Current Designation : Professor

NYiT Faculty Member Since : September 2008
 

Qualifications:

PhD. From De Paul University / USA

Education :

Experience Highlights :

Dean and Academic Chair :

• Plan course curriculum for undergraduate and graduate programs in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Management of Information Systems, and Information, Network & Computer Security, as well as mathematical courses.

• Design and implement new programs and courses that meet market demand and opportunities; and enhance current curriculum, programs and courses.

• Establish and/or implement university and/or departmental policies and standards concerning student eligibility, student grievances, prerequisite selection and other policies and standards.

• Perform the staffing function for all faculty, department chairs, assistant deans and other staff assuring that they meet the standards of the profession and the academic requirements of the university, including mentoring and monitoring for quality assurance.

• Allocate and plan for financial and personnel resources necessary to carry out academic programs.

• Schedule all classes and computer labs for all undergraduate and graduate courses in lieu with course requirements, enrollment numbers, and students’ special needs.

• Establish academic standards for the students and staff that comply with the university standards.

• Provide counsel with regard to course selection and program direction for all undergraduate and graduate students as necessary, and to prospective students as needed.

• Assist the Campus President and/or Vise President with many academic, administrative and IT issues.

• Assist in the design and implementation of programs/systems to help student retention and success rates, encourage excellence in teaching and recognize best practices, and assist in academic advising.

• Introduce programs/systems to assist department chairs for proactive reviews of faculty performance and early identification of problematic situations.

Professor :

• Self-motivated and experienced teacher of a variety of courses in the areas of mathematics and computer science.

• Taught many courses that range from introductory to advanced topics in computer science and information systems.  These courses have also covered a wide variety of areas including theoretical computing, databases, programming languages, data mining, operating systems, mathematical and statistical foundations, data structures, and information systems analysis and design.

• Preparation of course materials, lectures, assignments, projects and examinations.

• Curriculum and course development for course, concentrations and programs for data mining, machine learning and databases.

• Created, mentored and coordinated faculty committees that are responsible for the database and data mining courses and programs.

• Experienced in designing, delivering and monitoring online courses using a variety of distance learning technologies.

Research and Development :

• Research interests include: databases, data mining, artificial intelligence, neural networks and information retrieval.

• Ph.D. dissertation includes a survey of neural networks and other machine learning algorithms and their applications.

• Technical background in engineering enables the pursuit and exploration of empirical and practical research in addition to the purely theoretical.  Preference is research that can be implemented in real-life applications. 

• Current focus in research is directed towards implementing machine learning and neural network algorithms for the extraction of implicit information hidden in various database applications.

• The list of publications validate interest in employing neural networks, and other machine learning algorithm, to application areas that are distinctive and which have social and commercial significance.

• Proficiency in several programming languages and system platforms including, but not limited to, C and C++ on Windows and Unix.

Marketing and Sales Management:

• Management of sales related activities, staff and sales personnel, including, but not limited to:
  • Equipment ordering and stock management.
  • Pricing and competitive positioning of products on the market.
  • Creation and supervision of dealership operations
  • Design and supervision of contracts for sales and maintenance.
  • Complete handling of corporate projects, government tenders and request-for-proposals.
  • Communication and correspondence with customers, suppliers and manufacturers.
  • Design and implementation of :
    
    • Procedures for marketing and sales operations and follow up.
    • Personnel development and technical training courses.
    • Financial and administrative reporting and communication.
    • Customer proposals and quotations.
• Preparation and implementation of agreements with agents and suppliers.

• Design and implementation of procedures for market studies, surveys and forecasts.

• Introducing new products into the market and complete handling of all the related activities associated with such new additions.

Hardware/Software Engineer :

• Hardware maintenance engineer for micro and mini computer systems.
• Repair of computer systems components including circuit boards.
• Research of new techniques for system enhancement and/or modifications.
• Order and maintenance of spare parts inventory.
• Design and implementation of procedures for customer follow up and preventive maintenance.
• Design and implementation of maintenance contracts and technical training courses.
• Training of technical staff and new engineers.
• Design and implementation of several software systems including, but not limited to :
  • Complete Accounting Package
  • Inventory Management
  • Point of Sale System
  • Payroll and Personnel System
  • Credit Card Embossing and Security System
  • Investment and Portfolio Management

Refereed Conference Proceedings :

• Horsthemke, W. and Dahbur, K.  Improving Disease Detection with Machine Learning Strategies: Methods to Minimize False Negatives Through Cost Sensitive Training.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing, November 17-19, 2003, Scottsdale, AZ, pp. 113-119.

• Harlow, N., Puch, T., and Dahbur, K.  Data Mining Strategies for Network Intrusion Detection as Applied to Identifying High-Risk Containers. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, November 11-13, 2003, Las Vegas, NV, pp. 153-158.

• Dahbur, K.  Framework for Phonetic Name Matching of Romanized Arabic Names.  Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent and Adaptive Systems and Software Engineering, July 9-11, 2003, San Francisco, CA, pp. 25-30.

• Dahbur, K.  An Assessment and Evaluation Model for Distance Learning.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education,  June 30–July 2, 2003, Rhodes, Greece, pp. 202-205.

• Dahbur, K. and Muscarello, T.  Cascaded System for Criminal Pattern Classification. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry & Engineering, November 27-29, 2001, Las Vegas, NV, pp. 13-18.

• Dahbur, K. and Muscarello, T.  Hybrid Kohonen Neural Network in Data Mining. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, September 4-7, 2001, Marabella, Spain, pp. 30-33.

• Dahbur, K. and Muscarello, T.  Data Selection and Pre-Processing for Pattern Classifications in Criminal Databases.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, September 4-7, 2001, Spain, pp. 318-323.

• Dahbur, K. and Muscarello, T.  An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Pattern Discovery in Criminal Databases.  Proceedings of the International Symposia on Applied Informatics, February 19-22, 2001, Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 11-19.

Refereed Journal Publications :

• Dahbur, K. and Muscarello, T.  Systematic Identification of Potential Patterns for Serial Criminals.  International Journal for Computers and their Applications (IJCA), Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 1-19, August, 2004.

• Dahbur, K. and Muscarello, T.  Classification System for Serial Criminal Patterns.  International Journal for Artificial Intelligence and Law, Volume 11, Issue 4, 2003, pp. 251-269.

• Dahbur, K. and Constantino, L.  Management and Implementation Issues in the Total Information Awareness System. International Management Review Journal, Volume 1, Fall 2005, pp. 25-29.