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The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering envisages to be a leader in shaping intellectual and human capital in electrical, computer, communication, and biomedical engineering. The department seeks to produce experienced graduates in all fields of electrical, computer, communication, and biomedical engineering who are application oriented. Our graduates are trained so as to enrich Lebanon, the Middle East and the world in general technologically, economically, and socially.

 

DEPARTMENT FACULTY

Full-Time Faculty
Mohamad O. Diab
Professor and Chairperson
diabmo@rhu.edu.lb
Ext.: 501		 Maher Sabbah
Associate Professor
sabbahmm@rhu.edu.lb
Ext.: 512		 Hussien Wehbi
Lecturer
diabmo@rhu.edu.lb
Ext.: 501		 Toufic Hijazi
Professor and Dean of College of Engineering
hijazitm@rhu.edu.lb
Ext.: 799		 Mohamad Taha
Professor and SAO Director
tahamh@rhu.edu.lb
Ext.: 770
Rached Zantout
Professor
zantoutrn@rhu.edu.lb
Ext.: 511		 Dina Serhal
Associate Professor
serhaldk@rhu.edu.lb
Ext.: 508





DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS

Electrical Engineering Publications

Journal Publications

  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “'Dynamic Evolution Of Some Career Opportunities Hashtags On Twitter”, submitted for publication to the Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology.
  • Auday Al-Dulaimy, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri “Type-Aware Virtual Machine Management for Energy Efficient Cloud Data Centers”, submitted for Publication.
  • Damaj, M. Imdoukh, R. Zantout, “Parallel Hardware for Faster Morphological Analysis”, Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 29, Issue 3, Computer and Information Sciences, pp. 427-440, A.H. 1437-2017.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, Rached Zantout, “Number Recognition in the Saudi License Plates Using Classification and Clustering Methods”, the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences, vol. 11, no. 1, January 1, 2017.
  • Islam Elkabani, Lama Hamandi, Rached Zantout, Simar Mansi, “Improving Web Accessibility” , International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 11, No. 12, July 2016, pp. 7836-7845.
  • Auday Al-Dulaimy, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout “Power Management in Virtualized Data Centers: State of the Art”, Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications (JoCCASA), (2016) 5:6, pp. 1-15, Springer.
  • Auday Al-Dulaimy, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout “Toward Solving the Problem of Virtual Machine Placement In Cloud Computing: A Job Classification Approach”, Journal of Computing Science, Science Publications, vol. 12, issue 3, pp. 113-127, 2016.
  • Rached Zantout, Ziad Osman “Using Statistical Properties to Enhance Text Categorization”, Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: JSCI, vol. 13, no. 3, 2015, pp. 68-74
  • Suhad A. Yousif, Venus W. Samawi, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout, “The Effect of Combining Different Semantic Relations on Arabic Text Classification”, World of Computer Science and Information Technology Journal (WCSIT), vol. 5, no. 6, 2015, 112-118.
  • Suhad A. Yousif, Venus W. Samawi, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout, “Enhancement of Arabic Text Classification Using Semantic Relations of Arabic WordNet”, Journal of Computer Science, 2015, 11 (3): 498.509.
  • Zantout, Rached, Guessoum, Ahmed, Obstacles Facing Arabic Machine Translation: Building a Neural-Network-Based Transfer Module as an Example, Papers in Translation Studies, Editor: Sattar Izwaini, Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Series: Studies in Language and Translation, Subject: Language and Literature, 01/03/2015, ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-7228-7.
  • Hamandi, K. Almustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, “Using Character Recognition for Plate Localization” , The International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA), Vo. 4, No. 5, pp. 39-50, October 2012.
  • Salameh, R. Zantout, N. Mansour, “Improving the Accuracy of English-Arabic Statistical Sentence Alignment”, International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT), Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 171-177, April 2011.
  • Yakzan, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, “GPS-Based Vehicle Tracking System on Chip”, International Journal of Electrical & Computer Sciences IJECS-IJENS Vol: 10 No: 04, August 2010.
  • Ahmed Guessoum, Rached Zantout, A Methodology for Evaluating Arabic Machine Translation Systems, The Journal of Machine Translation, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 18, Issue 4, Dec 2004, Pages 299 – 335.
  • Zantout and A. Guessoum, An Automatic English-Arabic HTML Page Translation System, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 4, no. 24, October 2001.
  • Guessoum, A. and R. Zantout, A Methodology for a Semi-Automatic Evaluation of the Language Coverage of Machine Translation System Lexicons, The Journal of Machine Translation, Kluwer Academic Publishers, vol.16, Issue 2, June 2001, Pages 127-149.
  • Zantout, Rached and Guessoum, Ahmed, Arabic Machine Translation: A Strategic Choice for the Arab World, Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 12, Computer and Information Sciences, pp. 117-144, A.H. 1420-2000.
  • Hamandi, Lama, AlMustafa, Khaled, Zantout, Rached, Obeid, Hasan, Automatic Recognition and Localization of Saudi License Plates, a Book Chapter in book Multidisciplinary Computational Intelligence Techniques: Applications in Business, Engineering, and Medicine, Ali, Shawkat, Abbadeni, Noureddine, Batouche, Mohamed (Editors), IGI Global. 2012
  • Salameh, Mohamed, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, and Mansour, Nashat, Towards Better Statistical English-Arabic Parallel Corpus Alignment, a Chapter in book CCIS, Natural Language Processing for Arabic language book, Series: Computer Science, Springer. 2012
  • Yaqzan, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, Reconfigurable Hardware Implementation of a GPS-Based Vehicle Tracking System, in Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science, Sio-Iong Ao and Len Gelman (Editors), Springer Netherlands, April 2009. V 39 P 289 – 299.
  • Guessoum, Ahmed and Zantout, Rached, Arabic Morphological Generation and its Impact on the Quality of Machine Translation to Arabic, Chapter in book Abdelhadi Soudi, Antal Vanden Bosch, and Guenter Neumann, Arabic Computational Morphology:  Knowledge-based and Empirical Methods,  Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology, Vol. 38, 2007, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6045-8.
  • A. Arkadan, T. M. Hijazi, B. Masri “Design Evaluation of Conventional and Toothless Stator Wind Power Axial - Flux PM Generator”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2017
  • M. H. Taha, “On load Single Phase Solid State Tap Changer- International Journal of Engineering Technologies”, IJET, Volume 2, NO:2 – June 1016

 

