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Dr. Ala Al-Fuqaha

Computer Science Department

Research Grants
Selected Journal Publications
Selected Refereed Conference Publications
Book Chapters
Professional Service
Courses

Summary

Ala Al-Fuqaha (S’00-M’04) received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri, in 1999 and 2004 respectively. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of Western Michigan University. Before joining Western Michigan University, Dr. Al-Fuqaha was a senior member of technical staff at LAMBDA Optical Systems in Reston, Virginia where he worked on the design and development of embedded routing protocols and network management systems. Prior to LAMBDA, Dr. Al-Fuqaha was a Software Engineer with Sprint Telecommunications Corp. where he worked as part of the architecture team. His research interests include Network Management and Planning, QoS routing in optical and wireless networks, and performance analysis and evaluation of high-speed computer and telecommunication networks. He served as an investigator on multiple research projects funded by Cisco, Boeing, Stryker, Wolverine, and Western Michigan University. Dr. Al-Fuqaha is currently serving on the editorial board for John Wiley’s Security and Communication Networks Journal. Dr. Al-Fuqaha has served as Technical Program Committee member and reviewer of many international conferences and journals.

Dr. Al-Fuqaha has been very active in research and development with Lambda Optical Systems and Sprint Telecommunications. He contributed to the design and development of lambda’s optical routing protocol. He also played a key role in the design and development of Lambda’s Intelligent Network Management System for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical networks. Lambda’s IOS2000 optical switches that Dr. Al-Fuqaha contributed to are currently deployed at 6 sites (NRL, NSA, NASA, DIA, DISA, DARPA) in the Washington DC metropolitan area as part of the MONET project (first all-optical network in the world).

Currently, Dr. Al-Fuqaha collaborates with Dr. B. Khan to address fundamental questions on the role that cooperation can play in supporting communication itself. He also works with Dr. A. Rayes on smart services and network-wide call home message correlation given the topology of the underlying network as well as service composition and association relationships. He also works with Dr. J. Oh to utilize hybrid RF/FSO channels for localization, vehicle-infrastructure integration and inter-vehicle communications.

Funded Research Grants

11.	Cisco Systems, “PHASE 2: Network Performance Analysis and Response System,” with M. Guizani and D. Kountanis, July 2008.
10.	Boeing, “Phase 2: Management and Coordination of Cooperating Cognitive Intelligent Agents in Battlefield Networks,” with D. Kountanis, March 2008.
9.	Boeing, “Phase 1: Management and Coordination of Cooperating Cognitive Intelligent Agents in Battlefield Networks,” with D. Kountanis, December 2007.
8.	Cisco Systems, “Establishing Networks Research Lab at Western Michigan University,” Feb. 2007.
7.	Cisco Systems, “PHASE 1: Network Performance Analysis and Response System,” with M. Guizani and D. Kountanis, Nov. 2006.
6.	Boeing, “A Framework for Intelligent Communication, Trajectory Control, and Modeling of Tactical Forces on the Battlefield,” with D. Kountanis, Nov. 2006.
5.	Stryker Medical, “Research & Development of Stryker’s System Monitoring System,” Sep. 2006.
4.	Wolverine Pipeline Company, “PHASE 2: Research & Development of Wolverine’s SCADA Pipeline Control System,” with M. Guizani, May 2006.
3.	Wolverine Pipeline Company, “PHASE 1: Research & Development of Wolverine’s SCADA Pipeline Control System,” with M. Guizani, August 2005.
2.	Western Michigan University, “Performance Study of Optical Band Switching,” Research Development Award (RDA), May 2006.
1.	Western Michigan University, “Intelligent Planning Techniques for Future Optical Networks,” Faculty Research and Creative Activities Support Fund (FRACASF), May 2005.

Patents

“Computer program and method for automatically setting up call routing for a metropolitan statistical area,” with Kenneth J. Aubuchon, Kay E. Mitchell, Anthony E. Johnson, John G. Miller, Christopher E. Warren, Benjamin D. Kimminau, Kenneth D. Severson, and Steven C. Geurin. (U.S. Patent # 6,834,104 Assigned to Sprint Spectrum L.P.).

