Member Portfolio

Dr. Alaa ali khalaf Ismaeel

Faculty of Computer Studies

Information Technology Program - Oman Branch

Phone:

Office: Arab Open University - AOU Oman, P.O.B: 1596, P.C: 130, Azaiba, Sultanate of Oman

Email: alaa.ismaeel@aou.edu.om

ALAA A. K. ISMAEEL received the PhD degree in computer science (information visualization) from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, in 2012 and Master of Computer Science MSc from Minia University, Egypt in 2004. Since October 2013, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Computer Studies (FCS), Arab Open University (AOU) Oman, Oman. Since September 2016, he is the Program Coordinator (PC) of Information Technology & Computing ITC program at AOU Oman. His research interests include dynamic graph drawing, efficient graph algorithms, computational geometry, information visualization, big data visualization, MANETs, routing protocols, and meta-heuristic techniques, renewable energy efficient algorithms.

o M251: Object Oriented Programming using Java.

o M257: Putting Java to Work.

o M359: Relational Database: Theory and Practice.

o TM105: Introduction to Programming.

o TM103: Computer Architectures & Organization

o M180: Data Structure and Algorithms with Java.

o CS240: Introduction to Computer Graphics with Java.

o M298: Operating Systems Concepts.

o M256: Software Development with Java.

o M150B: Data, Computing and Information II.

o TM471: Graduation Project.

o T471: Telematics Project.

o T103: Computer Architecture and Organization.

o M105: Introduction to Computer Programming with Java.

o GR100: Computer and Internet Essentials.

o TU170: Computing Essentials.

o Computer Graphics, Computer Science Dept., Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt.

o Multimedia Systems Design, Computer Science Dept., Faculty of Science, Minia University AND 4th year students, Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information, Minia University, Egypt.

o Programming Languages I (C++), 1st Year students, Computer Science, Mathematics & Computer Science, Physics & Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt.

o Introduction to Computers, 1st Year students, Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt.

o Computer Systems, Computer Science Dept., Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt.

o Introduction to Computers, Faculty of Arts, Minia University, Egypt.

o Web Designing, Postgraduate students, Faculty of Kindergarten, Minia University, Egypt.

o Logic Design, Computer Science Dept., Thebes Academy, Cairo, Egypt.

WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES

• Dec. 2011 : “Supervising the Doctorate”, University of Heidelberg, Germany

• Mai. 2011 : “Scientific Writing – Writer’s Workshop”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Germany

• Mai. 2011 : “Using “Teaching Portfolios” to improve and assess Teaching Skills”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Germany

• Dec. 2010 : “English Presentation Skills in Teaching and Learning Settings”, University of Konstanz, Germany

• Oct. 2010 : “Designing Courses and Using Small Groups, Especially in Large Courses”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Germany

• Sep. 2010 : “Strategic Improvement of University Teaching”, University of Stuttgart, Germany

• Mai. 2010 : “Cool, Calm and Collected at International Conferences – Scientific Presentations”, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Germany

CERTIFICATES

• Jun. 2013: EMC2: Data Science and Big Data Analytics, EMC Academic Alliance, New Cairo, Egypt.

• Aug. 2006: CISCO IT Essentials II: Network Operating System, Competence Center, Smart Village, Cairo, Egypt.

• Dec. 2005: CISCO IT Essentials I: PC Hardware and Software, Competence Center, Smart Village, Cairo, Egypt.

Sep. 2016 – Now	Program Coordinator PC, Information Technology & Computing ITC Dept., Faculty of Computer Studies (FCS), Arab Open University AOU - Oman, Sultanate of Oman
Oct. 2013 – Now	Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Information Technology & Computing ITC Dept., Faculty of Computer Studies, Arab Open University AOU - Oman, Sultanate of Oman
Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2013	Vice-Manager for MIS “Management Information System” Project at Minia University, Egypt
Jul. 2012 – Sep. 2013	Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Computer Science Dept., Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt
Mar. 2008 – Jun. 2012	Research Associate, Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Germany
Oct. 2005 – Feb. 2008	CISCO IT Instructor, BEST Organization, Minia Branch. , Minia, Egypt
Jul. 2004 – Feb. 2008	Assistant Lecturer of Computer Science, Computer Science Dept., Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt
Dec. 1999 – Jun. 2004	Demonstrator of Computer Science, Computer Science Dept., Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt

· Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Essam H. Houssein, Amir Y. Hassan, and Mokhtar Said (2022), “Performance of Gradient-Based Optimizer for Optimum Wind Cube Design”, Computers, Materials and Continua (CMC) Vol. 71(1), pp. 339-353, DOI: 10.32604/cmc.2022.021517.

· Hassan Shaban, Essam H. Houssein, Marco Pérez-Cisneros, Diego Oliva, Amir Y. Hassan, Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Diaa Salama AbdElminaam, Sanchari Deb, and Mokhtar Said (2021), “Identification of parameters in Photovoltaic models through a Runge Kutta optimizer”, Mathematics 9, no. 18: 2313. https://doi.org/10.3390/math9182313.

· A. A. K. Ismaeel, E. H. Houssein, D. Oliva and M. Said (2021), "Gradient-Based Optimizer for Parameter Extraction in Photovoltaic Models," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 13403-13416, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3052153.

