Dr. El-Alfy - Research

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

Funded Projects

NSTIP (Principal Investigator).
Research Group Project 1(Principal Investigator).
Research Group Project 2 (Co-Investigator).
Research Group Project 3 (Co-Investigator).
Book Translation Project (Principal Investigator).
Book Translation Project: Practical Genetic Algorithms (by Haupt&Haupt; 2007); KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. (Principal Investigator).
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
- GALAL M. BIN MAKHASHEN
- Azzat Ahmed Al-Sadi
- Salamah Skhita
- Ahmad Baradah
- Ali A. Hasan
- ASHRAF ABD ELHAMID KHALIL
- Mohamed Ali
- 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
- Online Program Assessment, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, Fall& Spring 2011-2012.
- MMS: Web-Based Bilingual Mustalah (Terminology) Management System, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, Spring 2010.
- 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

Fourth Virtual Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering in Arabic: Application to Islamic Jurisprudence (VWCSEA), December, 3-4, 2011. 7th International Computing Conference in Arabic, ICCA 2011, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 30-June 1, 2011.
7th Int. Conf. on Network Services (ICNS 2011), Venice/Mestre, Italy, May 22-27, 2011.
2nd KFUPM ANNUAL RESEARCH DAY, May 10, 2011.
IEEE Symposium Series in Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2011), Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning, Paris, France, April 11-15, 2011.
23rd Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI2010), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 31-June 2, 2010. Canada.
17th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT2010), Doha, Qatar, April 4-7, 2010.
3rd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies (ICICT’09, Karachi, Pakistan, Aug. 15-16, 2009.
IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC’09), Trondheim, Norway, May 18-21, 2009.
The 4th eServices Symposium in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: eServices Integration, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, March 9-11, 2009.
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.