Faculty

Dr. Abd-Elhamid M. Taha
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA

Email: taha@alfaisal.edu
Tel: (+966 1) 2157757

Education:
Ph.D.	2007	Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
M.Sc	2002	Electrical Engineering, Kuwait University
1999	1976	Electrical Engineering, Kuwait University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My main interest is in resource allocation in wireless and mobile networks. In my experience, I have dealt with both networks using heterogenous access, as well next generation broadband (LTE, LTE-Advanced and WiMax). I have recently also started investigated systems for remote well being monitoring employing Body Area Networks (BANs), with a special focus on infrastructures with limited power or with dependence on renewable energy.

EXPERIENCE

Sep 6 – present Assistant Professor , Alfaisal University
Jan 11 – present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queen’s School of Computing
Jan 09 – Dec 10 Adjunct Assistant Professor (Term), Queen’s School of Computing
Instructor: CISC 897 Research Methods for Computer Science
2009 and 2010 winter semesters
Sep 07 – Dec 10 Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen’s School of Computing
Performed extensive investigations of radio resource-management issues in heterogeneous wireless networks. Wrote, prepared, and consulted on grant proposals, reports, and presentations.
Jan 07 – May 07 Lecturer, Queen’s School of Computing
Introduced, developed and taught a new graduate-level course: CISC 836 Paradigms of Wireless and Mobile Networking.
Sep 02 – Sep 07 Research Assistant, Queen’s ECE Department
Investigated novel techniques for radio resource management in wireless networks with heterogeneous access technologies.
Sep 02 – Sep 06 Teaching Assistant, Queen’s ECE Department
Assisted in teaching and grading undergraduate courses including Computer Networks and Digital Communication Theory.
Jan 00 – Aug 02 Scientific Assistant,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Kuwait University
Assisted in teaching and grading undergraduate courses including Numerical Analysis, Basic Circuit Analysis, Electronics 2, Labs for Electronics 1 and 2 and Active Filter Design.
Sep 99 – Jan 02 Graduate Student Researcher,
School of Graduate Studies, Kuwait University
Derived optimal and near-optimal algorithms for facility-allocation problems, including the p-Center and p¬¬-Median problems, based on a dynamic programming approach. Algorithms were applied within the context of Web proxy allocations.
Sep 99 – Jan 00 Teaching Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering, Kuwait University
Assisted in teaching and grading undergraduate courses including: Basic Circuit Analysis and Introduction to Electromagnetics.
Oct 99 – Nov 99 Lecturer
Student Society of the College of Engineering, Kuwait University
Developed and taught a short course on Computer Organization to computer engineering students.

PUBLICATIONS (LAST 5 YEARS)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “Reducing Service Delivery Costs for Wireless Operators with Heterogeneous Networks,” submitted February 2011.
A-E M. Taha, P. Kolomitro, H. S. Hassanein and N. A, Abu Ali, “Comparing Frame Structures in WiMax Relay Networks,” Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (accepted).
A. Radwan, H. S. Hassanein and A-E M. Taha, “Identifying the Capacity Gains of Multihop Cellular Networks,” Computer Networks, Vol 54, Iss 2, pp. 278-290, February 2010.
A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “Vertical Handoffs as a Radio Resource Management Tool,” Elsevier’s Computer Communications, Vol 31, Iss 5, pp. 950–961, Mar 2008.
N.A. Abu Ali, A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “IEEE 802.16 Mesh Schedulers: Issues and Design Challenges,” IEEE Network, Vol 22, Iss 1, pp. 58–65, Jan/Feb 2008.
A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “Extensions for Internet QoS to Mobile IP: A Survey,” IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol 43, Iss 5, pp. 132–139, May 2005.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

W. Ibrahim, A-E M. Taha, and H. S. Hassanein, “Scalability Issues in Localizing Things,”, in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, 2011. (accepted)
M. Salah, N. A. Abu Ali, A-E M. Taha and H. S. Hassanein, “Evaluating Uplink Schedulers in LTE in Mixed Traffic Environments, International Conference on Communications 2011 (accepted).
P. Kolomitro, A-E M. Taha and H. S. Hassanein, “A Performance Comparison of Frame Structures in WiMax Relay Networks,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, pp. 785-792, Oct 2010.
K. Elgazzar, M. Salah, A-E M. Taha and H. S. Hassanein, “Comparing Uplink Schedulers for LTE,” In Proceedings of the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, pp. 189-193, June 2010. (Best paper award.)
N. A. Abu Ali and A-E M. Taha, “IMT-Advanced for Body Area Networks: Enabling Technologies,” In Proceedings of the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, pp. 452-456, June 2010.
A-E M. Taha, “Resource Reservation in Dynamic Spectrum Networks,” IEEE Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) Conference, Mar 2009.
A-E M. Taha, “Towards Comprehensive RRM Frameworks for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” Int’l Conf Information Science, Technology & Applications, pp. 1–7, Mar 2009.
14. A. Hasswa, H. S. Hassanein and A-E M. Taha, “Facilitating 4G Convergence using IMS,” Int’l Conf on Information Science, Technology and Applications, pp. 59–66, Mar 2009.
A. M. Rashwan, A-E M. Taha and H. S. Hassanein, “Considerations for Bandwidth Adaptation Mechanisms in Wireless Networks,” 24th Biennial Symposium on Communications, pp. 43–47, Jun 2008.
A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “Reducing the Cost of Service Delivery in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf, pp. 2003–2007, Nov 2007.
K. Ali, A-E M. Taha and H. S. Hassanein, “RFID Anti–Collision Protocol for Dense Passive Tag Environments,” IEEE Conf Local Computer Networks, pp. 819–824, Oct 2007.
A. Hasswa, A-E M. Taha and H. S. Hassanein, “On Extending IMS Services to WLANs,” IEEE Conf Local Computer Networks, pp. 931–938, Oct 2007.
K.A. Ali, H. S. Hassanein, A-E M. Taha and H. T. Mouftah, “Directional Cell Breathing: A Module for Congestion Control and Load Balancing in WCDMA Networks,” Proc Int’l Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conf, pp. 317–324, Jul 2006.
A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “A Multi-Class, Sub-Adaptation Module for Forced Vertical Handoffs,” IEEE Symp Computers & Communications, pp. 175-180, Jun 2006.
A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “Exploiting Vertical Handoffs in Next Generation Radio Resource Management,” IEEE Int’l Conf Communications, Volume 5, pp. 2083–2088, Jun 2006.