Conference Proceedings

  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “Evolution of Hashtags on Twitter: A Case Study from Events Groups”, submitted for publication at the 5th International Symposium on Data Mining Applications (SDMA 2018), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 21-22, 2018.
  • Atweh, Hanadi, Zekri, Ahmed, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, “'Parallelization of Gradient-based Edge Detection Algorithm on Multicore processors”, Submitted for Publication.
  • Osman, Ziad, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, “Using Statistical Properties for Author Identification”, Submitted for Publication.
  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “Dynamic Evolution of Hashtags on Twitter: A Case Study from Career Opportunities Groups”, the 2017 The International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences (ICTCS 2017), Amman, Jordan, October 11-13, 2017.
  • Khaled Sabra, Rached Zantout, Mohammad El Abed, Lama Hamandi, “Sentiment Analysis: Arabic Sentiment Lexicons”, the 2017 Sensors Networks Smart and Emerging Technologies (SENSET), Beirut, Lebanon, September 12-14, 2017.
  • Samira Koleilat, Lama Hamandi, Ziad Osman, Rached Zantout, “Emotion Recognition in Arabic Speech”, the 2017 Sensors Networks Smart and Emerging Technologies (SENSET), Beirut, Lebanon, September 12-14, 2017.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ahmed Zekri, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, “On the Parallelization of Closed-set Patterns Classification for an Automatic License Plate Recognition System”, the 2017 Sensors Networks Smart and Emerging Technologies (SENSET), Beirut, Lebanon, September 12-14, 2017.
  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “Dynamic Evolution of Hashtags on Twitter”, Lebanese Conference on Information Systems (LCIS 2017), Beirut-New York, April 27-29, 2017.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, “Paving the Way for Energy Efficient Cloud Data Centers: A Type-Aware Virtual Machine Placement Strategy," Proceedings of the Doctoral Symposium at the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E’17), Vancouver, Canada, April 4-7, 2017.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, “Job Submission in the Cloud: Energy Aware Approaches", Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2016 (WCECS 2016) Vol I, pp. 190-196, October 19-21, 2016, San Francisco, USA. Best paper Award.
  • Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout, Lama Hamandi, Manal Zahreddine “Towards improving educational decisions: Automating the assessment of learning outcomes”, 2016 International Education Conference San Francisco July 31 – August 4, 2016, pp. 539 :( 1-8). Best Paper Award.
  • Salwan Alwan, Mohammad Elabed, Rached Zantout “Vehicles Recognition from Partial Images”, The third international conference on advances in computational tools for engineering applications, ACTEA’16, Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon, July 13-15, 2016. pp. 236-240
  • Salma Ghali, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout “A Multilingual Interactive Workspace for Helping The Visually Impaired Learn and Practice Math”, 15th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, University of Linz, Austria, July 11-15, 2016.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, “The Effect of Bandwidth Allocation on Power Efficiency in Cloud Data Centers", the 11th International Computer Engineering Conference, Faculty of Engineering (ICENCO’15), Cairo University, EGYPT, December 29-30, 2015.
  • Islam Elkabani, Lama Hamandi, Rached Zantout, Simar Mansi “Toward Better Web Accessibility”, the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, Marrakech, Morocco, December 21-23, 2015.
  • Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout “A Framework for Helping the Visually Impaired Learn and Practice Math”, 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, Marrakech, Morocco, December 21-23, 2015.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, “Job Classification in Cloud Computing: The Classification Effects on Energy Efficiency", The 1st International Workshop on Cloud and Service Management and Simulation (CSMS), In conjunction with the 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, Limassol, Cyprus, December 7-10, 2015.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, “The Recognition of the Closed-set Patterns in the Saudi License Plates”, the International Conference on Applied Research in Computer Science & Engineering (ICAR'15), Beirut, Lebanon October 8-9, 2015.
  • Zantout, Rached, AlMustafa, Khaled, Hamandi, Lama, “Hybrid localization of Saudi License Plates “, The 19th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2015) Orlando, Florida, USA, July 12-15, 2015.
  • Osman, Ziad, Zantout, Rached, “Using Statistical Properties to Enhance Text Categorization”, The 19th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2015) Orlando, Florida, USA, July 12-15, 2015. Best Paper Award.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, “A new feature extraction method for license plate recognition”, The Fifth International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP2015), Beirut, Lebanon, April 29 – May 01, 2015.
  • Suhad Yousif, Venus Samawi, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout “Enhancement of Arabic Text Classification Using Semantic Relation With Part Of Speech Tagger”, the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and  Data Bases, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, January 10-12, 2015.
  • AlMasri, Bassam, Elkabani, Islam, Zantout, Rached “An Interactive Workspace for helping the Visually Impaired in Learning Linear Algebra“, 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - ICCHP 2014, Universite Paris 8-St. Denis, Paris, France, July 9-11, 2014.
  • AlMustafa, Khaled, Zantout, Rached “Saudi License Plate Localization Using Hybrid Method“, 17th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON 2014, Beirut, Lebanon, April 13-16, 2014.
  • Hamandi, Lama, AlMustafa, Khaled, Zantout, Rached, Obeid, Hasan, “Recognition of Triangular Traffic Signs Using the Number of Peaks Algorithm “, The 2nd International conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications – ACTEA’12, Notre Dame University, Lebanon, December 12-15, 2012.
  • Itani, Maher, Elkabani, Islam, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, “Classifying sentiment in Arabic Social Networks: Naïve-Search versus Naïve-Bayes “, The 2nd International conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications – ACTEA’12, Notre Dame University, Lebanon, December 12-15, 2012.
  • AlMustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, Fadi Sibai “Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates Using Character Boundaries”, The Seventh International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology - IIT’11, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 25-27, 2011.
  • AlMustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, “Peak Position, Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates”, 2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition for Sustainable Ubiquitous Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 19-22, 2011, pp. 186-189.
  • AlMustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, “Pixel Density: Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates”, 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Cairo, Egypt, November 29 – December 1, 2010.
  • Osman, L. Hamandi, R. Zantout, F. Sibai, “Automatic Processing of Arabic Text”, 6th International conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations 09), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December 15-17, 2009.
  • Zantout, M. Jrab, L. Hamandi, F. Sibai, “Fleet Management Automation Using the Global Positioning System”, 6th International conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations 09), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December 15-17, 2009.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, M. El-Sayed, "Error Correction of noisy block cipher using cryptanalysis and natural language processing," Third International Conference on Network and System Security, Gold Coast, Australia, 19-21 October 2009.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, M. El-Sayed, "Correcting Noise in Block Ciphers," First International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks, Indore, India, 23-25 July 2009.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, “A Novel Approach for Correcting Noisy AES Ciphers,” 2009 International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09), Orlando, FL, July 13-16.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, "Correcting Noisy Ciphers in CBC mode," 2009 International Conference on Information and Network Technology (ICINT 2009), 10-12 July 2009, Perth, Australia.
  • Osman, L. Hamandi, R. Zantout, F. Sibai, “Arabic Optical Character Recognition”, The 10th Annual UAE University Research Conference, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, 13-16 April 2009.
  • Jizzini, R. Zantout, F. Sibai, “Faster Digital Image Processing Using FPGA”, The 10th Annual UAE University Research Conference, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, 13-16 April 2009.
  • Yaqzan, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, “GPS-based Vehicle Tracking System-on-Chip,” The Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, London, United Kingdom, 2 – 4 July, 2008. Vol. I, pp. 240 – 245. Nominated for Best Paper Award.
  • Rached Zantout, Mazen Jrab, Lama Hamandi, Fadi Sibai, Fleet Management Automation, The 9th Annual UAEU Research Conference, 21-23 April 2008, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
  • Hassan Obeid, Rached Zantout and Fadi Sibai, License Plate Localization in ALPR Systems, 4th International conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations 07), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 18-20, 2007.
  • Hassan Obeid and Rached Zantout, Line Processing: An Approach to ALPR Character Recognition, 2007 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, Amman, Jordan, May 13-16.
  • Hamandi, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, and A. Guessoum, Parallelizing Arabic Morphological Analysis: Towards Faster Arabic Natural Language Processing Systems, CIBITIC, Beirut, Lebanon, May 2006.
  • Ameur Touir, Rached N. Zantout, Design and Implementation of an Automatic Road Network Map Processing System Using GPS Technology, 2003 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, Tunis, Tunisia, July 14-18, 2003.
  • Ziad A. Osman, Mazen Jrab, Souleiman Midani, Rached N. Zantout, Implementation of a System for Offline Tracking using GPS, Mediterranean Microwave Symposium 2003, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, May 6-8 2003.
  • Hamandi, R. Zantout, and A. Guessoum, A Parser for the Arabic Language, Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K., March 1-2, 2002.
  • Hamandi, R. Zantout, and A. Guessoum, Design and Implementation of an Arabic Morphological Analysis System, International Conference on Research Trends in Science And Technology, Lebanese American University, Beirut & Byblos, Lebanon, March 4-6, 2002.
  • Guessoum and R. Zantout, Semi-automatic Evaluation of the Grammatical Coverage of Machine Translation Systems, MT Summit VIII, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 18 - 22 September 2001.
  • Al-Sikhan, Abdullah and Zantout, Rached and Guessoum, Ahmed, Automating the evaluation of Machine Translation Systems Lexicons: Arabic Machine Translation Systems as Case Studies, 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, Cairo, Egypt, February 3-6, 1999.
  • Zantout, Rached N., Zheng, Yuan F. , Determining Geodesics of a Discrete Surface, 1994 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  • Zantout, Rached N., Zheng, Yuan F.  , Geodesics a Tool for Solving Material Properties Inverse Problems, 1994 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, China.
  • Zantout, Rached N., Zheng, Yuan F. , Surface Parameters Extraction Using Geodesics, The First IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Cairo, Egypt.
  • T. M. Hijazi, B. El-Masri, A. A. Arkadan, “Design Evaluation of Conventional and Toothless Stator Wind Power Axial - Flux PM Generator”, IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (IEEE-CEFC), Miami, FL, USA, Nov. 13-16, 2016.

