CURRICULUM VITAE

Habib Youssef Director General, Centre de Calcul El-Khawarizmi, University campus of Manouba , Tunis, Tunisia. Tel. (+216) 71 602 840 (Office) Mobile (+216) 98 684 096 Fax: (+216) 71 601 930 Email: [email protected] and

Professor of Computer Science, Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communication Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse, Tunisia. Email: [email protected] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Habib_Youssef2

I. Personal Information

Family Status : Married. Date of Birth : November 6, 1957 Nationality : Tunisian Languages : Arabic, English, French

II. University Degrees

July 1990 – Doctorat d’Etat es-sciences informatiques, Décision d’Equivalence issued by the Ministry of Higher Education, Tunisia.

January 1990 - Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, USA. Dissertation title: Timing Issues in VLSI Design.

June 1982 - Diplôme d'Ingénieur en Informatique, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, University of Tunis-El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. Graduation Project: Modeling and Performance Evaluation of the NADIR Communication Protocols for Bulk Data Transfer via a Satellite Link.

June 1978 - Diplôme Universitaire d’Etudes Scientifiques (DUES) en Physique et Chimie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, University of Tunis-El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.

III. Employment History

Since October 2013: Director General, Centre de Calcul El-Khawarizmi (CCK), Tunis, Tunisia. CCK manages the Tunisian National Research and Education Network, and provides Internet and Application services for the entire

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Since January 2006: Professor of computer science at Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communication (College of Computer Science and Communication Technologies), University of Sousse, Tunisia.

July 2007 – July 2011: Dean, College of Computer Science and Communication Technologies (Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communication), Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse, Tunisia.

July 2002 – August 2005: Dean, College of Computer Science and Mathematics (Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et de Mathématique), University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia.

February 2001 – December 2005: Maitre de Conférences, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia.

June 1995 – January 2001: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

September 1990 - May 1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

March 1984 - March 1990: Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, USA.

September 1982 - September 1983: Assistant, Computer Science Department, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis-El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.

IV. Research interests

Computer Networks; Cyber Physical Systems; Performance Evaluation and Analysis; Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization; VLSI Design Automation.

V. Awards

Awarded a Tunisian Government Scholarship for Graduate Studies in USA, September 1983 – December 89.

Awarded the 2000 best Researcher Award from KFUPM.

Awarded in 2009 the Medal of Merit, 4th category, by the President of Tunisia.

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VI. Teaching Activities

Courses Taught

Courses taught Level Computer Communication Networks Graduate Communication Protocol Engineering Graduate Design and Analysis of Local Area Networks Graduate Performance Analysis and Evaluation Graduate Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems Graduate Software Engineering Graduate Queuing theory Graduate Wireless Sensor Networks Graduate Modeling and Simulation Graduate Advanced Computer Networks Graduate Digital Design Automation Senior Computer Networks Senior Internetwork Design and Management Senior Queuing theory Senior Data Communications Junior Data Networks Sophomore Local Area Networks Sophomore Digital Logic Design Sophomore Computer Organization Sophomore

Training/Continuing Education Courses Coordinated and participated in the teaching of several short courses offered by KFUPM to local companies and government organizations. Titles are listed below:

Data Communications and Computer Networks (Coordination and Teaching) Personal computers networking (Coordination and Teaching) Local Area Networks (Coordination and Teaching) Computer Networks (Coordination and Teaching) Telecommunication Engineering (Teaching) TCP/IP Concepts, Programming, and Administration (Teaching) Personal Computer Hardware and Maintenance (Teaching) Modeling and Simulation of Computer Systems (Coordination and Teaching) Industrial Applications of Computer Simulation (Teaching) Desktop Supercomputers (Teaching) Computer and Network Security (Teaching)

Laboratory Development

Computer Networks Laboratory at the COE department of KFUPM, Saudi Arabia I established the Computer Network Laboratory, which houses state of the art networking hardware and software. It has been since supporting undergraduate and graduate education as well as research in computer communication and networking. I initiated the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of network hardware and software elements, as well as performed the quotation analysis, vendor selection, and reception of equipment.

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VLSI Design Automation Laboratory at the COE department of KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Participated in the development of the Design Automation Laboratory. The laboratory supports undergraduate and graduate education as well as research in VLSI Design and Design Automation. Several Design Automation Tools were developed under my supervision by Research Assistants in partial fulfillment of their theses requirements.

Computer Networks Laboratory at ISIM of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia I established the Computer Network Laboratory. The laboratory houses networking hardware and software. It is currently supporting undergraduate education in computer communication and networking. I initiated the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of network hardware and software elements, as well as performed the quotation analysis, vendor selection, and reception of equipment.

Computer Networks Laboratory at ISITCom of Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse, Tunisia I established the Computer Network Laboratory. The laboratory houses state of the art networking hardware and software. It is currently supporting undergraduate and graduate education as well as research in computer communication and networking. I initiated the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of network hardware and software elements, as well as performed the quotation analysis, vendor selection, and reception of equipment.

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Doctoral Dissertation Advising

Since I returned to Tunisia in February 2001, I have been advising Doctoral students in Computer science and engineering. Seventeen have graduated so far, four have deposited their dissertations, and several are in progress.

1. Wafa Berrayana, Architecture cross-layer pour la gestion de la qualité de service dans les réseaux sans fil. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Co-tutelle avec Professeur Guy PUJOLLE (LIP6-Université de Paris 6). Completed July 2009.

2. Sofiene Jelassi, Adaptative Quality of Experience control of VoIP over mobile ad-hoc networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, University of Manouba . Co-tutelle avec Professeur Guy PUJOLLE (LIP6- Université de Paris 6). Completed February 2010.

3. Wafa Kamoun, Congestion control for the reliable multipoint transport protocols. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, University of Manouba. Completed June 2010.

4. Amen Ajroud, Possiblistic Reasoning for Information Systems Search. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, University of Manouba. Completed July 2010.

5. Hamdi Eltaief, Source authentification in multicast communications. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, University of Manouba. Completed January 2012.

6. Manel Boujelbene, Management of Security Keys in Wireless Sensor Networks. Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax.. Completed January 2012.

7. Nouha Baccour, Link Quality Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks: Analysis, Design, and Experimentation. Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax. Completed May 2012.

8. Anis Ben Arbia, Autonomic Architecture efficient routing in Ad Hoc Networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, University of Manouba. Completed May 2012.

9. Ali Elkamel, Mesure et mise en oeuvre de la qualité de service dans les réseaux IP. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Completed June 2013.

10. Sonia Fantar Gaied, Routing and Localization in Peer-to-Peer Networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Completed November 2013.

11. Saloua Messaoud , Web Cache Management Algorithms. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, University of Manouba. Completed December 2013.

12. Wafa Ben Jaballah, Securing Wireless Sensor and Vehicular Networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Co-tutelle avec Prof. Mohamed Mosbah, Laboratoire LABRI, Université Bordeaux 1. Completed January 2014.

13. Sofiene Ben Othmane. Secure Data Agregation in Wireless Sensor Networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Completed July 2016.

14. Abdelwahed Berguiga. Protocoles de mobilité dans les réseaux de capteurs sans fil. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Completed Novembre 2016.

15. Ali Lourimi, Exact Algorithms for the constrained design and optimization of Virtual Private Networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Completed July 2017.

5 16. Boulbaba Thabti, Exact and aproximate Algorithms for the optimized restauration of VPNs. Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax. Completed December 2017.

17. Fatma Hendaoui. Distributed Key Management for Networked Smart Objects. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Started in Janvier 2013. Completed May 2018.

18. Hajer Gahbiche. Video streaming à via NGN networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. (Started December 2010). Dissertation deposited.

19. Imen Chaari. SmartPATHS: On the Optimality of Path Planning Algorithms for Robotic Applications. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Dissertation deposited

20. Sahar Trigui. Optimal Coordination Strategies in Multi-Robotic Applications. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Co-advised with Dr. Anis Koubaa. Dissertation deposited

21. Nesrine Khlifi. Routing in very large and mobile Wireless Sensor Networks. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Dissertation deposited.

22. Rihab Chaari. rCLOUD: Design of Robotic Cloud Infrastructure for On-Demand Robotic Services. Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique, Université de Manouba. Co-advised with Dr. Anis Koubaa. Started January 2013.

23. Amira Benammar. Cross-layer approaches for energy optimization in multimedi Wireless Sensor Networks. Co- tutelle between Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse and Conservatoire National de Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France. Co-advised by Prof. Michel TERRE, CNAM. Started January 2014.

24. Hela Meddar. Trust Management in Wireless Sensor Networks. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2014.

25. Khaoula Braiki. Dynamic Optimized Ressource Provisionning in Data Centers. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2015.

26. Emna Bouzid. Perceptual Quality Improvement of Video Streaming over a Vehicular Cloud. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2015.

27. Emna Fekih. Autonomic replication and caching strategies for video streaming in Information Centric Networks. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2015.

28. Fatma Ellouze. Providing Robots as a service using REST Web Services. Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Sfax, University of Sfax. Co-advised with Dr. Anis Koubaa. Started January 2015.

29. Montassar Sekma. Energy Management in Wireless Sensor Networks with Mobile Sinks. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2015.

30. Nawal Kortas. Autonomic Architecture for the Optimized Migration of Virtual Machines within a Data Center. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2016.

31. Amel Belazreg. Middleware Distributed Architecture for Multicriteria Optimized Access to Resources in a Public Cloud. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2016.

6 32. Amel Majdoub. QoS Autonomic Provisionning in Software Defined Mobile Networks. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started January 2016.

33. Takoua Oueslati. Cloudlets based Distributed Multi-Agent Architecture for Sharing Cloud Ressources. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Started Decembre 2016.

34. Ramzi Snoussi. Secure Security issues and solutions in IoT systems.. Institut Supérieur d’Informatique et des Technologies de Communications de Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse. Hammam Sousse, Université de Sousse. Started in December 2017.

Master theses advising

I advised over 60 Master theses in Computer science and engineering (28 at the Computer Engineering Department of KFUPM, Saudi Arabia and the rest are at Tunisian Universities).

Participation at Doctoral and Master these defenses

I served as chair or member of numerous doctoral theses defense committees in Tunisia and France. I also served as chair or member of numerous Master theses defense committees.

VII. Scientific and Academic Committees

I have been serving in various organizing and technical committees of numerous international and national conferences.

I have also actively participated in several university and national academic committees.

I played a major role in establishing Master programs at the University of Monastir and the University of Sousse, and a Doctoral program at the university of Sousse.

Participation at National Committees in Tunisia: While at Tunisia, I am regularly appointed to serve in several committees, most important of which are listed below.

