QassimMHNasir
CollegeOfEngineering
SharjahUniversity
email:nasir@sharjah.ac.ae,qassim.nasir@gmail.com
Phone:+(9716)5050-962–Office
+(97150)5973-075–Mobile
SUMMARY
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Extensive experience providing higher education accreditation to universities such as
National (UAE) Accreditation (CAA) , Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges (SACS), and Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology (ABET)– Programs Accreditation. Knowledge of Taskstream, which is a
packageoftools,usedforelectronicassessment and create electronic portfolio selected by
University Of Sharjah to showcase learning achievements.
KnowledgeofUAENationalQualityFrameWorkQFEmirates.
Career professional focused for 12+ years on information security in terms of wireless
communication security, encryption, secure software development, secure network
architecture and programming, with more than 25 years of diverse and increasingly
responsible IT experience, systems engineering, academic teaching, about 66 research
publications,andsecuritymanagement(ISO27001/2).
Extensive experience providing consultancy in security to corporations in
telecommunications,andgovernmentsectors.
Expertise in security management, with experience in project management, integrated
securityarchitectures,riskmanagementstrategies,investigationsandincidentresponse
programs,compliancetoISMS,andsecuritytechnologies.
Thesis supervision in the area of networking such as power, energy, and trust aware
routing,securevoicecommunications,andothers.
Extensive experience in higher education accreditation, and teaching in areas of
telecommunications, computer networks, network programming, programmable logic
controller,webbasedinstruments,andothers.
KnowledgeofmanyhighlevellanguagessuchasJava,C++,C#.NetworkSimulationwith
OPNET,QUALNET,ns2,andothers.
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RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL INTERESTS:
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AcademicAccreditation
o Taskstream,whichisapackageoftools,usedforelectronic
assessment and create electronic portfolio selected by University Of
Sharjah to showcase learning achievements.
o SouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchoolsCommissionon
Colleges(SACS-SC)
o AccreditationBoardforEngineeringandTechnology(ABET)–
Programsaccreditation.
o CommissionforAcademicAccreditation(CAA)–National(UAE)
Accreditation,forprogramsandinstitutions.QFEmirateassurance
withintheprogramCurricula.
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DataandNetworkSecurity
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CertifiedInformationSystemsSecurityProfessional(CISSP)holder
InformationSecurityManagement
ISO27001/2expert
EncryptionSystems
RealTimeEncryptionSystems
ChaosinEncryption
SensorNetworkSecurity.
DigitalCommunications
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WirelessChannelestimation
Receiversynchronizationsystems
ChaosinCommunications
TelecommunicationSoftwarearchitectureand
SoftwareDefinedRadioplatformforCognitiveRadio.
• Computer Networks
o Power,SecurityandQoSawareMACandroutingprotocolsinmobileadhocnetworking.
o Hapticapplicationslayerprotocols.
o MIMOawareMACprotocols.
o Industrialprotocolsperformance.
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Webbasedprocessandnetworkmonitoringandcontrol,
Networkingprotocolsforwiredandwireless(MANET)e.g.TCP/IP,MAC
protocols.
Networksimulationanddesignsoftware.Networkanalysisanddesign.
RoutersandswitchesmonitoringandcontrolspeciallyCisco/Nortel
products.
CiscoCertifiedTrainerforTrainers.ConductcoursesforCCNA,CCNP.
OpticalNetworksincludingSONET,SDHandalltypesofconnections.
ADSLfirmwareandMODEMsoftwarearchitectures.
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ICTinTeaching
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ProgrammingLanguages
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MATLAB,SIMULINKinsystemsimulations.
ns-2,Glomosim,QualNetNetworksimulators.
LabviewinstrumentationandremotecontrolwithTCP/IP.
Teachingexperiencefordigitalcommunications/ComputerNetworks.
Instrumentationandlabhardwareforcommunicationsandnetworking
laboratory.
NetworkprogrammingwithC,C#,andJavanetworkprogramming.
WebBasedApplicationprogrammingusingC#.NET(Webserver+
DatabaseSevers–OLEDB).
e-automation,PLCladderprogramming,SCADA,OPC.
ObjectOrientedsystemsdesignandimplementation.
AnalysisandDesignofClientServerarchitectures.
Others
o ProjectandresourcemanagementusingMicrosoftProject.
QUALIFICATION:
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1994Ph.D.CollegeofEngineering,BaghdadUniversity,Electronicsand
Communications.Thesis“HighSpeedDataTransmissionoverTimeVaryingHF
Channel”
1987M.Sc.CollegeofEngineering,BaghdadUniversity,Electronicsand
CommunicationsThesis“AdaptiveDigitalPLL”.
WORKEXPERIENCE/ACADMIC:
1. 9/2016–Present:UniversityOfSharjah,ElectricalandComputer
EngineeringDepartment,Sharjah,UAE,HeadofElectricaland
ComputerEngineeringdepartment
2. 9/2016–9/2016:UniversityOfSharjah,ElectricalandComputer
EngineeringDepartment,Sharjah,UAE,ResearchFunding
DepartmentChairman
3. 2/2001–Present:UniversityOfSharjah,ElectricalandComputer
EngineeringDepartment,Sharjah,UAE,Associateprofessor:
a. ChairmanofResearchFundingdepartment
i. Receivingandprocessing,incoordinationwithandonbehalfofthe
institutes,allgrantapplicationsincoordinationwithrelevant
institutes.
ii. Liaisingwithholdersofresearchfundstoensurecompliancewith
universitybylawsandregulations.
iii. Processingofresearchfunds,internalandexternal,intermsof
refereeing,monitoringexpenditureandotherwisefacilitating
purchasingandfunding,
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iv. Followstheprogressofresearchprojects,includingmeetingof
deadlines,achievementofprojectoutcomes,andsubmissionoffinal
reports.
v. Supportingtheoperationsandmanagementofapprovedresearch
projects,includingsupportingpurchasing,reallocationoffunds,
respondingtotheinquiries,needsandrequirementsofresearchers.
vi. Maintaininganonlinedatabaseofresearchactivitiesofresearchers,
includingresearchgrantshistory,refereeingresults,projectbudgets,
projectsinvestigators,andanelectroniccopyofgrantapplications.
vii. Maintainingadatabaseofallpurchasedresearchassets,including
softwareandequipment,whichremainunderthenameofthe
researcherandmaybesharedbyothers.
viii. Creatingandmaintaininganelectronicdatabaseofreferees,
includinginformationontheircollaborationwithrefereeinggrant
applications.
ix. Assistingfacultymembersingrantwritingtoincreasetheirchances
insecuringexternalresearchfunds.
x. Preparingreportsoftheresearchactivitiesoffacultymembersto
meettheneedsoftheinstitutes.
