Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering August 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
Advisor: John A. Gubner

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering May 2000
Major Area: Control Systems
Research Interest: Robust Control
Thesis Title: A New Approach to Monte Carlo Analysis Illustrated for Resistive Ladder Networks
Advisor: B. Ross Barmish

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering July 1998
Major Area: Control and Communication Option
Research Interest: Robust Control
Thesis Title: Exponentially Correlated Velocity Radar Tracking Filters
Advisor: Cengiz C. Arcasoy

• Director, Partnership Development Office, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2007 – Present
• Full Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2007 – Present

Past Appointments

Short-Term Appointments

Scientific Journals
 

[J6]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat, and H. Kettani, "An implementation of LoSS detection using SOSS model", Journal of Information Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Volume 19, no. 2, pp. 22-34, December 2007.
[J5]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat and H. Kettani, “Uncovering Anomaly Traffic Based on Loss of Self-Similarity Behavior Using Second Order Statistical Model” International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, Vol. 7, No.-9, pp. 116-122, September 2007
[J4]	H. Kettani, "On the Conversion Between Number Systems," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Volume 53, Issue 11, pp. 1255-1258, November 2006
[J3]	H. Kettani and B. R. Barmish, "A New Monte Carlo Circuit Simulation Paradigm with Specific Results for Resistive Networks," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Volume 53, Issue 6, pp. 1289-1299, June 2006
[J2]	H. Kettani and J. A. Gubner, "A Novel Approach to the Estimation of the Long-Range Dependence Parameter," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, Volume 53, Issue 6, pp. 463-467, June 2006
[J1]	M. S. Alam, M. Haque, J. F. Khan, and H. Kettani, "Fringe-Adjusted Joint Transform Correlator Based Target Detection and Tracking in Forward Looking Infrared Image Sequence," Optical Engineering, Volume 43, pp. 1407-1413, June 2004

 
Scientific Conferences (selected)