Computer and Communications Engineering Publications

Journal Publications

  • Nasser, D. Serhal, R. Barakeh, M. Rammal, P. Vaudon, “SAR Reduction for PIFA Antennas Used in Mobile Phones”, Unitedscholars, accepted, Mar. 2017.
  • Serhal, R. Chantalat, M. Hajj., E. Arnaud, T. Monédière, B. Jecko, “Planar Sectoral EBG Antennas For High Data Rate Wireless Terrestrial Communications with Vehicles”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.53, Issue 2, pp.381-384, Feb. 2011.
  • Serhal, M. Hajj, R. Chantalat, J. Drouet, B. Jecko, “Multi-fed sectoral EBG antenna for WiMAX applications”, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.8, pp.620-623, 2009.
  • Hajj, E. Rodes, D. Serhal, H. Chreim, E. Arnaud, and B. Jecko, “Rectangular M-PRS structure for sectoral base station antenna with vertical polarization”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.52, Issue 4, pp.990-994, Apr. 2010.
  • Hajj, E. Rodes, D. Serhal, T. Monédière, B. Jecko, “Design of Sectoral Antennas Using a Metallic EBG Structure and Multiple Sources Feeding for Base Station Applications”, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Vol.2008, 2008.
  • Hajj, E. Rodes, D. Serhal, B. Jecko, “Metallic EBG Sectoral Antennas with different polarizations”, Automatika, Journal for Control, Measurement, Electronics, Computing and Communications, Vol.49, No. 3-4, November 2008.
  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “'Dynamic Evolution Of Some Career Opportunities Hashtags On Twitter”, submitted for publication to the Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology.
  • Auday Al-Dulaimy, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri “Type-Aware Virtual Machine Management for Energy Efficient Cloud Data Centers”, submitted for Publication.
  • Damaj, M. Imdoukh, R. Zantout, “Parallel Hardware for Faster Morphological Analysis”, Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 29, Issue 3, Computer and Information Sciences, pp. 427-440, A.H. 1437-2017.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, Rached Zantout, “Number Recognition in the Saudi License Plates Using Classification and Clustering Methods”, the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences, vol. 11, no. 1, January 1, 2017.
  • Islam Elkabani, Lama Hamandi, Rached Zantout, Simar Mansi, “Improving Web Accessibility” , International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 11, No. 12, July 2016, pp. 7836-7845.
  • Auday Al-Dulaimy, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout “Power Management in Virtualized Data Centers: State of the Art”, Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications (JoCCASA), (2016) 5:6, pp. 1-15, Springer.
  • Auday Al-Dulaimy, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout “Toward Solving the Problem of Virtual Machine Placement In Cloud Computing: A Job Classification Approach”, Journal of Computing Science, Science Publications, vol. 12, issue 3, pp. 113-127, 2016.
  • Rached Zantout, Ziad Osman “Using Statistical Properties to Enhance Text Categorization”, Journal on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: JSCI, vol. 13, no. 3, 2015, pp. 68-74
  • Suhad A. Yousif, Venus W. Samawi, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout, “The Effect of Combining Different Semantic Relations on Arabic Text Classification”, World of Computer Science and Information Technology Journal (WCSIT), vol. 5, no. 6, 2015, 112-118.
  • Suhad A. Yousif, Venus W. Samawi, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout, “Enhancement of Arabic Text Classification Using Semantic Relations of Arabic WordNet”, Journal of Computer Science, 2015, 11 (3): 498.509.
  • Zantout, Rached, Guessoum, Ahmed, Obstacles Facing Arabic Machine Translation: Building a Neural-Network-Based Transfer Module as an Example, Papers in Translation Studies, Editor: Sattar Izwaini, Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Series: Studies in Language and Translation, Subject: Language and Literature, 01/03/2015, ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-7228-7.
  • Hamandi, K. Almustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, “Using Character Recognition for Plate Localization” , The International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA), Vo. 4, No. 5, pp. 39-50, October 2012.
  • Salameh, R. Zantout, N. Mansour, “Improving the Accuracy of English-Arabic Statistical Sentence Alignment”, International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT), Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 171-177, April 2011.
  • Yakzan, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, “GPS-Based Vehicle Tracking System on Chip”, International Journal of Electrical & Computer Sciences IJECS-IJENS Vol: 10 No: 04, August 2010.
  • Ahmed Guessoum, Rached Zantout, A Methodology for Evaluating Arabic Machine Translation Systems, The Journal of Machine Translation, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 18, Issue 4, Dec 2004, Pages 299 – 335.
  • Zantout and A. Guessoum, An Automatic English-Arabic HTML Page Translation System, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 4, no. 24, October 2001.
  • Guessoum, A. and R. Zantout, A Methodology for a Semi-Automatic Evaluation of the Language Coverage of Machine Translation System Lexicons, The Journal of Machine Translation, Kluwer Academic Publishers, vol.16, Issue 2, June 2001, Pages 127-149.
  • Zantout, Rached and Guessoum, Ahmed, Arabic Machine Translation: A Strategic Choice for the Arab World, Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 12, Computer and Information Sciences, pp. 117-144, A.H. 1420-2000.
  • Hamandi, Lama, AlMustafa, Khaled, Zantout, Rached, Obeid, Hasan, Automatic Recognition and Localization of Saudi License Plates, a Book Chapter in book Multidisciplinary Computational Intelligence Techniques: Applications in Business, Engineering, and Medicine, Ali, Shawkat, Abbadeni, Noureddine, Batouche, Mohamed (Editors), IGI Global. 2012
  • Salameh, Mohamed, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, and Mansour, Nashat, Towards Better Statistical English-Arabic Parallel Corpus Alignment, a Chapter in book CCIS, Natural Language Processing for Arabic language book, Series: Computer Science, Springer. 2012
  • Yaqzan, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, Reconfigurable Hardware Implementation of a GPS-Based Vehicle Tracking System, in Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science, Sio-Iong Ao and Len Gelman (Editors), Springer Netherlands, April 2009. V 39 P 289 – 299.
  • Guessoum, Ahmed and Zantout, Rached, Arabic Morphological Generation and its Impact on the Quality of Machine Translation to Arabic, Chapter in book Abdelhadi Soudi, Antal Vanden Bosch, and Guenter Neumann, Arabic Computational Morphology:  Knowledge-based and Empirical Methods,  Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology, Vol. 38, 2007, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6045-8.
  • Meshkova, Z. Wang, K. Rerkrai, J. Ansari, J. Nasreddine et al., "Designing a Self-Optimization System for Cognitive Wireless Home Networks," IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, Sept. 2017,
  • Lahoud, K. Khawam, S. Martin, G. Feng, Z. Liang, J. Nasreddine, "Energy Efficient Joint Scheduling and Power Control in Multi-Cell Wireless Networks," IEEE JSAC special issue on Green Communications and Networking, Sept. 2016,
  • van de Beek, T. Cai, S. Grimoud, P. Mähönen, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, B. Sayrac, "How a layered REM architecture brings cognition to today's mobile networks," IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, August 2012, vol.19, nº 4, pp. 17-24,
  • Cai, J. van de Beek, J. Nasreddine, M. Petrova, P. Mähönen, "A TD-LTE Prototype System with Modules for General-Purpose Cognitive Resource Management and Radio-Environmental Mapping," International Journal of Wireless Information Networks (IJWIN), Springer, 2011, vol. 18, nº3, pp. 131-145,
  • Gelonch, X. Revés, V. Marojevic, J. Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, "A Real Time Emulator Demonstrating Advanced Resource Management Solutions," Special Issue of the Wireless Personal Communications Journal, Springer, 2010, vol. 54, nº1, pp. 123-136,
  • Sallent, L. Giupponi, J. Nasreddine, R. Agustí, J. Pérez-Romero, "Spectrum and Radio Resource Management," IEEE Vehicular Technology magazine, vol.3, no.4, pp.56-64, Dec. 2008,
  • Nasreddine, O. Sallent, J. Pérez-Romero, R. Agustí, "Positioning-based Framework for Secondary Spectrum Usage," Physical Communication, Elsevier, 2008, vol 1, nº 2, pp. 121-133,
  • Nasreddine, O. Sallent, J. Pérez-Romero, R. Agustí, "Advanced Spectrum Management for WCDMA Systems enabling cognitive radio usage," IET Communications, Special Issue on Cognitive Spectrum Access, vol. 2, nº 6, pp. 783-793, Feb. 2008,
  • Fraile, J. Nasreddine, N. Cardona and X. Lagrange, "Multiple Diffraction Shadowing Simulation Model," IEEE communication letters, vol. 11, nº4, April 2007, pp. 319-321.
  • Nasreddine, L. Nuaymi and X. Lagrange, "Adaptive Power Control Algorithm with Stabilization Zone," Annals of telecommunications, vol. 61, n°9-10, Sept-Oct 2006.
  • Maaz, K. khawam, S. Lahoud, J. Nasreddine, S. Tohme, Achieving Spectral and Energy Efficiencies in Smart Cities Multi-Cell Networks, Chapter in Information Innovation Technology in Smart Cities, Springer, 2017,
  • Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí, J. Nasreddine, M. Muck, "A decentralized RAT selection algorithm enabled by IEEE P1900.4", chapter of Advances in mobile and wireless communications – views of the 16th IST Mobile and Wireless Communication Summit, Springer, 2008.

 

