Wireless Networks: Present and Future

Distinguished Keynote Speaker:
Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat

Biography of Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat

Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat is an internationally 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 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 is author/co-author of five books published by Wiley, Kluwer and Cambridge University Press including: Wireless Networks (Wiley 2002), Multiwavelength Optical LANs (Wiley 2003), and Applied System Simulation: Methodologies and Applications (Kluwer 2003). Prof. Obaidat has received extensive research funding and has published over two hundred and seventy (270) refereed technical articles in refereed scholarly international journals and proceedings of refereed international conferences.

Professor Obaidat has served as a consultant for several corporations and organizations worldwide. He is the chief editor of the International Journal of Communication Systems published by John Wiley. He is also a Technical Editor of Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulations (SCS) International. Obaidat is an associate editor/ editorial board member of seven other refereed scholarly journals including three IEEE Transactions, Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Kluwer Journal of Supercomputing, Elsevier Journal of Computers and EE. He has guest edited many special issues of scholarly journals including ones for the SIMULATION: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Elsevier Computer Communications Journal, Elsevier Performance Evaluation Journal and Journal of Computers & EE. Obaidat has served as the steering committee chair, general chair, or program chair of numerous International Conferences.

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'98, SPECTS'99, SPECTS'01, SPECTS' 02, and SPECTS2003. 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. 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 is a member of the board of directors of the Society for Computer Simulation International, SCS, and currently is the Vice President of Conferences of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS).

He has been invited to lecture and give keynote speeches worldwide. His research interests include: wireless networks, performance evaluation of computer and telecommunications systems, modeling and simulation, telecommunications and computer networking, high performance and parallel computing/computers, applied neural networks and pattern recognition, computer security, and speech processing.

He has served as the scientific advisor/Program Leader for the World Bank/UNDP Workshop on Fostering Digital Inclusion that is part of the MDF-4. Recently, Prof. Obaidat has been awarded a Nokia Research Fellowship.

Prof. Obaidat is a Fellow of the Society for Computer Simulation International, SCS

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Biography of Professor Mohammad S. Obaidat