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Profile

College / Department
Teaching areas
Introduction to Engineering & Computing (NGN110), Programming (CMP120), Digital Systems (COE221), Computer Security (COE444), Computer & Network Security (COE555)
Research areas
Cyber Security, Mobile Applications, Smart Cities and Design Optimization
Education
PhD, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, United States, 2003
MS, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, United States, 1999
BS, Electrical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, United States, 1997
Professional experience
Dean Of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, 2022 - Present
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, 2014 - Present
Department Head, Computer Science & Engineering, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2016 - 2021
Director, HP Institute, 2014 - 2021
Interim Director, High Performance Computing Center, 2018 - 2019
Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, 2009 - 2014
Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, 2003 - 2009
Post Doc, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, United States, 2003 - 2003
Memberships
UPE, UPE, International, Member, 2017
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), International, May 1995
IEEE, IEEE, International, Senior Member, 1995
Phi Theta kappa, International, Member, 1995
Tau Beta Pi, International, Member, 1995
IEEE and Graduates of Last Decade (GOLD) Chair of UAE Section, May 1995 - 2013
Contact
+971 6 515 2784
Dr. Fadi Aloul
Professor
PhD, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, United States
Fadi Aloul's areas of expertise include cyber security, mobile applications and design optimization. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and the founder of several cyber security awareness initiatives in the UAE including the UAE's Cyber Academy. Dr. Aloul has received a number of awards including the Global Engineering Deans Council Airbus Engineering Diversity Award, Khalifa Award for Higher Education, Sheikh Rashid Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers, AUS Excellence in Teaching Award and the ...
Publications
Eman Shaikh, Abdulrahman Al-ali, Shahabuddin Muhammad, Nazeeruddin Mohammad And Fadi Aloul. Security Analysis of a Digital Twin Framework using Probabilistic Model Checking, Ieee Access, 14 March 2023
Abdullah Ahmed, Jayroop Ramesh, Sandipan Ganguly, Raafat Aburukba, Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. Evaluating Multimodal Wearable Sensors for Quantifying Affective States and Depression with Neural Networks, Ieee Sensors Journal
Jayroop Ramesh, Donthi Sankalpa, Amar Khamis, Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. Explainable Machine Learning for Vitamin A Deficiency Classification in School Children, Ieee International Conference On Biomedical And Health Informatics, November 2022
Imran Zualkernan, Fadi Aloul, Nadeen Ahmed, Nouran Sheta, Jowaria Khan And Rahma Tarek. Detecting Replay Attack on Voice-Controlled Systems Using Small Neural Networks, Ieee Forum On Research And Technologies For Society And Industry (rtsi), October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022
Zahrasadat Solatidehkordi, Jayroop Ramesh, Michel Pasquier, Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. A Survey of Machine Learning Approaches for Detecting Depression Using Smartphone Data, Ieee International Conference On Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence And Communications Technology, September 2022
Abdullah Ahmed, Jayroop Ramesh, Sandipan Ganguly, Raafat Aburukba, Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. Investigating the Feasibility of Assessing Depression Severity and Valence-Arousal with Wearable Sensors Using Discrete Wavelet Transforms and Machine Learning, Information
Rawan Suwwan, S Alkafri, L Elsadek, Khaled Afifi, Imran Zualkernan And Fadi Aloul. Intrusion Detection for CAN Using Deep Learning Techniques, International Conference On Applied Cybersecurity, February 2022
