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Dr. Houssain Kettani received the Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus in 1998, and Master’s and doctorate degrees both in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Kettani served as faculty member at the University of South Alabama (2002-2003), Jackson State University (2003-2007), Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (2007-2012), Fort Hays State University (2012-2016), Florida Polytechnic University (2016-2018) and Dakota State University since 2018. Dr. Kettani has served as Staff Research Assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory in summer of 2000, Visiting Research Professor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in summers of 2005 to 2011, Visiting Research Professor at the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks in summer of 2008, and Visiting Professor at the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in summer of 2010. Dr. Kettani’s research interests include computational science and engineering, high performance computing algorithms, information retrieval, network traffic characterization, number theory, robust control and optimization, and Muslim population studies. He presented his research in over one hundred refereed conference and journal publications and his work received over six hundred citations by researchers all over the world. He chaired over hundred international conferences throughout the world and successfully secured external funding of more than a million dollars for research and education from US federal agencies such as NSF, DOE, DOD and NRC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical
and
Computer Engineering (ECE),
University of Wisconsin (UW),
Madison, WI, USA, 2002 Major Area:
Communication Systems and Signal Processing
Research Interest: Computer Networks Thesis Title: A Novel Approach to the Estimation of the Long-Range Dependence Parameter [PDF] Advisor: John A. Gubner |
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Master of Science (MSc), Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, 2000 Major Area: Control
Systems
Research Interest:
Robust Control
Thesis Title: A New
Approach to
Advisor: B.
Ross Barmish
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Bachelor of Science with High Honor (BSc), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), North
Cyprus, 1998 Major Area: Control
and Communication Option
Research Interest: Robust Control Thesis Title: Exponentially Correlated Velocity Radar Tracking Filters Advisor: Cengiz C. Arcasoy |
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Positions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dakota State University,
Madison, SD, USA Professor, The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences (BCCC), since 2018 |
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Florida
Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL, USA |
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Fort Hays State
University, Hays, KS, USA Professor (Tenured), Department of Computer
Science and Information Systems Engineering (CSISE), 2014 -
2016
Interim Director, Information Enterprise Institute (IEI), 2014 - 2016 Founding Director, Computer Science and
Information Systems Engineering Program, 2014 - 2016
Founding Director, Information Systems Engineering Program, 2012 - 2014 Professor, Department of Informatics (INF), 2012 - 2014 |
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Polytechnic University, San
Juan, PR, USA Professor, Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering and Computer Science, 2009 - 2012
Founding Director, Partnership Development Office, Polytechnic University, San Juan, PR, USA, 2009 – 2012 Founding Director, Nuclear Education Fellowship Program (NEFP), Polytechnic University, San Juan, PR, USA, 2009 – 2012 Coordinator, Electrical Engineering Graduate Program (EEGP), Polytechnic University, San Juan, PR, USA, 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science (ECECS), 2007 - 2009 |
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University
of
Technology Malaysia (UTM),
Skudai,
Johor, Malaysia Associate Professor (External
Supervisor/Academic Advisor), Faculty of Computer
Science and Information Systems (CSIS), 2006 - 2008
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Jackson State University, Jackson, MS,
USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer
Science (CS),
2003 - 2007
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University of South Alabama, Mobile,
AL, USA, 2002 – 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering (ECE),
2002
- 2003
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University of Wisconsin, Madison,
WI, USA Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE),
1998 - 2002
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Eastern Mediterranean University,
Famagusta, Cyprus Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of
Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), 1997 -
1998
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Summer Appointments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA Visiting Research Faculty, Statistics and Data
Science Group, Computer Science and Mathematics
Division, 2011
Visiting Professor, Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS), University of Tennessee and ORNL, 2010 Visiting Research Faculty, Statistics and Data Science Group, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, 2009 Visiting Research Faculty, Statistics and Data Science Group, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, 2007 Distinguished Visiting Scientist/Faculty, Statistics and Data Science Group, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, 2006 Visiting Research Faculty, Statistics and Data Science Group, Computer Science and Mathematics Division (CSMD), 2005 |
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University of Alaska,
Fairbanks, AK, USA Visiting Research Professor, Arctic Region
Supercomputing Center (ARSC),
2008
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Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA Staff Research Assistant, Computing,
Information and Communication Division (CICD),
2000
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Courses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Undergraduate @DSU: Computer
Science II (C++) (2)
@FPU: Applied Cryptography (4 times), Data Structures and Algorithm Design (3), Algorithm Design and Analysis (4), Machine Learning (2), Design II (2). @FHSU: Capstone Seminar in Information Networking (4 times), Computer Science I (C++) (1), Computer Operating Systems (1), Data Structures and Algorithm Design (1), Foundations of Information Networking (4), Foundations of Information Systems Engineering (2), Information Management (1), Introduction to Computer Information Systems (4), Introduction to Cryptography (1), Networks and Data Communications (1), Random Signal Analysis (1), Signals and Systems (1) @PUPR:
Discrete Structures (25 times)
@JSU: Algorithm, Design and Analysis (9 times), Digital System Design (1), Discrete Structures (8), Information and Computer Security (4) @USA: Digital System Design (2 times), MATLAB (1), PSpice (1), Random Signals in Linear Systems (2) @UW: Electromechanical Energy Conversion (1 time), Electronic Circuits II (1), MATLAB (2) @EMU: FORTRAN (1 time), Pascal (1) |
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Graduate @DSU:
Cyber Security Research
(2), Data Privacy (1), Secure
Software Engineering (1)
@PUPR: Data Communications Networks (3 times) @JSU: Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (4 times), Information and Computer Security (4) @USA: Digital Image Processing (1 time), Pattern Recognition (1) @UW: Advanced Digital Signal Processing (1 time), Communication Systems Laboratory (1), Introduction to Numerical Methods (2), Numerical Linear Algebra (2) |
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Refereed Publications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Research Interests Computational Science and Engineering, High Performance Computing Algorithms, Information Retrieval, Network Traffic Characterization, Number Theory, Population Research, and Robust Control and Optimization |
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Books
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Book Chapters [BC2] Kettani, H. (2017). Muslims. In T. Ownby, C.R. Wilson, A.J. Abadie & J.G. Thomas (Eds.), The Mississippi Encyclopedia (p. 900). Oxford, MS: University Press of Mississippi. [PDF] [BC1] Rohani, M.F., Maarof, M.A., Selamat, A. & Kettani, H. (2008). Horizontal LoSS Analysis in Multi-Level Sampling Structure. In M.A. Maarof (Ed.), Advanced Computer Network and Security (pp. 87-112). Skudai: Penerbit UTM Press. [PDF] |
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Scientific
Journals
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Scientific
Conferences
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