Dr. Mohammad S. Obaidat
Fellow of the IEEE and Fellow of the SCS
Full Professor
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
USA
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M.S. : The Ohio State University
B.S. : Aleppo University
Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat is an internationally well known academic/researcher/ scientist. He received his Ph.D. and M. S. degrees in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Dr. Obaidat is currently a full Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Monmouth University, NJ, USA. Among his previous positions are Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Program at Monmouth University and a faculty member at the City University of New York. He has received extensive research funding and has published over Five Hundred (500) refereed technical articles in scholarly international journals and proceedings of international conferences. Prof. Obaidat is the author/co-author of numerous books including Wireless Sensor Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Cooperative Networking (John Wiley &Sons 2011) and Pervasive Computing and Networking (John Wiley &Sons 2011), "Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems,"( John Wiley & Sons 2010), "E-business and Telecommunication Networks", (Springer in 2008), "Security of e-Systems and Computer Networks" (Cambridge University Press 2007), "Wireless Networks" ( John Wily & Sons 2003), "Multiwavelength Optical LANs" (John Wily & Sons 2003), APPLIED SYSTEM SIMULATION: Methodologies and Applications, ( Springer 2003). Professor Obaidat has served as a consultant for several corporations and organizations worldwide.Dr. Obaidat is the Editor- in- Chief of three scholarly journals including Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems, FTRA Journal of Convergence: The International Journal of the Future Technology Research Association International, FTRA, and the KJIP Journal of Information Processing. He is also Editor, and Advisory Editor of numerous international journals and transaction including IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics-B, IEEE Systems Journal, Wiley Security and Communications Networks Journal, Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Springer Journal of Supercomputing, SCS Journal of Defense Molding and Simulation, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, Academy Journal of Networks, and Journal of Communications, International Journal of Information Technology, International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence, International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadband Technologies, International Journal of Biosciences and Technology, Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, among others. He also served as editor or advisory editor of numerous other transactions and journals including: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man Cybernetics- Part A, and IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man Cybernetics- Part C, IEEE Wireless Communications, and Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, among many others. Obaidat has served as the steering committee chair, advisory Committee Chair and program chair of numerous international conferences including the IEEE CSSMA-GLOBCOM, IEEE Int'l Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications, IEEE Int�l Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference, SCSC'97, SCSC98-SCSC2005, SCSC2006, the International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems since its inception in 1998, International Conference on Parallel Processing, Honorary General Chair of the 2006 IEEE Intl. Joint Conference on E-Business and Telecommunications, ICETE2006. He served as General Co-Chair of ICETE 2007-ICETE 2012. He has served as the Program Chair of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems from 2008-Presnet. He is the co-founder and Program Co-Chair of the International Conference on Data Communication Networking, DCNET since its inception in 2009 and the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems, WINSYS. Dr. Obaidat has served as the General Chair of many conferences including the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA2007, the IEEE AICCSA 2009 Conference and the 2006 International Symposium on Adhoc and Ubiquitous Computing (ISAHUC'06). He is the founder of the International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS and has served as the General Chair of SPECTS since its inception. He also has served on the program and organizing committees of numerous international conferences. Professor Obaidat is the founder of IEEE International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems( CITS) and he is cureently General Chair of CITS 2012.
Obaidat has received a recognition certificate from IEEE. Between 1994-1997, Obaidat has served as distinguished speaker/visitor of IEEE Computer Society. Since 1995 he has been serving as an ACM distinguished Lecturer. He is also an SCS distinguished Lecturer. Between 1996-1999, Dr. Obaidat served as an IEEE/ACM program evaluator of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board/Commission, CSAB/CSAC. Obaidat is the founder and first Chairman of SCS Technical Chapter (Committee) on PECTS (Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems). He has served as the Scientific Advisor for the World Bank/UN Digital Inclusion Workshop- The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Development. Between 1995-2002, he has served as a member of the board of directors of the Society for Computer Simulation International. Between 2002-2004, he has served as Vice President of Conferences of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International SCS. Between 2004-2006, Prof. Obaidat has served as Vice President of Membership of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International SCS. Between 2006-2009, he has served as the Senior Vice President of SCS. Between 2009-2011, he served as is the President of SCS. One of his recent co-authored papers has received the best paper award in the IEEE AICCSA 2009 international conference. He also received the best paper award for one of his papers accepted in IEEE GLOBCOM 2009 conference, the prestigious IEEE Communication Society's Outstanding Leadership Award for his distinguished contribution and leadership to the 2010 IEEE GLOBECOM-Communication Software, Services, and Multimedia Applications (CSSMA 2010) Symposium, the best paper award from the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Data Communication Networking, DCNET 2011, and the Outstanding Leadership Award for his distinguished contribution, services, and leadership of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, iThings 2011. He also received The FTRA Outstanding Leadership Award for Distinguished contribution and leadership to the 3rd FTRA International Conference on Computer Science and Its Applications (CSA 2011) and the The Certificate of Honor and Appreciation from 2011 IEEE Asia-Pacific Services and Computing Conference (APSCC 2011). Dr. Obaidat received very recently the Society for Modeling and Simulation Intentional (SCS) very prestigious SCS Presidential Service Award in recognition of his worldwide distinguished, outstanding and dedicated technical contributions and services to the Modeling and computer simulation discipline and to the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, SCS, that span over 2 decades. He received in 2009 the SCS very admired McLeod Founder's Award in recognition of his outstanding technical and professional contributions to modeling and simulation. Prof. Obaidat received also the Nokia Research Fellowship Award and the distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award.
He has been invited to lecture and give keynote speeches worldwide. His research interests are: wireless communications and networks, computer networks and telecommunications, security of network, information and computer systems, security of e-based systems, performance evaluation of computer systems, algorithms and networks, high performance and parallel computing/computers, applied neural networks and pattern recognition, adaptive learning and speech processing. During the 2004/2005, he was on sabbatical leave as Fulbright Distinguished Professor and Advisor to the President of Philadelphia University in Jordan, Dr. Adnan Badran. The latter became the Prime Minister of Jordan in April 2005 and served earlier as Vice President of UNESCO. Prof. Obaidat is a Fellow of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International SCS, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).