Biography

Moutaz Saleh received his Ph.D. in computer Science from University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia in 2008, M.Sc. in Distributed Computing from University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia in 2005 and B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 2002. Previously, he has worked as a Cisco certified network engineer in Jeraisy Computer and Communications Services (JCCS) in Riyadh/KSA and MobileCom Telecommunications in Amman/Jordan from 2001 to 2003.

Dr. Moutaz is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of computer science and engineering, college of engineering at Qatar University and a Cisco Regional Academy Instructor. He is also a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) and a Cisco Certified Instructor Academy (CCAI) serving at Cisco Regional Academy in Qatar. He has over 10 years of teaching experience in computer networks, operating systems, and software  engineering. His research interests include assistive technology, educational multimedia systems, adaptive learning, network scheduling and distributed systems. Dr. Moutaz has authored or co-authored over 50 refereed journal and conference papers in reputed international journals and conferences. He has served as a Technical Program Committee for Elsevier Computer Communications, EURASIP Wireless Communications and Networking, and IEEE ACCESS, IEEE LCN, IEEE ICT, IEEE AICCSA, IEEE APCC, IEEE GCC, IEEE ICC, IEEE EDUCON, and IEEE TALE. He received several awards and collaborated on research projects funded by Qatar National Research Fund.

Professional Experience

  • Present2019

    Assistant Professor

    Qatar University

  • 20192005

    Lecturer

    Qatar University

  • Present2008

    Cisco Instructor

    Qatar Cisco Networking Regional Academy

  • 20032002

    Network Engineer

    Jeraisy Computer and Communications Services (JCCS), Riyadh/KSA

  • 20022001

    ITS Engineer

    MobileCom Telecommunications, Amman/Jordan

Education

  • Ph.D. 2008

    Ph.D. in Computer Science (Networking)

    University Kebangsaan Malayisa

  • M.Sc. 2005

    M.Sc. in Computer Science (Distributed Computing)

    University Putra Malaysia

  • B.Sc. 2002

    B.Sc. in Computer Engineering

    Yarmouk University, Jordan

Honors & Awards

  • February 2020
    Best Demo Award, IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies (ICIoT’20)
  • June 2016
    Best Service Award, CSE Department, Qatar University
  • March 2016
    Best Research Paper, 9th Annual International Conference on Computer Games Multimedia & Allied Technologies (CGAT'16), Singapore
  • December 2015
    First place GCC Robotics Challenge, Qatar Round
  • November 2010
    Best Research Project Poster, College of Engineering, Qatar University
  • May 2009
    Best Cisco Academy Instructor, Qatar Cisco Regional Academy
  • September 2005
    Postgraduate Scholarship for PhD program, the Government of Malaysia
  • September 1997
    Undergraduate Scholarship, the Government of Jordan