[C41]	V. Zaharov and H. Kettani, “MIMO Ad Hoc Network Performance in the Presence of Co-Channel Interference” the 2nd International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE 2010), Singapore, February 2010
[C40]	V. Zaharov and H. Kettani, “Channel Power Allocation Factors Computing in MIMO Wireless Networks with Improved Water Pouring Algorithm,” the 2nd International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE 2010), Singapore, February 2010
[C39]	F. Fuentes, H. Kettani, G. Ostrouchov, M. Stoitsov, and H. Nam “Exploration of High-Dimensional Nuclei Data,” the 2nd International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE 2010), Singapore, February 2010
[C38]	S. Quiñones, E. Avilés, Y. Camacho, H. Kettani, and G. Ostrouchov, “Detecting Anomalies for High Performance Computing Resilience,” the 2nd International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE 2010), Singapore, February 2010
[C37]	H. Kettani and G. B. Newby, “Instability of relevance-ranked results using latent semantic indexing for web search,” proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43), Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, January 2010
[C36]	H. Kettani, “2010 World Muslim Population,” proceedings of the 8th Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2010
[C35]	H. Kettani, “The United States’ challenges in science and engineering education: the Hispanic factor,” proceedings of the 12th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE 2009), St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, November 2009
[C34]	H. Kettani, “Muslim population in Asia,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Singapore, October 2009
[C33]	H. Kettani, “Muslim population in Africa,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Singapore, October 2009
[C32]	H. Kettani, “Muslim population in Europe,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Singapore, October 2009
[C31]	H. Kettani, “Muslim population in the Americas,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Singapore, October 2009
[C30]	H. Kettani, “Muslim population in Oceania,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Singapore, October 2009
[C29]	H. Kettani, “The United States’ challenges in science and engineering education,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'09), Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2009
[C28]	H. Kettani and G. B. Newby, “On the ranking of text documents from large corpuses,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'09), Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2009
[C27]	V. Zaharov and H. Kettani, “On the power allocation of MIMO channels,” proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'09), Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2009
[C26]	H. Kettani, “Information systems security education at Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico,” proceedings of the 13th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, Seattle, Washington, June 2009
[C25]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat, and H. Kettani, “LoSS detection approach based on ESOSS and ASOSS models,” proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2008), pp. 192-197, Naples, Italy, September 2008
[C24]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat, and H. Kettani, “LoSS detection using parameter’s adjustment based on second order self-similarity statistical model,” proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Information Technology (ITSim2008), pp. 26-29, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2008
[C23]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat, and H. Kettani, “LoSS detection approach based on ESOSS and ASOSS models,” proceedings of the 4th FSKSM Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS’08), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, July 2008. (Winner of  Microsoft Best Paper Award)
[C22]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat, and H. Kettani, “Continuous LoSS detection using iterative window based on SOSS model and MLS approach,” proceedings of the International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE’08), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 2008
[C21]	B. H. Park, N. F. Samatova, R. Munavalli, R. Krishnamurthy, H. Kettani, and A. Geist, “Rapid and robust ranking of text documents in a dynamically changing corpus,” proceedings of the 6th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2008), Doha, Qatar, April 2008
[C20]	H. Kettani and G. Ostrouchov, “On the distribution of the distance between two multivariate normally distributed points,” proceedings of the 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2008
[C19]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat, and H. Kettani, “Loss of self-similarity detection with second order statistical model and multi-level aggregation approach,” proceedings of the International Conference on Robotic, Vision, Information and Signal Processing (ROVISP’07), Park Royal Penang, Malaysia, November 2007
[C18]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof, A. Selamat, and H. Kettani, “An implementation of LoSS detection with second order statistical model,” proceedings of the 3rd FSKSM Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS’07), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, July 2007
[C17]	O. Aldaoud, H. Kettani, K. Guduru and Q. Malluhi, “Storage performance over fast Ethernet, Giga Ethernet, Giga Ethernet TOE and InfiniBand,” proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2007), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2007
[C16]	O. Aldaoud, H. Kettani, K. Guduru and Q. Malluhi, “Performance analysis of network storage manager system using DAFS over InfiniBand,” proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2006), pp. 151 - 157, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2006
[C15]	H. Kettani, “Contributions to the theory of the non-central chi-square distribution,” proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC 2006), pp. 48 - 54, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2006
[C14]	H. Kettani, "On the non-central chi-square distribution with odd number of degrees of freedom," proceedings of the 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, pp. 1024-1028, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2006
[C13]	H. Kettani, "Network security and information assurance at Jackson State University," proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Education in Computer Security (WECS7), pp. 103-105, Monterey, California, January 2006
[C12]	H. Kettani, "K-Map analysis of digital circuits with uncertain inputs," proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Foundations of  Computer Science (FCS'05), pp. 24-28, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2005
[C11]	M. Anyanwu and H. Kettani, “An Overview of Wireless Networks,” proceedings of the 51st International Instrumentation Symposium, pp. 661-628, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 2005
[C10]	H. Kettani, "On the analysis of digital circuits with uncertain inputs," proceedings of the 2004 Annual IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals, and Systems (CSS 2004), pp. 90-95, Clearwater Beach, Florida, November 2004
[C9]	H. Kettani, "Monte Carlo analysis of  uncertain digital circuits," proceedings of  the 7th Annual Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) International Conference, Washington, Districst of Columbia, September 2004
[C8]	H. Kettani, "On the conversion between number systems," proceedings of the 2004 Annual International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'04), pp. 317-320, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2004
[C7]	H. Kettani, "A functional conversion from decimal to base b numbers," proceedings of the 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, pp. 426-428, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2004
[C6]	S. Yang, Z. Ali, H. Kettani, V. Verma and Q. Malluhi, “Network storage management in data grid environment,” proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Workshop on Grid and Cooperative Computing (GCC 2003), pp. 879-886, Shanghai, China, December 2003
[C5]	H. Kettani and J. A. Gubner, "Estimation of the long-range dependence parameter of fractional ARIMA processes" proceedings of the 28th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2003), pp. 307-308, Bonn, Germany, October 2003
[C4]	M. S. Alam, M. Huq, J. Khan, H. Kettani, A. S. Awwal, and K. M. Iftekharuddin, “Fringe-adjusted JTC-based target detection and tracking using subframes from a video sequence,” proceedings of SPIE International Society of  Optical Engineering, Volume 5201, pp. 85-96, San Diego, California, August 2003
[C3]	H. Kettani and J. A. Gubner, "A Novel approach to the estimation of the Hurst parameter in self-similar traffic," proceedings of the 27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN 2002), pp. 160-165, Tampa, Florida, November 2002 (Winner of LCN 2002 Best Paper Award)
[C2]	B. R. Barmish and H. Kettani, "Monte Carlo analysis of resistive networks without a priori probability distributions," proceedings of the 2000 Annual IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2000), pp. 1462-1465, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2000
[C1]	H. Kettani and B. R. Barmish, "A new approach to Monte Carlo analysis illustrated for resistive ladder networks," proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2000), Princeton, New Jersey, March 2000

