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Dr. Rafa E. AL-QUTAISH
Tel. (UAE) : +971-50-473-9827Tel. (Canada): [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]://www.rafa-elayyan.ca
Personal DataName as in Passport : Rafa AL QUTAISHMarital Status : MarriedDate of Birth : Sept. 1970Nationality : Canadian
ExperienceJan. 2013 – PresentAssociate Professor
Department of Software Engineering and IT, School of Higher Technology (École de Technologie Supérieure), University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada.
Conducting research in the field of Software Engineering & Management.
Supervising PhD students in foreign universities:o Abdoullah Fath-ALLAH, “A Best Practice Based E-Government’s
Portal Maturity Model”, Mohammed V University at Souissi, Morocco, , 2012-present
o Fahad Salmeen hasan Omar Alobthani, PhD, “Smart-Government Maturity Model: Best Practices, International Standards, and Six-Sigma Approach”, Lincoln University College, Malaysia, 2016-present.
Aug. 2012 – present Academic Supervisor & Consultant
Education Administration, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Acting as a consultant for the planning and educational programs
department. Supervising the IT projects within the administration. Arranging with international universities and colleges to discuss their
educational programs.
Curriculum VitæLast Updated on: Apr. 24th, 2016
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Participating in preparing MOUs with universities in USA, Canada, UK, and Australia.
Sep. 2012 – Sep. 2012Associate Professor
Al Ain University of Science and Technology - Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Feb. 2011 – Aug. 2012Deputy Dean
College of Business Administration, Al Ain University of Science and Technology - Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Acted as a Dean for the College of Business Administration in Abu Dhabi Campus.
Coordinated the assessment and development of academic programs within the College.
Maintained good working relationships with faculty and administration in all academic and non-academic areas.
Maintained effective communication between students and faculty within the College and with other academic unit personnel.
Articulated University policy and procedures to members of the College. Insured that College policies and practices are consistent with those of
the University. Oversee the preparation of class schedules and complying with
institutional reporting requirements. Chaired of the Examination Committee 2011/2012 Member of the Deputy Deans’ Council 2011/2012. Member of the University Council 2011/2012. Chaired of the College Council in Abu Dhabi Campus 2011/2012. Chaired of the Dept. of MIS Council in Abu Dhabi Campus 2011/2012.
Sep. 2009 – Aug. 2012Assistant Professor
Department of Management Information Systems, Al Ain University of Science and Technology - Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Taught the following IT courses: Web Engineering, Information Technology in Business, Project Management, Security of Information Technology Systems, Business System Analysis and Design, Selected Topics in MIS (Knowledge Management), Database Management: Principles and Applications, Business Data Communications, Introduction to Programming Languages, and Internship.
Coordinator for the Dept. of MIS (Sept. 2010 - present) Member of the Academic Council (Sept. 2010 - Jan. 2011)
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Member of the Scientific Research Committee (2010/2011) Member of the Quality Assurance Committee (2009/2010) Member of the Students Discipline Committee (2009/2010) Member of the Library Committee (2009/2010).
Sep. 2008 – Sep. 2009Assistant Professor
Department of Software Engineering, Alzaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Taught the following Software Engineering courses: Introduction to Software Engineering, Software Project Management, Software Design, and Software Requirements Engineering
Student’s Advisor. Member of the Faculty Council 2008/2009. Member of the Curriculum Committee 2008/2009. Member of the Scientific Research Committee 2008/2009. Member of the Quality Assurance Committee 2008/2009.
Sep. 2007 – Sep. 2008Assistant Professor
Department of Software Engineering, Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan.
Taught the following Software Engineering courses: Software Project Management, Software Requirements Engineering, Software Engineering 2, C++, and Java.
Student’s Advisor. Member of the Curriculum Committee 2007/2008. Member of the Curriculum Committee 2007/2008. Member of the Graduation Projects Committee 2007/2008. Member of the Examination Committee 2007/2008.
Aug. 2005 – Jul. 2007Webmaster
Software Engineering Research Laboratory – GÉLOG, School of Higher Technology – ÉTS, Montreal, Canada.
Updated, maintained and monitored the laboratory web applications using: Java, HTML, JSP, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL.
Managed the document library Web application of the GÉLOG research activities.
Developed, supervised and executed the reviewing system for the French, Spanish, and Arabic versions of the SWEBOK using PHP and MySQL.
Monitored, maintained and updated the following websites: http://www.gelog.etsmtl.ca and http://www.swebok.org, Supervisor: Dr. Alain Abran ([email protected]).
