German Jordanian University GJU Jordan 1 GJU Overview

German Jordanian University (GJU) Jordan 1

GJU Overview • A public Jordanian university founded in 2005. • Located in Amman, Jordan. • Modeled on the German universities of applied sciences. • Offers over 20 undergraduate and graduate programs. • Positioned itself as a leading institution of higher learning, known for its leading teaching and research accomplishments. 2

Faculty of Computer Engineering and Information Technology • Three undergraduate programs: – B. Sc. Computer Engineering – B. Sc. Communication Engineering – B. Sc. Computer Science • One graduate program: – M. Sc. Computer Engineering 3

GJU Team Members • Salem Al-Aqtash, Ph. D • Mohammad Daoud, Ph. D • Sahel Alouneh, Ph. D • Ala Khalifeh, Ph. D • Ismail Hababeh, Ph. D • Bassam Al-Asir, Ph. D 4

GJU Roles • GJU will cooperate to achieve the objectives of the project in developing partnership with enterprises to build OSS communities and enhance technology education. • GJU will improve the quality of its technology education by developing and hosting OSS technologies, services and applications. • develop partnership and help support OSS communities. 5

GJU Roles • GJU’s main leading roles in OSSCOM will be: – Leading WP. 5 in developing partnership model – Taking a technical management role in the project (1. 2) – Hosting a national technology center – Developing partnership model (5. 2) – Supporting quality and monitory of project activities (6. 1). 6

GJU Roles GJU will participate in all project activities as well, benefiting from EU partner experiences and building on its strong outreach to the communities as well as on its willingness to embrace new models of education and help incubate entrepreneurship and innovation. 7

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