Dr. Adnan A. Rawashdeh, Associate Professor Software Engineering

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Dr. Adnan A. Rawashdeh, Associate Professor Software Engineering Dept., Faculty of IT & CSs, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan Office Phone#: +962 2 721-1111 Ext. 2633 Mobile Phone#: +962 79 568-1391 Email: [email protected] ______

Objectives: My aim is to pass to my students the knowledge that I have acquired through study, research and practical experience so that they can benefit not only in the academic field but also in their future career, thus helping students to gain maximum benefit from their time at universities.

Social Information I am a Jordanian citizen, married and I have four children.

Languages: Arabic: My first language English: My second language; excellent in reading, writing and conversation.

Qualifications: Bachelor Degree in Computer Science (I was among the First Group to graduate with a major in Computer Science) June of 1984. Yarmouk University, Irbid, JORDAN. {The program consists of 120 credits in computer science and natural sciences courses. I was among the first group to graduate with bachelor degree in computer science from Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan in 1984.

Masters Degree in Computer Science July 12th, 1990. The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. {A 2-year program, consists of two parts:

1. Course work during the M.Sc. Program Systems Analysis & Design, Software Engineering, Data Processing, Data Structure, Pascal, Comparative Study of Programming Languages, Information Technology, Microprocessors, Operating Systems and Compilers.

2. Dissertation (Title: Comparing dBASE III Plus and dBASE IV Using A Business Application Implementation.}. Our 12-student class was divided into four teams, each team implemented a subsystem of the business application: Walkden Auto Retail. We had carried out all phases of the SDLC. We made visits to the company’s location, in Greater Manchester area, and interviewed users working at different occupation levels. Eventually, we gathered all the data/information about the existing system, including work-procedures, input/outputs and users requirements. The specifications of the new system had been confirmed with users. The user- interface, the database and the module design all completed. Finally, the new system that automates work procedures at Walkden Auto Retail was implemented successfully, in dBASE IV.

Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science May 10th, 1996. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA. The program consists of Course work & Research. Thesis title: Enhanced Reusability of Designed Objects in a Customized Environment 1. Major courses that I have studied during the Ph.D. program include: Software Engineering, Software-Project-Management, Information-Systems, Database- Systems, Science-of-Programming, Concurrent-Programming, Comparative-Operating- Systems, and Computer-Networks. Among all courses the most interesting one was the Software-Project-Management. During this course we worked as groups/teams to manage an on-going project, at the time, called “Ada Maintenance Tool Kit”. My team was called the “Chucker-Group” in charge of getting chunks of Ada-code from a program to be analysed and processed. It was extremely valuable course in the area of software engineering & project management.

2. About my PhD Thesis: I have designed object-classes, based on Peter Coad’s patterns by applying object-oriented design concepts to build a structure (hierarchy) of reusable components that will serve developers during software system development. Such design structure is capable of being evolved and extended. The degree of software reusability will be enhanced with each round of system development.

None Degree Qualifications: NeXT System Administrator Course, February 28th, 1992. Chicago, Illinois, USA. NeXT Developer Training Course, March 20th, 1992. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Testing afsTRADE Software, May, 1992. Anderson Financial Systems (AFS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Basic Development Tools in Distance Learning, October 13 th, 2000. Jordan Uni. Amman, JORDAN. Faculty Member Capacity Building Program, October 2009. The Arab Center for Performance Improvement & Human Resource Development, Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, Jordan. Certificate “How to Write a Research Proposal for Funding Agencies” December 2009. The Higher Council for Science and Technology Ministry of Higher Education, Amman, JORDAN.

Experience: Systems Analyst and Systems Administrator Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. {Municipal Bonds Trading Firm -Broker Dealer} July of 1991- August of 1996. 222 West Adams St. Suite 1700, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Tel: 001 (312) 443-1560 Fax: 001 (312) 443-7225

Job Responsibilities (Systems Analyst and Administrator): I started off as System Analyst, investigating current work procedures in the front office; consequently I recommended computerized system to carryout sales and inventory control functions in the front office. As a result a client/server LAN was installed (consists of 30 Unix- based workstations), a new software program was installed on the production area, called afsTRADE written in Objective-C by a software development shop called Anderson Financial Systems located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I have tested the program in-house, and recommended some enhancements, mainly user-interface enhancements, and revealed some errors before the final release has been installed. I have trained all employees on how to use the workstation and the asfTRADE application. After that the nature of my work becomes as a System Administrator; involving the following responsibilities: - Creating and organizing user accounts on the LAN. - Creating e-mail groups and mailing lists. - Creating different security levels and user groups for using the afsTRADE application and sharing the database files; more privileges were given to managers/traders compared to salesmen. - Doing daily backup, started off manually and eventually I was able to automate the backup process through Unix script programming features, namely using the crontab file and the tar command. There were two types of backup: in-house in case of hardware failure, and a disaster backup to take out with me on a tape. - Fixing errors as they appear & providing technical support for users. - Setting up remote nodes, I configured couple of workstation for two of the bosses to be able to access the application/database remotely from home using a dialup line, and it was a successful setup. - Installing new versions of OS and new versions of the afsTRADE application. - Replacing hardware parts: disk drives, RAMs, cards & monitors. - Configuring Routers, shared Fax-modems, Scanners, and Laser- printers on the LAN plus other peripheral devices. - Adding new hosts including network cables through the hub and configuring them as clients for the server. - Overall maintenance of the computers system. - Representing HSE in all computer related mater with the outside world /market.

