Education

• Ph.D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada - August 2008
• MSc. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada - October 2004
• Bsc. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan - June 2000

Research Interests

Computer Security, Cyber Security, Software Security, Computer ethical hacking, Buffer Overflow Attacks, Protocol validation and Testing, Big Data Security.

 

Selected Publications

• Mesleh R., Alouneh S., Hiari O., "Computational Secure Physical Layer Algorithm for MIMO Wireless Systems", (2024) IEEE Systems Journal, 18 (2), pp. 805 - 813.
• Dhiah el Diehn I Abou-Tair, Raad Haddad, Ala’ Khalifeh, Sahel Alouneh, Roman Obermaisser, “A Distributed and Secure Self-Sovereign-Based Framework for Systems of Systems”, Sensors, 2023.
• Alouneh, S., “A Multi-Path Approach to Protect DNS Against DDoS Attacks”, Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility, 12 (4), pp. 569-588, 2023.
• Daoud M.I., Al-Ali A., Alazrai R., Al-Najar M.S., Alsaify B.A., Ali M.Z., Alouneh S, "An Edge-Based Selection Method for Improving Regions-of-Interest Localizations Obtained Using Multiple Deep Learning Object-Detection Models in Breast Ultrasound Images" (2022) Sensors, 22 (18), art. no. 6721.
• Abou-Tair D.E.D.I., Khalifeh A., Al-Dahidi S., Alouneh S., Obermaisser R., "Coordination Protocol and Admission Control for Distributed Services in System-of-Systems With Real-Time Requirements" (2022) IEEE Access, 10, pp. 100194 - 100207.
• Baha A Alsaify, Mahmoud M Almazari, Rami Alazrai, Sahel Alouneh, Mohammad I Daoud, “A CSI-Based Multi-Environment Human Activity Recognition Framework”, Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol: 12, January, Issue: 2, January 2022.
• Dhiah el Diehn I. Abou-Tair; Ala’ Khalifeh; Sahel Alouneh; Roman Obermaisser, “Incremental, distributed, and concurrent service coordination for reliable and deterministic systems-of-systems”, in IEEE Systems Journal, Published online: June 2021. 
• Feras Al-Hawari, Hala Barham, Omar Al-Sawaeer, Mai Alshawabkeh, Sahel Alouneh, Mohammad I Daoud, Rami Alazrai, “Methods to achieve effective web-based learning management modules: MyGJU versus Moodle”, PeerJ Inc., Journal: PeerJ Computer Science, Vol. 7, e498, April, 2021. (Thomson Reuters ISI).
• Ala’ Khalifeh; Ma’moun Mansour; Sahel Alouneh, “QUIC transmission protocol: Test-bed design, implementation and experimental evaluation”, De Gruyter Poland Inc., Journal of Electrical Engineering; Bratislava, Vol. 72, Issue. 1, 20-28, 2021. 
• Feras Al-Hawari, Mahmoud Al-Ashi, Fares Abawi, and Sahel Alouneh, “A Practical Three-Phase ILP Approach for Solving the Examination Timetabling Problem”, International Transactions in Operational Research, John Wiley, International Transactions in Operational Research 27 (2), 924-944. March 2020.
• Gebremariam Mesfin, Gheorghita Ghinea, Tor-Morten Grønli, Sahel Alouneh, “REST4Mobile: A Framework for Enhanced Usability of REST Services on Smartphones”, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, John Wiley, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 32 (1), Jan 2020. (Thomson Reuters ISI)

Teaching Courses

• Cryptography and Computer Network Security
• Secure Systems Architectures and Mechanisms
• Computer Networks
• Computer Security Fundamentals 
• Ethical Hacking
• Computer Forensics

Memberships

• Board member: International Association for Armed Forces for Communication & Electronics Association (AFCEA) – Jordan Chapter.

  

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