2002 – 2003: Member of the national selection committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Assistant in Computer Science (Lecturer) for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2004 – 2005: Member of national selection committee to recruit Assistant Professors in Computer Science for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2005 – 2006: Member of national committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Maître Technologue (Assistant Professors in Technology) for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

7 2006 - 2007: Member of the national selection committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Assistant in Computer Networks for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2008 - 2009: Chairman of the national selection committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Assistant in Computer Networks for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2009– 2010: Member of national committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Maître Technologue (Assistant Professors in Technology) for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2010 - 2013: Member of national committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Professors in Computer Science for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2011 – 2013: Member of national committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Professor of Technologies for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2012 – 2013: Chairman of the national selection committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Assistant in Computer Science for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

2013 - 2015: Member of national committee to recruit teachers at the rank of Professor in Computer Science for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Since 2013: Member of national consultative committee for the development of Information and Communication Technologies in Tunisia (Chaired by the Tunisian Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy). The principal mission of this National Committee is to select for funding candidate ICT projects submitted by public or private organizations. Funds are collected from a 5% tax imposed on all telecommunication services in Tunisia.

2013 - 2016: Member of the national committee for the management of RNIA project. RNIA project consisted of establishing a secure fiber-based network connecting all government and public administrations and their datacenters through the IP/MPLS Telco operators networks.

2013 - 2016: Member of the national committee for the management of ''e-government & open-government'' project. This project consisted of performing a Strategic Plan of Smart Government for Tunisia 2020, as well as deploying e-government & open-government services.

Since 2018: Member of the national committee for the ''National Cloud'' project. This project consisted of conducting a feasibility study for establishing a National Cloud for Tunisia and the adequate architectural solution to best serve the needs of the country as well as the necessary deployment plan.

8 Academic Committees:

At Tunisia, Since February 2001

Since 2014: Member of University Habilitation Committee in Computer Science of the University of Sousse.

Since 2004: Member of University Habilitation Committee in Computer Science, ENSI, University of Manouba

2004 – 2013: Member of Graduate research committee in computer science, ENSI, University of Manouba

2002 – 2009: Member of Graduate research committee in computer science, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir.

2005 – 2010: Member of ''Groupe National de Pilotage'' of Master in E-learning in cooperation with CoSeLearn (Coopération Suisse en e-learning) and Qualilearning SA. This program helped produce skilled human resources in e-learning technologies. Students of this MS program were selected among teaching and technical staff of several Tunisian universities.

2011– 2014: Scientific Coordinator of European TEMPUS-QUALYCERT project at University of Sousse. The project sought to prepare for the accreditation of course programs of several Tunisian Universities (Universities of Sousse, Gabes, Gafsa, and Kairouan).

2011 - 2014: Chairman of University Habilitation Committee in Computer Science of the University of Sousse.

2011 - 2013: Chairman of Graduate research committee in Computer Science at ISITCom of Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse.

2011– 2014: Scientific Coordinator of European TEMPUS-QUALYCERT project at University of Sousse.

At KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, September 1990 - January 2001 During my tenure at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), I served as Chair or Member of the following scientific and academic committees.

Curriculum & Planning Committee This is a standing committee of the department of Computer Engineering (COE) whose activities consist of the following: a. Monitor the preparation/update of laboratory manuals. b. Oversees the implementation of the COE curriculum. c. Evaluation of course files. d. Address issues related to undergraduate curriculum such as new course proposals, updates to catalog descriptions, etc. e. Process student petitions/complaints/concerns. f. Publish a yearly updated version of the COE undergraduate students guide. g. Plan course offerings for each semester (in coordination with the Graduate and Research Committee). h. Assist the department chairman in making teaching assignment. i. Prepare publicity material of the COE undergraduate program.

9 Graduate and Research Committee This is a standing committee of COE department, tasked to perform the following: a. Address issues related to graduate curriculum such as new graduate course proposals, updates to catalog descriptions, etc. b. Process applications to the COE MS program on a timely basis. c. Monitor status and progress of graduate students in the COE program. d. Design guidelines for the consolidation of the department areas of research excellence. e. Plan and organize workshops in Computer Engineering (COE).

ABET Evaluation Committee This was an ad-hoc committee created to prepare a detailed report describing the COE department according to ABET requirements. The ABET team produced a very positive assessment of the COE department. They stated that the KFUPM COE department compares favorably with the better American Universities.

Committee to Re-engineer COE Curriculum This committee re-engineered the KFUPM BS program in computer engineering(COE). Major changes have been performed to the previous COE program, such as, udpdate of the catalog descriptions of the core and elective courses, the removal and introduction of new core courses, the reduction of the number of credit hours required for graduation, etc. The new program is a more consolidated and better focused on the needs of Saudi Arabia. Also, it is more in tune with the highly dynamic and rapidly evolving nature of computer engineering technologies.

Laboratories & Search Committee This is a standing departmental committee whose duties consist of the following: a. Evaluate applications for faculty positions in COE department. b. Contact and attract prominent scholars to spend their sabbatical leave in the COE department. c. Identify/evaluate enhancements to the department laboratories. d. Review and prioritize lab equipment purchases. e. Monitor the departmental equipment inventory. f. Plan lab development in terms of equipment, space, and manpower requirements. g. Prepare periodic status reports with respect to pending purchase requisitions.

Industrial Relations Committee This is a standing departmental committee whose main tasks consist of the following: a. Establish links between the COE department and the local industries. b. Advertise the COE department to organizations and companies inside and outside the Kingdom. c. Promote KFUPM COE graduates to government and private organizations. d. Tune the Senior Design Projects to address problems of local industries and organizations.

Continuing Education Committee This a standing College committee whose activities consist of the following: a. Study new proposals of short courses targeted toward the local industry and companies. b. Ensure that a number of adequate short courses are scheduled and offered to the Business community, government agencies, and industrial community in the Kingdom. c. Elaborate guidelines for preparing material distributed to short courses attendees.

ICS-COE Joint Ph.D. Proposal Committee This committee was formed by the Dean of the College of Computer sciences and Engineering (CCSE), and consisted of five faculty members from the three departments of the College, two representing the Department of Computer Engineering (COE), two the Department of Information and Computer Science (ICS), and one the Department of Systems Engineering (SE). The committee held a weekly meeting over a period of about two years to design a Ph.D. Program in Computer Science and Engineering, to be jointly administered by the departments of COE and ICS. Prior to its approval by the Rector and Scientific Council of the University, the program was thoroughly reviewed internally by all academic departments as well as by several leading American Universities. The program received outstanding

10 reviews and was approved in 1996. Also, the committee prepared adequate text describing the program in the KFUPM Graduate Bulletin as well as a brochure advertising the program.

College Teaching Committee This committee was formed by the Dean of the College of Computer Sciences and Engineering (CCSE) to address issues relevant to teaching/training activities in CCSE The committee met on a weekly basis and performed the following: a. Elaborated guidelines to improve teaching. b. Drafted a report outlining guidelines to write Summer Training report. c. Drafted a report outlining guidelines to write Co-op report. d. Proposed guidelines to improve the instructional use of KFUPM Intranet services, namely Email and the Web. e. Discussed also a number of other issues.

College Research Committee This committee was formed by the Dean of CCSE to address issues relevant to research activities in the College, namely, a. Evaluate in general current research activities in CCSE and suggest directions for the future, based on capabilities in the college and strategic needs of the Kingdom. b. Assess the need for applied research and how it can be encouraged. c. Suggest ways to improve interactions with the private and public sectors, such as project implementations, consulting work, or endowment chairs. d. Suggest ways to help train Junior Faculty members to do research. e. Suggest ways for increasing interaction among the college departments and encouraging interdisciplinary research. f. Suggest ways of populating CCSE MS and Ph.D. programs to better support the college research activities. g. Serve as an advisory committee to the Dean of CCSE on all research matters.

College Planning Committee This committee was formed by the Dean of the College of Computer Sciences and Engineering (CCSE) to address the following issues: a. Review, based on requests from the Dean, the space in the college and suggest better utilization. b. Study the staff needed for medium and long ranges. c. Investigate the idea of consolidating some of the college labs, e.g. the Microprocessor lab, the Digital Logic Design Lab and the Robotics Lab. d. Study the resources in terms of software and hardware needed in the college. e. Serve as an advisory committee to the Dean in all matters regarding planning for CCSE in the year 2000 and beyond. f. Recommend actions to encourage interdisciplinary research. g. Suggest ways of populating the college MS and Ph.D. programs to better support the college research activities. h. Serve as an advisory body to the Dean of CCSE on all research matters.

Communication Engineering Committee This is a university Ad-Hoc Committee appointed by the Vice Rector of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research to study the possibility of introducing an undergraduate and/or graduate program in communication engineering at KFUPM. The charges of the committee were: a. Study the possibility and develop a proposal for introducing Undergraduate/Graduate Program in Communication Engineering at KFUPM. b. Study undergraduate/graduate programs in communication engineering at universities in North America, Europe, and Japan. c. Provide a comparative study of the proposed program with the existing programs offered at KFUPM. d. Study the relationship of the proposed program with the existing programs offered at KFUPM. e. Development degree plan and course description for the proposed program.

11 The committee drafted a proposal for an MS program in Telecommunications, which has been approved by the University scientific council. The MS program will be offered by the department of Electrical Engineering.

Committee to develop an MS program in Networking This is an Ad-Hoc Committee appointed by the Dean of the College of Computer Sciences and Engineering to develop an MS program in Computer Networking. The committee consisted of four members, two Faculty from the department of Computer Engineering (COE) and two from the department of Information and Computer Science (ICS). The committee drafted a proposal for an MS program in Networking to be jointly offered by the COE and ICS departments. The proposed program was approved by the College Council in February 2000, and forwarded for approval by the University Scientific Council.

Computer Utilization Committee This is a university standing committee whose members are elected yearly by all KFUPM Faculty. I have a regular member of this committee for the last two years, and served as ad-hoc member for the past three years. The committee main duties are: a. Evaluate all purchase requisitions for new laboratory/office equipment and software. b. Develop plans for the upgrade of the university computing and communication resources.

University sub-committee for computer networking This is a standing subcommittee of the Computer Utilization Committee. I have been chairing this committee for the last two years. The committee oversees all activities related to the upgrading of the University Intranet and Internet resources. The committee evaluates initial request for proposals (RFPs) drafted by various bodies of the University to implement and/or expand existing network segments. The committee ensures that the final RFPs do not contain any flaws before they are released to bidding companies.

Technical Committee on Electrical & Communications Technologies This is a committee jointly formed by Saudi Aramco and KFUPM, on the request of Saudi Aramco. The KFUPM committee members were appointed by the KFUPM Vice Rector for Applied Research. The committee was providing consulting services to Saudi Aramco in matters related to existing and emerging Electrical and telecommunication technologies.

