Full-Time ECE Faculty by Area of Research
Area Committee on Applied Electromagnetics and RF Systems
Riad Chedid
Ali El-Hajj
Karim Kabalan
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Energy policy, planning, and modeling
Design and planning aspects of renewable energy systems
Computer-aided design of electromagnetic/ electromechanical
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Design and operation of electric drives
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Antenna theory
Electromagnetic field computations
Software development
Telecommunication applications
Numerical solution of electromagnetic field problems
Microstrip Antennas
Software Development
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Area Committee on Biomedical Engineering
Fadi Karameh
Nassir
Sabah
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System identification and control
Biological systems: neural system modeling, gene expression arrays
Signal processing
Computation in the central nervous system
Biomedical instrumentation
Development and implementation of engineering and technology
curricula
Area Committee on Communications
Ibrahim Abou Faycal
Adnan Al-Alaoui
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Information theory
Digital and optical communications
Stochastic systems
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Analog and digital signal processing with applications to filters,
communications, controls, and biomedical engineering
Pattern recognition and neural networks with applications to
character, speech, and image recognition
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Zaher Dawy
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Cellular technologies (WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IMT-Advanced
Radio network planning and optimization
Radio resource management
Distributed and cooperative communications
Smart cities
Context-aware mobile computing
Computational genomics
Jean Saade
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Communication systems
Fuzzy sets and logic
Design of intelligent systems using fuzzy logic and other tools
Optimization techniques for intelligent and decision-making systems
Area Committee on Computer Architecture and VLSI Circuits
Haitham Akkary
Ali Chehab
Ibrahim Hajj
Ayman Kayssi
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Computer architecture
Optimizing compilers
Configurable computing
Embedded systems design
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Cloud Computing and security
Multimedia Security
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Wireless Communications and Security
Trust in Distributed Computing
VLSI Design for Low Power
VLSI testing
Design and verification of VLSI circuits and Systems
Design for reliability and optimization
Design automation
Mixed-mode simulation
Fault simulation and testing
Information security
Low-power design
Energy-aware computing
Internet engineering
Embedded systems for signal processing and wireless
communications: algorithms architectures, implementations
Applications: baseband modem IC design for 3GPP LTEAdvanced and IEEE 802.11ac wireless standards
MIMO detection: ML and sub-optimal soft-output MIMO
detections algorithms and architectures
Channel decoding: LDPC codes, turbo codes, Raptor codes, HARQ error-control
Pruned interleavers: Parallel/contention-free design; spread
characteristics
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Mohammad Mansour
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Area Committee on Control Systems
Mariette Awad
Imad Elhajj
Fadi Karameh
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Machine Learning
Game Theory
Image Processing
Robotics and Control, and Energy Aware Computing
Instrumentation and Robotics
Cyber security
Sensor and Computer Networks,
Multimedia Networking
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System identification and control
Biological systems: neural system modeling, gene expression arrays
Signal processing
Area Committee on Energy and Power Systems
Farid Chaaban
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Design and analysis of electric machines and drives
Energy systems and their impact on the environment
Air pollution from power plants
Riad Chedid
Rabih Jabr
Sami Karaki
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Energy policy, planning, and modeling
Design and planning aspects of renewable energy systems
Computer-aided design of electromagnetic/ electromechanical
devices
Design and operation of electric drives
Mathematical optimization techniques
Power system analysis, computing, and economics
Electric power applications
Renewable energy systems modeling
Generation expansion planning and production costing
Application of neural networks, fuzzy systems, and genetic
algorithms in energy system
Area Committee Machine Intelligence Area
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M. Adnan Al-Alaoui
Mariette Awad
Hazem Hajj
Jean Saade
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Analog and digital signal processing with applications to filters,
communications, controls, and biomedical engineering
Pattern recognition and neural networks with applications to
character, speech, and image recognition
Machine Learning
Game Theory
Image Processing
Robotics and Control, and Energy Aware Computing
Data mining algorithms and applications
Wireless communications
Image processing
High performance computing
Communication systems
Fuzzy sets and logic
Design of intelligent systems using fuzzy logic and other tools
Optimization techniques for intelligent and decision-making systems
Area Committee on Networks and Security
Hassan Artail
Ali Chehab
Zaher Dawy
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Distributed and mobile computing
Wireless and emerging networks
Mobile ad-hoc and vehicle ad-hoc networks
Data knowledge and engineering
Cloud Computing and security
Multimedia Security
Wireless Communications and Security
Trust in Distributed Computing
VLSI Design for Low Power
VLSI testing
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Cellular technologies (WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, IMT-Advanced
Radio network planning and optimization
Radio resource management
Distributed and cooperative communications
Smart cities
Context-aware mobile computing
Computational genomics
Imad Elhajj
Ayman Kayssi
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Instrumentation and Robotics
Cyber security
Sensor and Computer Networks,
Multimedia Networking
Information security
Low-power design
Energy-aware computing
Internet engineering
Area Committee on Signal and Image Processing
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M. Adnan Al-Alaoui
Hazem Hajj
Fadi Karameh
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Analog and digital signal processing with applications to filters,
communications, controls, and biomedical engineering
Pattern recognition and neural networks with applications to
character, speech, and image recognition
Data mining algorithms and applications
Wireless communications
Image processing
High performance computing
System identification and control
Biological systems: neural system modeling, gene expression arrays
Signal processing
Area Committee on Software Engineering
Hassan Artail
Louay Bazzi
Hazem Hajj
Wassim
Masri
Fadi Zaraket
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Distributed and mobile computing
Wireless and emerging networks
Mobile ad-hoc and vehicle ad-hoc networks
Data knowledge and engineering
Theory of error correcting codes
Design and analysis of algorithms
Cryptography, number theory, and complexity theory
Data mining algorithms and applications
Wireless communications
Image processing
High performance computing
Dynamic software analysis
Automated software testing
Fault localization and program debugging
Program comprehension software security
Software engineering
Static and dynamic analysis of software, formal verification
Programming languages
Parallel computation
Software engineering
Computational Arabic and Arabic natural language processing