Dr. Nidal Nasser, SMIEEE, received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees with Honors in Computer Engineering from Kuwait University, State of Kuwait, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in the School of Computing at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 2004. He is currently a Professor of Software Engineering in the College of Engineering at Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia. He worked in the School of Computer Science at University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Nasser was the founder and Director of the Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing Research Lab @ Guelph. He is currently the founder and Director of the Telecommunications Computing Research Lab @ Alfaisal University. He has authored 180 journal publications, refereed conference publications and book chapters in the area of wireless communication networks and systems (Google Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6mZsWFQAAAAJ). He has also given keynote speeches and tutorials in major international conferences. Dr. Nasser is currently serving as an associate editor of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Wiley’s International Journal on Communication Systems, and IEEE CommSoft E-letter. He has been a member of the technical program and organizing committees of several international IEEE conferences and workshops. Dr. Nasser is a member of several IEEE technical committees. He received Fund for Scholarly and Professional Development Award in 2004 from Queen’s University. He received the Computing Faculty Appreciation Award from the University of Guelph-Humber. He received the Best Research Paper Award at the ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA’08), at the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’09), at the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’11), at the International Conference on Computing, Management and Telecommunications (ComManTel’13), and at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’14). In 2017 he received two awards from IBM: (1) IBM Mobile Application Developer Explorer Award, and (2) IBM Big Data Developer Mastery Award. He received the IBM Data Scientist - Instructor Award for Educators in 2018. He also received the IBM Blockchain Developer Mastery Award in 2019.
Dr. Nidal Nasser Bio
Dr. Nidal Nasser, SMIEEE, received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees with Honors in Computer Engineering from Kuwait University, State of Kuwait, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in the School of Computing at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 2004. He is currently a Professor of Software Engineering in the College of Engineering at Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia. He worked in the School of Computer Science at University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Nasser was the founder and Director of the Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing Research Lab @ Guelph. He is currently the founder and Director of the Telecommunications Computing Research Lab @ Alfaisal University. He has authored 180 journal publications, refereed conference publications and book chapters in the area of wireless communication networks and systems (Google Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=6mZsWFQAAAAJ). He has also given keynote speeches and tutorials in major international conferences. Dr. Nasser is currently serving as an associate editor of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Wiley’s International Journal on Communication Systems, and IEEE CommSoft E-letter. He has been a member of the technical program and organizing committees of several international IEEE conferences and workshops. Dr. Nasser is a member of several IEEE technical committees. He received Fund for Scholarly and Professional Development Award in 2004 from Queen’s University. He received the Computing Faculty Appreciation Award from the University of Guelph-Humber. He received the Best Research Paper Award at the ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA’08), at the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’09), at the International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC’11), at the International Conference on Computing, Management and Telecommunications (ComManTel’13), and at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC’14). In 2017 he received two awards from IBM: (1) IBM Mobile Application Developer Explorer Award, and (2) IBM Big Data Developer Mastery Award. He received the IBM Data Scientist - Instructor Award for Educators in 2018. He also received the IBM Blockchain Developer Mastery Award in 2019.
Recent Publications
- 2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob)
- WNS2006 Organizing and Program Committees
- WNS08 Organizing and Program Committees
- Rabbi Elisha ben Abuyah at the Mind's Limit: Between Theodicy and Fate
- AASNET 2011
- Wireless Sensor Network-based air quality monitoring system