Associate Professor, Yarmouk University, Jordan February 2015 - Now: Faculty Member at the Software Engineering Department, Faculty of IT, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan. (www.yu.edu.jo), Teaching variety of computer science courses, supervising BS graduation projects and supervising MS research track students.

Assistant/Associate Professor, IT Dept., Mutah University, Jordan September 1996 - January 2015: Faculty Member at the IT Dept. (www.mutah.edu.jo) I had been teaching computer science courses and supervising graduation projects in Mutah University for about fifteen years. I have experience with working and teaching military officers and personnel. In addition, during that period of time I had occupied the following positions: Sept. 1st, 2000 – August 31st, 2001: Head of the IT Dept Sept. 1st, 2003 – August 31st, 2004: Academic Coordinator/Faculty of Science. Sept. 1st, 2005 – August 31st, 2006: Elected to Mutah University Board. October - January 2009: Part-time teaching position at Arab Open University (AOU), Karak Branch, Jordan. The AOU uses the MOODLE system and their curriculum is based on the British Open University (BOU). A Learning Management System (LMS) is being used for computer mediated communications (CMC) between students and faculty members, faculty member and the administration of the university. It has been an interesting experience for me to teach the "TU170 Learning Online Computer with Confidence" course at AOU this semester. September 2009 – September 2010 (My first Sabbatical Year): Head of the CIS Dept. Faculty of IT, Amman Arab University (AAU), Amman 11953, JORDAN. I have established the CIS Curriculum and All related program components. It was opened for the first time on October 2009. I have supervised graduate students with their Master’s Thesis. I taught variety of IT Courses, including “Principles of Scientific Research" for MS. October 2010 – August 2011: (My Second Sabbatical Year) CS Faculty Member The CS & IS Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. September 2011 – August 2012: Extra One-Year contract with Al-Baha University. On September 2012 I did come back to Mutah University and worked there until Jan. 2015. February 2015 – Now: Faculty Member at the Software Engineering Department, Faculty of IT & CSs, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan Committees Participation in Mutah University/Jordan : Reviewer for scientific project submitted for the Higher Council for Science and Technology/ Ministry of Higher Education/Amman Jordan. Credential-Committee for the Ministry of Higher Education Curriculum-Committee for the Faculty of Science Editorial Review Board for Mutah Lil-Buhuth Wa-Dirasat Journal Editorial Review Board for IAJIT Journal Elected Member in the University-Board Credential-Committee for the Ministry of Higher Education Students Innovation Project- Supervisor, Albaha University

I Prefer to teach the following courses: Systems Analysis and Design / Software Engineering / Software Project Management / Networks / Database Systems / Operating Systems /Object Oriented Programming/ C++ / Visual Basic / Unix System Administration / Introduction to IT / Computer Skills / Principles of Scientific Research / Multimedia / Web-Technology / E-Learning. In addition, I have the ability to teach other IT courses.

Graduate Research Program Experience I supervised PhD students in computer science in Jordanian Universities. Latest thesis titled: “Introducing a Quality Model for Evaluating COTS-based Components“. I supervised MS students in computer science in Amman Arab University. Latest thesis: “Building a system to predict students’ grades in Tawjeehi using data mining techniques“ I supervised several MS students in the Department of Educational Technologies, Faculty of Education, Albaha University, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Latest thesis titled: “The Impact of a Multimedia Enriched Software in Developing Loud Reading Skills for primary School Students”. Currently, I am supervising an MS student in the CIS Department, Faculty of IT, Yarmouk University, Jordan. The proposed thesis titled: “Evaluating the nteraction of ADO.NET functions with ASP.NET using mutation testing”.

- Assessment of Software Development Models with Regard to Reuse Practice Published in the Proceedings of The 1st International Conference on Digital Communications and Computer Applications, JUST DCCA2007, Pages 1164 –1177, March 19-22, 2007, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 2007. - Enhancing A COTS Software Quality Model With New Attributes and Metrics Published in: Mutah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat, Jordan. 2006 ISSN 1022-6812, Volume (22) Number (2) 2007, pp 101 – 127.

- Applying m-learning technology: A Pilot project on a Programming Course in a Jordanian University. Abdullah Alzo'abi & Adnan Rawashdeh. ICT2010: Digitally Driven” Conference focus of the FP7 Work Program 2011-2012. Brussels, Belgium. Sept 27th – 29th, 2010.

