Dr. Said Selim Elnaffar |
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| Highest Degree | PhD in Computing and Information Science Queen's University, Canada |
| Position | Associate Professor |
| Faculty | School of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology |
| Telephone/Ext | +971(4)7096821 |
| Location | Hub 09 |
Position Associate Professor
Email said.elnaffar@cud.ac.ae
Telephone/Ext +971(4)7096821
Location Hub 09
Highest Degree PhD in Computing and Information Science
Queen's University, Canada
Faculty School of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology
Biography
Dr. Said Elnaffar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Computational Sciences, at Canadian University Dubai, and also serves as the Chair of the Software Design Program. He holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Queen’s University in Canada. Dr. Elnaffar won the IBM PhD Fellowship Award and served as a Research Associate at the Centre of Advanced Studies (CAS) of IBM Canada. With a diverse academic background, he has previous experience from institutions such as UAE University, American University in Ras al Khaimah, and American University in the Emirates. Dr. Elnaffar is renowned for his engaging teaching methods, winning him the Best Teaching Award and recognition for the Best Research paper in Computing Education.
His research, funded by various governmental agencies and industrial firms, is published in esteemed international journals and IEEE/ACM Conferences. Additionally, he has played key roles in organizing and serving on program committees for conferences and workshops. Dr. Elnaffar's entrepreneurial drive is evident through his contributions to firms with industrial consultation and professional training. He has several industrial certifications from IT giants like Google and IBM, focusing on contemporary fields such as machine learning, data science, and software engineering and development.
Dr. Said Elnaffar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Computational Sciences, at Canadian University Dubai, and also serves as the Chair of the Software Design Program. He holds an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Queen’s University in Canada. Dr. Elnaffar won the IBM PhD Fellowship Award and served as a Research Associate at the Centre of Advanced Studies (CAS) of IBM Canada. With a diverse academic background, he has previous experience from institutions such as UAE University, American University in Ras al Khaimah, and American University in the Emirates. Dr. Elnaffar is renowned for his engaging teaching methods, winning him the Best Teaching Award and recognition for the Best Research paper in Computing Education.
His research, funded by various governmental agencies and industrial firms, is published in esteemed international journals and IEEE/ACM Conferences. Additionally, he has played key roles in organizing and serving on program committees for conferences and workshops. Dr. Elnaffar's entrepreneurial drive is evident through his contributions to firms with industrial consultation and professional training. He has several industrial certifications from IT giants like Google and IBM, focusing on contemporary fields such as machine learning, data science, and software engineering and development.
Research Interests Keywords
Applied Machine Learning , Cloud Computing , Internet of Things , Computing EducationAcademic Publications
Publications
- Zakaria Maamar, Noura Faci, Said Elnaffar, Fadwa Yahya, Khouloud Boukadi, Djamal Benslimane, “Semantic Thingsourcing in the Internet-of-Things,” in Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 2021.
- X. Zhao, S. S. Band, S. Elnaffar, M. Sookhak, A. Mosavi and E. Salwana, "The Implementation of Border Gateway Protocol Using Software-Defined Networks: A Systematic Literature Review," in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3103241.
- Tahseen Al-Doori, Ahmed N. Al-Masri and Said Elnaffar. (2021) Security Threats Intercepted by the Integrated IDs/ IPs in the Cisco Unified Wireless Network: Observations and Reflections during COVID-19 Period. The 2nd International Conference on Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems (ICDSIS2021), China, July 30-31, 2021 (Online).
- Hamza Salem, Manuel Mazzara, and Said Elnaffar. (2021) Automatically Injecting Sematic Annotations into Online Articles. The 14-th International Symposium on Mining and Web (MAW-2021), with AINA-2021: The 35-th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2021), Springer Series "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing": http://www.springer.com/series/11156.
- Zakaria Maamar, Khouloud Boukadi, Bamory Kone, Djamal Benslimane, and Said Elnaffar. (2020) “Thingsourcing to Enable IoT Collaboration”, 29th IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE 2020), Future Internet Services and Applications (FISA 2020), Bayonne, France (Virtual), Sept. 25-27, 2020 [SCOPUS, to appear]
- Said Elnaffar, Zakaria Maamar, Vanilson Buregio, Mohamed Sellami, and Noura Faci. (2020) “Augmenting Enterprise Systems with Social Networking Capabilities via Design Patterns”, Proceedings of 3rd American University in the Emirates International Research Conference 2020, Dubai, UAE (Virtual), Aug. 8, 2020. [Springer, to appear].