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TeachingundergraduatecoursessuchasAnalogueandDigital
Communications,,wirelesscommunications,ComputerCommunications
andNetworking,NetworkProgramming,RandomSignalTheory,ACcircuit
analysis,Microprocessorsandassemblylanguage,Programmablelogic
controllers,anddiscretemathematics.
Teachinggraduatecoursessuchascommunicationsystemengineering,
errorcontrolcoding,andMobileComputing
Supervisingmanyfinalyearprojectsinthefieldsofdigitalcommunications,
wirelesssystem,Ad-HocNetwork,GPS,andHapticApplicationssuchas:
GPS/GSMbasedbustrackingsystems,PLCbasedplotters,GSMrepeater,
remoteoscilloscopecontrol,remotesensor,remotecameracontrol,and
manyothers.
Supervisinggraduatethesisintheareaofcommunicationsandnetworking,
4graduatedandthreeareunderway.
Involvedinthefollowingprojects:
i. NetworkAnalysisandDesignofCollege/University–performance
measurements.
ii. Snifferbasednetworkmonitoringandprotocolanalysis.
iii. NortelandCiscoRouters/Switchescontrolthroughweb-based
applicationdevelopedinhouse.
iv. CiscoTrainingforTrainerscertificate.
v. DesignandimplementGSMrepeaters,andJammers.
vi. SecurityandPowerawarerouting.
vii. DesignofsecureMACandNetworkLayerprotocols.
viii. Studytheeffectofdifferentmodulationsonnetworkperformance.
ix. DesignofCarBlackBox,whichistobesupportedbyEtisalat.
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x. DesignofGPSbasedsystemforuniversitybussestrackingusing
VehicleTrackerprogrammedinHousetosendBustracksandactivities
duringitstrip.
xi. DesignandImplementationofAutoattendanceusingRFID(Radio
FrequencyIdentifications).
xii. DesignandImplementationofAssetsTrackingusingRFID.
xiii. DesignandImplementationofCarParkingusingRFID.
xiv. UseofPLCforadaptiveTrafficLights,BMS(BuildingManagement
Systems)
xv. Trainprogrammersanddevelopersaboutremotelabdesignswith
web-basedapplications,withHUT(HelsinkiUniversityOfTechnology).
xvi. Severalotherprojects.
4. 2008-2010:JosephFourier,GIPSAlab,GrenobleFrance
Visitingprofessor
a. Jointresearchprojecton“MACprotocolandMIMO”and“SensorNetworks
andMIMO”
b. JointbookpublicationintheareaofSoftwareDefinedRadioplatformforCognitive
Radio
5. 2002–2009:HelsinkiUniversityOfTechnology,Helsinki,Finland.
Visitingprofessor:
a. Teachinggraduatecourseon“WebbasedInstrumentandProcess
MonitoringandControl”,and“Industrialautomationsoftwaredesign”
6. 1999-2001:OttawaUniversitySchoolOfInformationTechnologyand
Engineering,Ottawa,Canada.
PartTimeprofessor:
Teachingcourses“Telecommunicationsoftwareengineering”
7. 9/1995–7/1997:AmmanUniversity,ElectricalandComputer
EngineeringDepartment,Amman,Jordan
Assistantprofessor:
a. TeachingundergraduatecoursessuchasanalogueandDigital
Communications,Electronicsmeasurements,DigitalSystems,Computer
CommunicationsandNetworking.
b. Supervisingmanyfinalyearprojectsinthefieldsofdigitalsystems,and
electronicssuchasdigitalvoltmeter,frequencycounter,regulatedDC
powersupply,andmotorspeedcontrol.
8. 10/1985–9/1995:BaghdadUniversity,Electronicsand
CommunicationEngineeringDept.,andComputerEngineeringDept.,
Baghdad,Iraq
Lecturer
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TeachingundergraduatecoursessuchasanalogueandDigital
Communications,DigitalSystems,computerArchitecture,Operating
Systems,andmicroprocessorbasedsystems.
EDUCATIONandLEARNINGEXPERIENCE:
a. AccreditationCommitteechairforMasterdegreeinElectricaland
Computerprograms.
b. UniversityOfSharjahTaskstreamteamtocollect and document teaching
performance in all education programs.
c. CollegeofEngineeringSACS(SouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchools
CommissiononCollege)Committeechair.
d. ConsultantforNationalandABETaccreditationforengineeringprograms(
2003tillpresent).Includingthelateststandardsfornational2007and
ABET2011.
e. Involvedinthe:
i. FinalABETaccreditationofElectricalandComputerEngineering
programs-KeyMemberinthedepartmentanduniversitycommittee
memberforABET.
ii. FinalaccreditationofElectricalandComputerEngineering
programs.
iii. InitialaccreditationofIndustrialandManagementEngineering
program.
iv. InitialaccreditationofArchitecturalEngineeringprogram
f. Involvedinengineeringeducationas
i. QassimNasir“NetworkedCollaborativeLearning“,Secondforum
onEngineeringEducation,SharjahMarch2002
ii. QassimNasir,“EffectiveLearning”,EngineeringEducation,Sharjah
March2004
g. Graduatedfrom“EffectiveTeachingandLearninguseNew
Tools/Methodologies”,Canada2000.
h. Tookacoursein“TeachingDevelopment“,Sharjah–UniversityofSharjah
2007
i. Tookacoursein“ProjectbasedLearning“,Sharjah–UniversityofSharjah
2009.
