, ch.6-ch.9 )
- Book Translation Project: Network Security Essentials, Stallings; 2007

Book Chapters and Book Reviews

El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, "Routing and Traffic Management," in S. Misra, S. C. Misra, and I. Woungang (Eds.). Selected Topics in Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, World Scientific, 2009. ISBN: 978-981-283-943-5. (Chapter 13)
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, "Learning Methods for Spam Filtering," in H. Peters and M. Vogel (Eds.). Machine Learning Research Progress, Nova Science Publishers, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-60456-646-8.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, "A review of network security," IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 8, no. 7, July 2007. (Book Review) <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “A general look at building applications for mobile devices,” IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 6, no. 9, September 2005. (Book Review) <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “Software agents,” ACM Intelligence, 2000. (Book Review) <pdf file>

Publications in Refereed Conference Proceedings

El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, "Discovering classification rules for email spam filtering with an ant colony optimization algorithm," IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC’09), Trondheim, Norway, May 18-21, 2009.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, and Said A. Muhammad, “E-Restaurant: A collaborative distributed system integrating restaurant operation automation and meal recommendation,” in Proceedings of the Fourth eServices Symposium in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: eServices Integration, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, March 9-11, 2009.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, and Anas M.N. Orwani, "The need for a unified framework for evaluating web cache replacement strategies," in Proceedings of the 5th IEEE-GCC Conference, Kuwait, March 17-19, 2009.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, "Abductive learning approach for geometric shape recognition,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Exhibition, Bahrain, Dec. 1-3, 2008.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy and Radwan E. Abdel-Aal, “Spam filtering with abductive networks,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN’08), Hong Kong, June 1-6, 2008. <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy and Fares S. Al-Qunaieer, “A fuzzy similarity approach for automated spam filtering,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA’08), Qatar, April 2008. <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Shokri Z. Selim and Syed N. Mujahid, “Solving the minimum-cost constrained multipath routing with load balancing in MPLS networks using an evolutionary method,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2007), Singapore, September 2007.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy and Syed S. Jafri, “A recurrent neural network for sequential estimation of examinees' knowledge state,” in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Interactive Computer aided Blended Learning (ICBL 2007), IEEE Student Track, Brazil, May 2007.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy and Shokri Z. Selim, “On optimal firewall rule ordering,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA’07), Amman, Jordan, May 13–16, 2007. <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “A heuristic approach for firewall policy optimization,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT’07), Phoenix Park, Republic of Korea, February 12–14, 2007. <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy and Syed S. Jafri, “A neural network approach for estimating examinees’ proficiency levels in computerized adaptive testing,” in Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Web-based Education (WBE’07), Chamonix, France, March 14–16, 2007. <pdf file>
Nada M. El-Shenawy, Mohamed N. El-Drini, Mahmoud M. Fahmy and El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “Performance comparison of CBT and PIM multicast routing protocols over MPLS networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Engineering & Systems (ICCES'06), Cairo, Egypt, November 2006. <pdf file>
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “MPLS network topology design using genetic algorithms,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'06), Dubai/Sharjah, UAE, pp. 1059 – 1065, March 8-11, 2006. <pdf file>
Hafiz M. Asif and El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, “Performance evaluation of queuing disciplines for multi-class traffic using OPNET simulator,” in Proceedings of the 7th WSEAS International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Computational Techniques in Electrical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 2005.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Yu-Dong Yao, and Harry Heffes, “Autonomous call admission control with prioritized handoff in cellular networks”, in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’01), Finland, June 2001.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Yu-Dong Yao, and Harry Heffes, “A learning approach for call admission control with prioritized handoff in mobile multimedia networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’01-Spring), Greece, May 2001.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Yu-Dong Yao, and Harry Heffes, “A model-based learning scheme for wireless channel allocation with prioritized handoff,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunication Conference (Globecom’06), San Antonio, TX, November 2001.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Yu-Dong Yao, and Harry Heffes, “Adaptive resource allocation with prioritized handoff in cellular mobile networks under QoS provisioning,” in Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC’01-Fall), Atlantic City, NJ, October 2001.
El-Sayed M. Abdel-Kareem (El-Alfy), Yehia M. Enab, and El-Sayed H. El-Konyalay, “Obstacle avoidance and motion control for mobile robots,” SPIE, Mobile Robots IX, vol. 2352, pp. 167-177, 1995.
El-Sayed M. Abdel-Kareem (El-Alfy), Yehia M. Enab, and El-Sayed H. El-Konyalay, “Obstacle avoidance navigator for mobile robots,” In Proceedings of the International Engineering Conference (IEC'95), Mansoura, Egypt, 1995. [held every two years, latest is IEC 2008]

Refereed Technical Reports

El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Traffic Routing and Management in Communication Networks, Technical Report, KFUPM-CCSE-2008-001/ICS, December 2007.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Computerized Adaptive Testing Methodologies, Technical Report, KFUPM-CCSE-2006-001/ICS, September 2006. (Also submitted to DSR-KFUPM)
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Applications of Genetic Algorithms to MPLS-Based Network Design, Technical Report, KFUPM-CCSE-2005-005/ICS, September 2005. (Also submitted to DAD-KFUPM)
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy et al., Real Time Data Acquisition System. Technical Report, FRCU, El-Mansoura, Egypt, 1992.

Theses

El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Intelligent System for Channel Allocation with Prioritized Handoff in Mobile Cellular Multimedia Networks. PhD Dissertation, July 2001.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy, Wheeled Mobile Obstacle Avoidance. M. Sc. Thesis, July 1994.
El-Sayed M. El-Alfy et al., Computer-Based Control System for Inspection of Raw Materials. B.Sc. Senior Project, 1991 (a basis for a paper published by the advisor in Port Said Magazine, Egypt, 1991).

Talks, Seminars & Keynote Speeches Given

Web Application Security Threats and Countermeasures: Recent Developments and Future, Keynote Speech, The Third International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies (ICICT’09), Karachi, Pakistan, Aug. 15-16, 2009.
Abductive learning approach for geometric shape recognition, ICIS’08, Bahrain, December 2, 2008.
Spam Filtering Using Abductive Networks, IJCNN’08, Hong Kong, China, June 6, 2008.
A Fuzzy Similarity Approach for Spam Filtering, AICCSA’08, Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2008.
E-mail Spam Filtering via a Fuzzy Similarity Approach, CITROD’08, RI-KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, March 30, 2008.
New Trend in Educational Assessment: Computerized Adaptive Testing, CCSE-KFUPM, November 7, 2006.
A Heuristic Approach for Firewall Policy Optimization, ICACT’07, Korea, February 11, 2007.
On Optimal Firewall Rule Ordering, AICCSA’06, UAE, March 10, 2006.
A Learning Approach for Call Admission Control with Prioritized Handoff in Mobile Multimedia Networks, IEEE VTC’01, USA, 2001.
A Model-Based Learning Scheme for Wireless Channel Allocation with Prioritized Handoff, Globecom’01, USA, 2001.
Obstacle Avoidance Navigator for Mobile Robots, El-Mansoura First Engineering Conference, Egypt, 1995.

Other non-Refereed Technical Reports

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