Research

Major:                                     Soft Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Minor:                                     Mathematics of Computing and Logic

 

Research Interest: Assistive Learning Technology, Multimedia, Big Data Analytic on AV, Ontology, Information Engineering.

Dr. Jihad is a full professor of computer science and engineering since 2006. He has been working with the Shafallah center since 2008. He gained reach experience in developing tools and systems for children with learning disability. He secured several NPRP and UREP grants for a total amount $3.25Million. Relevant research project are: “NPRP 09-052-5-003, Towards a Tutorial Based System to Assist Qatari Children with Mild Intellectual and Learning Disabilities” “UREPs An Augmentative Communication System to Assist Qatari people with disability; A Picture-Based Communication System for Non-Verbal Qataris Children with Autism. The LeadPI has around 20 years of teaching and research experiences. He published 130 papers in computing and information technology in conference proceedings, scientific books, and international journals. He was involved in other NPRP project on pattern recognition and knowledge extraction for a budget of $1.8Millions. The LeadPI supervised 8 Masters and 4 PhDs completed. He is currently supervising three full time PhD students at Qatar University. The LeadPI has already collaborated with three PIs involved in this project. He also won the best ACM TOMM paper of the year 2015 (http://tomm.acm.org/pdf/NG_Award_2015_PressRelease.pdf). The PI-1 was a PI in the previous NPRP project.

Awarded Research Projects (QNRF, Qatar University):

  1. NPRP 09 – 052 – 5 – 003: Towards a Tutorial Based System to Assist Qatari Children with Mild Intellectual and Learning Disabilities (Lead-PI) – (2010-2015) Budget $963000
    1. Majdi Rawashdeh (Ph.D. student) – University of Ottawa
    2. Ali Karime (Ph.D. student) – University of Ottawa
    3. Abdelwahab Hamam (Ph.D. student) – University of Ottawa
    4. Bassim Hafidth (Ph.D. student) – University of Ottawa
    5. Sawsan Saad (Ph.D., Senior Researcher) – Qatar University
    6. Said Diab (Research Assistant), Qatar University
    7. Bachir Al Sharif – (Research Assistant), Qatar University
    8. Amal Dandashi – (Ph.D. student), Qatar University
    9. Mohamad Faris and Wassem Makhchatt – (Research Assistants), Qatar University
    10. Abdelghani Karkar – (Ph.D. student), Qatar University
    11. Mazen RAAD (Master).
    12. Masoud Muni (Master student).
    13. Sami Zeini (Master student).
  1. NPRP 08 – 583 – 1 – 101: FinancialWatch (CO-PI) – (2009-2013) Budget $1 Million
    1. Samir Elloumi – Post-Doc.
    2. Khaled ALSaeid (Master’s student).
    3. Sahar Ismail (Master’s student).
  1. NPRP 09 – 864 – 1 – 128: Intelligent Document Management System for Automatic Writer Identification (CO-PI) – (2010-2013) Budget $1M
    1. Abdelâali Hassaïne – Post-Doc.
    2. Wael Ayoubi – Research Assistant.
  2. QU Research Grant-1 with Prof. Jaoua – Qatar University Internal Grant ($27500) – PI
  3. QU Research Grant-2 (QUUG-CoE-CSI-08-04) – Qatar University Internal Grant ($60800) – (Dec. 2008, May 2011) LeadPI.

 

PhDs and Masters Academic Supervisor/Co-Advisor – Graduation Projects :

  1. D. Academic Advisor (Student: Amal Dandashi AlMouhamad, 2013 – present, on-going). Won the competitive GSRA award from QNRF-Qatar foundation ($350K)
  2. D. Academic Advisor (Student: Abdel Ghani Karkar, 2013 – present, on-going).
  3. D. Academic Advisor (Student: Doa’a Ibrahim, 2015 – present, on-going).
  4. D. Academic Co-Advisor (Student: Jameela AlOtaibai, 2012 – present, on-going).
  5. D. Academic Co-Advisor (Dr. Hossam AL Sofany, Ain Shams University, 2006 – 2009, Egypt – Development of an E-Learning System using XML – COMPLETED).
  6. D. Academic Co-Advisor (Dr. Mohamad Larbi, 2007 – 2011, COMPLETED).
  7. D. Academic Co-Advisor (Dr. Ali Karime, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2010 – 2014).
  8. D. Academic Co-Advisor (Dr. Noor AL-Maadeed, UK, Brunel University 2008 – 2014).
  9. Master thesis. Supervisor (Student: Khaled AlSaeed, Qatar University 2010-2011, Qatar).
  10. Master thesis. Supervisor (Student: Mohamad AlYafei, Qatar University 2011-2012, Qatar).
  11. Master thesis. Supervisor (Student: Masoud Muni, Qatar University 2011-2012, Qatar).
  12. Master thesis. Supervisor (Student: Sami Elzeiny, Qatar University 2012-2013, Qatar).
  13. Master thesis. Co-Advisor (Student: Basim Hafidh, Ottawa, Canada 2012).
  14. Master thesis. Supervisor (Student: Zohreh Fouroozesh, Qatar University 2013-2014, Qatar).
  15. Master thesis. Supervisor (Student: Muna Al-kuwari, Qatar University 2013-2014, Qatar).
  16. Master thesis. Supervisor (Student: Kholoude Ahmed, Qatar University 2013-2014, Qatar).
  17. Twenty-two graduation projects in computer science and engineering.