 

My work has been cited in the following publications (excluding self-citations):

[Z65]	N. M. Markovich and J. Kilpi, “Bivariate statistical analysis of TCP-flow sizes and durations,” Volume 170, No. 1, pp. 199-216, September, 2009. Cited [J2].
[Z64]	J. Shaik and K. M. Iftekharuddin, “Detection and tracking of targets in infrared images using Bayesian techniques,” Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 41, Issue 6, pp. 832-842, September 2009. Cited [J1].
[Z63]	Z. Pang, D. Liu, N. Jing, and Z. Wang, “A Monte Carlo particle model associated with neural networks for tracking problem,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Volume 55, Issue 11, pp. 3421-3429, December 2008. Cited [J3].
[Z62]	C. M. Lagoa, F. Dabbene, and R. Tempo, “Hard bounds on the probability of performance with application to circuit analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Volume 55, Issue 10, pp. 3178-3187, November 2008. Cited [J3].
[Z61]	A. Undheim and P. J. Emstad, “Characterization of slice-based H.264/AVC encoded video traffic using token buckets,” Telecommunication Systems, Volume 39, No. 2, pp. 63-76, October, 2008. Cited [C3].
[Z60]	P. R. M. Inacio, M. M. Freire, M. Pereira, and P. P. Monteiro, “Analysis of the impact of intensive attacks on the self-similarity degree of the network traffic,” proceedings of the second International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies (SECURWARE 2008), pp. 107-113, Cap Esterel, France, August 2008. Cited [J2] and [J5].
[Z59]	B. AsSadhan, H. Kim, and J. M. F. Moura. “Long-range dependence analysis of control and data planes network traffic,” proceedings of the Saudi International Innovation Conference (SIIC 2008), Leeds, United Kingdom, June 2008. Cited [J2].
[Z58]	T. K. Rawat and H. Parthasarathy, “Modeling of an RC circuit using a stochastic differential equation,” Thammasat International Journal of Science and Technology, Volume 13, No. 2, April-June 2008.
[Z57]	S. András, and A. Baricz, “Properties of the probability density function of the non-central chi-squared distribution,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2008; 346 (2), pp. 395-402, February 2008. Cited [C15].
[Z56]	S. Mathieu and K. Karsten, “Estimation of ordinal pattern probabilities in fractional Brownian motion,” Mathematics ArXiv, arXiv:math.PR/0801.1598, February 2008. Cited [J2].
[Z55]	C. A. Tudor, “Analysis of the Rosenblatt process,” ESAIM Probability and Statistics, Volume 12, pp. 230-257, January 2008. Cited [C5].
[Z54]	N. Markovich, “Nonparametric analysis of univariate heavy-tailed data: research and practice,” John Wiley & Sons, December 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z53]	S. Islam and J. W. Atwood, “Sender access control in IP multicast”, proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, pp. 79-86, Dublin, Ireland, October 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z52]	K. M. Rezaul, and V. Grout, “Towards finding efficient tools for measuring the tail index and intensity of long-range dependent network traffic,” proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, pp. 973-980, Dublin, Ireland, October 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z51]	J. Kolbusz and S. Paszczynski, “Comparison of traffic self-similarity in two different computer networks,” Tools of Information Technology, Rzeszów, Poland, September 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z50]	N. Fürstenau, “A computational model of bistable perception attention dynamics with long range correlations,” proceedings of the 30th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2007, pp. 251-263, Osnabrück, Germany, September  2007. Cited [C3].
[Z49]	L. Mao, Y. Liu, and S. Ma “Research on method of network abnormal detection based on Hurst parameter estimation," Computer Engineering and Design, Vol.28 No.8 pp.1785-1787, August 2007. Cited Ph.D. Thesis.