Nada Abdalgawad, Ali Sajun, Yara Kaddoura, Imran Zualkernan And Fadi Aloul. Generative Deep Learning to Detect Cyberattacks for the IoT-23 Dataset, Ieee Access, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Yazan Jian, Michel Pasquier, Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. Using Machine Learning to Predict Diabetes Complications, Ieee International Conference On Bio-engineering For Smart Technologies (biosmart), January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Yazan Jian, Michel Pasquier, Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Diabetes Complications, Healthcare, December 2021
M Ummar, Khafegy, Z Jamil, M Atallah, Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Smart Monitoring System for Stroke Rehabilitation, Ieee International Conference On Internet Of Things And Intelligence Systems (iotais), December 2021
Nada Abdalgawad, Ali Sajun, Yara Kaddoura, Imran Zualkernan And Fadi Aloul. Generative Deep Learning to Detect Cyberattacks for the IoT-23 Dataset, Ieee Access, 2021
Jayroop Ramesh, Niha Keeran, Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. Towards Validating the Effectiveness of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Classification from Electronic Health Records using Machine Learning, Healthcare, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021
Fadi Aloul, Imran Zualkernan, Nada Abdalgawad, Lana Hussain And Dara Sakhnini. Network Intrusion Detection on the IoT Edge Using Adversarial Autoencoders, 10th Ieee International Conference On Information Technology (icit), July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
A Osman, Assim Sagahyroon, Raafat Aburukba And Fadi Aloul. Optimization of Energy Consumption in Cloud Computing Datacenters, International Journal Of Electrical And Computer Engineering (ijece), February 2021
Tasneem Batool, Abuelnoor, Omar El Boutari, Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Predicting Hospital No-Shows using Machine Learning, Ieee International Conference On Internet Of Things And Intelligence System (iotais), February 2021
Mohammed Elnawawy, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon, Ahmed Elwakil, Wafaa Sayed, Lobna Said, Sara Mostafa And Ahmed Radwan. FPGA Realizations of Chaotic Epidemic and Disease Models Including Covid-19, Ieee Access, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021
Fatma Zubaydi, Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul, Hasan Mir And Bassam Mahboub. Using Mobiles to Monitor Respiratory Diseases, Informatics, December 2020
M Alshamkhany, Alshamkhany, M Mansour, M Khan, Salam Dhou And Fadi Aloul. Botnet Attack Detection Using Machine Learning, 14th Ieee International Conference On Innovations In Information Technology (iit), December 2020
S Pang, T Ban, Y Kadobayashi, J Song, K Huang, G Poh, I Gondal, K Pasupa And Fadi Aloul. CDMC'19- the 10th International Cybersecurity Data Mining Competition, 27th International Conference On Neural Information Processing, November 2020
Abdulrahman Al-ali, Ragini Gupta, Tasneem Zaman Batool, Taha Landolsi, Fadi Aloul And Ahmad Al Nabulsi. Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things (Journal), Future Internet, September 2020
Imran Zualkernan, Fadi Aloul, E. Algebail, A Ali, M El Refaay And O El Sabaa. Little Genius: An Experiment in Internet of Tangible Learning Things, 20th Ieee International Conference On Advanced Learning Technologies (icalt), August 2020
T Boillat, C Tuffnell, H Rivas, Fadi Aloul And C Montana. Design4Health Bootcamp: A design thinking approach to improve the 21st century skills of health, engineering and design students, Ieee International Conference On Innovations And Entrepreneurship In Healthcare (ieh), June 2020
Hicham Hallal, Fadi Aloul, Sameer Alawnah, Praveena Kolli And Ahmad Al Nabulsi. Improving Student Experience Using Automated Toolset of Academic Services, 6th Acm International Conference On Computer And Technology Applications (iccta), June 2020
A Ghosh, N Rahman, N Awadalla, Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul And Salam Dhou. Asthma Diagnosis Using Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques, Ieee International Conference On Engineering Innovations In Healthcare (eih), June 2020
M Tolba, A Elwakil, Hammam Orabi, M Elnawawy, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon And A Radwan. FPGA Implementation of a Novel Chaotic Oscillator System With Odd and Even Symmetry, Integration, The Vlsi Journal, May 2020