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Sep. 2002 – Aug. 2004 Lecturer
Department of Computer Science, College of Telecom and Information, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Taught the following Computer Science courses: Programming Language 1 (Introduction to Java Language), Programming Language 2 (Intermediate Java Language), Programming Language 3 (Advanced Java Language), System Analysis and Design, Introduction to the Internet, and Operating Systems Fundamentals.
Referee for the "National Competition for Computer Skills”, 2004. Student’s Advisor.
Sep. 1998 – Sep.2002Lecturer
Department of Computer Science, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Taught the following undergraduate courses: Computer Science (I) & Computer Science (II), Programming Languages: Design and Implementation, Programming in C/C++ Language, Systems Programming, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Programming in LISP Language, and Expert Systems.
Undergraduate students’ adviser.
Sep. 1994 – Nov. 1996Computer Laboratories Supervisor
Department of Computer Science, Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Participated in the establishment of the department’s Laboratories. Carried out the responsibility of training the employees on campus
periodically. Taught the undergraduate students the practical courses such as
Win95, UNIX, MS Word, MS Excel, BASIC language, and C Language. Supervised the Computer Laboratories.
Feb. 1993 – Aug. 1994 Researcher Assistant & Computer Programmer
Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme, Safawi, Jordan.
Coordinator for the Computer Center. Assisted the researchers on the duties related to computer
programming.
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Wrote data base programs using Advanced Revelation for the official use inside the center.
Organized training courses on computer uses for the center staff.
Educational QualificationsSep. 2004 – Jun. 2007Ph.D. in Software Engineering, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Thesis title: “SPQMM: A Software Product Quality Maturity Model using ISO/IEEE Standards, Metrology, and Sigma Concepts”.
CGPA: 4.15/4.30.Dec. 1996 – Jul. 1998M.Sc. in Software Engineering, University of Putra, Serdang, Malaysia
Thesis title: “Incorporating Software Measurement into a Compiler”. Master by Research.
Sep. 1989 – Jan. 1993 B.Sc. in Computer Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
Professional QualificationsMar. 2013EFQM Certified Leader for Excellence - Level 1, EFQM, Brussels, Belgium.
Training Courses Introduction to Six Sigma, Mar. 23-26, 2014, Hilton
Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Balanced Scorecards, Mar. 16-19, 2014, Hilton Hotel,
Abu Dhabi, UAE. Journey to Excellence, March, 2013, Hilton Hotel, Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
PublicationsPeer Reviewed & Indexed International Journals (30):
(1) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “Toward A Measurement Based E-government Portals’ Benchmarking Framework”, submitted to Information, 2016.
(2) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “A Roadmap of E-Government Benchmark Frameworks”, submitted to Electronic Journal of e-Government , 2016.
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(3) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “E-Government Portals Maturity Models: A Best Practices’ Coverage Perspective”, Journal of Software, Vol.10, No.7 2015, pp.
(4) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “A Comparative Analysis of E-Government Quality Models”, ”, International Journal of Social, Management, Economics and Business Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 11, 2014, pp. 3345-3349.
(5) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “Towards a Measurement-Based E-Government Portals Maturity Model”, International Journal of Social, Management, Economics and Business Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 9, 2014, pp. 2848 - 2852.
(6) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “E-Government Portals Best Practices: A Comprehensive Survey”, Electronic Government, An International Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1/2, 2014, pp. 101-132. [SJR Impact Factor: 0.31]
(7) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “E-Government Maturity Models: A Comparative Study”, International Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2014, pp.71-91. [DOI : 10.5121/ijsea.2014.5306]
(8) Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Ali Idri, and Asma Sellami, “Chidamber and Kemerer Object-Oriented Measures: Analysis of their Design from the Metrology Perspective”, International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2014, pp.359-374. [ISSN: 1738-9984] [SJR Impact Factor: 0.140]
(9) Houda El Bouhissi, Mimoun Malki, Djamila Berramdane, and Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “Using the Semantic Web Services to Build a Virtual Medical Analysis Laboratory”, American Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2013, pp. 80-85. [ISSN: 2327-2473]
(10) Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “Software Productivity: Harmonization in ISO/IEEE Software Engineering Standards”, Journal of Software, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2012, pp. 462-470. [ISSN: 1796-217X] [SJR Impact Factor: 0.228]
(11) Saleh H. Al-Daajeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Fuad Al- Al-Qirem, “A Tactic-Based Framework to Evaluate the Relationships between the Software Product Quality Attributes”, International Journal of Software Engineering, Vo. 5, No. 1, 2012, pp. 5-26. [ISSN: 1687-6954]
(12) Fathi H. Saad, Omer I. E. Mohamed, and Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “Comparison of Hierarchical Agglomerative Algorithms for Clustering Medical Documents”, International Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2012, pp. 1-15. [ISSN: 1738-9984]