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE:
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Extensiveteachingexperienceatuniversitylevel,since1987.
Excellent training capabilities for students and industry
professionals.
Experience in curriculum development, and preparation for ABET
accreditation.
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Excellentteachingevaluationresultsbothfromstudentsaswellasfrom
Peers.
WORKEXPERIENCE/INDUSTRIAL:
1. CiscoTrainer
a. TeachingCCNA1-4aspartRoutingandswitching
b. Consultationinnetworkdesignandnetworksecurity
2. 1/2001–Now:Consultantfortheareas:
a. SecureNetworkDesign
b. InformationSecurityManagementSystemsISMS
c. DataCenterDesignandrequirements.
d. SmartcardAAA(Authentication,Authorization,and
Accounting)systems
e. EmbeddedApplications.
f. NationalandInternationalHigherEducationAccreditation
3. 11/1997–2/2001:NORTELNETWORKS,Ottawa,CanadaSenior
Designer:
a. DesignofFastretrainsforGLITEADSLmodemproducedbyNORTEL.
AnalysisofFullinitializationexchangesequencemessagesandthe
spectrumofthetonesandtheircompliancewiththeADSLCCITTstandards.
b. FirmwareSystemDesignerforADSLModemcontrolinterfaceincluding
protocoldesignforElementManagementLayermessaginganddatastore
insidethemodem.
c. SystemimplementationonthetopofQNXandARMprocessors.
d. RealtimeoperatingsystemperformanceforOC48SONETequipment's.
e. DesignofsoftwareforhandlingtheCMISEmessagesforOC192SONET
(10Gbit/sec),TN64XSDHNetworkElementoperatingunderpSOSReal
timeOS.
f. NetworkManagementandreconfigurationofSONET2Fiber(2F)and4F
rings.Reviewthedesignsinprotection,alarms,eventreporting,
backup/restore,Q3andTL1interfaceandmatchedlines.
g. Teachingthefollowingcourses:
i. SONETNetworkElementOverviewCourse,NORTEL,Ottawa
Canada
ii. CodeInspectionCourse,NORTEL,Ottawa,Canada
iii. ObjectOrientedsystemsanalysisanddesignwithC++.
4. 8/1997–11/1997:PRIORDATASCIENCES,Ottawa,Canada.
Consultant
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a. DevelopingMatrixManagementforDynaTraxphysicalRoutersin
NORDX/CDTformediumsizeorganizationinternetworking.Theproject
includescompleteObjectOrientedcommunicationsoftwareforcontrolling
thephysicallayerconnectivity.SNMPoverTCP/IPprotocolwereusedto
deploytheNEmanagement.Theprojectconsistsofwritingcommunication
protocol"SNMP"withtheNEusingVisualC++interfacedwiththefirmware
(agentsoftware).
5. 12/1979–9/1995:MinistryOfFinance,MinistryOfHousingand
ConstructionIraq,ChiefEngineer:
a. AnalysisanddesignofcomputernetworktoconnecttheNationalBanks
throughX.25Network.
b. Robotron/IBM360Mainframehardwareengineer.
c. MaintenanceEngineerformainframeperipherals.
d. WritingdriversforTerminalArabaization.
e. SystemProgrammer,OperationManagerforMOHCComputerCenter.
f. Assemblylanguageprogrammingfortestingsystemhardware.
g. PL/1andCobolProgramming
h. Applicationprogrammerfortraditionalsystemsuchassalary,human
resourcesmanagement.
i. NetworkbasedprogrammingwithCOBOL,PL/1basedapplicationsin
multiusersharingresources.
j. Helpinsystemdebugging.
MANAGEMENTEXPERIENCE:
- ActingDeanOfCollegeOfEngineering,UniversityOfSharjah,July
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Assistant To Chair for Electrical and Computer, Computer
ProgramCoordinator–UAE.
CommitteeleaderforConferencemanagement,suchasIT,local
organization,Tutorial,andProgram.
AccreditationCommitteeLeaderforLocalandABET.
ProjectLeader–OC12Express,ADSLfirmware-NortelNetwork
–Canada.
NetworkManagerforDynaTrax–Canada–PriorDataSciences.
ComputerCenterManager–Iraq.
RECENTTHEISSUPERVISINGACTIVITY:
1. QassimNasirandMohamedAlDubai“EnergyawareMulti-pathDynamicSourceRouting
inMobileAdHocNetworks”2006
2. QassimNasirandRasheedaAli“QoSawareMulti-pathDynamicSourceRoutinginMobile
AdHocNetworks”2006.
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3. QassimNasirandMaaliShyaa“AdaptiveBackoffanditsimplementationusingLinuxwith
EtherosWLANcardwhichsupportvaryingbackoff–WritinganewLinuxdriverto
supporttheproposedalgorithm.2007
4. QassimNasirandAsmaAbid,“ImplementationofChaoticEncryptioninWirelessVoice
CommunicationSystems”onTI–ChipconCC1100wirelesskitwithadoublenestedchaos
mapforpseudotruebinarynumbergenerator,2008
5. QassimNasirandEnasKhalil,“PredictiveApplicationLayerProtocolsforHaptic
Collaboration”,2014
6. QassimNasirandZahraAl-Mousa,”cl-CIDPS:ACloudComputingBasedCooperative
IntrusionDetectionandPreventionSystemFramework”,2015
7. QassimNasir,andHananAl-Obaidli,”ImprovedlogginginfrastructureforcloudDigital
Forensics”,2016
8. QassimNasir,AmrGhias,andHamdaHassan,“SecureMonitoringandcontrollingofsmart
enabledsolidstatetransformerinsmartpowergrid”,2016
9. AmrGhias,QassimNasir,andAlyaSalem,“AdvancedModulationandControlTechniques
forSolidStateAutoTransformer(SSAT)“,2016
RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
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ComputerCommunicationsandNetworking
NetworkProgramming
Programmablelogiccontrollersanditsapplications
Discretemathematics.
AnalogueandDigitalCommunications
Wirelesscommunications
Graduatecourse:Communicationsystemengineering,
Graduatecourse:ErrorControlCoding
Graduatecourse:MobileComputing
Graduatecourseonwebbasedinstrumentcontrol
RandomSignalTheory
Microprocessorsandassemblylanguage
Supervisingmanyfinalyearprojectsinthefieldsofdigitalcommunications,
embeddedsystems,networkprogramming,webbasedapplications,wireless
system,Ad-HocNetwork,GPS,andHapticApplications
PUBLICATIONS:
89ofscientificpublicationsandtechnicalreportshavebeenpublishedinNational
Journals,andInternationalConferences.
JOURNALPUBLICATION:
1. QassimNasir,,”BehaviourofFractionalLoopDelayZeroCrossingDigitalPhaseLocked
Loop(FD-ZCDPLL)”submittedtoCircuits,Systems,andSignalProcessing.
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2. QassimNasir,“FixedPointIterationChaosControlledZCDPLL
submittedtoPhysicalCommunication.
3. "AMulti-TaperSpectrumBasedEstimatorforCognitiveRadioUsingMultipleAntennasand
Space-TimeBlockCodeTechniques"hasbeensuccessfullysubmittedonlineandispresently
beinggivenfullconsiderationforpublicationintheTransactionsonBroadcasting.
4. “ANovelApproachforModellingWirelessFadingChannelsUsingFiniteStateMarkov
Chain”,Journal:PhysicalCommunication
5. “SpectrumEstimationinCognitiveRadioBasedonMIMO-OFDMandMulti-taper
Techniques”hassuccessfullybeensubmittedonlineandwillbegivenfullconsiderationfor
publicationinIETCommunications.
6. QassimNasir,” FIRDigitalFilterbasedZCDPLLforCarrierRecovery"International
JournalOfElectronics,1DOI:0.1080/00207217.2015.1046501, Page736-746,26May
2015
7. HoucemGazzah,QassimNasir,“EnhancedDecodingofDelay-SensitiveMulti-Carrier
Systems",submittedtoWirelessNetworks.
8. QassimNasir,ZahraaA.Al-Mousa“HoneypotsAidingNetworkForensics:Challengesand
Notions”,JournalofCommunications(JCM,ISSN:1796-2021),Vol.8,No.11,November
2013,pp700-707
9. QassimNasir,“PredictiveFTFAdaptiveAlgorithmForMobileChannelsEstimation”,
InternationalJournalofCommunications,NetworkandSystemSciences(IJCNS),Vol.5,
No.9,pp569-578,2012.
10. QassimNasir,HadiAbduleedha“HighSecurityNestedPWLCMChaoticmapbit-level
permutationbasedImageencryption”,InternationalJournalofCommunications,Network
andSystemSciences(IJCNS),Vol.5,No.9,pp548-556,2012.
11. QassimNasirandSalehAl-Araji,”LinearizedPhaseDetectorZeroCrossingDPLL
PerformanceEvaluationinFadedMobileChannels”,CircuitsandSystems,Vol2.No.3,
pp139-144,DOI: 10.4236/cs.2011.23021
12. QassimNasir,“SoftwareDefinedRadio(SDR)platformforCognitiveRadio”,achapterina
bookon“AdvanceCognitiveRadioNetworks”,ScientificResearchPublishing(SRP),Editors:
ByKosaiRaoof,HuaibeiZhou,AlaganAnpalagan,DaveCavalcanti,AydinSezgin,Yuehong
Gao,HuseyinArslan,QassimNasir,2011.
13. AsmaAbid,QassimNasir,andAhmedElwakil,“ImplementationofanEncryptedWireless
CommunicationSystemusingNestedChaoticMaps”,Int.J.BifurcationandChaos,Vol.20,
No.12,pp4087-4096,2010DOI:1O.1142/S0218127410027957,
14. QassimNasir,“MIMOAwareMobileAdHocNetworks”,Chapterin"AdvancedMIMO
Systems,"ScientificResearchPublishing(SRP),Editors:B.Zhou&K.Raoof,2009
15. QassimNasir,andSalehAl-Araji,“PerformanceAnalysisOfZeroCrossingDPLLwith
LinearizedPhasedetector”,InternationalJournalOfInformationandCommunication
Technology,Vol.1,No.3,pp45-51,2009
16. QassimNasir,”TrueRandomBitGeneratorusingZCDPLLbasedonTMS320C6416”,
InternationalJournalOfCommunications,Networks,andSystemSciences,Vol.2,No.4,
pp258—266,July2009.
17. QassimNasirandMaaliAlbalt,”AdaptiveBackoffAlgorithmforIEEE802.11MAC
Protocol”,InternationalJournalOfCommunications,Networks,andSystemSciences,
Vol.2,No.4,pp293—299,July2009.
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18. QassimNasir,“WirelessChannelTrackingbasedonOptimumpredictiveLMS",Wireless
PersonalCommunications,WirelessPersonalCommunications,2008,see:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11277-008-9535-9.
19. S.Harous,M,Q.Nasir.“"RoutingAlgorithmsforMobileAdhocNetworks",achapterin
theHandbookofResearchinMobileMultimedia,2ndedition2008,(http://www.igiglobal.com/reference/details.asp?ID=8219.
20. S.Harous,M.Aldubai,Q.Nasir,"AnEnergyAwareMulti-pathRoutingAlgorithmfor
MobileAdHocNetworks”,InternationalJournalofBusinessDataCommunicationsand
Networking(IJBDCN),2008.
21. QassimNasir,“PerformanceAnalysisofaSecondOrderZeroCrossingDigitalphase
LockedLoopwithTimeDelay”,SubmittedtotheJournalofAppliedSciences,JASJune
2007.
22. QassimNasir,"ChaosControlledZCDPLLforCarrierRecoveryinNoisyChannels",
WirelessPersonalCommunications,Volume43,Issue4,December2007,1577–1582.
23. LessanNG,AbdullahA,HassanM,NasirQ,Athammeh,“GlycemicPatternsDetectedby
CGMSinPatientswithDiabetesMellitusintheUnitedArabEmirates”,Diabetes
TechnologyTher.,2006Aug;8(4):513-5
24. QassimNasir“TimeDelayDigitalTanlockLoopwithBroadLockRangeUsingChaos
ControlTechnique”,WirelessPersonalCommunications,2007,Vol(41),No.1,pp135-141.
25. QassimNasir,MohamedAl-Dubai,andSaadHarous,“APerformanceStudyofDSRunder
differentWirelessChannelModels”InternationalJournalofBusinessData
CommunicationsandNetworking(IJBDCN),2007(3).
26. QassimNasir,”SelfTunedPredictiveLMSforMobileChannelTracking”,Universityof
SharjahJournalofPure&AppliedSciences2006,Vol(3),No.1,pp.49-61,2006.
27. QassimNasir,”PredictiveLMSforMobileChannelTracking”,inJournalofApplied
Sciences,JAS5(2)337-340,2005.
28. QassimNasir,”DigitalPhaseLockedLoopwithBroadLockRangeUsingChaosControl
Technique”,inAutoSoft-IntelligentAutomationandSoftComputing,Vol.12,2,pp183186,2006.
29. A-K.Hamid,andQassimNasir,“TransverseElectricPlaneWaveScatteringbyTwo
InfinitelyLongConductingEllipticCylinders:IterativeSolution”SpringerSeries
"MathematicsforIndustry"9,2006,pp193-201
30. QassimNasir,”ExtendedLockRangeZeroCrossingDigitalPhaseLockedLoopwithTime
Delay”,EURASIPJWCN2005:3(2005),pp413-418.DOI:10.1155/WCN.2005.413.
BOOKCHAPTERs:
1. QassimNasir,“SoftwareDefinedRadio(SDR)platformforCognitiveRadio”,achapterina
bookonCognitiveRadio,ScientificResearchPublishing(SRP),Editors:K.Raoof,2010,in
press.
2. QassimNasir,“MIMOAwareMobileAdHocNetworks”,Chapterin"AdvancedMIMO
Systems,"ScientificResearchPublishing(SRP),Editors:B.Zhou&K.Raoof,2009
3. S.Harous,M,Q.Nasir.“"RoutingAlgorithmsforMobileAdhocNetworks",achapterin
theHandbookofResearchinMobileMultimedia,2ndedition2008,(http://www.igiglobal.com/reference/details.asp?ID=8219.
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REFEREEDCONFERENCEANDWORKSHOPPROCEEDING
PUBLICATION:
1. AhmedOAbdulSalam;SalehR.Al-Araji;QassimNasir;KahtanMezher;RayE.Sheriff,”A
generalperspectiveonsoftware-hardwaredefinedcognitiveradiobasedonemergency
ad-hocnetworktopology”,HumanitarianTechnologyConference-(IHTC),2014IEEE
CanadaInternational,Year:2014,Pages:1-6,DOI:10.1109/IHTC.2014.7147521
2. AhmedO.AbdulSalam;RayE.Sheriff;SalehR.Al-Araji;KahtanMezher;QassimNasir,“An
overviewonnon-parametricspectrumsensingincognitiveradio”,ComputerEngineering
&Systems(ICCES),20149thInternationalConferenceonYear:2014Pages:14-19,DOI:
10.1109/ICCES.2014.7030919IEEEConferencePublications
3. AhmedO.AbdulSalam,RayE.Sheriff,SalehR.Al-Araji,KahtanA.Mezher,QassimNasir:
AutomaticModulationClassificationinCognitiveRadioUsingMultipleAntennasand
Maximum-LikelihoodTechniques.15thIEEEInternationalConferenceonComputerand
InformationTechnology,CIT2015;14thIEEEInternationalConferenceonUbiquitous
ComputingandCommunications,IUCC2015;13thIEEEInternationalConferenceon
Dependable,AutonomicandSecureComputing,DASC2015;13thIEEEInternational
ConferenceonPervasiveIntelligenceandComputing,PICom2015,Liverpool,United
Kingdom,October26-28,2015.IEEE2015,ISBN978-1-5090-0154-5:1-5
4. AhmedO.AbdulSalam,RayE.Sheriff,SalehR.Al-Araji,KahtanA.Mezher,QassimNasir:
Aunifiedpracticalapproachtomodulationclassificationincognitiveradiousing
likelihood-basedtechniques.IEEE28thCanadianConferenceonElectricalandComputer
Engineering,CCECE2015,Halifax,NS,Canada,May3-6,2015.IEEE2015,ISBN978-14799-5827-6:1024-1029
5. AhmedO.AbdulSalam,RayE.Sheriff,SalehR.Al-Araji,KahtanA.Mezher,QassimNasir:
Multi-taperandMIMOtechniquesforspectrumsensingincognitiveradio.2015IEEE
InternationalConferenceonElectronics,Circuits,andSystems,ICECS2015,Cairo,Egypt,
December6-9,2015.IEEE2015,ISBN978-1-5090-0246-7:173-178
6. HoucemGazzah,QassimNasir,”MultipleAntennaSystemforSmartBaseStationswith
AdaptiveDirectionofreception”2015IEEEInternationalBlackSeaConferenceon
CommunicationsandNetworking.May18-212015inConstanta,Romania
7. ZahraaA.Al-Mousa,QassimNasir,” cl-CIDPS:ACloudComputingBasedCooperative
IntrusionDetectionandPreventionSystemFramework”,InternationalConferenceon
FutureNetworksSystemsandSecurity2015('FNSS2015'),June11-13,2015Paris,
France.
8. QassimNasir,KahtanA.Mezher“ TimetoDigitalConversionZeroCrossingDPLL(TDCZCDPLL)”,2015InternationalConferenceonInformationandCommunicationTechnology
Research(ICTRC2015),AbuDhabi,UAE
9. AhmedO.AbdulSalam,SalehR.Al-Araji,QassimNasir,KahtanA.Mezher,RayE.Sheriff,:
“Ageneralperspectiveonsoftware-hardwaredefinedcognitiveradiobasedonemergency
ad-hocnetworktopology”,HumanitarianTechnologyConference-(IHTC),2014IEEE
CanadaInternational,1-4June2014,pp1-6,Montreal,QC.
10. AhmedO.AbdulSalam,RayE.Sheriff,SalehR.Al-Araji,KahtanA.Mezher,QassimNasir:
“AnOverviewonNon-ParametricSpectrumSensinginCognitiveRadio”, The9thIEEE
InternationalConferenceonComputerEngineeringandSystems(ICCES2014),AtCairo,
Egypt, DOI:10.1109/ICCES.2014.7030919,Dec.2014.
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11. QassimNasir,ZahraaA.Al-Mousa“HoneypotsAidingNetworkForensics:Challengesand
Notions”,The15thInternationalConferenceonAdvancedCommunicationsTechnology,
ICCNS2013,Nov16-182013,London,UK
12. SalehAl-Araji,KhatanMezher,andQassimNasir“First-OrderDigitalPhaseLockLoop
withContinuousLocking”,CICSyN2013,5thInternationalConferenceonComputational
Intelligence,CommunicationSystemsandNetworks,pp.414-417,Madrid,5-7June2013
13. ZahraAlMousa,QassimNasir,“HoneypotsAidingNetworkForensics:Installationand
AnalysiswithintheUAE”,TheUAEForumonInformationandCommunication
TechnologyResearch2013(ICTRF2013),May12-13,2013,AbuDhabi,UAE
14. HananAl-Obaidli,QasimNasir “NetworkInfrastructuresAidingtheInvestigationsof
NetworkForensics,”,TheUAEForumonInformationandCommunicationTechnology
Research2013(ICTRF2013),May12-13,2013,AbuDhabi,UAE
15. HoucemGazzah,QassimNasir,“EnhancedSoftDecodingofMulti-CarrierSystemsfor
DelaySensitiveApplications”,The15thInternationalConferenceonAdvanced
CommunicationsTechnology,ICACT2013,Jan27-302013,PhoenixPark,PyeongChang,S.
Korea
16. QassimNasir,EnasKhalil,“PerceptionBasedAdaptiveHapticCommunicationProtocol
(PAHCP)”,The1stIEEEInternationalConferenceonComputerSystemsandIndustrial
Informatics(ICCSII'12),18-20Dec2012,Dubai,UAE
17. HadiAbduleedha,QassimNasir,“LowComplexityHighSecurityImageEncryptionBased
onNestedPWLCMChaoticMap”,The6thInternationalConferenceforInternet
TechnologyandSecuredTransactions(ICITST-2011),11-14December2011,PP.220–
225,Dubai,UAE.
18. QassimNasir,KasimRashid,“PredictiveFBLMSAdaptiveAlgorithmforTrackingMobile
Channels”,FirstInternationalConferenceonFutureCommunicationNetworks(ICFCN2012),Baghdad,Iraq,April3-5,2012.
19.
AlothmanT.,KamelK.,DananY.,NasirQ.,"MobileBasedArabicSignLanguage
InterpreterusingFuzzyTrees",FourthAnnualConferenceonUndergraduateResearchon
AppliedComputing(URC2012).April18-19,2012.
20.
KamelK.,AlothmanT.,DananY.,NasirQ.,"InstrumentedArabicSignLanguage
InterpreteronAndroidplatform",TheEighthInternationalConferenceonInnovationsin
InformationTechnology(Innovations'12).March18-20,2012
21. QassimNasir,SalehAl-Araji,“PerformanceEvaluationofSigmaDeltaZeroCrossing
DPLL”,TheIEEEInternationalConferenceonElectronics,Circuits,andSystems(ICECS)
2011,Beirut,Lebanon,December11-14,2011
22. QassimNasir,AsmaaAbid,andA.S.Elwakil,”ExperimentalvalidationofPseudoTrue
RandomNumberGenerationandSynchronizationusingNestedLinearChaoticMaps
basedonTMS320C6416“,1stInternationalConferenceonPervasiveandEmbedded
ComputingandCommunicationSystems,Algarve,Portugal2011.
23. QassimNasir,andMalliAb-Balt,”Linux-basedTestbedforanimprovedIEEE802.11
backoffalgorithm”,2010IEEEInternationalConferenceonCommunicationsandMobile
ComputingCMC2010,Shenzhen,China,April12-14,2010
24. AsmaaAbid,QassimNasirandA.S.Elwakil,"ImplementationofaChaoticallyEncrypted
WirelessCommunicationSystem",InternationalConferenceonCommunications2009
(ICC'09),June14-18,,2009,Dresden–Germany
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25. QassimNasir,MaaliAlbalt,“AnovelBackoffalgorithmforIEEE802.11Networks”,The
2009InternationalconferenceOnNetworking,SensingandControl,OkayamaCity,Japan,
March26-29,2009
26. QassimNasir,MaaliAlbalt,HistoryBasedAdaptiveBackoff(HBAB)IEEE802.11MAC
Protocol”,CommunicationNetworksandServicesResearchConference,2008.CNSR2008.