Other Committees 1. Member of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Workshops on Information and Computer Science (1996 - 98). 2. Member of IEEE-Technical Annual Exchange Meeting (1997 - 98). 3. Member of the Technical Committee of the 5th International Conference on Microelectronics (1993). 4. Member of the Technical Committee of the 15th National Computer Conference (1997). 5. Member of Technical Committee of the Symposium, Multimedia: Tools, Applications, and Trends (Symposium organized yearly by the local Chamber of Commerce, each year with a different theme) (1995). 6. Ad-hoc committee set-up to study deployment of a new Fax network within the University. 7. Telecommunications Engineering Committee. This is university ad-hoc committee which was tasked to develop a Request for Proposal for the upgrade of KFUPM telephone switching network, as well as the selection of equipment and vendor. 8. Served as member of several Ad-hoc promotion committees set-up to evaluate Faculty applications for promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor Rank. 9. Served for two consecutive years as a member of the ad-hoc committee for the Excellence in Research Award (1997-99). This is a University Committee appointed by the office of the Vice Rector of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research to evaluate the files of applicants for the KFUPM Excellence in Research Award. 10. Chaired the COE publicity committee, a departmental ad-hoc committee tasked to design a Web site for COE Department. 11. Senior Design Projects Committee. This is a departmental ad-hoc Committee created to develop guidelines for the fair and rigorous evaluation of Senior Design Projects. 12. Departmental ad-hoc committee to perform the annual evaluation of the department Lecturers, Graduate Assistants (GAs), and Research Assistants (RAs). 13. Best Teacher Award ad-hoc committee. This a departmental committee tasked to collect data from COE Faculty and Students and apply University guidelines to nominate a COE Faculty for KFUPM best Teacher Award.

12 14. Best Advisor Award ad-hoc committee. This a departmental committee tasked to collect data from COE Faculty and Students and apply University guidelines to nominate a COE Faculty for KFUPM best Advisor Award. 15. Served as member of the Academic Integrity Committee. This is a university committee formed by the Vice Rector of Academic Affairs to study unethical academic practices of some of KFUPM students such as, cheating in homeworks and exams, plagiarism activities, etc., and to make appropriate recommendations to minimize the occurrence of such cases.

VIII. Research Activities

Funded Projects

1. M. S. Benten, S. Sait, and H. Youssef. Design and Implementation of an Integrated Design Environment for High Level Silicon Compilation, three year KFUPM Project COE/DESIGN/145, Budget: SR 407,000.(Co-Investigator, Completed).

2. H. Youssef, S. Sait, and M. S. Benten. Analysis and Physical Design Tools for Solving Timing Problems in VLSI Design, three year KFUPM Project COE/VLSI DESIGN/162, Budget: SR 438,500. (Principal Investigator, Completed).

3. S. Sait and H. Yousef. VLSI Physical Design Automation: Theory and Practice, one year Book Project COE/VLSI DESIGN/163, Budget: SR 149,800. (Completed)

4. Amin and H. Youssef. Design and Development of a new Family of Nonvolatile SRAM-Based FPGAs, three year KACST Project AR-14-67, Budget: SR 518,000. (Co-Investigator, Completed)

5. H. Cam, S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, and M. S. T. Benten. Adaptive Data-Control Driven Reconfigurable Processor Arrays, three year KFUPM Project COE/DESIGN/164, Budget: SR 589,300. (Co-Investigator, Completed).

6. S. Sait and H. Youssef. Iterative Computer Algorithms and their Applications in Engineering, one year Book Project COE/ITERATIVE/187, Budget: SR 114,600. (Completed)

7. H. Youssef and Abdulaziz Al-Mulhem. Computer Network Simulation Study, One month project at the KFUPM Information Technology Center to study and evaluate the KFUPM Intranet. Budget: SR 30,000. (Principal Investigator, Completed).

8. H. Youssef and Abdulaziz Al-Mulhem. Computer Network Simulation Study, Seven month project to model and simulate the Aramco Enterprise network. Budget: SR 263,335. (Principal Investigator, Completed May 2000).

9. H. Youssef and A. R. Mahjoub. Algorithms for the design of Virtual Private Networks, Projet du Comité Mixte pour Coopération Universitaire Tuniso-Française, CMCU 07/1415, Three year project. (2007 - 2010).

10. Mohamed Abid, Habib Youssef, Abdelfettah Belghith, Riadh Robbana, Hassib Ellouz, Zied Ben Salem, and Lamia Chaffai Sghaier. Design of Secure Embedded Software. Project conducted in cooperation between ENIS (University of Sfax), ISITCom Hammam Sousse (University of Sousse), ENSI (University of Manouba), FST (University of Tunis El-Manar), ANCE, Telnet and ALPHA Engineering. Project started in January 2009.

11. Habib Youssef, Sofiene Jelassi, and Mohamed Sedky. Projet ERASMUS+ in the subjet area of IoT, jointly run by University Sousse, University of Monastir and Staffordshire University, UK, 2016 – 2017.

13 Publications

Books

1. N Baccour, A Koubaa, C Noda, H Fotouhi, M Alves, H Youssef, M Zuniga, C Boano, K Roemer, D Puccinelli, T Voigt, L Mottola. Radio Link Quality Estimation in Low-Power Wireless Networks. Springer Press 2013.

2. Sadiq M. Sait and Habib Youssef. Iterative Computer Algorithms with Application in Engineering: Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems. IEEE CS Press, 1999. (Translated to Japanese) Pubished by John Wiley & Sons since 2003. Authors are listed in alphabetical order. This does not reflect any senior-junior relationship. The book represents a joint effort of both authors who fully and closely collaborated on all chapters.

3. Sadiq M. Sait and Habib Youssef. VLSI Physical Design Automation: Theory and Practice. McGraw-Hill, 1995. Co-published by IEEE Press. Reprinted with corrections by World Scientific Publishing Co, 1999. Bestseller in April 2005. Authors are listed in alphabetical order. This does not reflect any senior-junior relationship. The book represents a joint effort of both authors who fully and closely collaborated on all chapters.

Book Chapters

1. Fatma Ellouze, Anis Koubaa, and Habib Youssef. ROS Web Services: A Tutorial. Appeared in the edited book: "Robot Operating System (ROS), The Complete Reference (Volume 1)". Studies in Compuational Intelligence, Volume 625, Springer, 2016.

2. Sofiene Jelassi, Habib Youssef, and Guy Pujolle. Perceptual Quality Assessment of Packet-Based Vocal Conversations over Wireless Networks: Methodologies and Applications. Appeared in the edited book: "Quality of Service Architectures for Wireless Networks: Performance Metrics and Management". IGI Global Editor, 2010.

3. Sadiq M. Sait, Habib Youssef and Mohammed Faheemuddin. Book Chapter entitled: "Parallel Models for Iterative Algorithms in a Cluster Computing Environment", in The Computer Engineering Handbook, Second Edition - 2 Volume Set, Editor: Vojin Oklobdzija. ISBN: 978-0-8493-8600-8, Hardback, CRC Press, January 2008.

4. Sadiq M. Sait and Habib Youssef. Book Chapter entitled: "Modern Iterative Algorithms and their Applications in Computer Engineering", in The Computer Engineering Handbook, Editor Vojin Oklobdzija, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, pp 39.64-39.84, December 2001.

Journals nnnnn

1. Nesrine Khelifi, Emmanuel Nataf, Sharief M. A. Oteafy, Habib Youssef: Rescue-Sink: Dynamic sink augmentation for RPL in the Internet of Things. Trans. Emerging Telecommunications Technologies 29(2) (2018) 2. Amira Ben Ammar, Ali Dziri, Michel Terré, Habib Youssef: Cross-Layer Approach Based Energy Minimization for Wireless Sensor Networks. Wireless Personal Communications 98(2): 2211-2221 (2018) 3. Abdelwahed Berguiga, and Habib Youssef. ‘A Fast handover protocol for 6LoWPAN Wireless Mobile Sensor Networks, accepted by Telecommunications Systems, Springer. Volume 68, Issue 2, pp 163–182 (2018) 4. Fatma Hendaoui, Hamdi Eltaief, and Habib Youssef. "A collaborative key management scheme for distributed smart objects", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, First published: 28 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.3198. 5. Sahar Trigui, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Anis Koubaa, Uthman Baroudi, Habib Youssef: FL-MTSP: a fuzzy logic approach to solve the multi-objective multiple traveling salesman problem for multi-robot systems. Soft Comput. 21(24): 7351-7362 (2017)

