EDUCATION

· 1994-1999: Ph.D., Department of Systems and Computer Eng., Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

· 1987-1989: M.Sc., Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Eng., Alexandria University, Egypt

· 1980-1985: B.Sc., Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Eng., Alexandria University, Egypt

· 2004- : Certified COGNOS Enterprise Business Intelligence (EBI) Consultant

CORE STRENGTHS

· Strong research and analytical capability

· Strong interpersonal and organization skills

· Solid ability to create and apply creative solutions to projects and tasks

· Excellent project management and team leading skills

· Software development and testing

· Network design, simulation, performance evaluation and analysis

· Performance modeling and optimization

WORK HISTORY

· 2003 - Present: Assistant Professor, College of Information Technology, UAE University, UAE.

Research/Consultancy

He has been leading a number of projects funded by Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company, and UAE University in the areas of wireless networks, network management and data mining in Telecommunications. He has also published many articles in various areas of Information Technology including wireless networks, routing protocols, network security, performance evaluation and, most recently, Data Mining.

Consultancy /Research Projects

1- Data Mining in Telecommunications

Amount of Funding: 200,000 AED

Sponsor: Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company

2- Data mining and forecasting in Telecommunications Data Bases

Amount of Funding: 20,000 AED

Sponsor: Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company

3- Seamless QoS aware integrated charging and CAC framework for WLAN

Amount of Funding: 11,500 AED

Sponsor: UAEU Research Affairs

4- Performance measurements of Video Streaming over Wireless LANs

Amount of Funding: 16,800 AED

Sponsor: UAEU Research Affairs

5- Interconnectivity of Hotspots with Cellular Networks

Amount of Funding: 18,500 AED

Sponsor: UAEU Research Affairs

6- Context Transfer of Mobile Users and Multimedia Applications in Wireless Networks

Amount of Funding: 16,000 AED

Sponsor: UAEU Research Affairs

Teaching:

He has taught/developed the following courses:

o Network Security Protocols

o Security Principles and Practice

o Advanced Programming in Java

o Networking Protocols and Software

o Communications and Networks Fundamentals

o Digital Hardware Fundamentals

o Professional Responsibility I

· 2002 – 2003: Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River Systems, Ottawa, Canada.

o Served as an architect and a lead engineer in the Routing, Signaling and Networking Applications product area.

o Responsibilties:

§ Proactively worked on improving routing products, processes and practices

§ Provided detailed technical guidance and knowledge on complex design issues

§ Interacted with key senior leaders in other departments and bussiness units

§ Collaborated with other engineering teams outside of the Networks bussiness unit

§ Lead the integration of routing and networking applications to the dual IPv4/IPv6 routing stack.

§ Developed functional and high-level-design documents for migrating key networking technologies to VxWorks6.0 (Wind River's next generation market-leading real-time operating system), which provides new features including memory protection and a flexible application program interface (API).

· 2001 – 2002: Senior Member of Technical Staff, Paragon Networks (acquired by Carrier Access Corporation), Ottawa, Canada.

o Served as a lead engineer in the packet services team.

o Responsibilities:

§ Primed the integration of packet services (e.g. IP Forwarding, TCP/IP, RIP, OSPF, static routes, un-numbered interfaces, and route redistribution mechanisms) to the BROADway platform. BROADway is a multi-service broadband network access platform that incorporates a broad set of networking technologies including IP, SONET, SDH, ATM, Frame Relay, and TDM protocols.

§ Re-architected the IP Forwarding module to improve the throughput of BROADway. Consequently BROADway now forwards 600% more packets/second.

§ Conducted several performance experiments to measure and characterize the Througput, Latency, and Frame Loss Rate of the BROADway platform

§ Designed a resource/connection manager feature that allows users to manage multiple NEs (or shelves) almost like a single NE. This simplifies management and administration of multiple shelves and increases port density beyond that provided by a single shelf

§ Designed a Multiple-Virtual Router (MVR) feature for BROADway. Virtual routing allows service providers to perform the functions of many routers using a single router running MVR. This substantially reduces the cost associated with providing routing, services and traffic isolation for multiple clients

· 1996 – 2001: Member of Technical Staff, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Canada.

o Served as a senior engineer in the routing and control plan architecture team.

o Responsibilities:

§ Lead the Control Plane Architecture team and contributed to evolution of Nortel Networks Open IP Routing Software.