[Z48]	F. Dabbene and P. Shcherbakov,  “Fast computation of dilation integrals for robustness analysis,” proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 2660-2665, New York, New York, July 2007. Cited [J3]
[Z47]	N. Fürstenau, “Simulation of spontaneous perception switching with a nonlinear dynamics model using perception-attention-memory coupling,” proceedings of the International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Beijing, China, July 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z46]	M. F. Rohani, A. H. Abdullah and M. A. Maarof , “Fast optimization method: an on-line Hurst parameter estimator,” proceedings of the 3rd FSKSM Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS’07), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, July 2007. Cited [C3] and Ph.D. thesis.
[Z45]	C. Bektas, S. Baykut, and T. Akgul, “Long-term dependence analysis in index return and absolute return series of Turkish stock market,” proceedings of the 15th IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications, pp. 1-4, Eskisehir, Turkey, June 2007. Cited Ph.D. Thesis and [J2].
[Z44]	V. Charoensiri and A. Surarerks, “Digit set conversion from redundant number system into complement representation,” ECTI Transactions on Computer and Information Technology, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 39-44,  May 2007. Cited [C8].
[Z43]	P. Carvalho, P. Solis, B. Queiroz, B. Carneiro, and M. Deus, “A traffic analysis per application in real IP/MPLS service provider network,” proceedings of the 2nd IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Broadband Convergence Networks (BCN), pp. 1-5, Munich, Germany, May 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z42]	K. M. Rezaul and V. Grout, “On reducing the degree of long-range dependent network traffic using the CoLoRaDe algorithm,” International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z41]	K. M. Rezaul and V. Grout, “CoLoRaDe: a novel algorithm for controlling long-range dependent network traffic,” proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Networking (ICN 2007), Martinique, French Caribbean, April 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z40]	N. Fürstenau and M. Mittendorf, “Simulation of spontaneous perception switching with a nonlinear dynamics model using perception-attention-memory coupling,” proceedings of Interdisciplinary College 2007 (IK2007), Günne, Germany, March 2007. Cited [J2].
[Z39]	K. M. Rezaul and V. Grout, “Robustness of HEAF(2) for estimating the intensity of long-range dependent network traffic,” proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Information and Communication Technologies International Conference (ICTIS'07), Fez, Morocco, March 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z38]	I. Osorio and M. G. Frei, “Hurst parameter estimation for epleptic seizure detection,” Communications in Information and Systems, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 167-176, February 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z37]	K. M. Rezaul and V. Grout, "Exploring the reliability and robustness of HEAF(2) for quantifying the intensity of long-range dependent network traffic,"  International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security,  Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 221-229, February 2007.
[Z36]	N. M. Garcia, P. P. Monteiro, and M. M. Freire, “Measuring and profiling IP traffic” the 4th European Conference on Universal Multiservice Networks (ECUMN 2007), pp. 283-291, Toulouse, France, February 2007. Cited [C3].
[Z35]	G. Marinova and V. Guliashki, “New methods for circuit optimization in the software system stopcomcir,” Problems of Engineering Cybernetics and Robotics, Vol. 57, pp. 9-20, publications of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2006. Cited [J3].
[Z34]	T. Karagiannis, M. Molle, and M. Faloutsos, “Understanding the limitations of estimation methods for long-range dependence,” University of  California - Reverside Technical Report, UCR-CS-2006-10245, October 2006. Cited [C3].