(13) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish and Alain Abran, “A Maturity Model of Software Product Quality”, Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2011, pp. 19-39. [ISSN: 1443-458X] [SJR Impact Factor: 0.337]
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(14) Saleh H. Al-Daajeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Fuad Al-Qirem, “Engineering Dependability to Embedded Systems Software via Tactics”, International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2011, pp. 45-62. [ISSN: 1738-9984] [SJR Impact Factor: 0.138]
(15) Mohammad I. Muhairat, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Belkacem Athamena, “From Graphical User Interface to Domain Class Diagram: A Reverse Engineering Approach”, the Journal Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2011, pp. 28-40. [ISSN: 1992-8645]
(16) Mohammad I. Muhairat, Saleh Al-Daajeh, and Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “The Impact of Global Software Development Factors on Effort Estimation Methods”, European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 46, No.2, 2010, pp. 221-232. [ISSN: 1450-216X]
(17) Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Mohammad I. Muhairat, “Innovative Algorithms for the Header Processing Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 and Vice Versa”, the International Arab Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2010, pp. 280-289. [ISSN: 1683-3198]
(18) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “Quality Models in Software Engineering Literature: A Comparative and Analytical Study”, the Journal of American Science, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2010, pp. 166-175. [ISSN: 1545-1003]
(19) Mohammad I. Muhairat, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Akram A. Abdelqader, “UML Diagrams Generator: A New CASE Tool to Construct the Use-Case and Class Diagrams from an Event Table”, Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2010, pp. 253-260. [ISSN: 1549-3636] [SJR Impact Factor: 0.296]
(20) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “Measuring the Software Product Quality during the Software Development Life-Cycle: An International Organization for Standardization Standards Perspective”, Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, No. 5, 2009, pp. 392-397. [ISSN: 1549-3636] [SJR Impact Factor: 0.296]
(21) Muzhir SH. Al-Ani, Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Mohammad I. Muhairat, “Constructing a New Communication System by Integrating the GSM to the Satellites Infrastructure”, WSEAS Transactions on Communications, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2009, pp. 217-226. [ISSN: 1109-2742]
(22) Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, “Using the Sound Recognition Techniques to Reduce the Electricity Consumption in Highways”, the Journal of American Science, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2009, pp. 1-12. [ISSN: 1545-1003]
(23) Ahmad, H. Omari, Basil, M. Al-Kasasbeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Mohammad I. Muhairat, “DEA-RTA: A Dynamic Encryption Algorithm for the Real-Time Applications”, International Journal of Computers, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2009, pp. 191-199. [ISSN: 1998-4480]
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(24) Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Muzhir S. Al-Ani, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, “Measuring the Optimal Transmission Power of GSM Cellular Network: A Case Study”, Communications of the IBIMA, Vol. 4, No. 29, 2008. pp. 216-221. [ISSN: 1943-7765]
(25) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish and Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, “Software Process and Product ISO Standards: A Comprehensive Survey”, European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2008, pp. 289-303. [ISSN: 1450-216X]
(26) Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, “Indirect Routing of Mobile IP: A Non-Encapsulation Approach”, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, Vol. 8, No. 7, 2008, pp. 124-131. [ISSN:1738-7906]
(27) Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Mohammed D. Al-Majali, “Incorporating the Biometric Voice Technology into the E-Government Systems to Enhance the User Verification”, WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Vol. 7, No. 5, 2008, pp. 435-452. [ISSN: 1109-2750]
(28) Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Muzhir S. Al-Ani, and Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, “Real Digital TV Accessed by Cellular Mobile System”, European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2008. pp. 914-923. [ISSN: 1450-216X]
(29) Alain Abran, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Juan Cuadrado-Gallego, “Analysis of the ISO 9126 on Software Product Quality Evaluation from the Metrology and ISO 15939 Perspectives”, WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Vol. 5, No. 11, 2006, pp. 2778-2786. [ISSN: 1109-2750]
(30) Alain Abran, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Jean-Marc Desharnais, “Harmonization Issues in the Updating of the ISO Standards on Software Product Quality”, Metrics News: Journal of the Software Metrics Community, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2005, pp. 35-44. [ISSN: 1431-8008]
Peer Reviewed & Indexed Proceedings of International Conferences (22):
(1) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “E-government Portals’ Benchmarking - A Comparative Study between Three Frameworks”, submitted to The Euromicro Conference series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Limassol, Cyprus, August 31st – September 2nd, 2016.
(2) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “A Validation of a Measurement Based E-government Portals’ Maturity Model”, submitted to The Euromicro Conference series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), Limassol, Cyprus, August 31st – September 2nd, 2016.
(3) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “A Theoretical e-Government Portals' Benchmarking
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Framework”, in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications (SITA), Rabat, Morocco, October 20th-21st, 2015.
(4) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “A Best Practice Based E-Government Portals’ Benchmarking Framework”, in Proceedings of the Mediterranean Conference on Information & Communication Technologies'2015, Volume 381 of the Lecture Notes series in Electrical Engineering, Saïdia, Morocco, May 7th-9th, 2015, pp. 161-169. [978-3-319-30296-6]
(5) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “Towards a Best Practice Based e-Government Portals Maturity Model”, in Proceedings of the 12 th International Conference on e-Government (ICEG’14), Istanbul, Turkey,September 29th – 30th, 2014.
(6) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali Idri, “Towards a Best Practice Based e-Government Portals Maturity Model”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (ICSIS’14), Dubai, UAE, October 17th-18th, 2014, pp. 100-106. [ISBN: 978-81-929653-8-3]
(7) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish and Laila Cheikhi, “Analysis of the Meanings of the Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in ISO/IEEE Software Engineering Standards”, in Proceedings of the 10 th
International Conference on Applied Computer and Applied Computational Science (ACACOS’11), Venice, Italy, March 8th-10th, 2011, pp. 110-115. [ISBN: 978-960-474-281-3]
(8) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “An Investigation of the Weaknesses of the ISO 9126 International Standard”, in Proceedings of the 2 nd
International conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE'09), Dubai, UAE, December 28th-30th, 2009, pp. 275-279. [ISBN: 978-1-4244-5365-8]
(9) Khaled M. Mustafa, Rafa, E. Al-Qutaish, and Mohammad I. Muhairat, “Classification of Software Testing Tools Based on the Software Testing Methods”, in Proceedings of the 2 nd
International conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE'09), Dubai, UAE, December 28th-30th, 2009, pp. 229-233. (ISBN: 978-1-4244-5365-8]
(10) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Mohammad I. Muhairat, and Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, “The Analytical Hierarchy Process as a Tool to Select Open Source Software”, in Proceedings of the 8 th
International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS'09), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2009, pp. 39-44. [ISBN: 978-960-474-052-9]
(11) Mohammad I. Muhairat and Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “An Approach to Derive the Use Case Diagrams from an Event Table”, in Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS'09),
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University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2009, pp. 33-38. [ISBN: 978-960-474-052-9]
(12) Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Mohammad I. Muhairat, “Utilizing Satellite Systems for Mobile Communications: An Emerging Approach”, in Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference on Electronics, Hardware, Wireless and Optical Communications (EHAC'09), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2009, pp. 39-44. [ISBN: 978-960-474-053-6]
(13) Ahmad H. Omari, Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Mohammad I. Muhairat, “A New Cryptographic Algorithm for the Real Time Applications”, In Proceedings of the 7 th
International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP'08), December 29-31, Cairo, Egypt, 2008, pp. 33-38. [ISBN: 978-960-474-084-2]
(14) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish and Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, “Applying Six-Sigma Concepts to the Software Engineering: Myths and Facts”, In Proceedings of the 7 th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS'08), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2008, pp. 178-183. [ISBN: 978-960-6766-42-8]
(15) Basil M. Al-Kasasbeh, Muzhir S. Al-Ani, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh, “Measuring the Optimal Transmission Power of GSM Cellular Network: A Case Study”, In Proceedings of the 10 th International Business Information Management Association Conference on Innovation and Knowledge Management in Business Globalization, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008. pp. 760-765. [ISBN: 0-9753393-9-7]
(16) Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh and Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “Enhancing the Security of E-Government Portals using Biometric Voice along with a Traditional Password”, In Proceedings of the 7 th
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering and Data Bases (AIKED'08), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2008, pp. 101-108. [ISBN: 978-960-6766-41-1]
(17) Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh and Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “Using Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence to Build an E-Glass for the Blinds”, presented at the Regional Conference on Sharing Experience on Best Practices in ICT Services for Persons with Disabilities, Cairo, Egypt, 2007.
(18) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish and Hamed J. Al-Fawareh, “Mapping Between ISO 9126 on Software Product Quality Metrics and ISO 12207 on Software Life Cycle Processes”, In Proceedings of the International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT'06), Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 2006.