14 6. Imen Chaari, Anis Koubaa, Hachemi Bennaceur, Adel Ammar, Maram Ajlan, and Habib Youssef. ‘Design and Performance Analysis of Global Path Planning Techniques for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Grid Environments’, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 14(2) (2017). 7. Rihab Chaari, Fatma Ellouze, Anis Koubâa, Basit Qureshi, Nuno Pereira, Habib Youssef, Eduardo Tovar: Cyber-physical systems clouds: A survey. Computer Networks 108: 260-278 (2016) 8. A. Lourimi, B. Thabti, and H. Youssef. ‘Exact Approach for the Optimal Design of Virtual Private Network Trees Assuming a Hose Workload’, Annals of Telecommunications, August 2016, Volume 71, Issue 7, pp 353-367, Springer. (2016). 9. Maram Alajlan, Imen Châari, Anis Koubaa, Hachemi Bennaceur, Adel Ammar, Habib Youssef: Global Robot Path Planning using GA for Large Grid Maps: Modelling, Performance and Experimentation. I. J. Robotics and Automation 31(6) (2016) 10. Soufiene Ben Othman, Abdullah Ali Bahattab, Abdelbasset Trad, and Habib Youssef. ‘Lightweight and Confidential Data Aggregation in Healthcare Wireless Sensor Networks’, in Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, 27(4): 576-588 (2016). 11. Rihab Chaari, Fatma Ellouze, Anis Koubaa, Baset Qureshi, Nuno Pereira, Habib Youssef, and Eduardo Tovar. ‘Cyber Physical Systems Clouds: A Survey’, Computer Networks 108: 260-278 (2016) 12. Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubaa, Habib Youssef, and Mario Alves. Reliable Link Quality Estimation in low-power wireless networks and its impact on tree-routing. AdHoc Networks Journal, Elsevier. 27: 1-25 (April 2015). 13. Soufiene Ben Othman, Abdelbasset Trad, Abdullah Ali Bahattab, and Habib Youssef, ‘Confidentiality and Integrity for Data Aggregation in WSN Using Homomorphic Encryption’. Wireless Personal Communications, Springer. 80(2): 867-889 (2015). 14. Sahar Trigui, Imen Chaari, Anis Koubaa, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Habib Youssef, Hachemi Bennaceur, Mohamed Foued Sriti, and Yaser Javed, A Distributed Market-based Algorithm for the Multi-robot Assignment Problem. in Procedia Computer Science 32:1108-1114 · December 2014 15. Imen Chaari, Anis Koubaa, Hachemi Bennaceur, Adel Ammar, Sahar Trigui, Mohamed Tounsi, Elhadi Shakshuki, and Habib Youssef, On the Adequacy of Tabu Search for Global Robot Path Planning Problem in Grid Environments. in Procedia Computer Science 32:604-613 · December 2014 16. Soufiene Ben Othman, Abdelbasset Trad, Hani Alzaid, and Habib Youssef, ‘Secure and Energy-Efficient Data Aggregation for Wireless Sensor Networks’, in Int. J. Mobile Network Design and Innovation, Vol. 5, No. 1, Inderscience 2013. 17. I. Diarassouba, A. Lourimi, A. R. Mahjoub, and H. Youssef, Hose Workload based Exact Algorithm for the Optimal Design of Virtual Private Networks, Computer Networks 57 (14): 2766-2774 (2013), Elsevier. 18. Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubaa, Luca Mottola, Marco Antonio Zuniga, Habib Youssef, Carlo Alberto Boano, and Mario Alves, Radio Link Quality Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey, ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, vol. 8, no. 4, 2012. 19. Sofiene Jelassi, Gerardo Rubino, Hugh Melvin, Habib Youssef, and Guy Pujolle. Quality of Experience of VoIP Service: A Survey of Assessment Approaches and Open Issues. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 14(2): 491-513 (2012) 20. Sofiene Jelassi, Habib Youssef, Christian Hoene, and Guy Pujolle. Single-Ended Parametric Voicing-Aware Models for Live Assessment of Packetized VoIP Conversations. Telecommunication Systems, 49(1): 17-34 (2012) Springer. 21. Mohamed Aissa , Adel Ben Mnaouer, Rion Murray, Habib Youssef, and Abdelfettah Belghith. A New Scalable Multicast Routing Algorithm for Interactive Real-Time Applications, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 15(8): 833-844 (2011), Springer-Verlag, London, UK. 22. Anis Benarbia and Habib Youssef. A Generic Autonomic Architecture to Improve Routing in MANETs, in the Journal of Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks. A publication of the International Association for Sharing Knowledge and Sustainability (IASKS), Volume 2, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 1-13. 23. Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubaa, Habib Youssef, Mario Alves, Maissa Ben Jamaa, Denis do Rosario,and Leandro B. Becker. RadiaLE: A Framework for Designing and Assessing Link Quality Estimators, AdHoc Networks Journal, Elsevier. Volume 9, Issue 7, Pages 1069-1370 (September 2011) 24. Manel Boujelben , Habib Youssef, Rania Mzid, and Mohamed Abid, IKM -- An Identity based Key Management scheme for heterogeneous sensor networks, Journal of Communications, special issue on "Recent Advance on Distributed Sensor Systems & Applications". Academy Publishers, vol. 6, no. 2, 2011, pp. 185 - 197. 25. W. Kammoun and H. Youssef, “Equation-Based End-to-End Single Rate Multicast Congestion Control”, in Annals of telecommunications, Springer, Volume 65, Issue 3 (2010), Page 219-231.

15 26. S. Messoud and H. Youssef, An analytical model for the performance evaluation of stack-based Web cache replacement algorithms, International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol 23, No. 1, Jan. 2010. pp. 1 – 22. Published online 10 July 2009 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/dac.1036 27. Hamdi Eltaief and Habib Youssef, MLCC: A New Hash Chained Mechanism for Multicast Source Authentication, the International Journal of Communication Systems, Special issue on Secure Communications and Data Management in Ubiquitous Services, Volume 22, Issue 9, Pages 1069-1087, September 2009, John Wiley & Sons. Online ISSN: 1099-1131, Print ISSN: 1074-5351. 28. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, Adaptive Playout Scheduling Algorithm Tailored for Real-Time Packet-Based Phone Conversations over Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks. Computer Networks, Special Issue on Research Trials for Reliable VoIP Applications, Computer Networks, Elsevier, Vol. 52, Issue 13, 2008. pp. 2473-2488. DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2008.04.009. 29. Radhouane Boughammoura, Nazih Omri, and Habib Youssef, Fuzzy Approach for Pertinent Information Extraction from Web Resources, Journal of Computing and e-Systems, ISSN: 1935-1534, 2008, Vol. 1 No. 1. 30. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and Salman Khan. A Fuzzy Evolutionary Algorithm for Topology Design of Campus Networks. Arabian Journal for Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 29, No. 2B, October 2004. pp. 195-212. 31. E. Shragowitz, H. Youssef, and Bing Lu. Iterative Converging Algorithms for Computing Bounds on Durations of Activities in Pert and Pert-like Models. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Kluwer Academic Publishers.Vol. 7, Issue 1, March 2003, pp. 5-22. 32. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and Ali Hussain. Fuzzy Simulated Evolution Algorithm for VLSI Placement. Special issue of the Computers & Industrial Engineering journal, Elsevier, Volume/Issue 44/2, February 2003. pp. 227 – 247. 33. Habib Youssef, A. Al-Mulhem, Sadiq M. Sait, and M. Atif Tahir, QoS-Driven Multicast Tree Generation Using Tabu Search. Computer Communications, Special issue on Advances in Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunications Networking. Elsevier Science Ltd. 25(11-12), pp. 1140 - 1149, 2002. 34. Ahmad Alyamani, Sadiq M. Sait, Habib Youssef, and Hasan Barada, Parallelizing Tabu Search on a Cluster of Heterogeneous Workstations. Journal of Heuristics (Special Issue on Parallel Metaheuristics) 8(3): 277-304, May 2002. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 35. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and Salman Khan. Topology Design of Switched Enterprise Networks Using Fuzzy Simulated Evolution Algorithm. Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 15, No. 3-4, 2002. pp. 327-340, Elsevier Science Ltd. 36. Youssef H, Sadiq M. Sait, Khan SA. Fuzzy evolutionary hybrid metaheuristic for network topology design LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 1993: 400-415, 2001. 37. M. Al-Mouhammed, M. Kaleemuddin, and H. Youssef. Reducing Cell Loss in Banyan Based ATM Switching Fabrics. International Journal of Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons Vol 14, issue 1, February 2001, pp. 43-67. 38. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and Hakim Adiche. Evolutionary Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, and Tabu Search: A Comparative Study. Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001. pp. 167-181, Elsevier Science Ltd. 39. H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, E. Shragowitz, and H. Adiche. Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm for Floorplanning. International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems. CRL Publishing Ltd, Elsevier Science Publishers, UK, Vol. 8, No. 3, September 2000. pp 145-153. 40. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, K. Nassar, and M. S. T. Benten. Timing driven genetic placement. International Journal of Computer Systems Sciences & Engineering, CRL Publishing Ltd., UK , Vol. 14. No. 1, January 1999. pp. 3-14. 41. H. Youssef and S. M. Sait. Timing-Driven Global Routing of Standard Cell Designs. International Journal of Computer Systems Sciences and Engineering, CRL Publishing Ltd., UK, Vol. 14. No. 3. May 1999. pp. 175-186. 42. M. Al-Mouhammed, M. Kaleemuddin, and H. Youssef. Evaluation of Pipelined Switch Architectures for ATM Networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. October 1999. pp. 724-740. 43. M. Al-Mouhammed, Habib Youssef, and W. Hasan. A Fast Parallel-Tree Switch Architecture for ATM Networks. International Journal of Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons. 1998. No. 11, pp. 59-77. 44. S. M. Sait and H. Youssef. CMOS/BiCMOS mixed design using tabu search. Electronics Letters, an International Publication the IEE, Vol. 34, No. 14. July 1998. pp. 1395-1396. 45. M. Abd-El-Barr, K. Al-Tawil, H. Youssef, and T. Al-Jarad. RAZAN: A high performance switch architecture for ATM networks. International Journal of Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11, no. 4. pp. 275-285. 1998

16 46. Khan, N. Al-Darwish, M. Guizani, M. Benten, and H. Youssef. Design and Implementation of a Software Bridge with Packet Filtering and Statistics Collection Functions. International Journal of Network Management, John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 7, pp. 251-263. 1997. 47. S. M. Sait and H. Youssef. Timing-influenced general-cell genetic floorplanner. Microelectronics Journal, Vol 28, no. 2, Elsevier Science Ltd. pp. 151-166. 1997. 48. H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, A. Al-Mulhem, and M. S. T. Benten. High Level Synthesis from Purely Behavioral Descriptions. International Journal of Computer Systems Sciences and Engineering, CRL Publishing Ltd, UK, Vol. 11, No. 5, September 1996. pp. 125-139. 49. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, M. S. T. Benten, and F. M. Soleja. Automated VHDL Composition from AHPL. Arabian Journal for Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 4B. October 1994. pp. 771-781. 50. M. S. T. Benten, S. M. Sait, A. Al-Mulhem, and H. Youssef. RTL Structural Synthesis from Behavioral Descriptions in a Unix Environment. Arabian Journal for Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 4B. October 1994. pp. 783-803. 51. H. Youssef, S. Sutanthavibul, and E. Shragowitz. Pre-Layout Timing Analysis of Cell-Based VLSI Design. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN Journal, Vol. 24, No. 7, July 1992. Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 367-379. 52. H. Youssef, R. B. Lin, and E. Shragowitz. Bounds on Net Delays for VLSI Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Vol. 39, No. 11. November 1992. pp. 815-824.