- Zakaria Maamar, Mohamed Sellami, Thar Baker, Said Elnaffar, Maj Alshibly. (2020) “Atomicity in the Internet of Transactional Things (Io2T)”. In: Barolli L., Amato F., Moscato F., Enokido T., Takizawa M. (eds) Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications. WAINA 2020 (Workshops of AINA 2020). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1150. Springer, Cham., March 31, 2020. http://doi-org-443.webvpn.fjmu.edu.cn/10.1007/978-3-030-44038-1_5 [ SCOPUS]
- Said Elnaffar, “The Visual Advisor: Academic Advising Streamlined”, Assessment in MENA(AIM), AD, UAE, April 7-8, 2019.
- Said Elnaffar and Aisha El Allam, “An App Approach to Correcting the Posture of Smartphone Users”, 2018 IEEE Advances in Science and Engineering Technology (ASET 2018) - Engineering Innovations in Healthcare International Conference, Abu Dhabi, 2018, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376910 [SCOPUS].
- Zakaria Maamar, Noura Faci, Said Elnaffar, Fadwa Yahya, Khouloud Boukadi, Djamal Benslimane, “Semantic Thingsourcing in the Internet-of-Things,” in Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 2021.
- X. Zhao, S. S. Band, S. Elnaffar, M. Sookhak, A. Mosavi and E. Salwana, "The Implementation of Border Gateway Protocol Using Software-Defined Networks: A Systematic Literature Review," in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3103241.
- Tahseen Al-Doori, Ahmed N. Al-Masri and Said Elnaffar. (2021) Security Threats Intercepted by the Integrated IDs/ IPs in the Cisco Unified Wireless Network: Observations and Reflections during COVID-19 Period. The 2nd International Conference on Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems (ICDSIS2021), China, July 30-31, 2021 (Online).
- Hamza Salem, Manuel Mazzara, and Said Elnaffar. (2021) Automatically Injecting Sematic Annotations into Online Articles. The 14-th International Symposium on Mining and Web (MAW-2021), with AINA-2021: The 35-th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2021), Springer Series "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing": http://www.springer.com/series/11156.
- Zakaria Maamar, Khouloud Boukadi, Bamory Kone, Djamal Benslimane, and Said Elnaffar. (2020) “Thingsourcing to Enable IoT Collaboration”, 29th IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE 2020), Future Internet Services and Applications (FISA 2020), Bayonne, France (Virtual), Sept. 25-27, 2020 [SCOPUS, to appear]
- Said Elnaffar, Zakaria Maamar, Vanilson Buregio, Mohamed Sellami, and Noura Faci. (2020) “Augmenting Enterprise Systems with Social Networking Capabilities via Design Patterns”, Proceedings of 3rd American University in the Emirates International Research Conference 2020, Dubai, UAE (Virtual), Aug. 8, 2020. [Springer, to appear].
- Zakaria Maamar, Mohamed Sellami, Thar Baker, Said Elnaffar, Maj Alshibly. (2020) “Atomicity in the Internet of Transactional Things (Io2T)”. In: Barolli L., Amato F., Moscato F., Enokido T., Takizawa M. (eds) Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications. WAINA 2020 (Workshops of AINA 2020). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1150. Springer, Cham., March 31, 2020. http://doi-org-443.webvpn.fjmu.edu.cn/10.1007/978-3-030-44038-1_5 [ SCOPUS]
- Said Elnaffar, “The Visual Advisor: Academic Advising Streamlined”, Assessment in MENA(AIM), AD, UAE, April 7-8, 2019.
- Said Elnaffar and Aisha El Allam, “An App Approach to Correcting the Posture of Smartphone Users”, 2018 IEEE Advances in Science and Engineering Technology (ASET 2018) - Engineering Innovations in Healthcare International Conference, Abu Dhabi, 2018, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376910 [SCOPUS].