Fadi Aloul, Imran Zualkernan, Shams Shapsough And Mohammed Towheed. A Monitoring and Control Gateway for IoT Edge Devices in Smart Home, 34th Ieee International Conference On Information Networking (icoin), March 2020
Imran Zualkernan, Fadi Aloul, V. Sakkia, H. Al Nomanv, S. Sowdagar And O. Alhammadi. An IoT-based Emergency Evacuation System, Ieee International Conference On Internet Of Things And Intelligence System (iotais), February 2020
Hammam Orabi, Mohammed El-nawawy, Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul, A. Wakil And A. Radwan. On the Implementation of a Rotated Chaotic Lorenz System on FPGA, Ieee Asia Pacific Conference On Circuits And Systems (apccas), January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Fadi Aloul, Imran Zualkernan, Shams Shapsough And Mohammed Towheed. A Monitoring and Control Gateway for IoT Edge Devices in Smart Home, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
E Talab, O Mohamed, L Begum, Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Detecting Heart Anomalies Using Mobile Phones and Machine Learning, Ieee International Conference On Bioinformatics And Bioengineering (bibe), December 2019
W Sayed, A Radwan, M Elnawawy, Hammam Orabi, Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul, A Elwakil, H Fahmy And A Elsedeek. Two-Dimensional Rotation of Chaotic Attractors: Demonstrative Examples and FPGA Realization, Circuits, Systems, And Signal Processing (cssp), October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
A Osman, Assim Sagahyroon, Raafat Aburukba And Fadi Aloul. Towards Energy Efficient Servers’ Utilization in Datacenters, Intelligent Computing, Advances In Intelligent Systems And Computing (aisc), June 2019
Ahmed Osman, Assim Sagahyroon, Raafat Aburukba And Fadi Aloul. Towards Energy Efficient Servers’ Utilization in Datacenters
Areej Essa, Tariq Al-shoura, Ahmad Al Nabulsi, A. Al-ali And Fadi Aloul. Cyber Physical Sensors System Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Solutions, 20 November 2018
Raafat Aburukba, Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul And Niha Thodika. Brokering services for integrating health cloud platforms for remote patient monitoring, 9 November 2018
Imran Zualkernan, Fadi Aloul, S. Qasimi, A. Alshamsi, M. Marashda And A. Ahli. DigiMesh-based Social Internet of Vehicles (SIoV) for Driver Safety, September 2018
S. Shapsough, Fadi Aloul And Imran Zualkernan. Securing Low-Resource Edge Devices for IoT Systems, September 2018
Imran Zualkernan, Fadi Aloul, F. Basheer, G. Khera And S. Srinivasan. Intelligent accident detection classification using mobile phones, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Fatma Zubaydi, Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul And Hasan Mir. MobSpiro: Mobile based spirometry for detecting COPD, 2017 Ieee 7th Annual Computing And Communication Workshop And Conference (ccwc), 2017
Imran Zualkernan, Fadi Aloul, S. Shapsough, A. Hesham And Y. El-khorzaty. Emotion recognition using mobile phones, Computers \& Electrical Engineering, May 2017
S. Shapsough, A. Hesham, Y. Elkhorazaty, Imran Zualkernan And Fadi Aloul. Emotion recognition using mobile phones, September 2016
Salsabeel Shapsough, Fatma Qatan, Raafat Aburukba, Fadi Aloul And A. Al Ali. Smart grid cyber security: Challenges and solutions, 15 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
Salsabeel Shapsough, Fatma Qatan, Raafat Aburukba, Fadi Aloul And A. Al Ali. Smart grid cyber security: Challenges and solutions, 15 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
Haya Hasan, Basel Safieh, Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Diagnosing COPD using mobile phones, 2015
Fatma Zubaydi, Ayat Saleh, Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Security of mobile health (mHealth) systems, 2015
Mamoun Al-mardini, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon And Luai Al-husseini. Classifying obstructive sleep apnea using smartphones, Journal Of Biomedical Informatics, 2014
Mamoun Al-mardini, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon And Luai Al-husseini. On the use of smartphones for detecting obstructive sleep apnea, 2013