[Z33]	J. Kolbusz and S. Paszczynski, “Generator ruchu oparty na modelu "on - off"”, proceedings of the 22nd Regional Symposium on Telecommunications and Tele-informatics (XXII KSTiT) (Krajowego Sympozjum Telekomunikacji i Teleinformatyki), Bydgoszcz, Poland, September 2006. Cited [C3].
[Z32]	J. Kolbusz and S. Paszczynski, “The human’s behaviour influence on the traffic in LAN,” Tools of Information Technology,  Rzeszów, Poland, September 2006. Cited [C3].
[Z31]	X. Dai, Y. Wang, J. Shi, and T. Yan, “Research on level compression trie algorithm for packet classification,” Mini-Micro Systems, Vol. 27, No. 6, pp. 1023-1028, June 2006. Cited [C3].
[Z30]	K. M. Rezaul, R. Gilchrist, and A. Pakštas, “Long-range dependent self-similar network traffic: a simulation study to compare some new estimators,” proceedings of the 7th Annual PostGraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PG Net 2006), Liverpool, United Kingdom, June 2006. Cited [C3].
[Z29]	K. M. Rezaul, A. Pakštas, and R. Gilchrist, “Investigation of the properties of the HEAF estimator using simulation experiments and MPEG-encoded video traces," proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems (INES 2006), pp. 276 – 281, London, United Kingdom, June 2006. Cited [C3] and [C5] .
[Z28]	C. A. Tudor, “Analysis of the Rosenblatt process,” Mathematics ArXiv, arXiv:math.PR/0606602, June 2006. Cited [C5].
[Z27]	K. M. Rezaul, A. Pakstas, and R. Gilchrist, “Investigation of the properties of the HEAF estimator using simulation experiments and MPEG-encoded video traces," proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems (INES 2006), pp. 276 – 281, London, United Kingdom, June 2006. Cited [C3].
[Z26]	M. F. Rohani, M. A. Maarof and A. Selamat, "Analysis of malicious traffic and its impact to QoS metric LRD and energy invariant," proceedings of the Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar 2006 (PARS 2006), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, May 2006. Cited Ph.D. thesis.
[Z25]	M. Orshansky, W. Wang, G. Xiang, and V. Kreinovich, "Interval-based robust statistical techniques for non-negative convex functions with application to timing analysis of computer chips," proceedings of Reliable Engineering Computing (REC 2006), Savannah, Georgia, February 2006. Cited [C2].
[Z24]	C. Houdre and R. Kawai, "On fractional tempered stable motion," Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, January 2006. Cited [C3].
[Z23]	G. R. Dattatreya, "Estimation of peer-to-peer network's bursty-traffic parameters," WSEAS Transactions on Computers, volume 4, pp. 1725 - 1732, December 2005. Cited [C3].
[Z22]	P. Ciżkowicz, "Long memory in GDP series - estimation of the fractional integration parameter modified by autocorrelation," National Bank of Poland, Bank and Credit (Bank i Kredyt)- no. 11-12/2005, December, 2005. Cited [C5]. [Abstract]
[Z21]	J. Kolbusz, S. Paszczynski,and B. M. Wilamowski, "Network traffic model for industrial environment," proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN 2005), pp. 406-411, Perth, Australia, August 2005. Cited [C3].
[Z20]	M. Salleh and A. Z. Abu Bakar, “Performance of transmission control protocol on self-similar traffic,” Journal Teknologi Maklumat, Volume 17, No. 1, pp. 18-32, June 2005. Cited [C3].
[Z19]	M. Orshansky, W. Wang, G. Xiang, and V. Kreinovich, "Interval-based robust statistical techniques for non-negative convex functions with application to timing analysis of computer chips," Technical Report, UTEP-CS-06-05, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas – El Paso, Texas, June 2005. Cited [C2].
[Z18]	P. H. P. de Carvalho, H. Abdalla Jr., A.M. Soares, P.S. Barreto, and P. Tarchetti, "Analysis of the influence of self-similar traffic in the performance of real time applications," proceedings of ACIT - Communication Systems (ACIT-CS 2005), Novosibirsk, Russia, June 2005. Cited [C3].
[Z17]	M. Salleh and A. Z. Abu Bakar, “Comparison of TCP variants over self-similar traffic,” proceedings of the 1st FSKSM Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS’05), pp.  259-264, Johor, Malaysia, May 2005. Cited [C3].
[Z16]	N. Locci, C. Muscas, and S. Sulis, “Converting specifications of DSP-based instruments into data suitable for Monte Carlo uncertainty estimation methods,” proceedings of the IEEE AMUEM 2005 International Workshop on Advanced Methods for Uncertainty Estimation in Measurement, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 2005. Cited [C2].
[Z15]	J. A. Gubner, "Theorems and fallacies in the theory of long-range-dependent processes," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Volume 51,  Issue 3,  pp. 1234-1239, March 2005. Acknowledgement.
[Z14]	P. R. T. Silva, "Estudo do tráfego auto-similar em redes multiserviço," Ph.D. Thesis, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil, January 2005. Cited [C3].
[Z13]	L. Rodrigues and P. R. Guardieiro, "A spatial and temporal analysis of Internet aggregate traffic at the flow level," proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM 2004), pp. 685-691, Dallas, Texas, November 2004. Cited [C3].
[Z12]	C. Loo and M. S. Alam, “Invariant object tracking using fringe-adjusted joint transform correlator,” Optical Engineering, Volume 43, Issue 9, pp. 2175-2183, September 2004. Cited [C4].
[Z11]	M. Y. Idris, A. H. Abdullah, and M. A. Maarof, "Iterative window size estimation on self-similarity measurement for network traffic anomaly detection," International Journal on Computing and Information Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 84-92, August 2004. Cited [C3].
[Z10]	Y. Wang, J. Shi, X. Dai, and T. Yan, "Simulated testing and comparison of algorithms for packet classification," the Journal of  the University of Science and Technology of China, Volume 34, Number 4, pp. 400-409, August 2004. Cited [C3].
[Z9]	G. R. Dattatreya, "Hurst parameter estimation from noisy observations of data traffic traces," Technical Report, UTDCS-07-04, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas – Dallas, Dallas, Texas, July 2004. Cited [C3].
[Z8]	M. Y. Idris, A. H. Abdullah, and M. A. Maarof, "An iterative estimation of data window size for anomaly detection using self-similar feature in network traffic,” The 1st Conference on Telematics Systems, Services, and Applications (TSSA 2004), Bandung, Indonesia, May 2004. Cited [C2] and Ph.D. Thesis.
[Z7]	M. S. Alam, J. Khan and A. Bal, "Heteroassociative multiple-target tracking by fringe-adjusted joint transform correlation," Applied Optics, Volume 43, Issue 2, pp. 358-365, January 2004. Cited [J1].
[Z6]	B. R. Barmish, “Risk assessment via Monte Carlo simulation: tolerances versus statistics,” proceedings of the 2003 Louisiana Workshop on System Safety (LAWSS’03), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2003. Cited [C1] and [C2].
[Z5]	C. Lagoa and B. R. Barmish, "Distributionally robust Monte Carlo simulation: a tutorial survey," proceedings of the 2002 IFAC World Congress, pp. 1327-1338, Barcelona, Spain, July 2002. Cited [C1] and [C2].
[Z4]	V. Liberatore, “Randomization constrained,” Case Western Reserve University Technical Report EECS-02-14, April 2002. Cited [C2].
[Z3]	C. Lagoa and B. R. Barmish, "Distributionally  robust Monte Carlo simulation: a tutorial survey," Case Western Reserve University Technical Report EECS 01-01, September 2001. Cited [C1] and [C2].
[Z2]	V. Winstead and B. R. Barmish “A universal figure of merit for stochastic first order filters” proceedings of the 2001 Annual IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2001), pp. 845-848, Sydney, Australia, May 2001. Cited [C2].
[Z1]	V. Winstead and B. R. Barmish “Distributionally robust Monte Carlo analysis of circuits: the truncation phenomenon,” proceedings of the Robust Control workshop 2000, pp. 363-374, Newcastle, Australia, December 2000. Cited [C2].

