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YU’s Role & Team: Overview. Mof Otoom , PhD Yarmouk University Thursday, March 27, 2014. Presentation Outline. Yarmouk University Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology Team Members YU’s Role in OSSCOM Members and Assigned Activities. Yarmouk University.
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YU’s Role & Team: Overview MofOtoom, PhD Yarmouk University Thursday, March 27, 2014 Yarmouk University
Presentation Outline • Yarmouk University • Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology • Team Members • YU’s Role in OSSCOM • Members and Assigned Activities Yarmouk University
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 PhD degree programs – 11 centers for research and career development Yarmouk University
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 Yarmouk University
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 Yarmouk University
Team Members AbdelKarimAlTamimi Baha’ Alsaify Mohammad Alzubaidi MohannadErsan Adnan Al-Smadi MofOtoom HishamAlmasaeid Amin Alqudah Yarmouk University
YU’s Role in OSSCOM • YU role will focus all individual efforts in the department to the direction of building an in-campus 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 Yarmouk University
Team MembersAdnan 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 Yarmouk University
Team MembersMofOtoom Biography Activities • Assistant Dean at Hijjawi • Contact Person of OSSCOM Yarmouk University
Team MembersHisham Almasaeid Biography Activities • Assistant Dean at Hijjawi • Worked as a Software Engineer at Amazon.com • Experienced with development under Linux • Highly interested in cross-platform open-source initiatives • Chair of the National Steering Committee of the 7th NTP Yarmouk University
Team MembersAbdelKarim AL Tamimi Biography Activities • Assistant Professor of CpE • Co-founder of the Innovation Lab and RnI incubator at Hijjawi • Supervised several award winning senior projects • Judge and mentor for different technology competitions Yarmouk University
Team MembersBaha’ Alsaify Biography Activities • Assistant professor of CpE • Was exposed to many OSS under different platforms • Supervised several award winning senior projects Yarmouk University
Team MembersAmin AlQudah Biography Activities • CpE Dept. Head • His research interests include data mining and machine learning Yarmouk University
Team MembersMohammad Alzubaidi Biography Activities • Assistant Professor of CpE • His research interests include medical imaging perception and understanding, computer vision and pattern recognition, and machine learning Yarmouk University
Team MembersMohannad Ersan Biography Activities • Senior IT Technician • Head of the Technical Support Unit at Hijjawi Yarmouk University
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