Syed Zahidi, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon And Wassim El-hajj. Optimizing complex cluster formation in MANETs using SAT/ILP techniques, Ieee Sensors Journal, 2013
Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon, Ali Nahle, M Dehn And Raneem Al Anani. GuideME: An effective RFID-based traffic monitoring system, 2012
Shamma Alqassim, Madhumeta Ganesh, Shaheen Khoja, Meher Zaidi, Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Sleep apnea monitoring using mobile phones, 2012
Syed Zahidi, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon And Wassim El-hajj. Solving the clustering problem in MANETs using SAT \& ILP techniques, 2012
Syed Zahidi, Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon And Wassim El-hajj. Using SAT \& ILP techniques to solve enhanced ILP formulations of the Clustering Problem in MANETS, 2012
David Prescott, Tharwat El-sakran, Lutfi Albasha, Fadi Aloul And Yousef Al-assaf. Teambuilding, Innovation and the Engineering Communication Interface., American Journal Of Engineering Education, 2012
Tharwat El-sakran, David Prescott, Fadi Aloul And Lutfi Albasha. Teaching and Learning Professional Communication Skills Through Engineering Multidisciplinary Projects (EMDPS), 2011
Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon, Nancy Salem, Omar Al-omar, Sahar Shehada And Bashar Al-rawi. M-stock: Efficient stock monitoring for mobile users, Journal Of The Franklin Institute, 2011
Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul, Ar Al-ali, Ms Bahrololoum, F Makhsoos And N Hussein. Monitoring patients' signs wirelessly, Journal Of Medical Imaging And Health Informatics, 2011
Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul And Alexander Sudnitson. Using SAT-based techniques in low power state assignment, Journal Of Circuits, Systems, And Computers, 2011
Tharwat El-sakran, David Prescott, Fadi Aloul, Lutfi Albasha And Yousef Al-assaf. Contextualizing cross-discipline teaching and learning through Engineering Multidisciplinary Projects (EMDPs), 2010
Assim Sagahyroon, Fadi Aloul And Alexander Sudnitson. Low power state assignment using ILP techniques, 2010
Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Using SAT techniques in dynamic burn-in vector generation, 2010
Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon, A Al-shami, I Al-midfa And R Moutassem. Using mobiles for on campus location tracking, 2009
Assim Sagahyroon And Fadi Aloul. Using SAT-based techniques in power estimation, Microelectronics Journal, 2007
Fadi Aloul And Assim Sagahyroon. Estimation of the weighted maximum switching activity in combinational CMOS circuits, 2006
Fadi Aloul, Assim Sagahyroon And Bashar Al Rawi. Exciting Stuck-Open faults in CMOS Circuits Using ILP Techniques, 2006
Fadi Aloul And Others. Maximum power-up current estimation in combinational CMOS circuits, 2006
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Modeling the Dynamics of Diseases and Epidemics in Hardware, AUS FRG (1/6/2021 - 31/5/2022), 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2022
Awards and Honors
Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence System (IoTaIS), T. Batool, M. Abuelnoor, O. El Boutari, F. Aloul, and A. Sagahyroon, “Predicting Hospital No-Shows using Machine Learning,” IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence System (IoTaIS), Bali, Indonesia, January 2021. Won the Best Paper Award., January 2021
Best Short Paper Award, 20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), July 2020
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era (ISSI), September 2018
1st Place in EDICE, AUS, 1 May 2018
Innovation in Cyber Security Award, Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC), March 2018
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award, Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) and Airbus, 28 November 2015
Sheikh Rashid's Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, UAE Cultural & Scientific Association, 2 November 2014
Early Full Professor Promotion, AUS, 12 June 2014
Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, 15 November 2013
Top Instructor, AUS, 22 December 2011
Top Researcher, AUS, 22 December 2011
Excellence in Teaching Award, AUS - College of Engineering, 26 May 2011
Sheikh Khalifa Award For Higher Education, Khalifa Award for Education, 30 April 2009