Selected Refereed Journal Publications

14.	W. El-Hajj, A. Al-Fuqaha, M. Guizani, H. Chen, “On Efficient Network Planning and Routing in Large Scale MANETs,” accepted, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2008.
13.	A. Al-Fuqaha, G. Ben Brahim, M. Guizani, “Cooperative Mobility: A New Model for Budget Constrained QoS in Battlefield MANETs,” submitted, IEEE Wireless Communications, 2008.
12.	Z. Kamal, A. Al-Fuqaha, A. Gupta, “A Service Location and Planning Problem with QoS Constraints for small and Large Scale Networks,” submitted, Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing, 2008.
11.	A. Al-Fuqaha, B. Khan, M. Guizani, A. Rayes, O. Awwad, G. Ben Brahim, “Opportunistic Channel Selection Strategy for Better QoS in Cooperative Networks with Cognitive Radio Capabilities”, IEEE JSAC, 2007.
10.	A. Al-Fuqaha, O. Al-Ibrahim, A. Rayes, “Description and Performance Evaluation of a New Geo-Encryption Protocol for Mobile Networks”, Computer Communications, 2007.
9.	O. Awwad, A. Al-Fuqaha, A. Rayes, “Traffic Grooming, Routing, and Wavelength Assignment in WDM Transport Networks with Sparse Grooming Resources”, Computer Communications, 2007.
8.	W. El-Hajj, D. Kountanis, A. Al-Fuqaha, and M. Guizani, “A Fuzzy-Based Virtual Backbone Routing for Large Scale MANETs”, Int. J. High Performance Computing and Networking, 2006.
7.	G. Ben Brahim, B. Khan, A. Al-Fuqaha, and M. Guizani, “Weak Many vs. Strong Few: Reducing BER through Packet Duplication in Power-Budgeted Wireless Connection”, International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), 2006.
6.	A. Al-Fuqaha, G. M. Chaudhry, C. Beard, M. Labrador, and Mohsen Guizani, “Routing Framework for All-optical DWDM Metro-Core and Long-Haul Networks,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), October 2004.
5.	M. Guizani and A. Al-Fuqaha, “Design and Simulation of a New Queuing Architecture for Large-Scale ATM Switches,” Simulation Journal: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Special Issue: Simulation and Modeling of Computer Systems and Networks, Vol. 78, Issue 7, July 2002.
4.	M. Guizani and A. Al-Fuqaha, “Modeling and Simulation of a New Queuing Strategy for High-Speed Network Switches,” Simulation Journal, 2002.
3.	M. Guizani and A. Al-Fuqaha, “New Queuing Strategy for Large Scale ATM Switches,” IEEE Communication Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 12, December 2001 pp. 142-146.
2.	M. Guizani, A. Rayes, and A. Al-Fuqaha, “Link Sizing for Multi-Media Traffic Transported Over IP,” Special Issue of the Baltzer Science Journal on Cluster Computing, Special Issue on Advances in Distributed and Mobile Systems and Communications, Vol. 4, No. 4, October 2001 pp. 335-342.
1.	M. Guizani, A. Rayes, A. Al-Fuqaha, and G. Chaudhry, “Modeling of Multimedia Traffic in High-Speed Networks,” International Journal of Parallel and Distributed Systems and Networks, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2000.