Conferences

International Conferences

1. Khaoula Braiki and Habib Youssef: Multi-objective Virtual Machine Placement Algorithm Based on Particle Swarm Optimization. Accepted for publication at 14th ICWMC-2018 Conference, Cyprus, June 25-29, 2018. 2. Abdelwahed Berguiga, Habib Youssef: A FPMIPv6-S: A new mobility management protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. Accepted for presentation at AICCSA 2017, 14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Application, Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2017. 3. Emna Bouzid, Sonia Gaied Fantar, Habib Youssef: Predictive Handoff Mechanism for Video streaming in a Cloud-based Urban Vanet. Accepted for presentation at AICCSA 2017, 14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Application, Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2017. 4. Fatma Hendaoui, Hamdi Eltaief, Habib Youssef: FID: Fuzzy Based Intrusion Detection for Distributed Smart Devices. Accepted for presentation at AICCSA 2017, 14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Application, Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2017. 5. Ali El Kamel, Manel Majdoub, Habib Youssef: n Efficient MPLS-Based Source Routing Scheme in Software- Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN). Accepted for presentation at AICCSA 2017, 14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Application, Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2017. 6. Ali El Kamel, Manel Majdoub, Habib Youssef: A Fast Bit-Level MPLS-Based Source Routing Scheme in Software Defined Networks: SD-{W, L}AN.MSPN 2017: 109-121 7. Amira Ben Ammar, Ali Dziri, Michel Terré, Habib Youssef: Multi-hop LEACH based cross-layer design for large scale wireless sensor networks. IWCMC2016: 763-768. 8. Hela Maddar, Wafa Kammoun, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Habib Youssef: Lightweight Trust Model with High Longevity for Wireless Sensor Networks. ICISSP 2016: 548-553. 9. Hela Maddar, Wafa Kammoun, Habib Youssef: Trust Intrusion Detection System Based on Location for Wireless Sensor Network. ISDA 2016, the 16th IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Porto, Portugal December 16-18, 2016: 831-840. 10. Hela Maddar, Wafa Kammoun, Habib Youssef: Cloudlets Architecture for Wireless Sensor Network. ISDA 2016, the 16th IEEE Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Porto, Portugal December 16-18, 2016: 852-862. 11. Sahar Trigui, Anis Koubaa, Omar Cheikhrouhou, and Habib Youssef. A clustering market-based approach for multi-robot emergency response applications, presented at ICARSC 2016, the 16th IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Bragança, Portugal May 4-5, 2016: 137-143. 12. Amira BEN AMMAR, Olfa BOUATTAY, Ali DZIRI, Michel TERRE and Habib YOUSSEF, “Performance analysis of AODV and AOMDV over SMAC and IEEE 802.15.4 in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network”, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), August 2015, Croatia.

17 13. Sofiene Jelassi, Amna Bouzid, Habib Youssef: QoE-Driven Video Streaming System over Cloud-Based VANET. Nets4Cars/Nets4Trains/Nets4Aircraft2015: 84-93 14. Nesrine Khelifi, Sharief M. A. Oteafy, Hossam S. Hassanein, Habib Youssef: Proactive maintenance in RPL for 6LowPAN. IWCMC 2015: 993-999 15. Sonia Gaied Fantar, Habib Youssef: Peer-to-Peer Full-Text Keyword Search of the Web. NETYS 2015: 263-277 16. Khelifi, N., Kammoun, W., and Youssef, H.. Efficiency of the RPL repair mechanisms for Low Power and Lossy Networks. In the proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2014 International (pp. 98-103). Cyprus, August 2014. 17. Soufiene Ben Othman, Abdelbasset Trad, Habib Youssef: Security architecture for at-home medical care using Wireless Sensor Network. IWCMC 2014: 304-309 18. Sahar Trigui, Omar Cheikhrouhou, and Habib Youssef. Distributed Market-Based Algorithm for Multi-Robot Assignment Problem, presented at Robosense 2014,The International Workshop on Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks. Hasselt, Belgium June 2-5, 2014. 19. S. Ben Othman, A. A. Bahattab, A. Trad, H. Youssef, Secure Data Transmission Protocol for Medical Wireless Sensor Networks, in the proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2014, Victoria, Canada, May 13-16, 2014. IEEE 2014, pp. 649-656. 20. Imen Châari, Anis Koubâa, Hachemi Bennaceur, Adel Ammar, Sahar Trigui, Mohamed Tounsi,Elhadi M. Shakshuki, Habib Youssef: On the Adequacy of Tabu Search for Global Robot Path Planning Problem in Grid Environments. ANT/SEIT 2014: 604-613. 21. Sahar Trigui, Anis Koubâa, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Habib Youssef, Hachemi Bennaceur, Mohamed-Foued Sriti, Yasir Javed: A Distributed Market-based Algorithm for the Multi-robot Assignment Problem. ANT/SEIT 2014: 1108-1114 22. Fatma Hendaoui, Hamdi Eltaief, Habib Youssef, Abdelbasset Trad: CGK: A Collaborative Group Key Management Scheme. HPCC/CSS/ICESS 2014: 514-517 23. Hajer Gahbiche Msakni and Habib Youssef, Is QoE estimation based on QoS parameters sufficient for Video quality assessment?, in the proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, IWCMC 2013, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, June 2013. pp. 538-544 24. Hajer Gahbiche Msakni and Habib Youssef, Is QoE estimation based on QoS parameters sufficient for Video quality assessment?, in the proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, IWCMC 2013, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, June 2013. 25. Abdelwahed Berguiga and Habib Youssef, Efficient Mobility Management in 6LoWPAN Wireless Sensor Networks, in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference onWireless and Mobile Communication, ICWMC 2013, Nice, France, July 21 – 26, 2013. 26. S Ben Othman, A Trad, H Youssef, H Alzaid, Secure Data Aggregation with MAC Authentication in Wireless Sensor Networks. 12th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), Melbourne, Australia, 16-18 July, 2013, pp. 188-195. 27. Hamdi Eltaief, Ali El Kamel, Habib Youssef: ARMLCC: Adaptive and recovery-based Multi-Layer Connected Chain Mechanism for Multicast Source Authentication. IAS 2013: 37-42 28. Ali El Kamel, Habib Youssef: A Bayesian k-NN based scheme for QoS provisioning in IP/MPLS networks. AICCSA 2013: 1-7 29. Ali El Kamel, Hamdi Eltaief, Habib Youssef: A new Bayesian Model of QoS provisioning in DiffServ over MPLS networks. HIS 2013: 111-116 30. Saloua Messoud and Habib Youssef, Fuzzy Logic for One-Timer Objects Identification, in the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Web and Information Technologies (ICWIT’13), May 9 – 12, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia. 31. Wafa Ben Jaballah, Mohamed Mosbah, Habib Youssef, and Akka Zammari. Lightweight Source Authentication Mechanisms for Group Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks, presented at the 27th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2013), pp. 598-605. 32. Wafa Ben Jaballah, Mohamed Mosbah, and Habib Youssef. Performance Evaluation of Key Delay-Based Schemes in Wireless Sensor Networks, accepted for presentation at the 9th IEEE International Workshop on Sensor Networks and Systems for Pervasive Computing 2013 (PerSeNS-2013), pp. 566-571. 33. Soufiene Ben Othman, Abdelbasset Trad, Hani Alzaid, Habib Youssef : Performance Evaluation of EC-ElGamal Encryption Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks. MobiHealth 2012: 271-285. 34. Hajer Gahbiche Msakni and Habib Youssef, Provisioning QoE over Converged Networks: Issues and Challenges, in the proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC 2012) pp. 891 – 896, 2012.

18 35. Boulbaba Thabti, Ali Lourimi, Habib Youssef, Ridha Mahjoub and Aref Medeb. From Constant Traffic Matrices to Hose Workload Model for VPN Tree Design, Proceeding of the 2012 15th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium (NETWORKS), 15 -18 October 2012, Rome, Italy. 36. Boulbaba Thabti, Habib Youssef, Aref Medeb and Ridha Mahjoub. Comparative Study of Restoration Schemes of Survivable VPN Tree, in proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Networks (ICON'11), 14 -16 December 2011, Singapore. 37. Boulbaba Thabti, Habib Youssef, Aref Medeb and Ridha Mahjoub. An Optimized Segment-based Restoration Algorithm for Survivable VPN Tree in the Hose Model, accepted for presentation at the 3rd International Workshop on Reliable Networks Design and Modeling (RNDM'11), 05 -07 October 2011, Budapest, Hungary. 38. Boulbaba Thabti, Habib Youssef, Aref Medeb and Ridha Mahjoub. Evolutionary Algorithm for Provisioning VPN Tree based on Pipe and Hose Workload Models, in the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC 2011), 26-28 July 2011, Shanghai, China, pp. 2058-2064. 39. Sonia Gaied Fantar , Habib Youssef, Applying Information Retrieval to Distributed hash table (DHT) systems, in the proceedings of NOTERE 2011, 11th annual International Conference on New Technologies of Distributed Systems, May 09 – 13, 2011, Paris, France. 40. Hamdi Eltaief and Habib Youssef, RMLCC: Recovery-Based Multi-Layer Connected Chain Mechanism for Multicast Source Authenticatio, in the proceedings of the 35th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2010), Denver, Colorado, USA, 11-14 October 2010. pp. 440 – 447. 41. S. Messoud and H. Youssef , Impact of One-Timer/N-Timer Object Classification on the Performance of Web Cache Replacement Algorithms, in the proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology, August 31 – September 3, 2010, Toronto, Canada. 42. Sonia Gaied Fantar , Habib Youssef, Exploiting Locality Using Geographic Coordinates and Semantic Proximity in Chord, in the proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Communications in Distributed Systems and Web based Service Architectures (PEDIS-WESA), co-located with IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, June 22 – 25, 2010, Reccione, Italy, pp. 1086-1091. 43. Wafa Berrayana Jomaa, Habib Youssef, R. Lengar, and Guy Pujolle, Autonomic position-based QoS routing protocol for mobile wireless networks with a cross-layer architecture, in the proceedings of the 9th IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net), Juan Les Pins, France, June 23 – 25, 2010, France, pp. 1-9. 44. Sofiene JELASSI, Habib YOUSSEF and Guy PUJOLLE. Réglage optimal du buffer de lecture pour un streaming sans rupture à travers un réseau mobile, in the proceedings of NOTERE 2010, 31 May – 02 June 2010, Tozeur, Tunisia. 45. Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubaa, Habib Youssef, Maissa Ben Jamaa, Denis do Rosario, Mario Alves, and Leandro B. Becker. F-LQE: A Fuzzy Link Quality Estimator for Wireless Sensor Networks') in the proceedings of EWSN'10, the 7th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, Coimbra, Portugal, 17-19 February, 2010 (less than 20% of 109 submissions accepted). 46. Nouha Baccour, Maissa Ben Jamaa, Denis do Rosario,Anis Koubaa, Mario Alves, Leandro B. Becker Habib Youssef, and Hossein Fotouhi. Demo Abstract: RadiaLE: A Framework for Benchmarking Link Quality Estimators, accepted for presentation as a demo abstract at EWSN'10, the 7th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, Coimbra, Portugal, 17-19 February, 2010. 47. Abdelwahed Berguiga, Aref Meddeb, and Habib Youssef, Building Cost Effective Lower Layer VPNs: The ILEC/CLEC Paradox, presented at the 34th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2009, Zurich, Switzerland, October 20 – 23, 2009. 48. Sofiene Jelassi, Habib Youssef, and Guy Pujolle, Speech Quality Models for Measuring the Perceptual Effect of Network Delay Jitter, presented at the 34th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2009, Zurich, Switzerland, October 20 – 23, 2009. 49. Sofiene Jelassi, Habib Youssef, Lingfen Sun, and Guy Pujolle, NIDA: A Parametric Vocal Quality Assessment Algorithm over Transient Connections, presented at the 12th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia & Mobile Networks and Services, MNMS, MNMS 2009, Telecom Italia Future Centre, Venice- Italy, October 26 – 27, 2009. 50. Nouha Baccour, Anis Koubaa, Maissa Ben Jamaa Habib Youssef, Marco Zuniga, and Mario Alves, A Comparative Simulation Study of Link Quality Estimators in Wireless Sensor Networks, presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College, London, UK, September 21-23, 2009.