UREP Awarded Research Projects (Qatar National Research Fund) –  Students Mentor

  1. UREP 06 – 007 – 1 – 001: The Historical and Archeological Sites in Qatar: A Web Portal.
  2. UREP 06 – 008 – 1 – 002: Towards a Tutorial-Based System to Assist Qatari Children with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities.
  3. UREP 07 – 040 – 1 – 009: A Picture-Based Communication System for Non-Verbal Qataris Children with Autism.
  4. UREP 04 – 004 – 2 – 001: The State of Qatar Electronic Voting System.
  5. UREP 04 – 004 – 2 – 002: The Qatari Environment Friendly Web Portal.
  6. UREP 02 – 002 – 2 – 271: An Augmentative Communication System to Assist Qataris Disabled People in AL-SHAFALLAH Centre in Doha.
  7. UREP 02 – 021 – 0 – 071: An Intelligent Informative System to Determine Locations Paths in Doha City.
  8. TOTAL FUND Assigned: $210K from Qatar Foundation. Highly selective and competitive research proposals.

Journals’ Editorial Boards and Peer Technical Reviewer

  1. International Journal of Computing and Information Sciences, IJCIS, Canada – Editor-in-Chief – ISSN: 1708-0460 (print) – 1708-0479 (online). ijcis.info
  2. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, JETWI, Finland – Editor, (ISSN 1798-0461), Academy Publisher.
  3. American Journal of Applied Sciences, USA, Associate Editor. ISSN: 1546-9239, http://www.thescipub.com/home.php
  4. International Journal of Soft Computing, Editorial Board Member, http://www.medwelljournals.com/current.php?jid=1816-9503
  5. Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, SPRINGER. Reviewer. http://www.springer.com/computer/image+processing/journal/11554
  6. Journal of Super Computing – Springer http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/11227 (1 Paper).
  7. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, ISSN: 1690-4524, USA, Reviewer. http://www.iiisci.org/journal/sci/Home.asp
  8. International Journal of Computing and Information Sciences, IJCIS, Canada ijcis.info
  9. Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, JETWI, Finland – Editor, (ISSN 1798-0461).
  10. Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, SPRINGER. Reviewer. http://www.springer.com/computer/image+processing/journal/11554
  11. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, ISSN: 1690-4524, USA, Reviewer. http://www.iiisci.org/journal/sci/Home.asp
  12. Journal of Super Computing – Springer http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/11227
  13. Reviewer – The International Journal of Information Systems – Elsevier, USA www.elsevier.com/computerscience
  14. Reviewer – The Engineering Journal of The University of Qatar. College of Engineering – P.O. Box 2713, Doha – Qatar.
  15. Reviewer – The Science Journal of The University of Qatar. College of Science.
  16. Reviewer – The International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, CANADA. ACTA Press, Calgary, Canada. USA. www.actapress.com
  17. Reviewer – The International Journal of Applied Sciences and Computations. Charleston, Illinois, USA.
  18. Reviewer – The ACM Journal on Education Resources in Computing (JERIC), USA.
  19. Reviewer – The AMSE Journals – FRANCE
  20. Reviewer – The Computer Science Journal – Science Publications, New York, USA
  21. Reviewer – The International Journal of Information Technology, Turkey
  22. Reviewer and Regional editor of The International Journal of Soft Computing IJSC – MedWell Publisher
  23. Reviewer – The International Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics JSCI – USA

International Organizations Board:

  1. Member of the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, PMB-115, 3956 Town Center Blvd. Orlando, Florida 32837- USA, http://www.iiis.org/iiis/purpose.asp
  2. Member of the International Steering Committee of (ACS), Arab Computer Society, http://www.arabcomputersociety.org/
  3. Representative of the AMSE (AMSE Board Member): Association for the Advancement of Modelling and Simulation, http://www.amse-modeling.org/AssoAMSE.html
  4. Member of the Association For Symbolic Logic (ASL – USA). Association for Symbolic Logic, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA, http://www.math.ucla.edu/˜asl/bsl/0104/0104-008.ps
  5. Member of the ACM computing review: (ID:4627,USA): Review of: Book on Swarm Intelligence, Book on Stochastic Search Methods (Springer, USA), Book on Artificial Intelligence Methods and Tools for Systems Biology (Springer, USA), Book on “Foundations of Algorithms Using C++ Pseudocode”, Second Edition,

 

International Cooperation:

  1. Financial Watch Project – Energy Atomic Center, Paris – France.
  2. Intelligent Document Management System for Automatic Writer Identification – UK
  3. Edutainment Systems for Children with Special Needs – University of Ottawa – Canada
  4. Toward an Augmentative Communication System to Assist Qatari Children with Special Needs. A Research project with Prof. Brenda B. Lazarus – Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs (Director of the Research Unit).
  5. A Fingerprint Recognition System Using Genetic Algorithms – A Research project with Dr. AL-ARBI (Researcher in Canada).
  6. A Web-Based E-Learning System Using Semantic Web Framework – A Research project with Ain-Shams University (with Dr. Hossam EL Sofani).
  7. Discovering Regularities in Databases Using Canonical Decomposition of Binary Relations – A Research project Dr. Elloumi, Tunisia University.
  8. An Approach for Constructing Complex Discriminating Surfaces Based on Bayesian Inference of the Maximum Entropy – A Research project with Dr. Shahine, Lebanese University.
  9. Non-Linear Simulation of Controller for Longitudinal Control Augmentation System (CAS) of F-16 Using Numerical Approach – A Research project with Eng. Endri, Malaysia University.
  10. A Standard Framework for Personalization Via Ontology-Based Query Expansion – A Research project with Prof. Jinan, Canada University.
  11. Making the Best Choice Using a Decision Support System Based on ELECTRE Methodology – A Research project with Jamila Delhoum (Researcher in France).
  12. Solving the Satisfiability Problem by Reducing Lattice Basis. A Research project with Dr. Naimi (Researcher in France).
  13. Qualitative Approach to Direct Inference Principle – A Research project with Dr. Kayata (France).

The outcomes of these research projects are: publishing 35 research papers in international conferences and scientific journals in USA, Austria, France and Germany (IEEE Transactions, ELSEVIER, IDEA GROUP, IGI GLOBAL-USA, SAGE-UK, AMSE-FRANCE, SPRINGER, IEEE, ACM).

Advanced Research in Computing 2009 – Present

  1. Advanced Research in Computing 2009 – Present
  2. Research Visits – New York University (June 2012, December 2012, January 19 – February 02, 2013, March 27 – April 07, 2013, October 2014, November 2014).
  3. 24th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information: Opole, Poland, August 5-17, 2012. Advanced Courses on “The Logic and Games, Corpus Construction, Games Theory”.
  4. Notre Dame University COMPUTER SCIENCE SUMMER SCHOOL July 4-9, 2011 (Beirut – Lebanon): Advanced courses on “Advanced Topics in Computer Security”, “Formal Concept Analysis: Foundations and Applications”, “Data Mining”, “Bioinformatics” , “The minimum message length principle and its applications”.
  5. Lebanese American University SUMMER SCHOOL July 5-10, 2010 on Biomedical Informatics: Foundations and Research Directions, Advanced courses on “Medicine for scientists and engineers a brief survey of healthcare”, “Clinical informatics”, “Computing for Translational Science and Personalized Medicine”, “Computational biology and bioinformatics”.
  6. Lebanese University – AZM Center (Doctoral School for graduate study) – Spring School on Computing, Mathematics and Image Processing from April 7 – April 17, 2010.
  7. 21st European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information: Bordeaux July 20-31, 2009. Advanced courses on “The Logic of Sense and Reference”, “Ontology Modelling Languages,” “Non-deterministic Multi-valued Logics”, “Game Semantics and its Applications,” “Logical Methods for Social Concepts,” “Parsing with Categorial Grammars,” “Games, Action and Social Software,” “Vagueness in Communication,” “Standard XML Query Languages for Natural Language Processing”. Worth 8 credits in a PhD degree program in Computing.