(19) Alain Abran, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Juan Cuadrado-Gallego, “Investigation of the Metrology Concepts in ISO 9126 on Software Product Quality Evaluation”, In Proceedings of the 10 th International Conference on Computers (ICComp'2006) ,
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Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece, 2006, pp. 864-872. [ISBN: 960-8457-47-5]
(20) Rafa. E. Al-Qutaish and Alain Abran, “An Analysis of the Design and Definitions of Halstead's Metrics”, In Proceedings of the 15 th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'05), Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2005, pp. 337-352. [ISBN: 3-8322-4405-0]
(21) Alain Abran, Rafa. E. Al-Qutaish, Jean-Marc Desharnais, and Naji Habra, “An Information Model for Software Quality Measurement with ISO Standards”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Development (SWDC'05), Reykjavik, Iceland, 2005, pp. 104-116. [ISBN: 9979-54-648-4]
(22) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish and Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani, “Incorporating Software Measurements into a Compiler”, in the Abstract book of the International Science Conference (ISC'98), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 1998, pp. 35-35.
Books’ Chapters (4):(23) Abdoullah Fath-Allah, Laila Cheikhi, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, and Ali
Idri, Chapter 8: “A Measurement-Based E-Government Portals’ Maturity Model”, in International Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development in the Era of Globalization’, Ed. Saurabh Sen, Anshuman Bhattacharya, and Ruchi Sen, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, 2016, pp. 129-149. [978-1-466-69908-3]
(1) Alain Abran, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Jean-Marc Desharnais, and Naji Habra, Chapter 5: "ISO-Based Models to Measure Software Product Quality", in ‘Software Quality Measurement - Concepts and Approaches’, Ed. Ravi Kumar Jain B., Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad, INDIA, 2008, pp. 61-96. [ISBN: 81-314-1256-8]
(2) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish and Alain Abran, Chapter 7: "Halstead Metrics: Analysis of their Design" in ‘Software Metrics and Software Metrology’, Editor: Alain Abran, Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society, New York, USA, 2010, pp. 145-159. [ISBN: 978-0-470-59720-0]
(3) Alain Abran and Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Chapter 10: "ISO 9126: Analysis of Quality Models and Measures" in ‘Software Metrics and Software Metrology’, Editor: Alain Abran, Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society, New York, USA, 2010, pp. 205-228. [ISBN: 978-0-470-59720-0]
Books (4):(1) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Compiler Construction with Software
Measurement Capability, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2011, 156p. [ISBN: 978-3-8443-0638-5]
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(2) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, Maturity Model for Software Product Quality: Guidelines for Assessing and Evaluating the Software Product Quality, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2011, 216 p. [ISBN: 978-3-8443-0535-7]
(3) Rafa. E. Al-Qutaish and Ahmad Ghniemat, Programming Language 2: Java Language, General Organization of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2004, 128p. [In Arabic Language]
(4) Rafa. E. Al-Qutaish and Ahmad Ghniemat, Programming Language 2: Java Language - Laboratory Manual, General Organization of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2004, 51p. [In Arabic Language]
Theses (2):(1) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “SPQMM: A Software Product Quality Maturity
Model using ISO/IEEE Standards, Metrology, and Sigma Concepts”, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Software Engineering and IT, School of Higher Technology (École de Technologie Supérieure - ÉTS), University of Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada, June, 2007, 212p. [ISBN: 978-0-494-35542-8]
(2) Rafa E. Al-Qutaish, “Incorporating Software Measurement into a Compiler”, M.Sc. thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Putra (UPM). Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, July, 1998, 185p.
Presentations, Seminars, and Keynotes(1) keynote Speaker, Software Product Quality Maturity Model,
presented at the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (ICSIS’14), Dubai, UAE, October 18th, 2014.
(2) Presentation, Towards a Best Practice Based e-Government Portals Maturity Model, presented at the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (ICSIS’14), Dubai, UAE, October 18th, 2014.
(3) Presentation, Analysis of the Meanings of the Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in ISO/IEEE Software Engineering Standards, presented at the 10th International Conference on Applied Computer and Applied Computational Science (ACACOS’11), Venice, Italy, March 9th, 2011.
(4) Presentation, An Investigation of the Weaknesses of the ISO 9126 International Standard, presented at the 2nd International conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE'09), Dubai, UAE, Dec. 29th, 2009.
(5) Presentation, Classification of Software Testing Tools Based on the Software Testing Methods", presented at the 2nd International conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE'09), Dubai, UAE, Dec. 29th, 2009.
(6) Invited Keynote (Plenary) Lecture, Measuring Software Product Quality with ISO Standards: An Information Model,
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presented at the 8th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS’09), Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, Feb. 21st, 2009.
(7) Presentation, the Analytical Hierarchy Process as a Tool to Select Open Source Software, presented at the 8th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS'09), Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, Feb. 21st, 2009.
(8) Seminar, Software Product Quality ISO Standards: An Overview, presented at Department of Software Engineering, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Nov. 20th, 2008.
(9) Presentation, Applying Six Sigma Concepts to the Software Engineering: Myths and Facts, presented at the 7th International Conference on Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Systems (SEPADS’08), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Feb. 22nd, 2008.
(10) Presentation, Investigation of the Metrology Concepts in ISO 9126 on Software Product Quality Evaluation, presented at the 10th WSEAS International Conference on Computers, Athens, Greece, Jul. 15th, 2006.
(11) Seminar, SPQMM: Software Product Quality Maturity Models, presented at the School of High Technology (ÉTS), University of Québec, Montréal, Canada, Dec. 6th, 2005.
(12) Presentation, An Analysis of the Design and Definitions of Halstead's Metrics, presented at the 15th International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM'2005), Montréal, Canada, Sept. 14th, 2005.
(13) Seminar, Improvement of the Software Quality Measurement and Development of Prototypes to Support the Upcoming New ISO 25000 Series of Standards, presented at the School of High Technology (ÉTS), University of Québec, Montréal, Canada, Apr. 12th, 2005.
(14) Presentation, Incorporating Software Measurements into a Compiler, presented at the International Science Conference (ISC'98), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, May 8th, 1998.
Professional ActivitiesGovernmental Committees:
1. MoHE Accreditation Committee Member, assessed the Software Engineering Programs at Al-Isra Private University, appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), Amman, Jordan, 2nd
Semester 2007/2008.2. MoHE Accreditation Committee Member, assessed the Software
Engineering Programs at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), Amman, Jordan, 2nd Semester 2007/2008.
3. MoHE Accreditation Committee Member, assessed the Software Engineering Programs at Philadelphia University, appointed by the
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Semester 2007/2008.
Software Engineering Standardization Committees:1. Canadian Representative and Committee Member, ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC7 Work Group 6 – on Software Evaluation and Measurement, 2005 - present.
2. Member of the IEEE Testing Study Group - IEEE Standard for Software Unit Testing, 2006 - 2010.
3. Group Member, IEEE Quality Standards Working Group to revise IEEE Std.-730 on Software Quality Assurance Plans, 2006 - 2010.
Journals:1. Editor, Continental Journal of Information Technology, 2010 -
Present.2. Associate Editor, International Journal on systems, computing
sciences and software engineering, 2007 - Present.3. Editorial Advisory Board Member, the European Journal of
Scientific Research, 2006 - present.4. Editorial Advisory Board Member, the American Journal of
Scientific Research, 2006 - present.5. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Soft Computing,
2006 - present.6. Technical Committee Member, the International Arab Journal of
Information Technology, 2006 - present.7. Board of Reviewers, the International Journal of Software
Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 2006 - present.8. Reviewer, the International Journal of Computing and Information
Sciences, 2006 - present.9. Editor, Journal of Software, 2008 - 2009.10. Reviewer, IEEE Potential Magazine, 2005 - 2008.
Conferences:1. Technical Committee Member, the 5th International Conference
on Software Engineering and Applications (SEA-2016), Dubai, UAE, January 23-24, 2016.
2. Program Committee Member, the International Conference on Software Engineering (SOEN'16), Zurich, Switzerland, January 02-03, 2016.
3. Technical Committee Member, the 11th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT'15), Dubai, UAE, November 01-03, 2015.
4. Program Committee Member, the 25th International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 10th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (IWSM-Mensura’15), Kraków, Poland, October 5-7, 2015.
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5. Program Committee Member, the 3rd International Conference on Data Management Technologies and Applications (DATA), Vienna, Austria, August 29-31, 2014.
6. International Advisory Committee Member, the IEEE International Conference on Green Computing, Communication & Electrical Engineering (ICGCCEE’14), Coimbatore, India, March 6-8, 2014.
7. Technical Committee Member, the 8th Jordanian International Electrical & Electronics Engineering Conference (JIEEEC'13), Amman, Jordan, April 16-18, 2013.
8. Program Committee Member, The Joint Conference of the 23nd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM’13) and the 8th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA’13), METU Culture and Convention Center, Ankara, Turkey, October 23-26, 2013.
9. Technical Committee Member, the 9th Annual International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, Systems Sciences, & Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, December 12-14, 2013.
10. Technical Committee Member, the International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering (SCSS'12), University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, December 7-9, 2012.
11. Program Committee Member, International Conference on Data Technologies and Applications (DATA'12), Rome, Italy, July 25-27, 2012.
12. Program Committee Member, The Joint Conference of the 22nd International Workshop on Software Measurement (IWSM’12) and the 7th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA’12), Assisi, Italy, October 17-19, 2012.
13. Program Committee Member, the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends (ICSOFT’12), Rome, Italy, July 25-27, 2012.
14. Program Committee Member, the IADIS International Conference on Applied Computing - (AC’11), Rio de Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2011.
15. Session Chair, Applied Computer Science Session, the 10th
International Conference on Applied Computer and Applied Computational Science (ACACOS’11), Venice, Italy, March 9, 2011.
16. Program Committee Member, the 6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - (ICSOFT’11), Seville, Spain, July 18-21, 2011.
17. Program Committee Member, the 2nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Computer Systems - (ICSECS'11), Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan, Malaysia, July 27-29, 2011.
18. Program Committee Member, the IADIS International Conference on Applied Computing - (AC’11), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 6-8, 2011.
19. Technical Committee Member, the International Arab Conference on Information Technology - (ACIT'2011), Naif Arab University for
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20. Technical Committee Member, the International Arab Conference on Information Technology - (ACIT'2010), University of Garyounis, Banghazi, Libya, December 14-16, 2007.
21. TPC Chair, the International Conference on Education & Management Technology - (ICEdMaT'10), Pokhara, Nepal, December 6 - 7, 2010.
22. TPC Chair, the International Conference on Software Engineering, Management and Applications - (ICSEMA'10), Kathmandu, Nepal, October, 29 - 30, 2010.
23. Program Committee Member, the IADIS International Conference on Applied Computing - (AC'10), Timisoara, Romania, October 14 - 16, 2010.
24. Program Committee Member, the 9th International Conference on Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques - (SoMeT'10), Yokohama, Japan, September 29 - October 1, 2010.
25. Program Committee Member, the International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice - (SETP'10), Orlando, FL, USA, July 12 - 14, 2010.
26. Program Committee Member, the 18th International Workshop on Software Measurement and the 3rd International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement - (IWSM/MENSURA'09), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 4 - 6, 2009.
27. Program Committee Member, the 8th International Conference on Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques - (SoMeT'09), Prague, Czech Republic, September 9 - 11, 2009.
28. Program Committee Member, the International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice - (SETP'09), Orlando, FL, USA, July 13 - 16, 2009.
29. Program Committee Member, the 9th IBIMA conference on Innovation and knowledge Management in Twin Track Economies, Cairo, Egypt, January 4 - 6, 2009.
30. Program Committee Member, the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technology - (ICSOFT’09), Sofia, Bulgaria, July 26 - 29, 2009.
31. Technical Committee Member, the International Arab Conference on Information Technology - ACIT'2009, University of Science and Technology, Yemen, December 15 - 17, 2007.
32. Program Committee Member, the 9th IBIMA conference on Information Management in the Networked Economy, Marrakech, Morocco, January 4 - 6, 2008.
33. Program Committee Member, the IADIS International Conference on Applied Computing - (AC’08), Algarve, Portugal, April 10 - 13, 2008.
34. Program Committee Member, the 3rd International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - (ICSOFT'08), Porto, Portugal, July 5 - 8, 2008.
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35. Program Committee Member, the 12th WSEAS International Conference on Computers - (ICComp’08), Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece, July 23 - 25, 2008.
36. Technical Committee Member, the International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering - (SCS2'07), University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, December 5 - 13, 2007.
37. Technical Committee Member, the International Arab Conference on Information Technology - (ACIT'2008), University of Sfax, Tunisia, December 16 - 18, 2007.
38. Program Committee Member, the IADIS International Conference on Applied Computing - (AC’07), Salamanca, Spain, February 17 - 20, 2007.
39. Program Committee Member, the 1st International Conference on Digital Communications and Computer Applications - (DCCA'07), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, March 19 - 22, 2007.
40. Program Committee Member, the 3rd International Conference on Information Technology - (ICIT’07), Al-Zaytoonah University, Amman, Jordan, May 9 - 11, 2007.
41. Program Committee Member, the 2nd Annual MWAIS Conference on Information Technology: Transforming the Heartland – (MWAIS'07), Springfield, Illinois, USA, May 18 - 19, 2007.
42. Program Committee Member, the 8th IBIMA conference on Information Management in the Networked Economy, Dublin, Ireland, June 20 - 22, 2007.
43. Program Committee Member, the 2nd International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - (ICSOFT'07), Barcelona, Spain, July 22 - 25, 2007.
44. Scientific Committee Member, the 11th WSEAS Multi-conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications, and Computers - (ICC'07, ICS'07, ICCom'07, & ICComp'07), Crete Island, Greece, July 23 - 28, 2007.
45. Technical Committee Member, the International Arab Conference on Information Technology - (ACIT'07), Latakia, Syria, November 26 - 28, 2007.
46. Technical Committee Member, the International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering - (SCS2'07), University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, December 3 - 12, 2007.
47. Technical Committee Member, the International Arab Conference on Information Technology - (ACIT'2006), Yarmouk University, Jordan, December 19 - 21, 2006.
48. Program Committee Member, the 7th IBIMA International conference on Internet & Information Systems in the Digital Age, Brescia, Italy, December 14 - 16, 2006.
49. Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering - (SCS2'06) part of CIS2E'06, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, December 4 - 14, 2006.
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50. Scientific Committee Member, the 10th WSEAS International Conference on Computers, Athens, Greece, July 13 - 15, 2006.
51. Scientific Committee Member, the 10th WSEAS International Conference on Communications, Athens, Greece, July 13 - 15, 2006.
52. Program Committee Member, the 6th IBIMA Conference on Managing Information in Digital Economy, Bonn, Germany, June 19 - 21, 2006.
Student Supervision: Current supervision of the PhD students:
o Sept. 2012 - Present, Co-supervisor, Abdoullah Fath-Allah (PhD student at Mohammed V University at Souissi, Morocco), thesis title: “A Best-Practice Based E-Government’s Portal Maturity Model”.
o Jan. 2016 - Present, External Supervisor, Fahad Salmeen Hasan Omar Alobthani (PhD student at Lincoln University College, Malaysia), thesis title: “Smart-Government Maturity Model: Best Practices, International Standards, and Six-Sigma Approach”.
Supervision of Master students:o None
Supervision of Undergraduate graduation projects:o Supervised 8 graduation projects at Alzaytoonah University
of Jordan from 2008 to 2009.o Supervised 2 graduation projects at Applied Science
University from 2007 to 2008.o Supervised more than 40 graduation projects at Al al-Bayt
University from 1998 to 2002.
Professional Memberships: Senior Member, IEEE Computer Society [IEEE-CS], 2004 -
present. (Membership No.: 80017359) Member, Association of Computing Machinery [ACM], 2004 -
2008. (Membership No.: 8423477) Member, International Association of Engineers [IAENG] - Society
of Software Engineering, 2007 - present. (Membership No.: 62801)
Senior Member, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology [IACSIT], 2009 - present. (Membership No.: 80332817)
Honors/Awards: Certificate of Recognition as a member of the QA committee,
Faculty of Business Administration, Al-Ain University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi Campus, 2010.
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Certificates of Recognition as one of the best reviewers for the International Arab Journal of Information Technology, for 2008 and 2009.
ÉTS Award – Honors Student, Canada, 2007. ÉTS Award – Honors Student, Canada, 2006. IASA Graduate Scholarship, New Jersey, USA, 1997-1998. Government of Jordan Scholarship, Jordan, 1989-1993.
Programming Languages And Software Tools:Visual Basic, Delphi, Pascal, LISP, PROLOG, C, C++, Java, FORTRAN, COBOL, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, MS Project 2007, IBM Rational Rose, IBM Rational RequisitePro, IOS (IPhone & IPad) Applications Development, XCode, Android Applications Development.
Research InterestsSoftware Measurements, Software Quality Engineering, Software Engineering ISO Standards, CARE (Computer Aided Re-Engineering) Tools, Software Comprehension and Maintenance, Reversal Engineering, Software Testing, CMMi, Compiler Construction, Communication Software Engineering, and Applied Artificial Intelligence.
Languages Arabic: Mother tongue English: Fluent French: Intermédiaire
Skills Profile Strong sense of responsibility and self motivation. Good oral, written and interpersonal communication skills. Flexible and efficient work habits.
References 1) Prof. Dr. Alain Abran, Full Professor and Director of the
Software Engineering Research Laboratory, Dept. of Software Engineering and IT, École de Technologie Supérieure, University of Québec, 1100 Notre-Dame Street, Montréal, Québec H3C1K3, Canada. E-mail: [email protected], Tel.: +1 (514) 396-8632
2) Prof. Dr. Abdul Azim Abd. Ghani, Full Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. E-mail: [email protected]
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3) Dr. Alain April, Associate Professor, Dept. of Software Engineering and IT, École de Technologie Supérieure, University of Québec, 1100 Notre-Dame Street, Montréal, Québec H3C1K3, Canada. E-mail: [email protected], Tel.: +1 (514) 396-8682
4) Dr. Luigi Buglione, Associate Professor, Engineering.it S.p.A., Via Riccardo Morandi 32, I-00148 Rome, Italy. E-mail: [email protected], Tel.: +39 (335) 121-4813