Selected Refereed Conference Publications

30.	M. Elbes, A. Al-Fuqaha, M. Guizani, J. Oh, “A New Hierarchical and Adaptive Protocol for Minimum-Delay V2V Communication,” submitted, Vehicular Networking and Applications Workshop, IEEE ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009.
29.	A. Al-Fuqaha, A. Rayes, M. Guizani, D. Kountanis, M. Khanvilkar, M. Ahmed, “Intelligent Service Monitoring and Support,” submitted, IEEE ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 14-18, 2009.
28.	G. Brahim, M. Guizani, A. Al-Fuqaha, B. Khan, “A Model for Cooperative Mobility and Budgeted QoS in MANETs with Heterogenous Autonomy Requirements,” IEEE Globecom 2008, New Orleans, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2008.
27.	O. Awwad, A. Al-Fuqaha, D. Kountanis, A. Rayes, “Topology Control using Adaptive Power Control and Beam-Width in Hybrid RF/FSO MANETs,” CHINACOM 2008, Hangzhou, China August 25-27, 2008.
26.	R. Ezzine, R. Braham, A. Al-Fuqaha, A. Belghith, “A New Generic Model for Signal Propagation in Wi-Fi and WiMAX Environments,” IFIP Wireless Days Conference, Dubai, UAE, Nov. 24-27, 2008.
25.	Z. Kamal, A. Al-Fuqaha, A. Gupta, “Service Location Planning in Large-Scale Networks with QoS Constraints,” IEEE ICC 2008, Beijing, China, May 19-23, 2008.
24.	G. Ben Brahim, O. Awaad, A. Al-Fuquaha, B. Khan, D. Kountanis, and M. Guizani, “A New MILP Formulation of a New Budgeted Location-Based Cooperative Model for MANETs,” IEEE Globecom, Washington DC, Nov. 26-30, 2007.
23.	G. Ben Brahim, B. Khan, A. Al-Fuqaha, M. Guizani, D. Kountanis, “Surrendering Autonomy: Can Cooperative Mobility Help?,” EURO-PAR 2007, IRISA/ENS Cachan, Rennes, France, August. 28-31, 2007.
22.	G. Ben Brahim, A. Al-Fuqaha, D. Kountanis, B. Khan, “A New Fuzzy-Based Cooperative Movement Model in Support of QoS in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks”, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, August 12-16, 2007.
21.	B. Khan, G. Ben Brahim, A. Al-Fuqaha, “Multigrid Techniques for Movement Planning in MANETs with Cooperative Mobility”, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, August 12-16, 2007.
20.	Z. Kamal, A. Al-Fuqaha, A. Gupta, “A Service Location Problem with QoS Constraints”, International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, August 12-16, 2007.
19.	O. Awwad, A. Al-Fuqaha, A. Rayes, “Performance of WDM Mesh Networks with Limited Traffic Grooming Resources,” IEEE WOCN 2007, Singapore, July 2-4, 2007.
18.	O. Al-Ibrahim, A. Al-Fuqaha, D. VanDyk, N. Akerman, “Geo-Encryption Protocol for Mobile Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’07), Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 24-28, 2007.
17.	V. Bhuse, A. Gupta, A. Al-Fuqaha, “Detection of Masquerade Attacks on Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’07), Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 24-28, 2007.
16.	C. Cai, S. Ci, S. Guizani, A. Al-Fuqaha, “Constructing an Efficient Mobility Profile of Ad-Hoc Node for Mobility Pattern Based Anomaly Detection in MANET,” IEEE Globecom, San Francisco, November 27-December 1, 2006.
15.	B. Khan, G. B. Ben Brahim, A. Al-Fuqaha, and M. Guizani, “Minimizing Wireless Connection BER through the Dynamic Distribution of Budgeted Power”, IEEE Globecom, San Francisco, November 27-December 1, 2006.
14.	G. Ben Brahim, B. Khan, A. Al-Fuqaha, and M. Guizani, “Harnessing the Parity of Multiple Errors in End-to-End MAC Schemes”, IEEE Globecom, San Francisco, November 27-December 1, 2006.
13.	W. El-Hajj, D. Kountanis, A. Al-Fuqaha, “Optimal Hierarchical Energy Efficient Design for MANETs,“ International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 3-6, 2006.
12.	O. Awwad, A. Al-Fuqaha, “Genetic Approach for Traffic Grooming, Routing, and Wavelength Assignment in WDM Optical Networks with Sparse Grooming Resources,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’06), Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-15, 2006.
11.	G. Ben Brahim, B. Khan, A. Al-Fuqaha, M. Guizani, “Using Energy-Efficient Overlays to Reduce Packet Error Rates in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’06), Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-15, 2006.
10.	W. El-Hajj, D. Kountanis, A. Al-Fuqaha, Mohsen Guizani, “A Hierarchical Energy Efficient Routing Protocol for Large Scale Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’06), Istanbul, Turkey, June 11-15, 2006.
9.	A. Al-Fuqaha, O. Awwad, “Fuzzy-Based RWA Engine for All-Optical DWDM Backbone Networks with Sparse Wavelength Conversion Capabilities,” The 4^th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 14-16, 2005 *(Won the Best Paper Award)*.
8.	O. Awwad, J. Van Voorst, A. Al-Fuqaha, “Traffic Grooming, Routing, and Wavelength Assignment (GRWA) in All-Optical DWDM Transport Networks with Sparse Grooming Resources,” The 4^th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 14-16, 2005.
7.	A. Al-Fuqaha, O. Al-Ibrahim, J. Baird, “A Mobility Model for GPS-Based Encryption,” GLOBECOM 2005 - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Saint Louis, Missouri, November 28-December 2, 2005.
6.	A. Al-Fuqaha, G. M. Chaudhry, C. Beard, M. Labrador, Mohsen Guizani, and Ibrahim Habib, “Link-State Update Policies for All-Optical DWDM Transport Networks,” ICC - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Paris, France, June 20-24, 2004.
5.	A. Al-Fuqaha, G. M. Chaudhry, M. Guizani, and G. Ben Brahim, “Routing in All-optical DWDM Networks with Sparse Wavelength Conversion Capabilities,” GLOBECOM 2003 - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, Vol. 22, No. 1, San Francisco, California, December 2003 pp. 2569-2574.
4.	M. Guizani and A. Al-Fuqaha, “New Queuing Strategy for Large Scale ATM Switches,” 34th Annual Simulation Symposium (SS01), Seattle, Washington, April 22-26, 2001.
3.	D. Benhaddou, A. Al-Fuqaha, and G. M. Chaudhry, “New Multiprotocol WDM/CDMA-Based Optical Switch Architecture,” 34th Annual Simulation Symposium (SS01), Seattle, Washington, April 22-26, 2001.
2.	A. Al-Fuqaha and M. Guizani, “Modeling and Simulation of Large Scale ATM Switches,” 2nd Conference on Simulation Methods and Applications (CSMA2000), Orlando, Florida, October 29-31, 2000.
1.	A. Al-Fuqaha, D. Benhaddou, M. Guizani and G. M. Chaudhry, “Design and Simulation of a New Fault-tolerant and Multicast ATM Switch,” Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS'98), Reno, Nevada, July 19-22, 1998.