Awarded Grants                                                                                                                    

• PI: H. Kettani, “Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Nuclear Education Fellowship Program,” U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Grant of $400,000 awarded under subcontract NRC-38-09-937 for the period of August 2009 – August 2013.
• PI: H. Kettani, “Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Faculty Research Support,” U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Grant of $23,000 awarded under subcontract NRC-27-09-310 for the period of April 2009 – December 2010.
• PI:  H. Kettani and O. Rodriguez, “Travel Assistance to Attend DOE’s Day of Science Event on October 28-29, 2007,” U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Grant of $21,000 awarded under subcontract NRC-27-08-304 for the period of October – November 2007.  
• PI: H. Kettani. “Intelligent Information Management in Data-Intensive HPC Environments Using Content-Based File Systems,” submitted to the High Performance Computing Visualization Initiative (HPCVI), US Department of Defense via the Army/Engineering Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant of $147,257 awarded under subcontract W912HZ-05-C-0051 for the period of July 2005 – December 2006.
• PI: L. A. Moore. Co-PI: H. Kettani. “Collaborative Project: A Cyber Service Scholarship Proposal,” the National Science Foundation (NSF). Grant of $222,074 Awarded for the period of August 2003 – August 2006
• PI: L. A. Moore. Co-PI: H. Kettani. “Collaborative Project: Expansion and Enhancement of the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Program,” the National Science Foundation (NSF). Grant of $127,527 Awarded for the period of August 2003 – August 2004
• PI: H. Kettani. “A New Monte Carlo Circuit Simulation Paradigm with Specific Results for Resistive Networks,” submitted to the Center for University Scholars, Jackson State University in June 2003. Grant of $5,000 received for the period of July 2003.
• H. Kettani, “The Design of a New Stochastic Model for TCP-Modulated Network Traffic,” submitted to Los Alamos National Laboratories in October 2000. Grant of $17,000 received under subcontract 25136-001-01-4T for the period of January 2001 - June 2001.
• Funded by the National Science Foundation through professor B. Ross Barmish to perform research in the area of Robust Control, under Grants ECS-9711590 and ECS-9811051, January 1999 - May 2000

Reviewing and Conference Service Activities                                                                              

Journal Papers Reviewing

• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 2007
  
• EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2007
• IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2007
• Journal of Supercomputing, 2007
• The International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 2006
• IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2006
• IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2004 and 2005
• The Computers and Electrical Engineering Journal, 2003 and 2004
  

Conference Papers Reviewing

• The 31^st Annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2007), Beijing, China, July 2007
• The 6^th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2007
  
• The 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2006
  
• The Annual IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Phoenix, Arizona, April 2004
• The Annual IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC), Phoenix, Arizona, April 2003

Conference Session Chair

• Communication Systems and Algorithms Session Chair, the 2006 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Techniques and Applications (PDPTA 2006), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2006
• Modeling and Simulation Session Chair, the 2006 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC 2006), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2006
• Statistics and Probability Session, the 5^th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2006
• Optimization and Algorithms Sessions, the 2005 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'05), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2005
• Analog and Digital - Circuits and Systems Session, the 2004 Annual IASTED International Conference on Circuits, Signals, and Systems (CSS 2004), Clearwater Beach, Florida, November 2004
• Computational Mathematics Session, the 2004 Annual International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'04), Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2004
• Computational Mathematics Session, the 3^rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2004

Grant Proposals Reviewing 

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) Program, June 2007
  

Invited Panelist

• Advancing the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education and Research Enterprise, National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Washington, District of Columbia, September 2007

• Track C: Hot Topics II – Thinking of a Career in Information Assurance?, the 21^st Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC2005), Tucson, Arizona, December 2005

Exhibitor

• Minority Outreach Program, the International Conference for High Performance Computing , Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC06), Tampa, Florida, November 2006

Awards and Honors                                                                                                                                          

• Keynote Speaker, the 2009 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Singapore, October 2009

• The Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) 2009 Summer Internship Recognition Award for “exceptional mentoring” of students in the program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, August 2009