- Acquiring IT Researchers with Knowledge & Skills to Write Successful Project Proposals that Contribute to Economical and Social Development in Jordan. Accomplished during my Sabbatical year at Albaha University (2011). Submitted to the Faculty of Science, Mutah University, Jordan.

-. The Impact of a Multimedia Enriched Software in Developing Loud Reading Skills for the Course “My Beautiful Language Among Fourth Grade Students, Unpublished Master’s Degree Thesis by Mohammad Al-Khrman, Department of Educational Technologies, Faculty of Education, Albaha University, KSA, March 2012 {Thesis Advisor}.

- A Framework to Measure & Visualize Class Coupling Published in: International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications Vol.8, No.4 (2014), pp. 137-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijseia.2014.4.15

- A Hybrid AHP-VIKOR Methodology to Evaluate for Adoption COTS Database Components Based on Usability. January, 2017: Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. IJCAT 2017 Vol. 56 No 4, Due for publication in November 2017. - An Anomaly Based Approach for DDoS Attacks Detection in Cloud Environment Accepted for publication to the International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. Due for publication in 2018.

Ongoing research work (Jan/Feb2017) Due to be completed by May of 2017: (i). Comparing Two Integrated Methods (AHP-VIKOR and AHP-VIKOR) Used to Evaluate for Adoption COTS Database Components (ii). Outsourcing Software Reuse on the Cloud Computing Paradigm

Selected Conferences and Workshops: October - November 2009: Series of Workshops sponsored by the Higher Council for Science and Technology / Ministry of Higher Education. Held at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, JORDAN. First Workshop: October 7-8, 2009 - “How to Write Effective, Successful & Winning Proposal” Second: Oct. 14-15 - "Navigating R&D Commercialization " Third: Oct. 21-22 - How to Apply to the Scientific Research Support Fund” “How to Apply to King Abdullah II Fund for Development/Middle East” Fourth: Oct. 28, - “How to Apply for fund to the United Nation Development Program (UNDP)” Fifth: November 4-5, 2009 - “Practical Session Writing for the German Research Society” Sixth Workshop: Nov. 11-12, - Writing for the Academic Exchange Prog.: Fulbright, DAAD, " Writing for the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument Cross Border Cooperation (ENPI-CBC)” March. 2010: “2nd European Networking Event ”Successful R&D in Europe” Conference Center Düsseldorf International Airport FP7 CIP Portal North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany. May 27th, 2010: “Software Professional Conference: Data Access Europe” Sponsored by Seneca Associates Ltd. Hosted by Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan.

May 17th – 18th, 2010: “Outcome-based Curriculum Design and Implementation” Presented by Prof. Beverley Oliver, Curtin University, Australia, Hosted by Philadelphia University, Sub. of Amman, Jordan.

Sept 27th – 29th, 2010: “ICT2010: Digitally Driven” Conference Focus of the FP7 Work Program 2011-2012, Brussels, Belgium.

Feb 1st , 2014: Research Work: “A Framework To Measure & Visualize Class Coupling” Published in: International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications Vol.8, No.4 (2014), pp. 137-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijseia.2014.4.15

Jan 17-19, 2017: Workshop: “Writing Proposals to H2020” Organized by the Higher Council for Science & Technology Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan. Held in: Landmark Hotel, Amman, Jordan.

References: (1). Dr. Aws Magableh (Head of the Software Engineering Dept.) The Faculty of IT, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +962 77 727-2924

(2). Prof. Suleiman Mustafa (worked with him when he was Dean of the Faculty of IT & CSs) The Faculty of IT, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +962 79 724-6633

(3). Dr. Mouhammd Al-Kasassbeh (worked with him when he was Head of the IT Dept.) The IT Dept., Faculty of Science, Mutah University, Mutah 61710, Jordan. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +962 79 738-8388

(4). Prof. Muhammad A. Obeidat, Ph.D. (Colleague in the same field) Management Department, Room J378B, School of Engineering Technology & Management, Southern Polytechnic State University, 1100 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060, USA. e.mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.spsu.edu/mgnt Tel: +01 678-915-7286 (Voice) +01 678-915-4967 (Fax)

(5). Mr. Richard Funke, President (Executive Manager of HSE) Hutchison, Shockey, Erley & Co., 22 W. Adams St., #17000, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Tel (Office): +01 312 443-1560.

(6). Dr. Abdallah Tubaishat, Associate Professor (Colleague in the same field) College of Information Systems, Zaid University, P.O.Box 4783, Abu-Dhabi, UAE. E-mail: [email protected] Tel (Office): +971-2-4079 865

(7). Prof. Alaa Al-Hammami (Dean of Faculty of IT, AAU) Faculty of IT, Amman Arab University, Amman, JORDAN. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +962 79 678-9621

(8). Prof. Abdullah Al-Zoubi (worked jointly in workshops, conferences & research proposals) Dean of Scientific Research, Princess Sumaya Uni. for Technology, Amman, JORDAN. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +962 6 534-7295 (ext. 292)

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