Conference Proceedings

  • N. Nasser, D. Serhal, R. Barake, M. Rammal, P. Vaudon, “A Novel Low SAR Water-Based Mobile Handset Antenna”, Sensors Networks Smart and Emerging Technologies (SENSET), Beirut Lebanon, 12-14 Sep. 2017.
  • Abdallah, D. Serhal, K. Fakih, “Relaying Techniques for LTE-Advanced”, Oral Presentation, European Wireless Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 20-22 May, 2015.
  • Abdallah, D. Serhal, K. Fakih, “Relaying Techniques for 4G/LTE”, Poster, 20th LAAS International Science Conference, 27-29 Mar. 2014.
  • Serhal, R. Chantalat, T. Monédière, M. Hajj, B. Jecko, “Sectoral Metallic EBG Antenna for High Data Rate Wireless Terrestrial Communications with Vehicles using WiMAX Technology”, International Workshop on Antenna Technology, IWAT 2010, Lisbon, Portugal, 01-03 Mar. 2010.
  • Hajj, D. Serhal, B. Jecko, “Design of simple MPRS superstrates for different applications to sectoral base station antennas”, 3rd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, London, UK, 01-04 Sep. 2009.
  • Serhal, M. Hajj, B. Jecko, “High gain sectoral metallic EBG antenna”, The 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EuCAP 2009, Berlin, Allemagne, 23-27 Mar. 2009.
  • Hajj, E. Rodes, D. Serhal, T. Monédière, B. Jecko, “Metallic EBG superstrates for dual polarized sectoral base station antennas”, The 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EuCAP 2009, Berlin, Allemagne, 23-27 Mar. 2009.
  • Serhal, M. Hajj, R. Chantalat, B. Jecko, “A novel model of sectoral M-EBG antenna for WiMAX applications”, 2nd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Pamplona, Spain, 21-26 Sep. 2008.
  • Hajj, D. Serhal, E. Rodes, T. Monédière, B. Jecko, “Dual-Band Metallic FSS-EBG Sectoral Antenna”, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, San Diego, USA, 05-12 Jul. 2008.
  • Serhal, M. Hajj, E. Rodes, B. Jecko, “EBG Antennas conformation for beamforming”, 4th IEEE Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2008, Loughbourough, UK, pp. 121-124, 17-18 Mar. 2008.
  • Hajj, E. Rodes, D. Serhal, M. Thévenot, T. Monédière, B. Jecko, “Metallic EBG sectoral antenna for a base station with horizontal polarization”, 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EuCAP2007, Edinburgh, UK, 11-16 Nov. 2007.
  • Hajj, E. Rodes, D. Serhal, R. Chantalat, M. Thévenot, T. Monédière, B. Jecko, “Metallic EBG Sectoral Antenna for Base Stations”, 19th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications ICECom 2007, Dubrovnik, Republic of Croatia, 24-26 Sep. 2007.
  • Serhal, M. Hajj, B. Jecko, “Impact de l’alimentation multi-source sur les performances d’une antenne sectorielle `a bande interdite électromagnétique”, 16èmes Journées Nationales Microondes, Grenoble, France, 27-29 May 2009.
  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “Evolution of Hashtags on Twitter: A Case Study from Events Groups”, submitted for publication at the 5th International Symposium on Data Mining Applications (SDMA 2018), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 21-22, 2018.
  • Atweh, Hanadi, Zekri, Ahmed, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, “'Parallelization of Gradient-based Edge Detection Algorithm on Multicore processors”, Submitted for Publication.
  • Osman, Ziad, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, “Using Statistical Properties for Author Identification”, Submitted for Publication.
  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “Dynamic Evolution of Hashtags on Twitter: A Case Study from Career Opportunities Groups”, the 2017 The International Conference on New Trends in Computing Sciences (ICTCS 2017), Amman, Jordan, October 11-13, 2017.
  • Khaled Sabra, Rached Zantout, Mohammad El Abed, Lama Hamandi, “Sentiment Analysis: Arabic Sentiment Lexicons”, the 2017 Sensors Networks Smart and Emerging Technologies (SENSET), Beirut, Lebanon, September 12-14, 2017.
  • Samira Koleilat, Lama Hamandi, Ziad Osman, Rached Zantout, “Emotion Recognition in Arabic Speech”, the 2017 Sensors Networks Smart and Emerging Technologies (SENSET), Beirut, Lebanon, September 12-14, 2017.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ahmed Zekri, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, “On the Parallelization of Closed-set Patterns Classification for an Automatic License Plate Recognition System”, the 2017 Sensors Networks Smart and Emerging Technologies (SENSET), Beirut, Lebanon, September 12-14, 2017.
  • Layal Abu Daher, Rached Zantout, Islam Elkabani, “Dynamic Evolution of Hashtags on Twitter”, Lebanese Conference on Information Systems (LCIS 2017), Beirut-New York, April 27-29, 2017.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, “Paving the Way for Energy Efficient Cloud Data Centers: A Type-Aware Virtual Machine Placement Strategy," Proceedings of the Doctoral Symposium at the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E’17), Vancouver, Canada, April 4-7, 2017.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, “Job Submission in the Cloud: Energy Aware Approaches", Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2016 (WCECS 2016) Vol I, pp. 190-196, October 19-21, 2016, San Francisco, USA. Best paper Award.
  • Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout, Lama Hamandi, Manal Zahreddine “Towards improving educational decisions: Automating the assessment of learning outcomes”, 2016 International Education Conference San Francisco July 31 – August 4, 2016, pp. 539 :( 1-8). Best Paper Award.
  • Salwan Alwan, Mohammad Elabed, Rached Zantout “Vehicles Recognition from Partial Images”, The third international conference on advances in computational tools for engineering applications, ACTEA’16, Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon, July 13-15, 2016. pp. 236-240
  • Salma Ghali, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout “A Multilingual Interactive Workspace for Helping The Visually Impaired Learn and Practice Math”, 15th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, University of Linz, Austria, July 11-15, 2016.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Wassim Itani, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, “The Effect of Bandwidth Allocation on Power Efficiency in Cloud Data Centers", the 11th International Computer Engineering Conference, Faculty of Engineering (ICENCO’15), Cairo University, EGYPT, December 29-30, 2015.
  • Islam Elkabani, Lama Hamandi, Rached Zantout, Simar Mansi “Toward Better Web Accessibility”, the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, Marrakech, Morocco, December 21-23, 2015.
  • Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout “A Framework for Helping the Visually Impaired Learn and Practice Math”, 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, Marrakech, Morocco, December 21-23, 2015.
  • Auday AlDlaimi, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Wassim Itani, “Job Classification in Cloud Computing: The Classification Effects on Energy Efficiency", The 1st International Workshop on Cloud and Service Management and Simulation (CSMS), In conjunction with the 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, Limassol, Cyprus, December 7-10, 2015.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, “The Recognition of the Closed-set Patterns in the Saudi License Plates”, the International Conference on Applied Research in Computer Science & Engineering (ICAR'15), Beirut, Lebanon October 8-9, 2015.
  • Zantout, Rached, AlMustafa, Khaled, Hamandi, Lama, “Hybrid localization of Saudi License Plates “, The 19th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2015) Orlando, Florida, USA, July 12-15, 2015.
  • Osman, Ziad, Zantout, Rached, “Using Statistical Properties to Enhance Text Categorization”, The 19th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2015) Orlando, Florida, USA, July 12-15, 2015. Best Paper Award.
  • Salah Al-Shami, Ali El-Zaart, Rached Zantout, Ahmed Zekri, Khaled Almustafa, “A new feature extraction method for license plate recognition”, The Fifth International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP2015), Beirut, Lebanon, April 29 – May 01, 2015.
  • Suhad Yousif, Venus Samawi, Islam Elkabani, Rached Zantout “Enhancement of Arabic Text Classification Using Semantic Relation With Part Of Speech Tagger”, the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and  Data Bases, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, January 10-12, 2015.
  • AlMasri, Bassam, Elkabani, Islam, Zantout, Rached “An Interactive Workspace for helping the Visually Impaired in Learning Linear Algebra“, 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - ICCHP 2014, Universite Paris 8-St. Denis, Paris, France, July 9-11, 2014.
  • AlMustafa, Khaled, Zantout, Rached “Saudi License Plate Localization Using Hybrid Method“, 17th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON 2014, Beirut, Lebanon, April 13-16, 2014.
  • Hamandi, Lama, AlMustafa, Khaled, Zantout, Rached, Obeid, Hasan, “Recognition of Triangular Traffic Signs Using the Number of Peaks Algorithm “, The 2nd International conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications – ACTEA’12, Notre Dame University, Lebanon, December 12-15, 2012.
  • Itani, Maher, Elkabani, Islam, Hamandi, Lama, Zantout, Rached, “Classifying sentiment in Arabic Social Networks: Naïve-Search versus Naïve-Bayes “, The 2nd International conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications – ACTEA’12, Notre Dame University, Lebanon, December 12-15, 2012.
  • AlMustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, Fadi Sibai “Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates Using Character Boundaries”, The Seventh International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology - IIT’11, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 25-27, 2011.
  • AlMustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, “Peak Position, Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates”, 2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition for Sustainable Ubiquitous Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 19-22, 2011, pp. 186-189.
  • AlMustafa, R. Zantout, H. Obeid, “Pixel Density: Recognizing Characters in Saudi License Plates”, 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Cairo, Egypt, November 29 – December 1, 2010.
  • Osman, L. Hamandi, R. Zantout, F. Sibai, “Automatic Processing of Arabic Text”, 6th International conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations 09), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December 15-17, 2009.
  • Zantout, M. Jrab, L. Hamandi, F. Sibai, “Fleet Management Automation Using the Global Positioning System”, 6th International conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations 09), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December 15-17, 2009.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, M. El-Sayed, "Error Correction of noisy block cipher using cryptanalysis and natural language processing," Third International Conference on Network and System Security, Gold Coast, Australia, 19-21 October 2009.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, M. El-Sayed, "Correcting Noise in Block Ciphers," First International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks, Indore, India, 23-25 July 2009.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, “A Novel Approach for Correcting Noisy AES Ciphers,” 2009 International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09), Orlando, FL, July 13-16.
  • Mirza, Z. Osman, R. Zantout, "Correcting Noisy Ciphers in CBC mode," 2009 International Conference on Information and Network Technology (ICINT 2009), 10-12 July 2009, Perth, Australia.
  • Osman, L. Hamandi, R. Zantout, F. Sibai, “Arabic Optical Character Recognition”, The 10th Annual UAE University Research Conference, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, 13-16 April 2009.
  • Jizzini, R. Zantout, F. Sibai, “Faster Digital Image Processing Using FPGA”, The 10th Annual UAE University Research Conference, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, 13-16 April 2009.
  • Yaqzan, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, “GPS-based Vehicle Tracking System-on-Chip,” The Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, London, United Kingdom, 2 – 4 July, 2008. Vol. I, pp. 240 – 245. Nominated for Best Paper Award.
  • Rached Zantout, Mazen Jrab, Lama Hamandi, Fadi Sibai, Fleet Management Automation, The 9th Annual UAEU Research Conference, 21-23 April 2008, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
  • Hassan Obeid, Rached Zantout and Fadi Sibai, License Plate Localization in ALPR Systems, 4th International conference on Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations 07), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 18-20, 2007.
  • Hassan Obeid and Rached Zantout, Line Processing: An Approach to ALPR Character Recognition, 2007 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, Amman, Jordan, May 13-16.
  • Hamandi, I. Damaj, R. Zantout, and A. Guessoum, Parallelizing Arabic Morphological Analysis: Towards Faster Arabic Natural Language Processing Systems, CIBITIC, Beirut, Lebanon, May 2006.
  • Ameur Touir, Rached N. Zantout, Design and Implementation of an Automatic Road Network Map Processing System Using GPS Technology, 2003 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, Tunis, Tunisia, July 14-18, 2003.
  • Ziad A. Osman, Mazen Jrab, Souleiman Midani, Rached N. Zantout, Implementation of a System for Offline Tracking using GPS, Mediterranean Microwave Symposium 2003, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, May 6-8 2003.
  • Hamandi, R. Zantout, and A. Guessoum, A Parser for the Arabic Language, Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K., March 1-2, 2002.
  • Hamandi, R. Zantout, and A. Guessoum, Design and Implementation of an Arabic Morphological Analysis System, International Conference on Research Trends in Science And Technology, Lebanese American University, Beirut & Byblos, Lebanon, March 4-6, 2002.
  • Guessoum and R. Zantout, Semi-automatic Evaluation of the Grammatical Coverage of Machine Translation Systems, MT Summit VIII, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 18 - 22 September 2001.
  • Al-Sikhan, Abdullah and Zantout, Rached and Guessoum, Ahmed, Automating the evaluation of Machine Translation Systems Lexicons: Arabic Machine Translation Systems as Case Studies, 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, Cairo, Egypt, February 3-6, 1999.
  • Zantout, Rached N., Zheng, Yuan F. , Determining Geodesics of a Discrete Surface, 1994 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  • Zantout, Rached N., Zheng, Yuan F.  , Geodesics a Tool for Solving Material Properties Inverse Problems, 1994 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, China.
  • Zantout, Rached N., Zheng, Yuan F. , Surface Parameters Extraction Using Geodesics, The First IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Maaz, K. Khawam, S. Lahoud, J. Nasreddine, and S. Tohme, Joint User Association, Power Control and Scheduling in Multi-Cell 5G Networks, IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2017), San Francisco, USA, 2017,
  • B. Maaz, K. Khawam, Nasreddine, S. Lahoud, S. Tohme, "Achieving Power and Energy Efficiency in Self-Organizing Networks," 14th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2017), Las Vegas, USA, Jan. 2017,
  • Nasreddine, S. El Hajj Hassan, "Interference Mitigation and Traffic Adaptation Using Cell Clustering For LTE-TDD Systems," IEEE International Multidisciplinary Conference on Engineering Technology (IMCET 2016), Beirut, Lebanon, November, 2016,
  • Maaz, K. Khawam, S. Lahoud, Steven Martin, J. Nasreddine, S. Tohme, " Joint scheduling and power control in multi-cell networks for inter-cell interference coordination," IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMOB 2015), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Oct. 2015,
  • Maaz, K. Khawam, S. Tohme, S. Lahoud, J. Nasreddine, " Inter-Cell Interference Coordination based on Power Control for Self-Organized 4G Systems," in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP 2015), Beirut, Lebanon, Apr-May 2015,
  • Patra, J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen, "Environment-Aware Localization of Femtocells for Interference Management," in Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 2014,
  • El Kharsa, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Interference Mitigation based on Channel Allocation Knowledge for Dense Femtocell Scenarios," The IEEE ICC 2013 2nd International Workshop on Small Cell Wireless Networks (SmallNets), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013,
  • Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, A. Achtzehn, P. Mähönen, "The World is Not Flat: Wireless Communications in 3D Environments," in Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM 2013), Madrid, Spain, June 2013,
  • Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine and P. Mähönen, "Influence of Spatial Statistics of Spectrum Use on the Performance of Cognitive Wireless Networks," in Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2012), (Best paper award), Paphos, Cyprus Island, Oct. 2012,
  • Kliks, J. Nasreddine, F. Li, A. Zalonis, N. Dimitriou, Y. Ko, "Interference Management in heterogeneous wireless networks based on context information" in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2012), Paris, France, Aug. 2012
  • Zalonis, N. Dimitriou, A. Polydoros, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen, "Femtocell Downlink Power Control based on Radio Environment Maps," in Proceedings of the WCNC 2012,
  • Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Impact of Measurement Configurations on the Accuracy of Propagation Model Estimation with Applications to Dynamic Spectrum Access," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom 2012), Anaheim, CA, USA, Dec. 2012,
  • Abbas, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Long-term Indoor Propagation Models for Radio Resource Management," in Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM 2012), San Francisco, CA, USA, June 2012,
  • Rerkrai, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Enabling Run-Time Utility-Based Optimization Through Generic Interfaces in Wireless Networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing and Emerging Communication Networks - IEEE GLOBECOM 2011,
  • Rerkrai, J. Nasreddine, Z. Wang, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Design and Implementation of Utility-Based Radio Resource Optimization Using CAPRI," in Proceedings of the IWCMC 2011,
  • Cai, J. van de Beek, B. Sayrac, S. Grimoud, J. Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Design of Layered Radio Environment Maps for RAN Optimization in Heterogeneous LTE Systems," in Proceedings of the IEEE PIMRC 2011,
  • Meshkova, J. Ansari, J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen, "Estimating Transmitter Activity Patterns: an Empirical Study in the Indoor Environment," in Proceedings of the IEEE PIMRC 2011,
  • Meshkova, J. Ansari, D. Denkovski, J. Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, M. Pavloski, L. Gavrilovska, P. Mähönen, "Experimental Spectrum Sensor Testbed for Constructing Indoor Radio Environmental Maps," in Proceedings of the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2011) 2011 - Poster session, Aachen, Germany, April 2011,
  • Nasreddine, N. Miliou, J. Riihijärvi, A. Polydoros, P. Mähönen, "Using Geolocation Information for Dynamic Spectrum Access in Cellular Networks," in Proceedings of the 6th ACM Workshop on Performance Monitoring and Measurement of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks (PM²HW²N 2011) in conjunction with MSWIM 2011, Miami, Florida, USA, 2011,
  • Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, X. Li, P. Mähönen, "Exploring Opportunistic Access Techniques Using Stochastic Models: Dynamic Spectrum Access Without Sensing," in Proceedings of the 2011 Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2011), Baltimore, MD, 2011,
  • Li, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen, M. Petrova, "Cross-layer optimal spectrum sensing duration and scheduling in cognitive networks," invited paper in ACM CoRoNet 2011 in conj. with Mobicom 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2011,
  • Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine and P. Mähönen, "Influence of Primary Network Structure and Dynamics on Achievable Performance of Cognitive Wireless Networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2011), Aachen, Germany, 2011,
  • Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Transmit Power Control for Secondary Use in Environments with Correlated Shadowing," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Communications (ICC 2011), Kyoto, Japan, 2011,
  • Meshkova, Z. Wang, J. Nasreddine, D. Denkovskiy, K. Rerkrai, T. Farnham, A. de Baynast, A. Gefflaut, L. Gavrilovskay, P. Mähönen, "Using Cognitive Radio Principles for Wireless Resource Management in Home Networking," in Proceedings of the IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2011), pp.669-673, Las Vegas, USA, Jan. 2011,
  • Nasreddine, A. Achtzehn, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Enabling Secondary Access through Robust Primary User Channel Assignment," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2010), Miami, USA, Dec. 2010,
  • Nasreddine, M. Petrova, P. Mähönen, T. Cai, G. P. Koudouridis, J. Johansson, "An Implementation of Cognitive Resource Management in LTE," in Proceedings of the IEEE 21st International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC 2010), Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2010,
  • Meshkova, J. Nasreddine, J Riihijärvi, M. Petrova, P. Mähönen, "Improving QoE in wireless networks through cognitive network optimization," Future Networks and Mobile Summit, June 2010,
  • Novillo, R. Ferrus, R. Agustí, J. Nasreddine, "Opportunistic Channel Allocation Algorithms for WLANs Based on IEEE802.11," Future Networks and Mobile Summit, June 2010,
  • Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen,, "Impact of Primary User Activity Patterns on Spatial Spectrum Reuse Opportunities," in Proceedings of the European Wireless (EW 2010), April 2010,
  • Nasreddine, J. Riihijärvi, P. Mähönen, "Location-based Adaptive Detection Threshold for Dynamic Spectrum Access," in Proceedings of the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2010), Singapore, April 2010,
  • Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, "Advanced Spectrum Management for the Downlink of WCDMA Systems using Genetic Algorithms," in Proceedings of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring 2009), Barcelona, Spain, 2009,
  • N. Ververidis, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen, "Distributed Channel Selection Protocol for Single-Hop Transmissions in Cognitive Radio Networks," Poster Paper, in Proceedings of the 6th ACM Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks (PE-WASUN2009), in conjunction with MSWiM 2009, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Oct. 2009,
  • Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí, "A Primary Spectrum Management Solution Facilitating Secondary Usage Exploitation," ICT-Mobile Summit, Stokholm-Sweden, 2008,
  • Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí, "Simulated Annealing-Based Advanced Spectrum Management Methodology for WCDMA Systems," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Beijing-China, May 2008,
  • Gelonch, X. Revés, V. Marojevic, J. Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, "A Real Time Emulator Demonstrating Advanced Resource Management Solutions," in Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC 2007) - Jaipur (India), Dec. 2007 (Best Paper Award),
  • Sallent, R. Agustí, J. Pérez-Romero, J. Nasreddine, L. Giupponi, "Integrated spectrum and radio resource management framework for joint optimisation of heterogeneous cognitive networks, " in Proceedings of the 18th meeting of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), Finland, 2007,
  • Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí, J. Nasreddine, M. Muck "Radio Access Technology Selection enabled by IEEE P1900.4," in Proceedings of the 16th IST Mobile & Wireless Comm. Summit 2007,
  • Sallent, J. Pérez-Romero, X. Gelabert, J. Nasreddine, R. Agustí, F. Casadevall, A. Umbert, J. Olmos, "Gestión Integrada de Redes de Acceso Radio Celulares 2G, 2.5G y 3G," XXII Simpósium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio de 2007, URSI2007, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Sep. 2007,
  • Nasreddine, O. Sallent, J. Pérez-Romero, R. Agustí, "Novel Inter-Cell Interaction Approach for WCDMA-based Cognitive Networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Glasgow-Scotland, June 2007,
  • Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí, "Intra-RAT Spectrum Management Methodology for WCDMA Systems Encompassing Uplink and Downlink," in Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Hong Kong, March 2007,
  • Fraile, J. Monserrat, N. Cardona, J. Nasreddine, "Impact of slow fading modelling on TD-CDMA system-level simulations," in Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2006,
  • Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí, X. Lagrange, "A Proposal on Frequency Management Methodologies for WCDMA Systems using Statistical Coupling Matrices", in Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2006,
  • Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí ,"Dynamic Spectrum Management Methodology for WCDMA Systems Based on Inter-Cell Interaction Approach", in Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, San Diego, USA, Sept. 2006,
  • Nasreddine, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, R. Agustí, X. Lagrange, "A Proposal on Frequency Management Methodologies for WCDMA Systems using Cell Coupling Matrices", in Proceedings of the 64th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Montreal, Canada, Sept. 2006,
  • Giupponi, J. Nasreddine, R. Agustí, J. Pérez-Romero, O. Sallent, "A Two-Layer Approach for Improved Intra-operator Radio Resource Usage", in Proceedings of the 16th meeting of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF), Work Group 6 Reconfigurability, 2006,
  • Nasreddine, X. Lagrange, "On The Computation of the Maximum Capacity of TDMA-CDMA/TDD Systems", in Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, Helsinki, Finland, Sept. 2006,
  • Pérez-Romero, J. Nasreddine, R. Agustí, X. Lagrange, "On Managing Multiple WCDMA Carriers under Varying Traffic Conditions", Workshop Trends in Radio Resource Management (2nd Edition), Barcelone, Spain, 2005,
  • Nasreddine and X. Lagrange, "Performance of TD-CDMA systems during crossed slots", in Proceedings of the 60th IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, Los Angeles, USA, 2004,
  • Nasreddine and X. Lagrange, "Time Slot Allocation Based on Normalized Path Gain for TD-CDMA TDD Systems", in Proceedings of the 1st International conference on Information & Communication technologies: From theory to Application, Damascus, Syria, 2004,
  • Noguet, J-P. Bouyoud, L. Zaghdoudi, D. Varreau, B. Jechoux, P. LeCorre, X. Lagrange, J. Nasreddine, "A hardware testbed for UMTS/TDD joint detection base-band receivers", in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, ISSSTA 2004,
  • Nasreddine and X. Lagrange, "A Simplified Generic Optimum Power Control Scheme for CDMA Cellular Systems", in Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Adaptive Wireless Networks (in conjunction with GLOBECOM 2004), Dallas, USA 2004,
  • Nasreddine, L. Nuaymi and X. Lagrange, "Downlink Adaptive Power Control Algorithm for 3G Cellular CDMA Networks", in Proceedings of the 15th IEEE international symposium on personal, indoor and mobile radio communications conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2004,
  • Nasreddine, L. Nuaymi and Xavier Lagrange, "Adaptive Power Control Algorithm for 3G Cellular CDMA Networks", in Proceedings of the 59th IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, Milan, Italy, May 2004,
  • Nasreddine and X. Lagrange, "Time slot allocation based on a path gain division scheme for TD-CDMA TDD systems," in Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, Jeju, Korea, April 2003, pp. 880-884,
  • Nasreddine and X. Lagrange, "Comparison of different slot allocation schemes in a TD-CDMA TDD system," in Proceedings of the second IEEE Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks, Paris, France, July 2002,
  • Nasreddine and X. Lagrange, "Power control and slot allocation in a TD-CDMA system," in Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Birmingham, USA, May 2002.
  • articles peer-reviewed demonstration papers in international conferences with proceedings
  • Riihijärvi, J. Nasreddine, P. Mähönen, "Demonstrating Radio Environment Map Construction from Massive Data Sets," in Proceedings of the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2012),
  • Atanasovskiy, D. Denkovskiy, T. Farnham, et al., "Self-organizing Home Networking based on Cognitive Radio Technologies," in Proceedings of the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2011), Aachen, Germany, April 2011,
  • Wang, J. Ansari, V. Atanasovski, et al., "Cognitive Radio for Home Networking," in Proceedings of the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN 2010), Singapore, April 2010.

Biomedical Engineering Publications

Journal Publications

  • Mohamad Khalil, Marwa Chendeb, Mohamad Diab, Catherine Marque, Jacques Duchêne. EMG analysis: time-frequency based techniques. Book chapter, Advanced Signal Processing, Springer, pp: 245-266, April 2009.
  • Diab M. O., Classification des Signaux EMG Utérins Afin de Détecter Les Accouchements prématurés, Phd. thesis. Université de Technologie de Compiègne, 2007, Ref : tel-00410409, version 1, 20 Aug. 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00410409/fr/
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamed Diab, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui. Biometric Legged Locomotion: Fundamentals, Springer, Submitted Dec. 2017.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Alaa Seif, Mohamad El-Abed, Maher Sabbah, “Individual Identification Using ECG Signals”, Journal of Computer and Communications, Accepted to be published in Dec. 2017.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamad O. Diab, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui, “Task-specific Gait Analysis: Faller Versus Non-faller Comparative Study”, Journal of Computer and Communications, Accepted to be published in Dec. 2017.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Chritophe Corbier, Mohamad El Badoui, Mohamad O. Diab. ‘Prediction of Human Gait - Vertical Ground Reaction Force’, Vol: 1; Issue: 1; IJARESM, pp; 5-14; 2015.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamad Diab, Bassam Moslem, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui. ‘Gait-Ground Reaction Force Sensors Selection Based on ROC Curve Evaluation’, Journal of Computer and Communications, Vol. 3, pp. 13-19, 2015.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Sahera Saleh, Mustapha Dichari, Nijez Aloulou, Omar Hamoui, Firas Chehade. 'Reduction of Physician's Radiation Dose during Cardiac Catheterization Procedures Using Lead-Free Sterile Radiation Shields'.WASET, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 1396-1399, 2015.
  • Mirna Atieh, Oussama Mustapha, Nizar F. Al Awar, Hassan Tahini, Ali Zibara, Reem Abou Marak, Salahiddin Eljammal, Mohamad O. Diab, Nazih Moubayed, “Modeling and Utilization of an IPMC Muscle”, IJNCAA Journal, vol. 3, No. 4, pp: 137-145, 2014.
  • Bassam MOSLEM, Oussama BAZZI, Jamila KHALAF, Mohamad O. DIAB, Direct Assessment of the Fetal Heart Rate From Abdominal Composite Recordings, MIT Journal, Vol. 22, pp : 144-149, 2013.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Nizar Awar, Abdul Aziz Al-Hojairi, Abdul Rahman Baalbaki, Ali Ghamloush and Nahmat El-Hariri, Tongue drive wheelchair. J. Computational and Cognition, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 29-34, 2012.
  • Bassam MOSLEM, Mohamad, O. DIAB, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “Combining Multiresolution Analysis with Data Fusion for Improving the Classification Accuracy of Uterine EMG Signals”, Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, EURASIP, 2012,n. 167, pp: 1-20, 2012.
  • Bassam Moslem, Mohamad Khalil, Catherine Marque , Mohamad O. Diab, Energy Distrubution Analysis of the Uterine Electromyography. Selected best paper, invited paper, Journal of Medicine and Biological Engineering (JMBE), Vol. 30, No. 6, pp: 361-366, 2010.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Amira El-Merhie, Nour El-Halabi, Layal Khoder, Classification of uterine EMG signals using supervised classification method. Biomedical Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 9, pp: 837-842, Sep. 2010.
  • Diab M. O., Marque C., Khalil M. An Unsupervised Classification Method Of Uterine Electromyography Signals: Classification For Detection Of The Preterm Deliveries. Obestet. Gynecol. Res., Vol. 35, No. 1, pp: 9-19, 2009.
  • Diab, L. Hijazi, W. Hassan, G. Farges. A Non-Aggressive Thermo-Cardio-Respiratory Sensor Conception Associated To Cardio-Modulo-Respiratory Method For Long-Term Monitoring. Transactions on Systems, Signals and Devices, Vol. 4, no. 4, pp: 539-548, 2009.
  • Diab M. O., Farges G. ECG sensor for obese and hairy patient based on Cardio-Modulo-Respiratory Method. Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol. 8, pp: 7-12, July 2008.
  • Khalil M., Mustapha O., Diab M. O. Time Frequency Analysis and Classification of Long Duration SEMG Signals: Application on Fatigue Detection. Invited article, Modeling and Simulation journal, ASME press, pp: 1-10. July 2007
  • Diab M. O., Marque C., Khalil M. Classification for Uterine EMG Signals: Comparison between AR Model and Statistical Classification Method. J. Computational and Cognition, Vol 5, No 1, pp 1-7. March 2007.
  • Diab M. O., Marque C., Khalil M. Modeling And Classification For Uterine EMG Signals Using Autoregressive Model. Intelligent Engineering systems through artificial neural networks, ASME press. 8, No. 1: 317-323, 2006.
  • Diab M. O., Marque C., Khalil M. Une approche de classification des contractions utérines basées sur la théorie des ondelettes et la statistique. Journal of National Council for Scientific Research. 6, No. 1: 91-103 2006.
  • SABBAH, Méthodologie pour la synchronisation cardiaque et respiratoire : Application à l'imagerie RMN haute résolution chez le petit animal, phdDoctorat, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, 2006, citation key : SABB – 06c.
  • Sabbah, H. Alsaid, L.Fakri-Bouchet, C.Pasquier, A. Briguet, E. Canet Soulas, O. Fokapu "Real-Time Gating System for Mouse Cardiovascular MR Imaging” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2007; 57:29-39.
  • Alsaid, M. Sabbah, Z. Bendahmane, O. Fokapu, J. Felblinger, C. Desbleds-Mansard, C. Corot, A. Briguet, Y. Crémillieux, E. Canet-Soulas. “High-Resolution Contrast-Enhancement MRI of Atherosclerosis with Digital Cardiac and Respiratory Gating in Mice”. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2007; 58:1157–1163.
  • O. Diab., A. Seif., M. El-Abed., M. Sabbah, “Individual Identification Using ECG Signals”, Journal of Computer and Communications, Vol.6, No.1, pp : 74-80, Jan. 2018.
  • R. Alkhatib, M.O. Diab., C. Corbier, M. El Badaoui, “Task-Specific Gait Analysis : Faller versus Non-Faller Comparative Study”, Journal of Computer and Communications, Vol.6, No.1, pp : 81-91, Jan. 2018.