· Alaa A.K. Ismaeel, PC Sherimon, V Sherimon (2021), “Ontology Based Monitoring Of Seafood Quality And Modeling Of Acceptance Criteria Of Seafood Using Semantic Web Rule Language”, NVEO-NATURAL VOLATILES & ESSENTIAL OILS Journal, NVEO, Volume 8, issue 6, pp. 2667-2676.

· Alaa A.K. Ismaeel, PC Sherimon, V Sherimon (2021), “Ontology Based Monitoring Of Seafood Quality And Modeling Of Acceptance Criteria Of Seafood Using Semantic Web Rule Language”, Proc. International Conference on Engineering & Technology (ICET-21), November 2021, Giza, Egypt, ASAR Explore, pp. 48-53.

· V. Sherimon, PC Sherimon, A. Ismaeel, W Varkey, B Naveen (2021), “Modeling of seafood domain using ontology”, International Journal of Open Information Technologies, Volume 9, Number 2, pp. 65-69.

· Vinu Sherimon, Sherimon P.C., Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Winny Varkey, Naveen B. (2021), “Modeling of seafood domain using ontology”, International Journal of Open Information Technologies (INJOIT), Volume 9, Number (2), pp. 65-69, DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110252.

· V. Sherimon, Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, PC Sherimon, WA Varkey, B Naveen (2021), “Ontological Simulation of Quality Test Concepts in Seafood Domain”, NVEO-NATURAL VOLATILES & ESSENTIAL OILS Journal, NVEO, Volume 8, issue 6, pp. 2667-2676.

· V. Sherimo, Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Sherimon P.C., Varkey W.A., Naveen B. (2021), “Ontological Simulation of Quality Test Concepts in Seafood Domain”, In: Sheth A., Sinhal A., Shrivastava A., Pandey A.K. (eds) Intelligent Systems. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore. , pp. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2248-9_1.

· Vinu Sherimon, Sherimon Pc and Alaa Ismaeel (2020), “JobChain: An Integrated Blockchain Model for Managing Job Recruitment for Ministries in Sultanate of Oman”, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), Volume 11(2), DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110252.

· Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Islam A. Elshaarawy, Essam H. Houssein, Fatma Helmy Ismail, Aboul Ella Hassanien (2019), “Enhanced Elephant Herding Optimization for Global Optimization”, IEEE Access 7, 34738-34752.

· Essam H. Houssein, Aboul Ella Hassanien and Alaa A. K. Ismaeel (2017), “EEG signals classification for epileptic detection: a review”, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Internet of Things and Cloud Computing ICC’17, Cambridge, United Kingdom, http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3018896.3018970.

· Ammar Yassir and Alaa A. K. Ismaeel (2016), “Current Computer Network Security Issues/Threats”, International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), ISSN: 0975-8887 Volume 155, Number 1, Pages: 1-5.

· Essam H. Houssein, Diaa S AbdElminaam and Alaa A. K. Ismaeel (2016), “Ant-Hoc: A swarm intelligence-based routing protocol for Ad Hoc networks”, International Journal of Computer Networks and Wireless Communications (IJCNWC), ISSN: 2250-3501 Volume 6, Number 1, Pages 14-23.

· Essam H. Houssein and Alaa A. K. Ismaeel (2015), “Ant Colony Optimization based Hybrid Routing Protocol for MANETs”, Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences (JETCIS), Volume 6, Number 11, 622-629.

· Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Ammar Yassir, Tarek Mahmoud, Abdelmegied Aly and Essam H. Houssein (2015), “Area Bounds of Hierarchical Graphs Straightline Grid Drawing”, The World Congress on Information Technology and Computer Applications 2015 (WCITCA’2015), Hammamet, Tunisia.

· Tarek M. Mahmoud, Essam H. Houssein and Alaa A. K. Ismaeel (2013), "New Adaptive Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad hoc Networks”, IJCNC International Journal of Computer Networking and Communication, VOL.1 No.1, Pages 1-13.

· Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Pradyumn Kumar Shukla and Hartmut Schmeck (2012), "Dynamic Drawing of Hierarchical Graphs”, Proc. of CMCGS2012, Singapore.

· Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, (2012) "Dynamic Hierarchical Graph Drawing", PhD Thesis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT, Germany.

· Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, Pradyumn Kumar Shukla and Hartmut Schmeck (2011), "Efficient barycenter algorithm for drawing hierarchical graphs with minimum edge crossings", ICGIP2011, Proc. SPIE 8285, 82850A; doi:10.1117/12.913044.

· Alaa A. K. Ismaeel, (2004) "A Study of some Algorithms for Drawing Level Graphs", Master Thesis, Computer Science Dept., Minia University, Egypt.

· Ahmed A. A. Radwan, Moheb R. Girgis and Alaa A. K. Ismaeel (2002), "A Study of Barycenter Algorithm for Hierarchical Graphs Crossings Minimization", International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Information Sciences IJICIS, Volume 2, Number 2, 13-22.

· A. A. A. Radwan, M. R. Girgis and A. A. K. Ismaeel (2001), "A Study of the Area of Drawing Level Graphs", International Journal of Applied Mathematics, Volume 5, Number 4, 363-375.

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