19 51. Sonia Gaied Fantar, Habib Youssef, Improving Chord Network Performance Using Geographic Coordinates, in the proceedings of the Third International Conference on GeoSensor Networks, GSN 2009, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, July 13 – 14, 2009, United Kingdom. N Trigoni, A. Markham, and S. Nawaz (Eds.): LNCS 5659, pp. 85-94, 2009 52. Hajer Gahbiche, Aref Meddeb, and Habib Youssef, Impact of Topology on the Performance of Wireless Mesh Network Routing Protocols, in the proceedings of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium, GIIS 2009, Hammamet, June 23 – 26, 2009, Tunisia. 53. W. Berrayana Jomaa, H. Youssef, G. Pujolle. ”XLEngine: a cross-layer autonomic architecture with network wide knowledge for QoS support in wireless networks”. in the proceedings of the 5th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference. Cross-Layer Optimized Wireless Networks Symposium. Leipzig, Germany. June 2009. ACM digital library. 54. Wafa Berrayana , Habib Youssef, and Guy Pujolle, A Local View Management Protocol for Network-Wide view Construction in Wireless Networks, in the proceedings of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium, GIIS 2009, Hammamet, June 23 – 26, 2009, Tunisia. 55. Wafa Berrayana Jomaa, R. Lengar, Habib Youssef, and Guy Pujolle, QoS-PAR: a routing protocol for wireless ad hoc networks using a cross-layer autonomic architecture, in the proceedings of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium, GIIS 2009, Hammamet, June 23 – 26, 2009, Tunisia. 56. Sonia Gaied Fantar , Habib Youssef, Locality-aware Chord over Mobile Ad Hoc, in the proceedings of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium, GIIS 2009, Hammamet, June 23 – 26, 2009, Tunisia. 57. Sofiene Jelassi, Habib Youssef, Christian Hoene, Guy Pujolle, Voicing-Aware Parametric Speech Quality Models over VoIP networks, in the proceedings of the IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium, GIIS 2009, Hammamet, June 23 – 26, 2009, Tunisia. 58. Manel Boujelbene, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Habib Youssef, and Mohamed Abid, Establishing pairwise keys in heterogeneous two-tiered wireless sensor networks, in the proceedings of the third International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications , SENSORCOMM’2009, Athens, June 18-23, 2009. 59. Manel Boujelbene, Omar Cheikhrouhou, Habib Youssef, and Mohamed Abid, A Pairing Identity based Key Management Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks, in the proceedings of the IFIP Network and Service Security Conference, N2S’2009, Paris, 24-26 June, 2009. 60. Wafa Kammoun and Habib Youssef, Improving End-to-End Multicast Rate Control in Wireless Networks, in the proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC’09, July 5-8, 2009, Sousse, Tunisia. 61. Aref Meddeb, Abdelwahed Berguiga, and Habib Youssef and Habib Youssef, Optimal VPN Design: The ILEC/CLEC Dilemma, accepted for presentation as a POSTER at the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC’09, July 5-8, 2009, Sousse, Tunisia. 62. Aref Meddeb, Enis Elgueder, Issam Harrathi, and Habib Youssef and Habib Youssef, Benefits of a Pure Layer 2 Security Approach in Metro Ethernet, accepted for presentation as a POSTER at the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC’09, July 5-8, 2009, Sousse, Tunisia. 63. Ali El Kamel and Habib Youssef, An efficient Hybrid recovery mechanism for MPLS-based networks, in the proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC’09, July 5-8, 2009, Sousse, Tunisia. 64. Boulbaba Thabti and Habib Youssef, EVT: Evolutionary Algorithm for VPN Tree Provisionning, in the proceedings of the Internation Network Optimization Conference, INOC 2009, Piza, Italy, 26-29 April 2009. 65. Amen Ajroud, Salem Benferhat, Nazih Omri, and Habib Youssef, A cross-layer based autonomic architecture for QoS support in wireless networks, in the proceedings of 22nd International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society, FLAIRS 2009, May 19-21, 2009, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. 66. Wafa Berrayana , Habib Youssef , Stéphane Lohier , and Guy Pujolle, Proposition of a cross-layer architecture model for the support of QoS in ad-hoc networks, in the proceedings of IFIP Wireless Days Conference, 24 - 27 November 2008, Dubai, UAE. 67. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, Connectivity Aware Instrumental Approach for Measuring Vocal Transmission Quality over a Wireless Ad hoc Network, in the proceedings of the Second IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility, and Security, NTMS’2008, Tangier, Morocco, 5–7 November 2008. 68. Manel Boujelbene, Habib Youssef, and Mohamed Abid, An efficient scheme for key pre-distribution in wireless sensor networks, in the proceedings of the The First International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications SecPriWiMob’2008, in conjunction with the 4th IEEE

20 International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking, WiMob'2008, Avignon, France, 12– 14 October 2008. 69. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, On-Line Instrumental Estimation of the Vocal Transmission Quality over Time Varying Packet Loss Connections, in the proceedings of he First International Workshop on Future Trends on Design and Analysis for Dynamic Networks (FTDA-DN’08), Hong Kong, China, 28-31 July 2008, in conjunction with Qshine 2008 70. Anis Ben Arbia, Habib Youssef, and Hedi Hamdi, Wireless Routing Protocol Based on Trust Evaluation,in the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications, ICSNC 2008, Sliema, Malta October 26 -31, 2008. 71. Anis Ben Arbia and Habib Youssef, Adaptive Clustering Based on Auto-Learning Algorithm, in the proceedings of VECoS 2008, the 2nd International Workshop on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems Leeds, U.K., July 2-3, 2008. 72. Ali El Kamel and Habib Youssef, REEQOS: An RSVP-TE approach for the End-to-End QoS provisioning within MPLS Domains, in the proceedings of the VECoS 2008 2nd International Workshop on Verification and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems Leeds, U.K July 2-3, 2008. 73. Hamdi Eltaief and Habib Youssef, MLCC: Multi-Layers Connected Chains Scheme for Multicast Source Authentication, in the proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Computer Networks (ISCN 2008), Istanbul, Turkey 18-20 June 2008. 74. Ali El Kamel and Habib Youssef, An Adaptive switching TE based on Notification subscription within MPLS domains, in the proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Computer Networks (ISCN 2008), Istanbul, Turkey 18-20 June 2008. 75. Wafa Kamoun and Habib Youssef, Improving the Performance of End-to-End Single Rate Multicast Congestion Control, in Proc. of the Thirteenth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC’08), July 6- 9, 2008, Marrakech, Morocco. pp.1128-1132. IEEE digital library 2008. 76. Wafa Kamoun and Habib Youssef, An adaptive Mechanism for End-to-End Multirate Multicast Congestion Control, in Proc. of the 3.rd International Conference on Digital Telecommunications (ICDT’08), June 29 - July 5, 2008 - Bucharest, Romania, pp.88-93.IEEE Computer Society Press 2008. ISBN:978-0-7695-3188-5.. 77. Amen Ajroud, Salem Benferhat, Nazih Omri, and Habib Youssef, An Approximate Inference Algorithm for Product-Based Possibilistic Networks, in the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Entreprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2008, Barcelona, Spain, 12 – 16 June 2008. 78. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, Contrôle Réactif de la Qualité lors du Transfert Interactif de la Voix sur un Réseau IP , 8ème Colloque Francophone de la Gestion des REseaux et des Services (GRES 2007), Novembre 6 – 9, 2007. 79. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, EVOM: A Software Based Platform for Voice Transmission and Quality Assessment over Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, in the proceedings of the Tenth ACM Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiMC2007), Chania, Crete Island, Greece, October 22 – 26, 2007, pp. 169 - 172. 80. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, Mobility Aware Playout Algorithm for Interactive Audio Streaming over Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, in the proceedings of the Fourth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems, to be held in Pisa, Italy, 8 – 11 October 2007. 81. Amen Ajroud, Nazih Omri, Habib Youssef, and Salem Benferhat, Loopy Belief Propagation in Bayesian Networks: Origin and Possibilistic Perspectives, International Conference on Computing & e-Systems, TIGERA’O7, 12 – 14 March, 2007, Hammamet, Tunisia. 82. Radhouane Boughammoura, Nazih Omri, and Habib Youssef, A Fuzzy Wrapper of Web Pages, International Conference on Computing & e-Systems, TIGERA’O7, 12 – 14 March, 2007, Hammamet, Tunisia. 83. Wafa Berrayana , Habib Youssef , Stéphane Lohier , and Guy Pujolle, XLEngine : Une architecture cross-layer modèle pour le support de la QoS dans les réseaux sans fil IEEE 802.11, presented at 8èmes journées Doctorales en Informatique et Réseaux, Paris, France, JDIR’07, 17, 18, 19 Janvier 2007. 84. Wafa Berrayana , Stéphane Lohier , Habib Youssef , and Guy Pujolle,Local Views dissemination for a network wide optimization to improve QoS in ad-hoc networks, presented at IEEE Global Information Infrastructure Symposium, 2 – 6 July, 2007, Marrakech, Morocco (Distributed via IEEEXplore) 85. Wafa Berrayana , Habib Youssef , Stéphane Lohier , and Guy Pujolle, Proposition of a cross-layer architecture model for the support of QoS in ad-hoc networks, presented at CoNEXT'06, 2nd Conference on Future Networking Technologies 4 - 7 December 2006, ADETTI / ISCTE, Lisboa, Portugal. (in ACM Digital Library)