§ Primed the design and implementation of the first and second releases of Open IP Environment reference system. Open IP Environment is a set of integrated software components that enable hardware, software and systems vendors to rapidly develop high-quality Internet- enabled devices.

§ Re-architected the Routing Table Manager (RTM) component to enhance its performance and scalability, and integrated it with the Open IP reference system.

§ Re-architected and enhanced the routing redistribution mechanisms between routing protocols in Open IP Environment.

§ Participated in the integration of the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) and Multicast Routing Table Manager (MRTM) to the Open IP Environment reference system.

§ Designed a state management framework, which provides the capability to manage system states as specified in the CCITT’s State Management Standards (X.731). State management provides the ability to examine and monitor overall operability and usage of resources in a consistent manner, and to control general availability of specific resources.

§ Developed training material for Open IP and participated in training of Open IP customers

· 1994 – 1996: Research and Teaching Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

o Conducted research on performance modeling of distributed real-time systems, and design for high performance software. Also assisted in teaching two graduate and four undergraduate courses.

· 1993 – 1994: Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

o Conducted research in clustering techniques and their application in cellular manufacturing systems, and assisted in teaching two undergraduate courses

· 1987 – 1992: Research and Teaching Assistant, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

o Conducted research in programing languages, and assisted in teaching several undergraduate courses.

· 1987 – 1993: Analyst/Programmer, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Alexandria, Egypt

o Analyzed, designed and programmed several applications for the Recruitment and Personnel Administration unit, Health and Biomedical Information unit, Distribution and Sales unit, the Registerar and the Library Catalogue Systems.

· 1987 – 1993: Software Consultant/Trainer, Arabic Software Engineering Inc., (and Chemonics International Consulting Division), Egypt.

o Participated in the development of turn-key systems for monitoring village infrastructural subprojects. Projects financed through the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID).

o Designed and taught several courses on data Structure and bilingual utilities for US-AID sponsored projects.

Honorable awards

· Paragon Networks CEO Award of Excellence 2001 (one of 5 recipients out of 120 employees)

· Nortel Networks Gold Pride Award. Febaruary and November 2000.

· Nortel Networks President’s Award of Excellence in the Category Leadership, 1999 (one of 60 receipients out of 80,000 Nortel employees).

· Nortel Networks Director's of Software Engineering Analysis Lab (SEAL) spot award for outstanding contribution and exceptional performance, 1999. (one of 2 recipients out of 40 employees)

· Nortel Networks Vice President's of Advanced Software and Networking Technologies (ASNT) award of excellence, 1998. (one of 5 recipients out of 130 employees)

· Certificate of Appreciation, Ministry of Education (Egypt), top 2% nation-wide in High School Diploma, 1980.

Scholarships

· Communication and Information Technology Ontario (CITO)/ Nortel Networks Research Scholarship 1996-1998.

· Carleton University Graduate Scholarships, 1994-1998.

· University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarships, 1993-1994.

· University of Waterloo Academic Distinction Scholarship, 1993.

· University of Alexandria Academic Distinction Scholarship, during the five years of undergraduate education, 1980-1985.

PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS, & WORKSHOPS

Refereed publications

· H. El-Sayed, M. ahmed, M. Jaseemuddin and D. Petriu, "Framework for Performance Engineering of OSPF Software", accepted to appear in The IEE Proceedings Software

· Z. Trabelsi, H. El-Sayed, L. Frikha and T. Rabie, "A Novel Covert Channel based on the IP Header Record Route Option", accepted to appear in the special issue of the International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication (IJAMC).

