HOURIA OUDGHIRI
Effat University
PO Box 34689, Jeddah 21478
Saudi Arabia
Phone: +966 2 636 4300 ext. 2000
Email: houdghiri@effatuniversity.edu.sa
OBJECTIVE
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Teaching subjects in computer science and computer engineering with a special interest in the
best practices using technology to stimulate learning and creativity
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Research interest in Learning and Technology, VLSI design automation tools, object oriented
programming, and software engineering
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Contribute in transforming the Arab world from technology consuming society to technology
producer through direct contribution or through educating the next generation of developers
EDUCATION
May 1999
PhD Computer Engineering, McGill University, Canada
PhD Thesis: “A new framework for hardware/software partitioning in
system-level design”
December 1991
M Sc. Computer Engineering, (Ecole Superieure d’Informatique), Algeria
Master Thesis: “A new algorithm for scheduling and allocation tasks in
high-level synthesis of digital systems
October 1988
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, ESI, Algeria
Graduation project: “Development of software for automatic generation
of regular structures used in VLSI circuit design”
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Dec 2004 – Present
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Effat University,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Teaching programming and hardware courses and supervision of senior
students during their graduation projects.
Sep 2002 – Dec 2004
Assistant Professor, Ecole Superieure d’Informatique, Algeria
Lecturing and tutoring digital design and computer architecture courses
Sep 1999 – May 2000
Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher, Granada Islamic School,
Santa Clara, California, USA
Teaching Algebra and Geometry to 9th an d10th grades and developed the
computer science curriculum for grades K-12
Sep 1992 – Jan 1993
Sep 1994 – Jan 1995
Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, McGill University,
Canada
Teaching tutorials for undergraduate students in the course “Digital Circuit
Design”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug 2010 – Present
Provost, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Responsible of 3 colleges and 12 academic programs to ensure the quality
of teaching and learning, also support for more than 80 faculty members
through training and enrichment programs
Oct 2009 – July 2010
Dean, College of Engineering, Effat University, Saudi Arabia
The college of Engineering has four academic programs: Architecture,
Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Information
Systems, tow of which are offered for women for the first time in Saudi
Arabia. Responsibilities include planning and overseeing the college
activities for excellence in teaching and learning.
Aug 2006 – Jun 2009
Department Chair, Computer Science, Effat College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Management of the department activities with 5 faculty members and 40
students. Responsibilities include student advising, course schedule,
faculty load assignment, curriculum review, and accreditation.
Nov 2000 – Aug 2001
CAD Engineer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA
Member of the SPARC 5 machine design team (Millennium Project),
Development of various CAD tools for the design automation of VLSI
circuits, especially for the verification and integration stages.
May 2000 – Oct 2000
Software Engineer, Arcadia Design Systems, San Jose, California, USA
Responsible for the development and the maintenance of the software
used for timing analysis as part of the tool MUSTANG used for datapath
placement and routing.
HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR SKILLS
Software Engineering
Excellent experience in developing software from specification to the
implementation and testing
Computer Architecture
Excellent knowledge of Computer Architecture and Design Techniques
Programming
Master several programming languages
Digital Circuit Design
Excellent knowledge of the VLSI circuit design flow as well as the
automatic tools used
GUI Design
Design of various GUIs for design automation tools
ENVIRONMENTS AND TOOLS
Platforms
Windows, Solaris, UNIX
VLSI Design Tools
Synopsys, Autologic, Pearl, VHDL and Verilog
Programming Languages
Visual Basic, Java, C, C++, C#, Perl, Tcl/Tk
PUBLICATIONS
[1]. H. Oudghiri, “A new framework for hardware/software partitioning in system-level design”, Phd
Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, 1999. Available at:
http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36047&local_base=GEN01-MCG02
http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webclient/StreamGate?folder_id=0&dvs=1335470222949~324
[2]. H. Oudghiri, B. Kaminska, and J. Rajski, “A hardware/software technique with hierarchical design
space exploration”, IEEE International Conference on Custom Integrated Circuits, May 1997, Santa
Clara, California, pp 95-98.
[3]. H. Oudghiri and B. Kaminska, “A global and weighted algorithm for scheduling and allocation for
high-level synthesis”, IEEE European Design Automation Conference, March 1992, Brussles, Belgium,
pp491-495.
Available at:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=205984&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel2%2F391%
2F5276%2F00205984.pdf%3Farnumber%3D205984
[4]. H. Oudghiri and B. Kaminska, “Global weighted scheduling and allocation algorithms”, Ecole
Polytechnique of Montreal, Technical Report EPM/RT-91-2, May 1991.
Available at: http://www.worldcat.org/title/synthese-de-haut-niveau-ordonnancement-etallocation/oclc/26261630&referer=brief_results
[5]. H. Oudghiri and B. Kaminska, “Synthese de haut niveau: ordonnancement et allocation”, Ecole
Polytechnique of Montreal, Technical Report EPM/RT-91-1, April 1991.
Available at: http://www.worldcat.org/title/global-weighted-scheduling-and-allocationalgorithms/oclc/26261677&referer=brief_results
[6]. H. Oudghiri and B. Kaminska, “A new algorithm for scheduling and allocation for high-level
synthesis”, IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics November 1991, Cairo, Egypt.
[7]. H. Oudghiri, H. Saheb, and A. Bellaouar, “Design of Automatic C-generators for CMOS regular
structures”, International Conference on Microelectronics, November 1989, Algiers, Algeria.
LANGUAGES
Written and spoken command of Arabic, English, and French.
REFERENCES (Available upon request)