21 86. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, Adaptive Playback Algorithm for Interactive Audio Streaming Over Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, presented at the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC2006), July 3 – 6, 2006, Vancouver, Canada, pp.219 – 225. 87. Wafa Kamoun and Habib Youssef, TFMCC-Based on a New Equation for Multicast Rate Control, in the proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2005. 11-14 December 2005, Gammarth, Tunisia, pp. 293-296. 88. Mahfoudh Sayadi and Habib Youssef, An Evolutionary Algorithm for Multicast Tree Design, in the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference: Sciences of Electronic Technologies of Information and Telecommunications, SETIT 2005. March 27-31, 2005, Sousse, Tunisia. 89. Wafa Kamoun and Habib Youssef, Comparison and Evaluation of Single Rate Multicast Congestion Control Protocols, in the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference: Sciences of Electronic Technologies of Information and Telecommunications, SETIT 2005. March 27-31, 2005, Sousse, Tunisia. 90. Raouf Elyousfi and Habib Youssef, Algorithmes de Mise à Jour Dynamique de l’Arbre de Routage : DART, in the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference: Sciences of Electronic Technologies of Information and Telecommunications, SETIT 2005. March 27-31, 2005, Sousse, Tunisia. 91. Ahmad Alyamani, Sadiq M. Sait, Hasan Barada, and Habib Youssef, Parallel Tabu Search in a Heterogeneous Environment, in the proceedings of the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, ISPDPS’03,April 22-26, 2003, pp. 56-63. 92. Hongliang Chang, Eugene Shragowitz, Jian Liu, Habib Youssef, and S. Sutanthavibul, "Net Criticality Revisited: An Effective Method to Improve Timing in Physical Design", in the proceedings of ACM/SIGDA 2002 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHYSICAL DESIGN, ISPD, San Diego/Del Mar, Del Mar, California, April 7 - 10, 2002, pp. 155-160. 93. M. Atif Tahir, Habib Youssef, A. Al-Mulhem, and Sadiq M. Sait,. Fuzzy based Multi-Objective Multicast Routing Using Tabu Search, in the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internet Computing, IC’2002, Las Vegas, June 24-27, 2002. pp. 164-170. 94. Sadiq M. Sait, Habib Youssef, and Junaid A. Khan, Fuzzy Evolutionary Algorithm for VLSI Placement, in the proceedings of the 2001 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2001, July 7-11, 2001, San Francisco, California. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, pp. 1056-1063. 95. Sadiq M. Sait, Habib Youssef, Junaid Khan, and Aiman El-Maleh, Fuzzy Simulated Evolution for Power and Performance Optimization of VLSI Placement, in the proceedings of the International Joint INNS-IEEE Conference on Neural Networks, Washington DC, July 14-19, 2001. pp. 738-743. 96. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and Salman Khan, An Evolutionary Algorithm for Network Topology Design, in the proceedings of the International Joint INNS-IEEE Conference on Neural Networks, Washington DC, July 14- 19, 2001. pp. 744-749. 97. Sadiq M. Sait, Habib Youssef, Aiman El-Maleh, and Mahmood R. Minhas, Iterative Heuristics for Multi- Objective Standard Cell Placement, in the proceedings of the International Joint INNS-IEEE Conference on Neural Networks, Washington DC, July 14-19, 2001. pp. 2224-2229. 98. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and Salman A. Khan, Fuzzy Evolutionary Hybrid Metaheuristic for Network Topology Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criteria Optimization, EMO-2001, pp. 400-415. 99. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and Hussain Ali, Adaptive Bias Simulated Evolution Algorithm for Placement. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS-2001, Vol. V pp. 355-358. 100. Sadiq M. Sait, Habib Youssef, Junaid Khan, and Aiman El-Maleh, Fuzzified Iterative Algorithms for Performance Driven and Low Power VLSI Placement. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD-2001. pp. 484-487. 101. Abdulaziz Barnawi, Habib Youssef, and A. Al-Mulhem, Partial Flooding Multicast Protocol for Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks, in the proceedings of SPIE ITCom 2001 Symposium – Mobile Computing Data Management, Denver, Colorado, SPIE Vol. #4534,19-24 August 2001. pp. 9 - 19 102. Habib Youssef, M. Atif Tahir, and A. Al-Mulhem, Fuzzy based Multi Objective Multicast Routing Using Tabu Search, in the proceedings of Globecom 2001, July 14 -19, 2001. 103. Habib Youssef, A. Al-Mulhem, Sadiq M. Sait, and M. Atif Tahir, QoS-Driven Multicast Tree Generation Using Tabu Search. Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2001), Orlando, Florida, July 2001. 104. Habib Youssef, A. Al-Mulhem, and Y. O. Mohammad, QoS routing in IP networks using MPLS, in the proceedings of SPIE ITCom 2001 Symposium - Quality of Service over Next-Generation Networks, SPIE Vol. #4524, Denver, Colorado, 19-24 August 2001.

22 105. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, Hasan Barada, and Ahmad Al-Yamani. A Parallel Tabu Search Algorithm for VLSI Standard-Cell Placement, in the proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS-2000, Geneva, Switzerland. May 2000. 106. A. S. Al-Mulhem, A. Amin, and H. Youssef. Stochastic Evolution Algorithm for Technology Mapping, in Proceedings of the 8th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, 19-21 February 1998, Louisiana, USA, pp. 380-385. 107. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, and Munir Zahra. Tabu Search Based Circuit Optimization, in Proceedings of the 8th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI , 19-21 February 1998, Louisiana, USA, pp. 338-343. 108. H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, and H. Adiche. Evolutionay Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, and Tabu Search: A Comparative Study, Invited paper , in Applications and Science of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, and Evolutionary Computation , Bruno Bosacchi, David B. Fogel, James C. Bezdek, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3455, pp. 94-105, 19-24 July 1998, San Diego, California. 109. M. Al-Mouhammed, H. Youssef, and W. Hasan. A Parallel-Tree Switch Architecture for ATM Networks, in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, IC3N'98, 12-15 October 1998, Lafayette, Lousiana, USA . 110. K. M. Al-Tawil, A. Akremi, and H. Youssef. A new Authentication Protocol for GSM Networks, in the Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Annual Conference on Local Computer Networks, 11-14 October 1998, LCN'98, Boston, Massachussetts, USA, pp. 21-30. 111. E. Shragowitz, H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, and H. Adiche. Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm for Floorplan Design, Invited paper, in Proceedings of SPIE International Symposium, Applications of Soft Computing and Fuzzy Logic Techonology , 27 July - 1 August 1997, San Diego, California, USA, Vol. 3165, pp. 36-46. 112. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, and H. Ali. Fuzzy Simulated Evolution Algorithm for Multi-objective Optimization of VLSI Placement, in the proceedings of the Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC99), July 6-9, 1999, Washington D.C, Volume 1, pp. 91-97. 113. H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, and O. Al-Haj Isa. Computer Aided Design of Structured Backbones, in proc. of the 15th National Computer Conference, NCC'97, Dhahran, KSA. 17-19 November 1997, pp. 593-608. 114. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, K. Nassar, and M. S. T. Benten. Timing Driven Genetic Algorithm for Standard-Cell Placement, Proceedings of the IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communication, IPCC- 95, March 1995 , pp. 403-409. 115. H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, K. Nassar, and M. S. T. Benten. Performance Driven Standard-Cell Placement Using the Genetic Algorithm, Proceedings of IEEE Fifth Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI,GLS-VLSI 95, Michigan, USA , March 1995, pp. 124-127. 116. H. Youssef, K. Al-Farra, and S. M. Sait. Timing Influenced Force Directed Floorplanning, in Proceedings of the IEEE European Design Automation Conference, EURO-DAC'95, 1995, pp. 156-161. 117. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, S. Tanvir, and M. S. T. Benten. Timing Influenced General-Cell Genetic Floorplanner. In the IEEE Asia and South-Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC'95, pp. 135-140. Japan, September 1995. 118. B. Raffed, A. Amin, and H. Youssef. The Architecture of a Self-Timed/Synchronous FPGA, in Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM’95, Malaysia, December 1995 . pp. 33-36. 119. H. Sukhni, H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, and M. S. T. Benten. Loop Based Scheduling in High Level Synthesis, Proceedings of the IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communication, IPCCC-95, March 1995, pp. 76-81. 120. S. M. Sait, A. Al-Mulhem, H. Youssef, and M. S. T. Benten. Hardware Specific Optimization in High Level Synthesis, Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS-94, Cairo (Egypt), December 1994, pp. 418-422. 121. B. Raffed, H. Youssef, and A. Amin. Interconnection Model for FPGAs, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM-93, Dhahran (Saudi Arabia), December 1993, pp. 202-205. 122. S. M. Sait, H. Youssef, F. M. Soleja, and M. S. T. Benten. Automated VHDL Composition from AHPL, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM-93, Dhahran (Saudi Arabia), December 1993, pp. 220-224. 123. A. Amin, B. Raffed, and H. Youssef. A New Nonvolatile FPGA Architecture, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM-92, Monastir (Tunisia), December 1992, pp. 394-412. 124. H. Youssef, R. B. Lin, E. Shragowitz. Bounds on Net Delays for Physical Design of Fast Circuits, Proceedings of the International Conference on VLSI, Edinburgh, August 1991, pp. 3b.3.1-3b.3.8. 125. S. Sutanthavibul, H. Youssef, and E. Shragowitz. Cell-Based Physical Design under Timing Constraints, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS-90, May 1990, pp. 877-880.

23 126. H. Youssef and E. Shragowitz. Timing Constraints for Correct Performance, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design, ICCAD-90, Santa Clara, November 1990, pp. 24-27. 127. H. Youssef and E. Shragowitz. Timing Aspects of Cell-Based ASIC Design, Proceedings of the IEEE European Conference on Application Specific Integrated Circuits Design, EURO ASIC-90, Paris, May-June 1990, pp. 338- 343. 128. H. Youssef, E. Shragowitz, and L. Bening. Critical Path Issue in VLSI Design, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design, ICCAD-89, Santa Clara, November 1989, pp. 520-523. 129. H. Youssef, E. Shragowitz, and L. Bening. Timing Influenced Sea-of-Gates Layout, Proceedings of Semi- Conductor Research Workshop on Sea-of Gates Design, Sept. 22-23, 1988, Berkeley, California. 130. E. Shragowitz, H. Youssef, and L. Bening. Predictive Tools in VLSI System Design: Timing Aspects, Proceedings of the IEEE European Computer Conference, COMPEURO-88, Brussels, 1988, pp. 48-55. 131. L. Azouz, H. Youssef, C. Huitema, and F. Kamoun. Performance Evaluation of NADIR Bulk Data Transmission Protocol for a Multipoint Satellite Link, Proceedings of the IFIP Second International Symposium on the Performance of Computer Communication Systems, Zurich, March 1984, pp. 367-382.