6thAnnual,May2008,pp533-538,Halifax,NS,Canada
27. S.Harous,M.Aldubai,Q.Nasir,“PerformanceAnalysisofAnEnergyAwareMulti-path
RoutingAlgorithmforMobileAdHocNetworks”,InternationalConferenceonComputer
IntegratedManufacturingCIP’2007,November,03–04,2007Setif,Algeria
28. RashidaHashim,QassimNasir,,andSaadHarous,"CongestionAwareMulti-path
DynamicSourceRoutingProtocol(CAWMP-DSR)forMobileAd-HocNetworks",accepted
inInternationalConferenceonadvancesinMobilecomputingandMultimedia
(MoMM2007)
29. QassimNasir,SalehR.Al-Araji,"PerformanceZeroCrossingDPLLWithARCSine",ICC'08
-WirelessCommunicationsSymposium.
30. S.Harous,M.Al-Dubai,Q.Nasir,"AnEnergyAwareMulti-PathRoutingAlgorithm",
InternationalConferenceonCommunication,ComputerandPower(ICCCP'07),pp.15-20,
Muscat,Oman,February19-21,2007.
31. R.Hashim,Q.Nasir,SaadHarous,"AdaptiveMulti-pathQoSAwareDynamicSource
RoutingProtocolForMobileAd-HocNetwork",InnovationsinInformationTechnology
IIT2006,ISBN:1-4244-0674-9,pp.1-5,Dubai,UAE,November19-21,2006.
32. QassimNasir,“AdaptiveZCDPLLforQuadrature-QuadraturePSKCarrierRecovery”,
acceptedin2006IEEEAsiaPacificConferenceonCircuitsandSystems-APCCAS2006,
Singapore,4-7/12/2006.
33. QassimNasirandSalehR.Al-Araji”PerformanceAnalysisoftheZCDPLLinfadedmobile
channels”,UAEForuminTelecommunicationResearch2006
34. NGLessan,AAbdullah,HAlMousavi,QNasir&SAthamneh“Utilityofcontinuousglucose
monitoring(CGMS)toexploreGlycemicpatternsinpatientswithdiabetesmellitusinthe
UAE”,8thEuropiancongreeOfEndocrinology1-5April206,Glasgow,UK
35. QassimNasir,MohamedAl-Dubai,andSaadHarous,“APerformanceStudyofDSRunder
differentWirelessChannelModels”TheThirdInternationalConferenceonAdvancesin
MobileMultimedia(MoMM2005),pp.283-289,sep.19-21,2005
36. QassimNasirandSalehR.Al-Araji”ExtendedLockingrangeDTLusingChaosTechniques”,
Tencon'05-IEEERegion10ConferenceMelbourne,Australia,Nov21-24,2005,
37. QassimNasir,”AdaptiveZCDPLLforQPSKdetection”,12thIEEEInternationalConference
OnElectronics,CircuitsandSystems,Gammath,Tunisia,December11-14th,2005.
38. QassimNasir,”"ChaoticbehaviourofFirstOrderTimeDelayDigitalTanlockLoop",
Internationalconference:SciencesofElectronicTechnologiesofInformationand
Telecommunications,TunisiaMarch27-31,2005.
39. QassimNasir,”ChaoticbehaviourofFirstOrderZeroCrossingDigitalPhaseLockedLoop”
,2004IEEEAsia-PacificconferenceonCircuitsandsystems(APCCAS2004)-Tainan,
Taiwan,Dec6-92004.
40. QassimNasir,SalehR.Al-Araji”OptimumZeroPerformanceZeroCrossingPhase
LockedLoopUsingMulti-samplingTechnique”InternationalConferenceonElectronic
,CircuitsandSystems2003,UniversityofSharjah–UAE,Dec15-17,2003.
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41. QassimNasir,"HashedDigitalWatermarkphaseCodingperformance"(International
ArabicConferenceOnInformationTechnology)ACIT2003,Alexandria–EgyptDec2023/2003
42. QassimNasir“IntegrationOfSNMPandJiniMobileNetworkmanagement
“(InternationalArabicConferenceOnInformationTechnology)ACIT2002,University
ofQatar,Doha-Qatar
43. QassimNasir“NetworkedCollaborativeLearning“,SecondforumonEngineering
Education,SharjahMarch2002
44. SyedFaisalAliShahandQassimNasir,“"Trackingofmobilefadingchannelsby
predictivetypeRLSalgorithm"ISWSN'03(InternationalSymposiumonWireless
SystemsandNetworks),March24-26,KingFahdUniversityOfpetroleumand
Minerals,2003
45. QassimNasir,AbdullaSerkot,”Improvedestimatorsforvoicebandradiolink”,1997
Internationalsymposiumonradiopropagation,Qingdao,China
46. Nasir,Q.M.,andAl-Araji,S.R.,"NoiseEffectsonSecondOrderZeroCrossingDigital
PhaseLockedLoop,"J.ofElectronicsandComputersResearch,Vol.2,No.1,April1988.
47. Nasir,Q.M.,andAl-Araji,S.R,"AnalysisandDesignofASecondOrderZeroCrossing
DigitalPhaseLockedLoopintheAbsenceofNoise,"J.ofElectronicsandComputers
Research,Vol.1,No.2,October1987.
48. Nasir,Q.M.,andAl-Araji,S.R.,"MicroprocessorBasedPredictiveAdaptiveDigitalFilter
InThePresenceofDifferentTypesofNoise,"ProceedingsoftheIASTEDInternational
SymposiumonAppliedControl,FilteringandProcessing,Geneva,Switzerland,June
15-17,1987.
49. Nasir,Q.M.,andAl-Araji,S.R.,"ASecondOrderAdaptiveZeroCrossingDigitalPhase
LockedLoopOperatinginNoisyEnvironment,"ProceedingsoftheInternational
SymposiumonSignalProcessinganditsApplication,Brisbane,Australia,August2428,1987.
TECHNCALREPORTS:
1. QassimNasir,“FastRetrainalgorithmandstatemachinestructureforMAUIchipGlite
ADSLHighspeedModem”,2000
2. QassimNasir,”ProfileMatchingandagingofchannelsignatureforFastretrainofGlite
ADSLHighSpeedModem“.