• Visiting Faculty Fellowship, High Performance Computing and Modernization Program Office, Department of Defense, Lorton, Virginia, June 2008 – August 2008
• Microsoft Best Paper Award, presented at the 4^th FSKSM Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS’08), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, July 2008
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Corporate Award, ORAU's partnership Development Office, amount of $6,250 received in recognition to my research contributions, Oak Ridge, Tenessee, June 2007
• Women’s Institute in Summer Enrichment (WISE) Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, California, June 2007
• 6.3% Performance-Based Salary Increase, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, August 2006
• The Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) 2006 Summer Internship Recognition Award for “selfless mentoring” of students in the program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, August 2006
• Certificate of Appreciation, “in recognition of your outstanding achievements and tireless efforts with the Computer Science Students at Jakson State University,” presented by the ACM student Chapter, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, April 2006
• The Seventh Workshop on Education in Computer Security (WECS7) Scholarship, The Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, January, 2006.
• The Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) 2005 Summer Internship Recognition Award for “selfless mentoring” of students in the program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, August 2005
• The Sixth Workshop on Education in Computer Security (WECS6) Scholarship, The Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, July, 2004.
• LCN 2002 Best Paper Award, with regard to the paper I submitted and presented, Tampa, Florida, November 2002
• Travel Grant Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison, to present my paper at Tampa, Florida, July 2002
• Outstanding Leadership & Achievement Award, given by the Student Organization Office, University of Wisconsin - Madison, in recognition to my work with the Muslim Students Association, May 2002
• Gerald Holdrege Tutorial/Course Development Award, given by the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, in recognition of my contributions to feedback control systems course, May 2000
• Travel Grant Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison, to present my paper at ISCAS 2000, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2000
• Recipient of Academic Excellence Scholarship, awarded to students with outstanding academic achievement, February 1996 - June 1998
• Ranked the third out of over 100 graduates, July 1998
• Received high honor certificates every semester for academic achievement, February 1996 - June 1998
• The Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) 2007 Summer Internship Recognition Award for “selfless mentoring” of students in the program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, August 2007

Courses Taught                                                                                                                              

Full Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, August 2007 – Present

• Advanced Analysis and Design of Algorithms (Graduate)
  
• Data Communications Networks (Graduate)
  
• Discrete Structures

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Jackson State University, July 2003 – August 2007

• Algorithm, Design and Analysis
• Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (Graduate)
• Digital Logic
  
• Discrete Structures
• Information and Computer Security (Graduate and Undergraduate)
  

Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison, September 1998 - May 2002

Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, October 1997 - June 1998

• ORAU Councilor and Chief Research Officer, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2008 – Present

• School Coordinator, U. S. Department of Energy’s Day of Science, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 2007

• External Supervisor/Academic Advisor, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia, August 2006 – present

• Mentor, Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE), Minority Biomedical Research Support, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, August 2003 – August 2007

• Judge, the 2005 National Reseach Symposium, Jackson, Mississippi, October 2005

• Mentor, Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS), Computing and Computational Science Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, June 2005 – August 2005

• Judge, Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, March 2004

University, College and Department Committees Membership

• Graduate Council, Jackson State University, August 2006 –  August 2007
• University Curriculum Committee, Jackson State University, August 2006 –  August 2007
• Objectives and Assessments ABET Committee, Department of Computer Science, Jackson State University, January 2006 – August 2007
• Institutional Support and Financial Resources ABET Committee, Department of Computer Science, Jackson State University, January 2006 – August 2007
• Institutional Facilities ABET Committee, Department of Computer Science, Jackson State University, January 2006 – August 2007
• Graduate Admission Committee, Department of Computer Science, Jackson State University, August 2003 – August 2007
• Department Curriculum Development/Evaluation Committee, Department of Computer Science, Jackson State University, January 2005 – May 2005
• College of Science, Engineering, and Technology Policies and Procedures Review Committee, Jackson State University, January 2005 – May 2005
• Performance Base Pay Committee, Jackson State University, August 2004 – July 2005
• Chair, Theoretical Foundations ABET Committee, Department of Computer Science, Jackson State University, August 2003 – December 2003
  

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