Department  of Computer Science
Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ 07764 

http://www.monmouth.edu/mobaidat

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 tenured full Professor of Computer Science 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 six (6) books and over three hundred and eighty (380) refereed technical articles in scholarly international journals and proceedings of international conferences. Prof. Obaidat is the author of the book entitled: "Fundamentals of Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems," to be published by John Wiley & Sons in 2008. Dr. Obaidat is the Editor of the Book entitled, "E-business and Telecommunication Networks", published by Springer in 2008. He is the co-author of the book entitled, "Security of e-Systems and Computer Networks" published by Cambridge University Press in 2007. He is the co-author of the Best Selling Book, "Wireless Networks" and "Multiwavelength Optical LANs" published by John Wily & Sons (2003). Obaidat is the editor of the book, APPLIED SYSTEM SIMULATION: Methodologies and Applications, published by Kluwer (now Springer) in 2003. Professor Obaidat has served as a consultant for several corporations and organizations worldwide. Mohammad is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Communication Systems published by John Wiley. He is a Technical Editor of IEEE Wireless Communications.Between 1991-2006, he served as a Technical Editor and an Area Editor of Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulations (SCS) International, TSCS. Currently, he is on the Editorial Advisory Board of   Simulation and Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal. Obaidat is an associate editor/ editorial board member of seven other refereed scholarly journals including two IEEE Transactions, Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Kluwer Journal of Supercomputing, SCS Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, Elsevier Journal of Computers and EE,
International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems,The Academy Journal of Communications, International Journal of BioSciences and Technology and International Journal of Information Technology. He has guest edited numerous special issues of scholarly journals such as IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE Systems Journal,  SIMULATION: Transactions of SCS, Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Journal of C & EE, and International Journal of Communication Systems. Obaidat has served as the steering committee chair, advisory Committee Chair and program chair of many international conferences including the 1995 IEEE Int'l Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS’95, and 1996 IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications, IPCCC'96, 1997 IEEE Int’l Performance, Computing and Communications Conference,  IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, C3N'97, 1997 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference, SCSC'97, SCSC98-SCSC2005, SCSC2006, the 1998 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTSS'98, SPECTS99-SPECTS2005, SPECTS2006, SPECTS2007, SPECTS2008, International Conference on Parallel Processing, ICPP'01, EGCDMA'04, JICCSE2004, 2006 IEEE Int'l Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS2006, 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, and will be the General Chair of ICETE 2008 and Program Chair of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems, WINSYS. Obaidat has served as the General Chair of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA2007  and the 2006 International Symposium on Adhoc and Ubiquitous Computing (ISAHUC'06). He will be the General Chair of the IEEE AICCSA 2009 Conference. 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. 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. Currently, he is the Senior Vice President of SCS.He has been invited to lecture and give keynote speeches worldwide. His research interests are: wireless communications and networks, telecommunications and Networking systems, 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. Recently, Prof. Obaidat has been awarded a Nokia Research Fellowship and the distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award. 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 Deputy Director General 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).

• Published over Three Hundred and Eighty (380) refereed scholarly Journal and Conference Proceedings Papers and Six (6) books. 
• Sample of recent journal papers and books include:

• Editorship:

•Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, (October 1997-Present).

•Technical Editor, IEEE Wireless Communications, IEEE.

 •Editor, The Academy Journal of Communications.

•Editor ,International Journal of BioSciences and Technology.

•Member of the Advisory Board, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation (2006-Present).

•Area Editor, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation (2001-2006).

•Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans.

•Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics.

•Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews (1992-2003).

•Associate Editor, Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation-Part B.

•Member, Advisory Board, Security and Communication Networks, Wiley, (2007- Present).

•Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Supercomputing Journal, Springer.

•Associate Editor, Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering, Elsevier.

•Associate Editor, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, SCS.

• Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, (2007-Present).

•Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier, August 2000-Present.

•Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, International Arab Journal on Information Technology, 2001-Presnet. .

•Member of the Editorial Review Board, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 1991-1999.