· I. Saleh, H. El-Sayed and M. Eltoweissy, "A Fault Tolerance Management Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks", accepted to appear in 3^rd IEEE Interantional Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IEEE/IIT'06), Nov. 19-21, Dubai

· Z. Trabelsi, H. El-Sayed, L. Frikha and T. Rabie, "Traceroute Based IP Channel for Sending Hidden Short Messages", H. Yoshiura et al. (Eds.): IWSEC 2006, LNCS 4266, pp. 427 – 442, 2006. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.

· M. Boulmalf and H. El-Sayed, "Performance Characterization oof IEEE 802.11g in an Office Environment", European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (EMICS06), June 2006, Spain.

· W. Ibrahim, A. Elchouemi and H. El-Sayed, "Novel Heuristic and Genetic Algorithms for The VLSI Test Coverage Problem", the 4th ACS/IEEE AICCSA-06 Conference, Dubai, UAE, March 8-11, 2006.

· L. Huang, M. Jaseemuddin, and H. El-Sayed, "QoS Assurance of Handover TCP Flows in a DiffServ-enabled Mobile Wireless Access Network", the 4th ACS/IEEE AICCSA-06 Conference, Dubai, UAE, March 8-11, 2006.

· H. El-Sayed, M . Jaseemuddin, H. Kidwai, and A. Lakas, "Simulation and Analysis of an Integrated GPRS and WLAN Network", the 4th IASTED international conference on Communications, Internet and Information Technology (CIIT2005), October 31 - November 2, 2005, Cambridge, USA.

· H. El-Sayed, O. Bazan,U. Qureshi, M. Jaseemuddin, "Performance Evaluation of TCP in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks", the 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT'05), Dubai, UAE, September 26-28, 2005.

· H. El-Sayed, M. Ahmed, M. Jaseemuddin, D. Petriu, "A Framework For Performance Characterization and Enhancement of The OSPF Routing Protocol", the 9th IASTED International Conference on Internet And Multimedia Systems And Applications (EuroIMSA 2005), Grindelwald, Switzerland, Feb 21-23, 2005.

· M. Boulmalf, H. El-Sayed, A. Soufyan, "Measured Throughput and SNR of IEEE 802.11g in a Small Enterprise Environment", the IEEE 61st Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2005), May 30 - June 1, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden

· W. Ibrahim, J. Chinneck and H. El-Sayed, “QoS Satisfaction Based Charging and Resource Management Policy for Next Generation Wireless Networks”, the IEEE International Conference on Wireless Networks, Communications, and Mobile Computing (IEEE WirelessCom2005), June 13-16, 2005. Maui, Hawaii, USA.

· S. Malik, M. Jaseemuddin, G. Ravindran, and H. El-Sayed, "Bandwidth Management for Improving Peformance and Fairness in IEEE 802.11 based Wireless Networks", the International workshop on Internet Compatible QoS in Ad hoc Wireless Networks, 3rd ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-05), January 3-6, 2005, Cairo , Egypt.

· A. Lakas, K. Shuaib, F. Sallabi, M. Boulmalf and H. El-Sayed, "A Proactive Ressource Management in 3G Network", accepted to appear in the 7th IFIP International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks (MWCN2005), Marrakech, Morocco, 19-21 September 2005.

· H. El-Sayed, H. Kidwai, M. Jasemuddin, and A. Lakas, “Interconnectivity of Hotspots with Cellular Networks”, the 6th UAEU annual research conference, 24-26 April 2005, Al-Ain, UAE.

· A. Lakas, H. El-Sayed and F. Sallabi, “Proactive QoS Provisioning for Wireless Networks”, the 6th UAEU annual research conference, 24-26 April 2005, Al-Ain, UAE.

· U. Qureshi, M. Jaseemuddin, S. Malik, H. El-Sayed, "A Performance Study of TCP on Mobile Ad-hoc Networks". The 2nd International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT04), Dec. 20-21, 2004.

· H. El-Sayed, D. Cameron, C. M. Woodside, "Automation Support for Software Performance Engineering", ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, Volume 29, Issue 1, June 2001.

· H. El-Sayed, D. Cameron, C. M. Woodside, "Automated Performance Modeling from Scenarios and SDL Designs of Telecom Systems", in Proc. of the Int. Symposium on Software Engineering for Parallel and Distributed Systems (PDSE98), Kyoto, April 1998.