Book

A-E M. Taha, N.A. Abu Ali and H. S. Hassanein, “LTE, LTE-Advanced and WiMax: Towards IMT-Advanced Networks,” Wiley and Sons, in press Nov 2011.

Book Chapters

K. Ali, A-E M. Taha and H. S. Hassanein, “Medium Access Control in RFID,” in RFID and Sensor Networks: Architectures, Protocols, Security and Integrations, Edited by Y. Zhang, L. T. Yang and J. Chen, CRC Press, pp. 3–30, 2009.
A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “A Cost-Controlled Bandwidth Adaptation Algorithm for Multimedia Wireless Networks,” in Resource, Mobility and Security Management in Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications, Edited by Y. Zhang, H. Hu and M. Fujise. Auerbach Publications, pp. 271–302, 2006.
A-E M. Taha, H. S. Hassanein and H. T. Mouftah, “On the Application of Stochastic Integer Linear Programming in Allocation Policies for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,” in Combinatorial Optimization in Communication Networks, Edited by D.–Z. Du, M. Cheng and Y. Li., Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 171–188, 2006.

TUTORIALS AND INVITED TALKS
Tutorials

Remote Wellbeing Monitoring in 4G Networks, with N. A Abu Ali and H. S. Hassanein
Beyond IMT-Advanced: The next ten years, with N. A. Abu Ali and H. S. Hassanein, IEEE ICC, Jun 2011.
Wireless Broadband in 2020: Looking through the IMT-Advanced Eyehole, with N. A. Abu Ali, IEEE VTC-Fall, Sep 2010.
Enabling Technologies and Standardization Activities of IMT-Advanced, with N.A. Abu Ali and H. S. Hassanein, IEEE Globecom, Dec 2009.
Cognitive Radio Networks: Technologies Enabling Dynamic Spectrum Allocations, with H. S. Hassanein, IEEE GCC Conference, Mar 2009.

Seminars and Invited Talks

Networking Life, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Oct 2011.
Rethinking Radio Resource Management, Queen’s University, Kingston, Oct 2010.
Handovers as a Network Resource, Nile University, Cairo, Jul 2010.
Resource Availability: Rethinking RRM, Avaya, Belleville, Jun 2010.
Handovers as a Network Resource, German University in Cairo, Cairo, May 2010.
Admissions Management, Queen’s University, Kingston, Jan 2008.
QoS and Traffic Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, Bell Mobility, Toronto, Dec, 2007
Traffic Management in Heterogeneous and Variable Topology Wireless Networks, Bell Mobility, Toronto, Oct 2006.
Wireless Heterogeneous Networks – What is Next?, International Institute of Telecommunications, Montreal, Sep 2006.
Enabling the Wireless City, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, July 2006.
Next Generation Wireless Mesh Networks, Nortel Networks, Ottawa, May 2006.

TEACHING

Sep 11 – present
Assistant Professor, Alfaisal University’s College of Engineering

Fall 2011

GE 201 – Programming for Engineers (1/2 term)
EE 305 – Computer Networks (1/2 term)
EE 307 – Computer Architecture
EE 309 – Electromagnetics

Jan 09 – present

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queen’s School of Computing

Instructing CISC 897 Research Methods for Computer Science, 2009 and 2010 winter semesters

Jan 07 – May 07

Lecturer, Queen’s School of Computing

Introduced, developed and taught a new graduate-level course: CISC 836 Paradigms of Wireless and Mobile Networking.

Sep 02 – Sep 06

Teaching Assistant, Queen’s ECE Department

Assisted in teaching and grading undergraduate courses including Computer Networks and Digital Communication Theory.

Jan 00 – Aug 02

Scientific Assistant Department of Electrical Engineering, Kuwait University

Assisted in teaching and grading undergraduate courses including Numerical Analysis, Basic Circuit Analysis, Electronics 2, Labs for Electronics 1 and 2 and Active Filter Design.

Sep 99 – Jan 00

Teaching Assistant Department of Electrical Engineering, Kuwait University

Assisted in teaching and grading undergraduate courses including: Basic Circuit Analysis and Introduction to Electromagnetics.

Oct 99 – Nov 99

Lecturer Student Society of the College of Engineering, Kuwait University

Developed and taught a short course on Computer Organization to computer engineering students.

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