•Member of the Editorial Board, ACM Applied Computing Review, 1991-2000.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue on High Performance Computing/Computers, The Society for Computer Simulation monthly journal SIMULATION, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 1993.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue on High Speed Networking, The Society for Computer Simulation monthly Journal, SIMULATION, Vol. 64, No.1, January 1995.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue on Modeling and Simulation of Computer Systems and Networks, Part I: Networks, The Society for Computer Simulation monthly Journal, SIMULATION, Vol. 68, No. 1, January 1997.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue on Modeling and Simulation of Computer Systems and Networks, Part II: Computer Systems, The Society for Computer Simulation monthly Journal, SIMULATION, Vol. 68, No. 4, April 1997.

•Editor, Proceedings of the 1997 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference, 957 Pages, SCS, 1997.

•Editor, Proceedings of the 1998 SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference, 696 Pages, SCS, 1997.

•Editor, Proceedings of the 1998-2006 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SCS.

•Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part: B, on the Applications of Neural Networks to Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 28, N0. 4, August 1998.

•Guest Editor, International Journal of Communication Systems on Performance Evaluation of Telecommunication Systems, Wiley, July/August 1998.

•Guest Editor, Simulation Journal, on the Performance Evaluation of Computer Systems and Networks, The Society for Computer Simulation, Dec. 1998.

•Guest Editor, Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering, Elsevier, Special Issue on Performance Evaluation of High Performance Computer Systems, Elsevier, May 1999.

•Guest Editor, Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier, Special Issue on the Performance Evaluation of Telecommunication Systems: Models, Issues and Applications, May, 2001.

•Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part: B, on Learning Automata: Theory, Paradigms, and Applications,  2002.

•Guest Editor of the Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation International, SCSI, Performance Modeling and Simulation of ATM Systems and Networks, Two parts: March 2002 and April 2002.

•Guest Co-Editor, International Journal of Communications Systems, Special Issue on Advances in Optical Networking, 2002.

• Guest Editor, Computer Communication Journal, Special Issue on Performance Evaluation of Telecommunication Systems and Networks, 2003.

• Guest Co-Editor, Performance Evaluation Journal, Special Issue on Performance Modeling and Evaluation of High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Systems, Elsevier, 2004.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue of Computer Communication Journal on Recent Advances in Computer Communications, September 2004.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue of Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, SCS, on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Systems, Vol. 81, 2005.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue of Journal of Computers and EE on Recent Advances on Wireless Networks and Systems, Elsevier, 2006.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue of Computer Communication Journal on Recent Advances in Computer Communications Networking, Elsevier, 2006.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue of Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, SCS, on Performance Evaluation of Telecommunications Systems, SCS, 2006.

•Editor, Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on E-Business (ICE-B)-Part of IEEE ICETE 2006, 328 Pages, 2006, ( With Joaquim Filipe and Thomas Greene).

•Guest Editor, Special Issue of Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, SCS, on Performance Evaluation of Communications Networks, SCS, 2007.

•Guest Editor, Special Issue of Computer Communication Journal on Computer Communication Networking, Elsevier, 2007.

•Guest Co-Editor, Special issue of IEEE Wireless Communication on "Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless LANs",  December 2007.

•Guest Editor, Special issue Computer Communication Journal on "Advances in Performance of Communication Networks", July 2007.

•Guest Editor, Special issue of IEEE Systems Journal on "Recent Advances in Global Navigation and Communication Satellite Systems (GNCSS)", December 2007.

Some Recent Research Grants from the following agencies:

Distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award

World Bank/United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Nokia
NSA
Monmouth University
UNESCO
Motorola 
Texas Instruments
Intel
Gerhard Cibis, Inc.
TranSoft 32, Ltd.
Tithe 
PSC-CUNY 
MRAA

• Advanced Wireless Networking
• Security of Computer Networks, and Computer & Information Systems
• Computer Networks and Telecommunications.
  
• Wireless Networks and Communications.
• Security of E-based Systems
  
• Modeling and Simulation
  
• Performance Evaluation of Computer, Telecommunication and Neural Networks Systems.
  
• High Speed Computer Networks/Networking
  
• Parallel Computing: Architecture, Performance and Algorithms.
  
• High Performance Computers/Computing and Networking.
  
• Applied Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition
  
• ATM Systems.
  