· H. El-Sayed and A. Vannelli, “Improving the Solution of the Bottleneck Problem in the Disaggregated Manufacturing”, ISRAM 1994, Maui, Hawaii, August 14-17, 1994.

Technical/Executive/Consulting Reports:

· H. El-Sayed, "Fault Management: Event Correlation and Route-Cause Analysis", Sphere Networks, June 2006.

· H. El-Sayed, "Data mining and forecasting in Telecommunications Data Bases", Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company, June 2005.

· H. El-Sayed, M. Ahmed, A. Jalnapurkar, and D. Petriu, “Process for Performance Characterization and Improvement of Routing Protocol Software”, Technical Report, Nortel Networks, March 2000.

· M. Ahmed, D. Petriu, H. El-Sayed, and A. Jalnapurkar, “Routing Software Performance Improvements using the Incremental Shortest Path First Algorithm”, Technical Report, Nortel Networks, July 2000.

· H. El-Sayed and M. Ahmed, “Performance-Oriented Software Architectural Analysis of the OSPF Routing Protocol”, Technical Report, Nortel Networks, Dec. 1998.

· H. El-Sayed, Donald Cameron and C.M. Woodside, “Performance Modeling by Scenarios in Telecom Software and Systems”, 10th Nortel Design Forum, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Oct. 1997.

· H. El-Sayed, “Performance Modeling and Evaluation of Scenario-Driven Designs”, a chapter in the Scenario Design Paradigm (SDP) overview book, Nortel Networks, 1996.

· H. El-Sayed, "Performance Characterization of the BROADway platform", Paragon Networks 2001.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

· Local chair, The 3rd IEEE International Research Conference on Innovation in Information Technology (IIT06), Dubai, UAE, November 91-21, 2006

· Session Chair, the 4th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, (AICCSA06), March 8-11, 2006, Dubai, UAE.

· Session Chair, The international Research Conference on Innovation in Information Technology (IIT04), Dubai, UAE, October 4-6, 2004

· Session Co-Chair, the 4th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, (AICCSA06), March 8-11, 2006, Dubai, UAE.

· Chair, College of Information Technology Library and Text Book Selection Committee (2006 – Present)

· Chair, College of Information Technology Task Force, for the preparation to the 18th inter. Olympiad in Informatics (IOI2006), in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Education. (2005 - 2006)

· Member, Editorial Board, the E-entrepreneur forum. (www.zu.ac.ae/eColumn) (2004-Present)

· Member, Steering Committee, The International Congress for Global Science and Technology (http://www.icgst.com/) (2004 -Present)

· Member, Program Committee, the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Mobile Wireless Networks (2006-Present).

· Member, Program Committee, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2007 - Services and applications (WCNC2007).

· Member, Program Committee, IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications (WOC2007)

· Member, Program Committee, the third IEEE/IFIP International Conference on wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2006).

· Member, Program Committee, the 4th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, (AICCSA-06), March 8-11, 2006, Dubai, UAE.

· Member, Program Committee, the 4th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MoMM2006), 4-6 Dec. 2006, Indonesia.

· Member, Program Committee, the Int. Conf. on Telecommunications and Networking (2005 – Present)

· Member, Program Committee, the IASTED Int. Conf. on Communication Systems and Applications (CSA 2005 - Present).

· Member, Program Committee, the 2005 Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference, San Diego, California, USA, May 15-18, 2005.

· Member, Program Committee, the 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT'05), September 26-28, 2005, Dubai, UAE

· Member, College of IT committee, Labs and equipment (2004).

· Member, College of IT committee, Internship (2004).

· Member of several interview panels for recommending potential faculties to join the College of IT, UAE University (2004 – Present).

· Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

· Reviewer for the IEE Proceedings Communication

· Reviewer for the following international conferences: ISCC05, IRMA2005, CSA2005, IIT05, AICCSA06, WOCN06, IIT06, VTC06-07, WCNC2007, WOC2007.

AFFILIATIONS

· Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

· Member of the IEEE Computer Society

· Member of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate