Full-time Teaching Staff at the Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University http://www.alquds.edu, Jerusalem, Palestine.

• Member in PLUS project (Palestine Lyon Universités Solidaires) - a joint research project between Palestinian Universities, and Lyon 1 University, France.
• Member in Jordanian Engineers Association - Jerusalem Centre.

Academic Qualifications

• [Sep 2006-Sep 2007] MSc e-Business Technology (Merit), School of Informatics, The University of Manchester http://www.manchester.ac.uk, UK. Master dissertation on 'Online Recruitment Systems'.
• [Sep 2000-Jun 2005] B.Eng. Degree in Computer Engineering, GPA ~ 4 (91.3%), Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University http://www.alquds.edu, Palestine. Graduation project on 'Aiding Visually Impaired using Adaptive Hardware and Software'.
• [1999/2000] Tawjihi Certificate, Scientific Stream (95.0%), Hussan Boys' Secondary School, Hussan, Bethlehem, Palestine.

Research Interests

• e-learning, experience-based systems, mobile computing, distributed cloud computing, e-business, web applications, intelligent systems, and software engineering.

Publications

• "Online Recruitment System with Advanced Search Capabilities as a Complex Environment", published in the Third International Conference on Software Knowledge and Information Management and Applications - SKIMA 2009.

Conferences

• The International Conference on Software, Knowledge and Information Management and Applications - SKIMA'09, Participant, Fes, Morocco, 21st-23rd of September, 2009.
• Search - What Next? Conference, Manchester Digital, Manchester, UK, 4th of October, 2007.

Awards

• Full scholarship from Hani Qaddumi Scholarship Foundation (http://www.hq-sf.org), Jordan, to study MSc in the UK, 2006/2007, covered the tuition and stipend.
• First place, in Faculty of Engineering, Al-Quds University, through 2000-2005.
• 8- Honors in Computer Engineering Department, Al-Quds University, 2000-2005.
• Expenses fund/stipend from Égide (French Center for the Reception and International Exchanges), France, while working on PIXED e-learning environment project, University of Lyon 1, France, June-September 2004.
• Full scholarship from AED - Academy for Educational Development (http://www.aed.org), to study Bachelor at Al-Quds University, Palestine 2002-2005.
• Al-Jerashi Academic Excellence Scholarship, Full scholarship from Al-Jerashi Investment Group, Bethlehem; a merit based scholarship that covered the tuition for the entire undergraduate study period 2000-2005 at Al-Quds University, Palestine.

Contact Information

Faculty of Engineering,
Al-Quds University
P.O. Box 20002,
Jerusalem

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+972 (0) 2 2797024
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+972 (0) 2 2797023
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