• Speech Recognition.
  
• Computer and Information Security and Assurance
  
• LANs/MANs.
• Wireless Sensor Networks
  
• Parallel Processing.
  
• Computer Systems Architecture.
  
• Digital Logic Design.
  
• Operating Systems.
  
• Microcomputer Architecture, Interfacing and Programming.
  
• Microprocessor Systems.

• Fellow, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). 

• Distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award

• Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, (October 1997-Present).

• Advisor to the President of Philadelphia University for Research, Development and Information Technology (Dr. Adnan Badran who became the Prime Minister of Jordan in April 2005), Jordan

• Senior Vice President (2006-Present), The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS).

• Vice President of Membership (2004-2006), The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS).

• Vice President of Conferences (2002-2004), The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS).

• Scientific Advisor, World Bank/UN Digital Inclusion Workshop- The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Development.

•SCS Distinguished Lecturer, 2006-Present.

• ACM Distinguished Lecturer, 1995-Present.

• Distinguished Speaker, IEEE Computer Society, 1994-1997.

• Member of ACM

• Steering Committee Chair, 1995 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS'95.

• Technical Program Chair, 1995 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS'95.

• Program Chair, 1996 IEEE International Phoenix Conference on Computers and Communications, IPCCC'96.

• Vice Chair, 1997 IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC'97.

• Vice Program Chair, 1997 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, IC3N'97.

• General Chair and Program Co-Chair, 1997 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, SCSC'97.

• General Co-Chair, 1998 IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC'98.

• General Chair, 1998 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, SCSC'98.

• General Founding Chair, 1998 IEEE/SCS Symposium on Performance of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS'98.  

• General Founding Co-Chair, 2004 International Workshop on Electronic Government and Commerce: Design, Modeling, Analysis and Security (EGCDMAS 2004)

• General Co-Chair, 2005 International Workshop on Electronic Government and Commerce: Design, Modeling, Analysis and Security (EGCDMAS 2005)

• Panel Chair, 1998 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, IC3N'98. 

• Advisory Committee Member, IEEE International Performance, Computing and Communications Conference, 1999-2001. 

• General Chair, Summer Computer Simulation Conference in 1997, 1998 and 2000.  

• Steering Committee Member, Summer Computer Simulation Conference, 1998-Present. 

• General Chair and Steering Committee Chair, International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, SPECTS, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. 

•General Co-Chair, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Computers Systems and Applications, AICCSA 2007.

• Honorary General Chair, 2006 IEEE International Joint Conference on E-Business and Telecommunication, ICETE 2006.

• General Co-Chair, IEEE International Joint Conference on E-Business and Telecommunications, ICETE 2007, Barcelona, Spain, July 2007.

• Program Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Systems and Networks, WINSYS 2007.

• General Chair, 2006 International Symposium on Ad hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (ISAHUC 2006), Surathkal, Mangalore, India, December 2006.

• General Co-Chair, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS2005.

• Vice Program Chair, 2001 International Conference on Parallel Processing, ICPP-01. 

• Member of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board/Commission (CSAB/CSAC), 1996-2000. 

• Member, Board of Directors, the Society for Computer Simulation International, SCS. 

• Associate Vice President for Conferences, The Society for Computer Simulation International.

• Chair, International Advisory Committee, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS2003.

• Chair, International Advisory Committee, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS2007.

• Chair, International Advisory Committee, 2004 Jordan International Jordan Conference on Computer Science and Engineering, IJICCSE2004.

• Chair, International Advisory Committee, 2007 International Conference on Information Technology, ICIT 2007.

• Chair, International Advisory Committee, 2005 International Conference on Information Technology, ICIT 2005.

• Received Recognition Certificate from IEEE Computer Society. 

• Reviewer for numerous International Journals and Conferences. 

• Proposal Reviewer for NSF and other agencies. 

• External Examiner for many Ph.D. dissertations in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, MENA and Other areas. 

• Gave Short Courses on Various Topics of Computer Science and Engineering Worldwide. 

• Served as an evaluator for numerous University Faculty tenure and promotion applications from all over the world.

• Designed Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer System Engineering, Software Engineering and Information Technology Programs for various Institutions worldwide.