 

Conference Proceedings

  • Racha Soubra, Mohamad O. Diab, Bassam Moslem, “A Mother Wavelet Selection Study for Vertical Ground Reaction Force”, Proceeding of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Bio-engineering for Smart Technologies (BioSMART 2017), Aug. 30th-Sep. 1st. 2017, Paris, France.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamad Diab, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui, “A Modified Filtering Model of VGRF Gait Signals”, Proceeding of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Bio-engineering for Smart Technologies (BioSMART 2017), Aug. 30th-Sep. 1st. 2017, Paris, France.
  • Racha Soubra, Mohamad Diab, Bassam Moslem. “Identification of Parkinson's disease by using multichannel Vertical Ground Reaction Force signals”, Proceeding of the IEEE International Conference on Bio-engineering for Smart Technologies (BioSMART 2016), Dec. 4th-7th, 2016, Dubai, UAE.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Bassam Moslem, Rami Alkhatib, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui. “Synchrosqueezing Characterize Non-Stationary Signals: Application on Gait-Vertical Ground Reaction Force”, Global Summit on Computer & Information Technology (GSCIT), Soussa, Tunisia, July 16-18, 2016.
  • Hiba, M.Diab, B.Moslem ,R.Alkhatib, C.Corbier, M.El Badawi, “Frequency Content Analysis of  Gait -Vertical Ground Reaction Force”, Third International Conference On Advances In Biomedical Engineering (ICABME15), IEEE, Lebanese University (LU), Hadat-Beirut, Lebanon, September 16-18, 2015.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui, Bassam Moslem, Mohamad Diab. ‘Sensors’ Ground Reaction Force Behavior for Booth Normal and Parkinson Subjects – A Qualitative Study’, Proceedings of the 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. Milano, Italy Aug. 25-29, 2015.
  • Samir Berjawi, Rami Alkhatib, Abdallah Elshiekh, Mazen Morad, Mohamad O. Diab. ‘Free Flwoing Robot for Atomatic pipeline Leak Detection Using Piezoelectric Film Sensors’. Proceedings of MedGO International Conference, pp. 66-68, Beirut, Lebanon, April 16-18, 2015.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamad Diab, Bassam Moslem, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui. ‘Gait-Ground Reaction Force Sensors Selection Based on ROC Curve Evaluation’, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, Suzhou, China, March 18-20, 2015.
  • Diab, M., Saleh, S., Dichari, M., Aloulou, N., Hamoui, O., Chehade, F. 'Reduction of Physician's Radiation Dose during Cardiac Catheterization Procedures Using Lead-Free Sterile Radiation Shields'. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computational Physics, 241-244, Madrid, Spain March 26 - 27, 2015.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamad Diab, Bassam Moslem, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed El Badaoui. “Classification of Ground Reaction Forces Based on Non Stationary Analysis”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Analysis, IEEE ICCVIA 2015, pp. 1-4 , Soussa, Tunisia, Jan. 2015.
  • Farah Chaaban, Nazih Moubayed, Mirna Atieh, Hassan Tahini, Oussama Mustapha, Nizar F. Al Awar, Reem Abou Marak, Mohamad O. Diab. ‘Utilization and Modeling Of An Artificial Muscle: Application on IPMC muscle’. Proceedings of The Third International Conference on e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND-IEEE), pp:1-6, Beirut, Lebanon, 2014.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Nizar Al Awar, Mirna Atieh, Reem Brome, Mariam Salloum, Oussama Mustapha, Nazih Moubayed, ‘Electromechanical Model of IPMC Artificial Muscle’, Proceedings of the IEEE ICCAI’14, pp:1-5, Sousse, Tunisia, 2014.
  • Bassam Moslem, Jamila Khalaf, Oussama Bazzi, Mohamad O. Diab, ‘Direct Assessment of The Fetal Heart Rate from Abdominal Composite Recordings’, Proceedings of the XVIII Medical Informatics & Technology International Conference, MIT 2013, pp. , Ladek Zdroj, Poland, Oct. 2013.
  • Maher M. Sabbah, Bassam M. Moslem, Mohamad O. Diab, ‘Validation of Magneto-Hydrodynamics Model’, Proceedings of the 21st European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2013, pp. , Marrakesh, Morocco, Sep. 2013.
  • Jamila Khalaf, Bassam Moslem, Oussama Bazzi, Mohamad O. Diab, ‘Fetal ECG extraction from abdominal composite recordings – A preliminary study’, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advances on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE ICABME’13, pp. 141-144, Tripoli, Lebanon, Sep. 2013.
  • Mohamad Diab, Reem Brome, Mustapha Dichari, Bassam Moslem,‘The Smartphone Accessory Heart Rate Monitor’, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Medical Applications, IEEE ICCMA, pp. 1-5 , Soussa, Tunisia, Jan. 2013.
  • Ramzi Halabi, Mohamad Diab, Bassam Moslem, Mohamad Khalil, Catherine Marque, ‘Cross-Correlation Analysis of Multichannel Uterine EMG Signals’, Proceedings of the 34th Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference IEEE EMBC, pp. 3016-3019, San Diego, USA, Sep. 2012.
  • Ramzi Halabi, Mohamad Diab, Bassam Moslem, Mohamad Khalil, Catherine Marque, ‘Detecting Missing Signals in Multichannel Recordings by Using Higher Order Statistics’, Proceedings of the 34th Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference IEEE EMBC, pp. 3110-3113, San Diego, USA, Sep. 2012.
  • Mohamad O. DIAB, Bassam MOSLEM, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “Classification of Multichannel Uterine EMG Signals Using a Reduced Number of Channels”, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications, ISMA’12 IEEE, American University of Sharjah, UAE. pp: 1- 4, April 2012.
  • Mohamad O. DIAB, George Ismail, Maysam Al-Jawha, Abir Hsaiky, Bassam Moslem, Maher Sabbah, Mohamad Taha. “Biofeedback For Epilepsy Treatment”, Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications, ISMA’12 IEEE, American University of Sharjah, UAE. pp: 1- 4, April 2012.
  • Mohamad O. DIAB, Bassam MOSLEM, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “Classification of Uterine EMG Signals by Using Normalized Wavelet Packet Energy”, Proceedings of the 16th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2012, IEEE, Hammamet, Tunisia, pp: 335-338 March 2012.
  • Bassam MOSLEM, Mohamad O. DIAB, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “Classification of Multichannel Uterine EMG Signals by Using A Weighted Majority Voting Fusion Rule”, Proceedings of the 16th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2012, IEEE, Hammamet, Tunisia, pp: 331-334 March 2012.
  • Bassam MOSLEM, Aly Chkeir, Mohamad, O. DIAB, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “Combining Multiple Support Vector Machines for Boosting the Classification Accuracy of Uterine EMG Signals”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Lebanon, pp: 631-634, Dec. 2011.
  • Bassam MOSLEM, Aly Chkeir, Mohamad, O. DIAB, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “A Multisensor Data Fusion Approach for Improving the Classification Accuracy of Uterine EMG Signals”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Lebanon, pp: 93-96, Dec. 2011.
  • Bassam MOSLEM, Mohamad, O. DIAB, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “Classification of Multichannel Uterine EMG signals Using Unsupervised Competitive Learning”, Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Lebanon, pp: 267-272, Oct. 2011.
  • Moslem B., Karlsson, B., Diab M.O., Khalil M., Marque C., “Classification performance of frequency-related parameters derived from uterine EMG signals”, Proceedings of the 33nd Annual Inter. IEEE EMBS, Boston, USA, pp: 3371-3374, Aug. 2011.
  • Moslem B., Diab M.O., Khalil M., Marque C., “Classification of multichannel uterine EMG signals”, Proceedings of the 33nd Annual Inter. IEEE EMBS, Boston, USA, pp: 2602-2605, Aug. 2011.
  • Bassam MOSLEM, Mohamad, O. DIAB, Mohamad KHALIL, Catherine MARQUE, “Analyse des signaux EMG utérin pour le suivi de grossesse et la détection de l’accouchement”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Lebanon, Lebanon. pp: 95-96, July, 2011.
  • Ramzi AL-HALABI, Mohamad, O. DIAB. Application of EMG Processing and Analysis in Optimal Muscle Building Workouts, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Lebanon, Lebanon. pp: 97-98, July, 2011.
  • Bassam Moslem, Mohamad O. Diab, Mohamad Khalil, Catherine Marque , Detrended Fluctuatioin Analysis Of Uterine Electromyography, Proceedings of the IEEE 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering (MECBME 2011). Sharjah, UAE, pp: 450-453, Feb. 2011.
  • Moslem B., Khalil M., Marque C. , Diab M. O., Complexity analysis of the uterine electromyography, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp: 2802-2805, Aug. 2010.
  • Moslem B., Khalil M., Marque C. , Diab M. O., A Wavelet Packet-based Energetic Approach for the Analysis of the Uterine EMG. Proceedings of the ISSNIP BRC Biosignals and Biorobotics Conference 2010, Selected Best Paper, Victoria, Brazil, pp: 98-102, Jan. 2010.
  • Moslem, M. Hassan, M. Khalil, C. Marque, M. O. Diab, Monitoring the progress of pregnancy and detecting labor using electromyography, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Bioelectronics and Bioinformatics (ISBB2009), Melbourne, Australia, pp: 160-163, Dec. 2009.
  • Diab M. O., Hassan W., Farges G. A Non-Aggressive Thermo-Cardio-Respiratory Sensor Conception Associated To Cardio-Modulo-Respiratory Method For Long-Term Monitoring. Fouth IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices SSD’07, Selected Best Paper, March 19-22, 2007, Hammamet, Tunisia.
  • Khalil M., Mustapha O., Diab M. O. Time Frequency Analysis And Classification of Long Duration SEMG Signals: Application On Fatigue Detection, International conference on modelling and simulation (MS’05), Selected Best Paper, June 2005.
  • Diab, Mohamad O.; Marque, Catherine; Khalil, Mohamad. Unsupervised Classification in Uterine Electromyography Signal: Toward The Detection of Preterm Birth. 27th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Shanghai, Chine, pp: 5660-5663, Sep. 2005.
  • Diab M. O., Marque C., Khalil M. An Unsupervised Classification Method of Uterine Electromyography Signals Using Wavelet Decomposition. Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS San Francisco, CA, USA, pp: 192-195, Sep. 2004.
  • Diab M. O., Marque C., Khalil M. Uterine electromyography signals: Classification and Interpretation. Proceedings of the 2nd Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference (CIBEC, IEEE EMBS), Cairo, Egypt, pp: 1-4, Dec. 2004.
  • Alaa Seif, Mohamad El Abed, Mohamad O. Diab. ‘Biometrics Recognition: A Case Study of ECG Signals’. 23th LAAS International Scientific Conference, LAAS,Submitted, pp:, Lebanese University, Rafik Hariri Campus, Hadath , Lebanon, April 6-7, 2017.
  • Racha Soubra, Bassam Moslem, Mohamad O. Diab. ‘Vertical Ground Reaction Force Analysis For Parkinson’s Disease Detection’. 23th LAAS International Scientific Conference, LAAS, Submitted, pp: , Lebanese University, Rafik Hariri Campus, Hadath , Lebanon, April 6-7, 2017.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamad O. Diab, Bassam Moslem, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed ElBadaoui. ‘Gait-Ground Reaction Force Analysis – Balancing Parameters ’. 21th LAAS International Scientific Conference, LAAS, pp: 95, Universite Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, April 15-17, 2015.
  • Alaa Seif, Myriam Chamaa, Abdulaziz Alshaheen, Racha Awada, Ramzi Halabi, Mohamad O. Diab. ‘Effect of Binaural Beats on Consciousness Levels. 21th LAAS International Scientific Conference, LAAS, pp: 95, Universite Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, April 15-17, 2015.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Sahera Saleh, Mustapha Dichery, Nijez Aloulou. ‘The Efficacy of Sterile Lead-Free Drapes in Attenuating Interventional Radiologist’s Radiation Exposure Dose’. 21th LAAS International Scientific Conference, LAAS, pp: 51, Universite Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, April 15-17, 2015.
  • Reem Brome, Mohamad O. Diab, Nizar Awar, Mirna Atieh. ‘Modeling and Charaterization of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) Artificial Muscle’. 21th LAAS International Scientific Conference, LAAS, pp: 52, Universite Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, April 15-17, 2015.
  • Rami Alkhatib, Mohamad O. Diab, Bassam Moslem, Christophe Corbier, Mohamed ElBadaoui. ‘Non Stationary Analysis of Gait-Ground Reaction Force Signals’. 20th LAAS International Scientific Conference, LAAS, pp: 1-2, Beirut, Lebanon, 2014.
  • Ramzi Halabi, Bassam Moslem, Mohamad O. Diab, Mohamad Khalil, “Evaluating the dependency of multichannel uterine EMG signals by using a non linear cross-correlation analysis”, 18th LAAS International Scientific Conference, pp: 22-24, Bierut Arab University, Bierut, Lebanon, March, 2012.
  • Bassam Moslem, Mohamad Khalil, Catherine Marque, Mohamad O. Diab, Monitoring pregnancy using uterine electromyography. Proceedings of the 17th LAAS International Scientific Conference, The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon. Nov. 2010.
  • George Ismail, Fayez Elhamra, Alaa Zayden, Mohamad O. Diab, Electrical Drop Foot Prothesis. Proceedings of the 16th LAAS International Scientific Conference, Beirut Arab University, Bierut, Lebanon. Nov. 2009.
  • Alaa MALAEB, Naji CHAMSEDDINE, Mohammad DIAB, Advanced Artificial Hand. Proceedings of the 16th LAAS International Scientific Conference, Beirut Arab University, Bierut, Lebanon. Nov. 2009.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Amira El-Merhie, Nehmat El-Hariri, Nour El-Halabi, Hospital Risk Assessment. Proceedings of the 16th LAAS International Scientific Conference, Beirut Arab University, Bierut, Lebanon. Nov. 2009.
  • Mohamad O. Diab, Fatima Jaber, May Awad, Classification of uterine EMG signals According to the Position of the Placenta. Proceedings of the 16th LAAS International Scientific Conference, Beirut Arab University, Bierut, Lebanon. Nov. 2009.
  • Sabbah, E. Chauvet, A.Briguet, O.Fokapu Un module de traitement pour la synchronisation de séquences RMN sur le rythme cardiaque, 3e Colloque Interdisciplinaire en Instrumentation C2I 2004, Edition Hermès, 1 :167-172 (2004)
  • Sabbah,, L. Fakri-Bouchet, O. Fokapu, Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging of cardiac morphology  in obese Zucker rats,  3rd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference. Prague, Nov 2005.
  • Alsaid, M. Sabbah, O. Fokapu, A. Briguet, E. Canet Soulas, “High-Resolution MRI with a new cardiac and respiratory gating system for contrast-enhanced MRI of the carotids in the ApoE-/- mouse”, ISMRM 14th Scientific meeting & exhibition; Seattle, 6-12 May 2006.
  • Sabbah, H. Alsaïd, A. Briguet, O.Fokapu, E. Canet-Soulas, “Application of Real Time System on Mouse Cardiovascular MR”, 2nd IEEE international conference  on information & communication technologies: from theory to applications, Damas April 24 - 28, 2006.
  • Alsaid, M. Sabbah, C. Corot, A. Briguet, Y. Crémillieux, P. Douek, E. Canet-Soulas. “High-Resolution Contrast-Enhancement MRI of Atherosclerosis with Digital Cardiac and Respiratory Gating in Mice”, 19th annual Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007.
  • Sabbah, B. Moslem, M. Diab. “Magnetohydrodynamics: Application in Cardiovascular MRI”, ISMA’12 American University of Sharjah, UAE April 10-12, 2012.
  • Sabbah, B. Moslem, M. Diab. “MagnetoHydroDynamics: A Completed Modeling and Simulation Tool for MRI”, ICSPT Sousse, Tunisia March 24-26, 2013
  • Sabbah, B. Moslem, M. Diab. “Validation of MagnetoHydroDynamics Model”, EUSIPCO, Marrakech, September 9-13, 2013.
  • Sabbah, R. Khatib, S. Saad, S. Sandid, M. Diab. “Feasibility Study for Magneto Hydrodynamics Hardware Model”, ICABME Tripoli, September 11-13, 2013.
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