3. QassimNasir,”ControlSpecificationforMAUIchipADSLmodem“,2000
4. QassimNasir,“OC48Alarmsrestructure“,TechnicalReport,NortelNetworks,1999
5. QassimNasir,“PerformanceofpSOSrealtimeoperatingsystemforSONETNetwork
Element“,TechnicalReport,NortelNetworks,1999.
6. QassimNasir,“SlotBasedFilestructureForHighRateSONETNetworkElement(
OC48andOC192)“,TechnicalReport,NortelNetworks,1999
7. QassimNasir,“CMISvs.SNMPforManagingSONETEquipments“,TechnicalReport,
NortelNetworks,1998
8. QassimNasir,“SNMPprotocolforMetroOpticalNetworks“,TechnicalReport,Nortel
Networks,1998.
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PROFESSIONALQUALIFICATIONS
Attended Conference, Workshops, training programs
- The4thInternationalCyberCrimesConference14/12/2011,Dubai,UAE
- CISSPtrainingworkshop,Dubai2011.
- CISCOtrainingfortrainers,AmericanUniversityOfSharjah,2009,UAE
Conference and Workshop Organization
- OrganizingMemberofIEEEGCCConference2011,Dubai2011.
- VicechairandITCommitteeChairinInternationalConferenceOnMicroElectronics
Sharjah2008ICM2008.(2008)
- LogisticCommitteeChairinISSPA07(InternationalSignalandSystemProcessing–
Sharjah2007).(2007)
- Refereeingmanuscriptsforthe"UniversityofSharjahJournalofPureandApplied
Sciences"(PASJournal),PublishedbytheUniversityofSharjah.
Editing and Reviewing Activities
- Referee,WirelessPersonalCommunications,SpringerVelragPublication
- Referee,JournalofNetworkandComputerApplication,ElsevierPublication
- ReviewerforISSPA,WOSPA,ICM2008,ICECS2011,andmanyothers.
- ReviewerandExaminingCommitteeforinternationalPhDtheses
Education Activities
- ChairofTheSouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchoolsCommissiononColleges
(SACS-CoC)2011–Present
- MemberofABETaccreditationCommittee2009–Present
- MemberofIEMAccreditationCommittee(2006-2007)
- StaffingCommitteeforCPE,andIEM,CVscreening,conductingtelephoneandface-to-face
interviews,andmakinghiringrecommendations.(2006-2008)
- MemberofContinuedEducationandCommunityService(CCE)forUniversityOf
Sharjah(2003-2006)
- DepartmentAdvisoryCommitteeMeetingCoordinator2007
- Member,"AccreditationCommittee"(DepartmentofECE,UniversityofSharjah)(2004,
and2007).
- Member,"GraduateCommittee"(DepartmentofECE,UniversityofSharjah)(2004-
2007).
- GraduateStudentAdvisor(2005-2011)
- MemberofUoSCiscoAcademy(2007-Now)
Administration Activities
- ActingDeanOfCollegeOfEngineering,UniversityOfSharjah,Summer2011.
- AssistanttoElectricalandComputerEngineering(ECE)Department(2006-Present)
- ComputerEngineeringProgramCoordinator(CPE)2007-2009
- MemberofIndustrialEngineeringManagement(IEM)Departmentcommittee.
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Memberofcollegecouncil(2007-2009)
Memberofthe“ResearchCommittee"(UniversityofSharjah)(2002-2011).
Chairman,“EquipmentCommittee”(UniversityofSharjah)(2006-2008).
Member,ResearchGroupofSignalProcessing(2005-Present).
Member,"ResearchCommittee"(DepartmentofECE,UniversityofSharjah)(2003-
2007).
Member,"RecruitmentCommittee"(DepartmentofECE,UniversityofSharjah)(2006,
2007).
Member,"Seminar'sCommittee"(DepartmentofECE,UniversityofSharjah)(2002-
2005).
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Industrial Activities:
- ProjectleaderforADSLModemFirmwareatNORTELNetworks–Canada.(1999-2001)
- ProjectLeaderforOC-12express(opticalswitch)atNORTELNetworks–Canada
(1998-1999)
- ProjectLeaderforOC-192express(opticalswitch)atNORTELNetworks–Canada
(1996-1998)
- ProjectLeaderforPhysicalRouterManagementSoftwareatPriorDataSciences–
Canada(1996-1996)
- OperationManagerformanycomputercentersatIraqiMinistriessuchasMinistryof
Finance,MinistryofHousingandconstructions.(1978-1996)
- ProjectleaderforcomputerizedirrigationssysteminDiala–Iraq.(1991-1994)
INVITEDTALKS:
1. “e-automation”,IEEEexhibition,WomenAssociationCenter,Dubai,
6/6/2006.
2. “SONETandOSI”Canada,1997
3. "IndustrialNetworkProtocols",Sharjah,2009
SAMPLEOFSEMINARS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
“ChaosapplicationinEncryption”2009
“LabviewandG-programming”,Sept2006,UoS.
“MANETsimulation”,March2006,UoS.
“Basicofwirelessnetworks”,April2006.
“WaterMarking”,Oct.2005.
ENGINEERINGSOFTWAREEXPERIENCE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
OpenHapticAPIandOmnidevices
NetworkSimulationusingns-2,QualNet,andGlomosim.
InstrumentationsimulationusingLabView,
WirelesssystemdevelopmentKitusingChipcon
DSPprogrammingofTexasInstrumentTMSsystems.
ElectricalandElectronicsdesignusingPspiceandOrcad.
ManyProgrammingLanguagessuchasIntelassemblylanguage,C,C++,
C#,Java,andJavaforMobilephonesandPDAs
8. ExperiencewithRealTimeOperatingsystemssuchpSOS,Symbian,
WindowsCE,AndroidMobileOperatingsystem).
9. PLCLadderprogramming
10. PICMicrocontrollerProgramming–MicroC.
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Arabic, Good knowledge of German; Some knowledge of
French.
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