Book Contributions and Awards

A. Al-Fuqaha, M. Guizani, A. Rayes, Modeling and Simulation of Telecommunication Networks, John-Wiley, In Progress.
A Chapter on Network Modeling and Queueing Theory, “Designing ATM Switching Networks,” McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-025217-3.
M. Harim, M. El Wakil, A. Al-Fuqaha, “Network Layer Protocols,” The Handbook of Computer Networks, Volume III, Part 1, Chapter 4, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Awarded the 2006 Outstanding Educator in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Michigan University.

Professional Service

Editorial Board Member for the Security and Communication Networks Journal (John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE ICC 2009 (June 14-18, 2009, Dresden, Germany).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) chair for IEEE GCC 2009 (March 17-19, 2009, Kuwait City, Kuwait).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE GLOBECOM 2008 (Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2008, New Orleans, USA).
Program Chair for the IEEE IWCMC 2008 International Workshop on Cooperative Networking Applications, Theory & Usability Studies (August 6-8, 2008, Crete Island, Greece).
Program Co-Chair for the IEEE IWCMC 2008 WiMAX/WiBro and QoS Management Symposium (August 6-8, 2008, Crete Island, Greece).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the First International Workshop on Sensor Networks (SN 2008) to be held in conjunction with ICCCN 2008.
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2008.
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the International Workshop on Multimedia Security in Communication (MUSIC'08) In Conjunction with ChinaCom'08, August 25th ~ 27th, 2008, Hangzhou, China
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the Wireless Communication and Networking symposium, ChinaCom'08, August 25th ~ 27th, 2008, Hangzhou, China
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE International Workshop on Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing-AHUC 2008 (June 11-13, 2008, Taichung, Taiwan).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE International Conference of Communications ICC’08 (19-23 May 2008, Beijing, China).
Program Co-Chair for the International Workshop on Computer and Networking Security, Nov. 19 2007, Dubai, UAE).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (18-20 November 2007, Dubai, UAE).
Reviewer for Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) in 2007.
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE GLOBECOM 2007 – Ad-hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium (Nov. 26-30 2007, Washington D.C., USA).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE International Conference of Communications ICC’07 (24-28 June 2007, Glasgow, Scotland).
Publicity Chair and Technical Program Committee Member for the International Workshop on Specialized Ad-Hoc Networks and Systems (June 29, 2007, Toronto, Canada).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for BodyNets07 (May 14-16, 2007, Florence, Italy).
Reviewer for IEEE Communications Magazine in 2006.
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 – Advanced Technologies & Protocols for Optical Networks (Nov. 27-Dec. 1 2006, San Francisco, California, USA).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 – Network Security Systems (Nov. 27-Dec. 1 2006, San Francisco, California, USA).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE 63^rd Vehicular Technology Conference (September 25-28 2006, Montreal, Canada).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC’06 – Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (June 11-15 2006, Istanbul, Turkey).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE International Conference on Communications ICC’05 - Optical Networking (May 16-20 2005, Seoul, Korea).
Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference WCNC’07 (March 11-15 2007, Hong Kong, China).
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Reviewer for EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Reviewer for the 16th International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (September 11-14 2005, Berlin, Germany).
Reviewer for IEEE INFOCOM 2005 (March 13-17, Miami, Florida).
Reviewer for the 3rd ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA-05 (January 3-6 2005, Cairo, Egypt).
Reviewer for the International Journal of Computers and Their Applications (IJCA).
Reviewer for IEEE GLOBECOM 2004 – Optical Communications, Networks, and Systems.
Reviewer for IEEE Communications Magazine in 2003.
Reviewer for IEEE Spectrum Magazine in 2003.