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Areas of Interest

Research Groups

Funded Projects

Supervision

Conference Attendance

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RESEARCH

Research Areas of Interest

My current research interests include evolutionary algorithms and machine learning applications in network-related problems and decision support systems; network security management;  performance evaluation and optimization of computer networks; mobile applications; Web security and spam filtering. .

Research Groups

• Intelligent Information Systems Research Group (IISRG)
• Security Research Group (SRG).

Funded Projects

• Book Translation Project: Network Security Essentials (by Stallings; 2007); KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.  (Principal Investigator).
• Book Translation Project: Computer Networking (by Kurose & Ross; 2008); KFUPM, Saudi Arabia.  (Principal Investigator).
• FastTrack, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia (Principal Investigator).
• Junior Faculty Research Grant, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. (Principal Investigator).
• Special Summer Assignment Grant, DAD-KFUPM, 2005. (Principal Investigator).
• Installing and Implementing “Real Time Data Acquisition System,” Talkha Semad Co., Sponsored by FRCU, Egypt, 11/1991-1/1993. (Programmer).

Supervision

• M. Sc. Thesis Supervision

  • Anas M. Orwani, “A Framework for Design and Evaluation of Web Cache Replacement Strategies,” KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. In Progress. (Committee: Dr. El-Sayed M. El-Alfy (Chair), Assoc. Prof. Mohammad Al-Suwaiyel, Dr. Sultan Al-Muhammadi).
  • Syed N. Mujahid, “Multi-objective Traffic Engineering Optimization over the Internet,” KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. Completed 2007. (Committee: Prof. Shokri Selim (Chair), Dr. El-Sayed M. El-Alfy (Co-Chair), Assoc. Prof. Umar Al-Turki, Prof. Hesham Al-Fares, Dr. Mohamed Al-Salamah)
  • Syed S. Jafri, “Computerized Adaptive Testing Using Bayesian Neural Networks,” KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. Completed 2007. (Committee: Dr. El-Sayed M. El-Alfy (Chair), Dr. Kanaan Faisal, Prof. Mohamed Safraz)
  • Adel Akeel, “Throughput Enhancement and QoS Support Using Fair-Share Scheduling in IEEE 802.11 WLANs,” KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. Completed 2007. (Committee: Dr. Ashraf Mahmoud (chair), Dr. Uthman Baroudi, Prof. Mayez Al-Mouhamed, Prof. Abdulaziz Almulhem, Dr. El-Sayed M. El-Alfy)
  • Nada M. El-Shenawy, “Multicast Routing in MPLS Networks,” Tanta University, Egypt. Completed 2007. (Committee: Prof. Mahmoud M. Fahmy (Chair), Prof. Mohamed N. El-Drini, Dr. El-Sayed M. El-Alfy)
     

• Senior Design Project Supervision

  • Firewall Policy Editor and Configuration Optimizer: Design and Development, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, Spring 2008.
  • Classroom Assessment Administration using a Client/Server Networking Paradigm. KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, Spring 2005.
  • Building an Interactive Image Compression Kit (ICTutor). KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, Fall 2004.
  • Distributed Database Banking System, Tanta University, Egypt, 2003-2004.
  • Multimedia Distance Learning Via Internet, Tanta University, Egypt, 2002-2003.

Conference/Workshop Attendance

• International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Exhibition (ICIS’08), Bahrain, December 1-3, 2008.
• The 5th Workshop on Industrial Systems and Control (WISC’08), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 24-25, 2008.
• IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2008), Hong Kong, China, June 1-6, 2008.
• IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, (AICCSA’08), Doha, Qatar, March 31-April 4, 2008.
• CITROD’08, RI-KFUPM, Center for Communications and Computer Research, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, March 30, 2008.
• The 4th Workshop on Industrial Systems and Control (WISC’07), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, May 20-22, 2007.
• IEEE International Conference of Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT’07), Korea, Feb. 10-12, 2007.
• IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM’06), Saudi Arabia, Dec. 16-19, 2006
• The 1st Saudi Engineering Forum, Engineering Education in 2020: Meeting Industry Needs, Saudi Arabia, May 23-24, 2006.
• IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA’06), UAE, March 8-11, 2006.
• International Conference on Information and Computer Science (ICICS’04), Saudi Arabia, 2004.
• The 2nd International Conference on Information (ICI-2), Egypt, 2003.
• The IEEE 54th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall 2001), Atlantic City, NJ, USA, Oct. 7 – 11, 2001.
• The ACM/IEEE GLOBECOM, San Antonio, TX, USA, Nov. 25-29, 2001.
• El-Mansoura First Engineering Conference, Egypt, 1995.