National Conferences

132. Hamdi Eltaief and H. Youssef, Mécanisme d’Authentification de la Source en Multicast : Etude Comparative in proceedings of GEI 2007, Sixièmes journées scientifiques des jeunes chercheurs en Génie Electrique et Informatique, 17 -19 Mars 2007, Sousse, Tunisie. 133. Manel Boujelben, Ahmed Boujelben, Habib Youssef, Mohamed Abid, La Sécurité dans les Réseaux de Capteurs Sans Fil, septième journées scientifiques des jeunes chercheurs en génie électrique et informatique GEI'2007, Monastir, 26-28 mars 2007, Tunisie. 134. Sofiene Jelassi and Habib Youssef, A Framework for Voice Transmission and Quality Assessment over Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, presented at the 3ème Symposium International en EAD: Technologies pédagogiques, Web et Réseaux, May 25 – 27, 2006, Hammam Sousse, Tunisia. 135. R. Attia and H. Youssef , Improvement to Cache Array Routing Protocol, in proceedings of GEI 2006, Sixièmes journées scientifiques des jeunes chercheurs en Génie Electrique et Informatique, Hammamet, 23 -26 Mars 2006. 136. W. Kamoun and H. Youssef , Performance Evaluation of Single Rate Multicast Congestion Control Protocols, in proceedings of GEI 2005, Sousse,Tunisia. 137. S. Messoud and H. Youssef , Web Performance Degradation: Causes and Solutions, in proceedings of GEI 2005, Sousse,Tunisia. 138. Atif Tahir, H. Youssef, A. Almulhem and Sadiq M. Sait. "Multicast Tree Generation Using Tabu Search", In Proceedings of Sixth Saudi Engineering Conference, 14-16 Dec. 2002, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 139. Youssef. S. M. Sait, and Salman Khan. Topology Design of Structured Campus Networks, proceedings of the IEEE 7th Annual Technical Exchange meeting, Saudi Arabia 18-19 April 2000. 140. Syed A. Hussain and Habib Youssef. Flow Control Schemes for Available Bit Rate ATM Service, in the proceedings of the 18th National Computer Conference, NCC’2000, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 2000. 141. Habib Youssef, Sadiq M. Sait, and M. Ahsan Siddiqui. Data Flow Graph Allocation to Array Processors using Genetic Algorithm, in the proceedings of the 18th National Computer Conference, NCC’2000, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, November 2000. 142. Habib Youssef, Abdulaziz Almulhem, and Ammar Enaya. Anatomy and Evaluation of ATM LAN Emulation, in the proceedings of the 18th National Computer Conference, NCC’2000, Dhahran, November 2000. 143. H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, and Salman Khan. Topology Design of Structured Campus Networks using Simulated Annealing, in the proceedings of the 18th National Computer Conference, NCC’2000, Dhahran, November 2000. 144. H. Youssef, S. M. Sait, and Salman Khan. Topology Design of Structured Campus Networks using Simulated Annealing, in the proceedings of the 18th National Computer Conference, NCC’2000, Dhahran, November 2000. 145. H. Youssef. Mathematical Optimization Techniques in VLSI Design Automation, Proceedings of the first Industrial Systems Optimization Days, ISOD'95, Tunis, 19 - 21 July 1995, pp. 210-221. 146. M. S. T. Benten, S. M. Sait, A. Adel-Maasarani, and H. Youssef. RTL Structural Synthesis from Behavioral Descriptions in a Unix Environment, Proceedings of the 13th National Computer Conference, NCC-92, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. November 1992, pp. 279-299. 147. Raffed, A. Amin, and H. Youssef. Trends and Issues in FPGA Architectures for ASIC Design, Proceedings of the 13th National Computer Conference, NCC-92, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. November 1992, pp. 394-412.

24 148. S. M. Sait, M. S. T. Benten, and H. Youssef. Modeling in VHDL for UAHPL Natives, Proceedings of the 13th National Computer Conference, NCC-92, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), November 1992, pp. 672-692. 149. H. Youssef, R. Jerad, and F. Kamoun. Evaluation des Performances du Canal de retour lors de transfert en masse de données via une liaison Satellite Multipoint, Actes du 5ème Séminaire Tuniso-Français en Informatique et Télécommunications, Mai 1982.

Technical Reports

1. H. Youssef and R. Jrad. Performance Evaluation of the Return Channel Protocol of a multipoint Satellite Data Link and Flow control of LANs interconnected via a Satellite Link, Mémoire de Fin D'études, (in French), Département des Sciences de l'Informatique, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisia, June 1982. 2. H. Youssef and V. Berzins. A Design Checker System for the Expression and Enforcement of Design Constraints in a CAD Database Environment, TR-86-59, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, December 1986. 3. H. Youssef and E. Shragowitz. A Predictive Approach to Timing Driven VLSI System Design, TR-88-22, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, March 1988. 4. H. Youssef E. Shragowitz, and L. C. Bening. Critical Path Issue in VLSI Design, TR-89-31, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, May 1989. 5. H. Youssef E. Shragowitz, and L. C. Bening. An EDIF Based System for Timing Prediction and Verification, TR- 89-32, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, May 1989. 6. H. Youssef and E. Shragowitz. Timing Analysis of Cell-Based VLSI Designs, TR-89-85, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, December 1989. 7. H. Youssef and E. Shragowitz. Timing Constraints for Correct Performance, TR-89-86, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, December 1989. 8. H. Youssef and E. Shragowitz. Timing Constraints on Signal Propagation in VLSI, TR-89-87, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, December 1989. 9. Habib Youssef. Timing Issues in Cell Based VLSI Designs, Ph.D. Dissertation, Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Minnesota, January 1990. 10. M. S. Benten, S. Sait, and H. Youssef. Design and Implementation of an Integrated Design Environment for High Level Silicon Compilation, Progress Report No. 1 of KFUPM Project COE/DESIGN/145. 11. M. S. Benten, S. Sait, and H. Youssef. Design and Implementation of an Integrated Design Environment for High Level Silicon Compilation, Progress Report No. 2 of KFUPM Project COE/DESIGN/145. 12. H. Youssef S. Sait, and M. S. Benten. Analysis and Physical Design Tools for Solving Timing Problems in VLSI Design, Progress Report No. 1 of KFUPM Project COE/VLSI DESIGN/162, April 1994. 13. H. Youssef S. Sait, and M. S. Benten. Analysis and Physical Design Tools for Solving Timing Problems in VLSI Design, Progress Report No. 2 of KFUPM Project COE/VLSI DESIGN/162, November 1994. 14. Amin and H. Youssef. Design and Development of a new Family of Nonvolatile SRAM-Based FPGAs, Progress Report No. 1 of KACST Project AR-14-67, October 1994. 15. Amin and H. Youssef. Design and Development of a new Family of Nonvolatile SRAM-Based FPGAs, Progress Report No. 2 of KACST Project AR-14-67, March 1995. 16. M. S. Benten, S. Sait, and H. Youssef. Design and Implementation of an Integrated Design Environment for High Level Silicon Compilation, Final Report of KFUPM Project COE/DESIGN/145, March 1995. 17. H. Youssef S. Sait, and M. S. Benten. Analysis and Physical Design Tools for Solving Timing Problems in VLSI Design, Progress Report No. 3 of KFUPM Project COE/VLSI DESIGN/162, May 1995. 18. Amin and H. Youssef. Design and Development of a new Family of Nonvolatile SRAM-Based FPGAs, Progress Report No. 3 of KACST Project AR-14-67, October 1995. 19. S. Sait, and M. S. Benten. Analysis and Physical Design Tools for Solving Timing Problems in VLSI Design, Final Report of KFUPM Project COE/VLSI DESIGN/162, June 1996. 20. Amin and H. Youssef. Design and Development of a new Family of Nonvolatile SRAM-Based FPGAs, Progress Report No. 4 of KACST Project AR-14-67, December 1996. 21. Amin and H. Youssef. Design and Development of a new Family of Nonvolatile SRAM-Based FPGAs, Progress Report No. 5 of KACST Project AR-14-67, June 1997.

25 22. H. Youssef and A. Al-Mulhem. Information Technology Center (ITC): One Month special Assignment Report. ITC. September 1999. 23. H. Youssef and A. Al-Mulhem. Computer Network Simulation Study. Report No. 1. Submitted to Saudi Aramco. Research Institute, KFUPM. December 1999. 24. H. Youssef and A. Al-Mulhem. Computer Network Simulation Study. Final Report. Submitted to Saudi Aramco. Research Institute, KFUPM. May 2000. 25. Amin and H. Youssef. Design and Development of a new Family of Nonvolatile SRAM-Based FPGAs, Final Report of KACST Project AR-14-67, May 2000.

Tutorials

1. S. M. Sait and H. Youssef. VLSI Physical Design Automation. Tutorial given at the 7th International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM'95, Malaysia. December 1995.

2. H. Youssef. Structured Backbone Design of Computer Networks. Tutorial given at the 15th Annual KFUPM Computer Exhibition. May 1997.

3. H. Youssef. Structured Backbone Design of Computer Networks. Tutorial given at the 15th National Conference on Computers. December 1997.

4. H. Youssef. Structured Backbone Design of Computer Networks. Tutorial given at the 16th Annual KFUPM Computer Exhibition. April 1998.

5. H. Youssef. The Network Development Life Cycle. Tutorial given at the 16th Annual KFUPM Computer Exhibition. April 1998.

6. H. Youssef. Structured Backbone Design of Computer Networks. Tutorial given at the Chamber of Commerce Annual Symposium on Computer and Networking Technologies. May 1998.

7. Specification and Verification of Communication Protocols, International Summer School on New Information and Communication Technologies, Sousse, Tunisia, 14 – 20 July 2008.

8. Physical Layer and Link Quality Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks, SensorNets 2009, the 1st International School on Cyber-Physical and Sensor Networks , Monastir, Tunisia, 17 – 21 December 2009.

Talks and Seminars

I delivered over a hundred talks, seminars, paper presentations at local, national, and international workshops, symposia, and conferences at various events held in USA, France, Netherland, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, etc.

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IX. References

Dr. Eugene Shragowitz Emeritus Professor, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota 4-192 EE/CS Building, 200 Union Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Sadiq M. Sait Professor, Department of Computer Engineering KFUPM, P.O.Bx 673, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Abdelfettah Belghith Professor, King Saud University On leave from Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique, University of Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Ala Al-Fuqaha Professor and Director, NEST Research Lab, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Computer Science Department Western Michigan University 1903 West Michigan Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49008 Email: [email protected]

Dr. Mohsen Guizani Professor and Department Chair Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Idaho 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1023 Moscow, ID 83844-1023. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Mohamed Mosbah, Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux , France. [email protected]

Dr. Anis Koubaa, Professor, Prince Sultan University, Riyad, Saudi Arabia. [email protected]

Additional references could be provided upon request.

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