ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

A) Professional:

·        Steering Committee Chair, and Program Co-Chair, 6th International Computing Conference in Arabic (ICCA 2010) http://www.icca2010.com/

·        Software Engineering Track Program Co-Chair, The 7th International Conference on Informatics and Systems INFOS 2010, Technology in Modern Organizations, Cairo U., Cairo, Egypt, March 2010.

·        Steering Committee Co-Chair The 2nd and 3rd  Virtual Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering in Arabic, April and October 2010.

http://www.vwcsea.com/files/commiteconference.htm.htm

·        Editor In Chief, Communications of the ACS, an on-line Journal published by the Arab Computer Society.  http://comm.arabcomputersociety.org/

·        Program Co-Chair, 6th International Computing Conference in Arabic (ICCA 2010) http://www.icca2010.com/

·        Program Co-Chair, Software Standards Workshop, Cairo University, July 7-8, 2009 http://isec.ppu.edu/workshop.aspx

·        PC Chair The First Virtual Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering in Arabic, October 5, 2009 http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~ammar/CU/workshops/virtualworkshops/firstworkshop5oct09/

·        PC member, International Symp. on Software Reliability Engineering ISSRE 2009. http://www.issre2009.org/

·        Editor In Chief, Communications of the ACS, an on-line Journal published by the Arab Computer Society.  http://comm.arabcomputersociety.org/, 2008-present

·        External Evaluator for the Computer and Information Engineering program, International Islamic University Malaysia, December 2006, and October 2009.

·        Editor in Chief, Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, in Arabic, Publisher: Phillips Publishing, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 2007.

     http://www.phillips-publishing.com/jcsea/index.html

·        Steering Committee, Member, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'2007), 2007

·        . Program Committee, Member, International Symp. On Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE07)

·        Archival Journal Paper reviewer, IEEE transactions on computer, Journal of computer systems science and engineering, ASME Journal of mechanical design, and IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology)  Software, 2007

·        Steering Committee, Member, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'2006), March, 2006

·        Program Committee, Member, International Symp. On Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE06)

·        Program Committee, Member, The Second Malaysian Software Engineering Conference MySEC’06, Kuala Lumpur, December 12, 2006

·        Session Chair, the 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Computation for Engineering Applications, Cairo, Egypt, December 21-22, 2003

·        Program Committee,  International Symposium on software Reliability Engineering, Colorado, November 2003

  • Steering Committee Chair, and Program Committee member, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'2003), Tunisia July 2003Session Chair, the 2nd International Workshop on Advanced Computation for Engineering Applications, Cairo, Egypt, December 21-22, 2003
  • Program Committee, International Symposium on software Reliability Engineering, Colorado, November 2003
  • Steering Committee Chair, and Program Committee member, Session Chair ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'2002), Tunisia July 2003
  • Program Committee, Intern. Performance and Dependability Symposium (IPDS 2003)
  • Program Committee, and Session Chair, IEEE Intern. Symp. On Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT), IEEE Comp. Soc., ., Marrakech, Morocco, December, 2002
  • Program Co-Chair of the 13th International Symp. on Software Reliability Engineering ISSRE 2002
  • Program Committee, Intern. Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS 2002)
  • Steering Committee Chair, and Program Committee member, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'2003), Tunisia July 2003
  • International Advisory Board, 1st International conference in Mechatronics (ICOM'01), February 2001
  • Program Committee, The World's Internet & Electronic Cities Conference (WIECC 2001, May 2003)
  • Program Committee, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Application, June 2001
  • Program Committee, 12th International Symp. on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE'2001, November 2001
  • Program Committee, 13th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS-2000), August 2000
  • Program Committee, 2nd Symposium on Reusable Architectures and Components for Developing Distributed Information Systems (RACDIS'00), July 2000.
  • Organizing Committee (Registration Chair), and Program Committee member of the Tenth International Symp. on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE'99, November 99
  • Program Committee, the 18th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS'99), October 99
  • Program Committee, 1st and 2nd International Workshop on Coloured Petri Nets and Design/CPN, 1998 and 1999
  • Organizing Committee (Registration Co-Chair), of the Ninth International Symp. on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE'98, November, 98
  • Treasurer of the Pittsburgh Section of IEEE Professional Society (July 98-December, 99)
  • Director of the Pittsburgh section of the IEEE, 96-present
  • Session Co-Chair, in the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Cairo University, Egypt, December 1997
  • International Program Committee, 1993 International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models (PNPM'93)
  • Session Chair, 1993 International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models (PNPM'93)
  • Secretary and Treasurer of the IEEE Monongahela Subsection (1992-1993)
  • Vice-Chairman of the IEEE Monongahela Subsection (1993-1994)
  • Chairman of the IEEE Monongahela Subsection (1994-1995)
  • Director of the Pittsburgh Section of the IEEE (1994-1996)
  • Program Committee, 1987 International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models (PNPM'87)
  • Member of the IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering
  • Reviewer for the Proceedings of the IEEE the IEEE Transactions on Computers, the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and the IEEE Transactions on Reliability, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, and IEEE Computer.

B) Department, College, and University:

  • Member of the WVUIT EE Chair Search Committee (University Committee)
  • Department Promotion &Tenure Committee (2002-2004)
  • College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Professional Faculty Development Committee
  • Department Computer Engineering Curriculum Committee
  • Software Engineering Program Committee
  • Departmental web Committee
  • Advisor for the WVU student branch of the IEEE Computer Soc.(1993-2002)
  • Member of the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Chair Search Committee (97-98)
  • Member of the Task force ad hoc committee for the realignment of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Statistics and Computer Science Departments, Fall 1996
  • Member of the Committee for the Software Engineering Certificate, and the Masters degree program in Software Engineering (95-96)
  • Faculty Advisor for the Muslim Student Association (96-97), (98-99)
  • ECE Distinguished Speakers series coordinator (95-96, 96-97)
  • Member of the ad hoc committee for research focus (96-97)
  • Member of the Computer Engineering Curriculum Committee (1985-Present)
  • Member of the Graduate committee (96-97)
  • Member of the workload Committee (96-97)
  • Member of the Faculty search Committee (Spring 94, 96-97)
  • School of Engineering Computer Users Committee, Clarkson Univ. (1986 1987)
  • Systems Engineering Seminar Organizer, Clarkson Univ. (1986 1987)
  • Departmental Library Representative, Clarkson Univ. (1985 1987)
  • Electrical Engineering Laboratory Committee, Clarkson Univ. (1987 1989)