Yarmouk University Hijjawi Faculty For Engineering Technology YUs

Yarmouk University Hijjawi Faculty For Engineering Technology YU’s Role & Team: Overview Mof Otoom, Ph. D Yarmouk University Thursday, March 27, 2014 OSSCOM Yarmouk University 1

Presentation Outline • • • Yarmouk University Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology Team Members YU’s Role in OSSCOM Members and Assigned Activities OSSCOM Yarmouk University 2

Yarmouk University • Located in the Northern part of Jordan (City of Irbid) • Was founded in 1976 with a mission to provide quality education • ~1000 academic staff and ~2000 administrative staff • 13 faculties that offer 56 bachelor, 63 master, and 19 Ph. D degree programs – 11 centers for research and career development OSSCOM Yarmouk University 3

Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology • Offers engineering programs of study leading to the B. S. and M. S. degrees in eight Engineering disciplines: – Electric Power, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer, Biomedical and Medical Informatics, Architectural, Civil, and Industrial OSSCOM Yarmouk University 4

Computer Engineering Department • 19 faculty members and 11 engineers and technicians serve about 600 undergraduates and about 70 graduates • Offers two special MS programs in embedded systems and industrial automation OSSCOM Yarmouk University 5

Team Members OSSCOM Adnan Al-Smadi Abdel. Karim Al. Tamimi Mof Otoom Baha’ Alsaify Hisham Almasaeid Mohammad Alzubaidi Amin Alqudah Mohannad Ersan Yarmouk University 6

YU’s Role in OSSCOM • YU role will focus all individual efforts in the department to the direction of building an incampus community in OSS that can also ultimately incur a change in the region. Its leading role will be in 2. 3: OSS Survey report (past due), 4. 2: Inventory of learning OSS material, and 6. 4: business incubator OSSCOM Yarmouk University 7

Team Members Adnan Al-Smadi Biography Activities • Dean of Hijjawi Faculty • Professor at Electronics Engineering Dept. • Head of the Quality Control Unit in Hijjawi • Recognition and Certificates Equivalency Committee Member at MOHE, Jordan • Vast experience in academia OSSCOM 1 2 Yarmouk University • Participate in focus groups on the quality of training experience, learning outcomes, re-constructed learning and institutional impact • Participate in developing feedback questionnaires and conducting peer reviews of updated curricula in OSS and for the professional diploma 8

Team Members Mof Otoom Biography Activities • Assistant Dean at Hijjawi • Contact Person of OSSCOM 2 • Coordinator all technical and administrative activities • Maintain all accounting and project updates 3 • Attend project expert meetings 4 • Coordinate with the national coordinator 1 Yarmouk University 9

Team Members Hisham Almasaeid Biography Activities • Assistant Dean at Hijjawi • Worked as a Software Engineer at Amazon. com • Experienced with development under Linux • Highly interested in crossplatform open-source initiatives • Chair of the National Steering Committee of the 7 th NTP OSSCOM Yarmouk University 1 • Cooperate with other OSSCOM partners to develop OSS course material 2 • Establish a liaison office at YU that will target enterprises as well as faculty and students 10

Team Members Abdel. Karim AL Tamimi Biography Activities • Assistant Professor of Cp. E • Co-founder of the Innovation Lab and Rn. I incubator at Hijjawi • Supervised several award winning senior projects • Judge and mentor for different technology competitions OSSCOM 1 • Develop an inventory of OSS learning resources 2 • Coordinate with all partners at partner countries incubating and nurturing innovative ideas 3 Yarmouk University • Send out a call for business plan, form an evaluation committee, and select one from each country 11

Team Members Baha’ Alsaify Biography Activities • Assistant professor of Cp. E • Was exposed to many OSS under different platforms • Supervised several award winning senior projects 1 2 3 4 OSSCOM Yarmouk University • Design the survey in coordination with all partners • Motivate all stakeholders to fill in the survey and collecting all data in Jordan and Lebanon • Develop a framework for capstone projects with focus on OSS • Participate in OSSCOM conferences 12

Team Members Amin Al. Qudah Biography Activities • Cp. E Dept. Head • His research interests include data mining and machine learning 1 2 OSSCOM Yarmouk University • Analyze collected data from surveys and write report • Participate in OSSCOM conferences 13

Team Members Mohammad Alzubaidi Biography Activities • Assistant Professor of Cp. E • His research interests include medical imaging perception and understanding, computer vision and pattern recognition, and machine learning OSSCOM Yarmouk University 1 2 • Analyze collected data from surveys and write report • Participate in OSSCOM conferences 14

Team Members Mohannad Ersan Biography Activities • Senior IT Technician • Head of the Technical Support Unit at Hijjawi 1 2 OSSCOM Yarmouk University • Participate in the training workshops for building capacity to support and operate OSS installed Technology Centers • Give any needed IT support to YU team 15

Questions OSSCOM Yarmouk University 16