CV
Yasser M. IBRAHIM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Management Information Systems
King Saud University
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Personal Information |
Address |
Department of Management Information Systems College of Business Administration King Saud University Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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Contact Numbers Work: Mobile: |
+96611 4674363 +966 56 444 234 8 |
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Nationality |
Egyptian |
Education |
2005 |
PhD in Computer Science, Essex Univ., UK. |
2000 |
Preliminary courses for PhD in Computer Science, Essex Univ., (Distinction). |
1999 |
Qualifying exams for PhD degree in Statistics, Cairo Univ. (Awarded a scholarship sponsored fully by the Egyptian Government.) |
1997 |
M.Sc. in Statistics and Operations Research (Merit). |
1994 |
Qualifying exams for the M.Sc. Degree in Statistics, FEPS, Cairo Univ. |
1993 |
B.Sc. in Statistics, Cairo Univ., (Merit). |
Work ExperienceFull-Time Jobs |
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2009 –Present |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Information Systems, King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. |
2005 – 2009
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social Science Computing, Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt. |
1997 – 1999
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Lecturer, Dept. of Social Science Computing, FEPS, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt. |
1993 – 1997
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Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Social Science Computing, FEPS, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt. |
My responsibilities at Cairo University and KSU include:
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Other Work Experience |
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Apr. 2008 – Feb. 2009 |
Vice Director of Universities Developing Funding Project (UDFP)/FEPS Cairo University, Giza, Egypt The project aimed at awarding the accreditation for FEPS. My responsibilities included supervising and coordinating the implementation of whole project and implementing its main activities. I was a member of the team prepared the project proposal to the Ministry of Higher Education in Egypt (Sept. 2007 - Jan. 2008).
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Apr. 2006 – Feb. 2009 |
Manager of Computer Laps - FEPS, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Responsibilities included managing and running the computer laps for teaching and training as well as providing the technical support for the staff and the students. Responsibilities also include research projects, surveys, and consultation.
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2007 - 2009 |
Database designer and developer, Center for Economic & Financial Research & Studies - FEPS, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Responsibilities included designing and developing databases to support the surveys and research studies in the center.
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Jan. 2008 – |
Trainer at Modelling and Institutional Decision Support Centre, Cairo University, Egypt. The centre is attached to a TEMPUS project. The project consortium includes Cairo Univ. Egypt, Information Systems and Operations Research Dept., Cologne Univ. Germany, Scientific Data Handling, Denmark, and Egyptian Ministry of Planning.
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2008 - 2009 |
Assistant Professor, Future University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Feb. 2006 –May 2007 |
Project Manager and Vice General Manager, IESCOM company, Doky, Egypt. IESCOM is composed of 4 main departments: IT, Law, Environmental, and ‘Feqh’. My responsibilities at IESCOM included:
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2002 – 2005 |
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Dept. of Computer Science, Essex Univ., UK.
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1994 – 1999
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Instructor and Course Developer, IBM Education and Training Centre, Cairo, Egypt. My responsibilities included developing material for courses, teaching, and recruitment. |
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1993 – 1994
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Instructor, Open Univ., Giza, Egypt. |
Publications |
Fahim Akhter and Yasser Ibrahim (2016). “Intelligent Accreditation System: A Survey of the Issues, Challenges, and Solution.” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), Vol. 7, No. 1. (ISI indexed.) http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2016.070165. |
Yasser Ibrahim, Fahim Akhter, and Wafi Albalawi (2016). “The Accreditation Dilemma: A Case Study of Adoption of Structured Web-Based Accreditation Systems in Saudi Arabian Higher Education Environment.” Journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 1. |
Ghada Deghedi and Yasser Ibrahim (2015). “Sharing Planned Factory Shutdown Information in Supply Chain Systems: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach.” International Journal of Management and Decision Making, Vol.14, No.2, pp.154–179. (Scopus Elsevier Indexed.) |
Ghada Deghedi and Yasser Ibrahim (2013). “Demand Information Sharing in Supply Chains: The Impact of Lead-Time and Inventory to Backorder Cost Ratio.” International Journal of Management and Decision Making, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp.215–239. (Scopus Elsevier Indexed.) |
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Yasser Ibrahim and Ghada Deghedi (2012). “Sharing Breakdown Information in Supply Chain Systems: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach.” Information and Knowledge Management 2(4), 2012. ISSN 2224-5758 (Paper) ISSN 2224-896X (Online).
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Ghada Deghedi and Yasser Ibrahim (2012). “Collaboration and Information Sharing in Supply Chain Systems: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach.” LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (12 Sep 2012). ISBN-13: 978-3659236341.
Mahmoud M. El-Sherbiny and Yasser M. Ibrahim (2012). “An Artificial Immune Algorithm with Alternative Mutation Methods: Applied to the Student Project Assignment Problem.” Proceedings of International Conference on Innovation and Information Management (ICIIM2012), 7-8 Jan. 2012, Chengdu, China.
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Khaled Altasan, Mahmoud M. El-Sherbiny, Yasser M. Ibrahim, and Ahmad Abed (2012). “A Novel Artificial Immune Algorithm for Solving Fixed Charge Transportation Problems.” Proceedings of International Conference on Innovation and Information Management (ICIIM2012), 7-8 Jan. 2012, Chengdu, China.
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Yasser M. Ibrahim (2010). “An Automated Model Abstraction Approach: Applied to Rule-Based Multi-Agent Systems.” VDM Verlag, Germany, 2010. ISBN 978-3-639-30025-3.
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Ibrahim, Y. M., Scott, P., (2004). “Automated Abstraction for Rule-Based Multi-Agent Systems.” Proceedings of Second International Conference of the European Social Simulation Association (ESSA’04), September 16-19, Valladolid, Spain.
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Ibrahim, Y. M. (2004). “Automated Model Abstraction.” A paper presented at IEE members papers competition.
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Ibrahim, Y. M., Soliman, A., (1998). “A Genetic Algorithm for Solving Travelling Salesman Problems.” Proceedings of the Six International Conference of Artificial Intelligence Applications, Feb 18-22, Cairo, Egypt. |
Training |
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Aug. 2008 |
Training course on Principles and Techniques of Fundraising, The Center of Philanthropy, Indiana Univ., USA, held at Alexandria University, Egypt. |
Dec. 2007 |
Training course (II) for trainers on decision support systems, Modelling and Institutional Decision Support Centre, Cairo University, Egypt. |
Aug. 2007 |
Training course (I) for trainers on decision support systems, Cologne University, Germany. |
Jun. 2005 |
One-month, full-time training course for university lecturers, Cairo University, Egypt. |
Aug. 2002 |
Three-day, full-time training course for university lecturers, Essex Univ., UK. |
Services |
- Organising courses in the field of IT for the FEPS staff members at Cairo University and MIS Dept. students at King Saud University.
- I was responsible for organising the first computer exhibition in FEPS which was appreciated by the faculty as well as the Ministry of Communication in Egypt.
- A new member of the Egyptian Humanitarian Relief and Rehabilitation Organisation.
Skills |
- Modelling and simulation using different techniques including Cellular Automata and Artificial Intelligence.
- Experienced in building Multi-Agent Systems, especially for the purpose of social simulation.
- Experienced in solving optimisation and constraint satisfaction problems using evolutionary programs (Genetic Algorithms) and artificial immune algorithms.
- Excellent mathematical, statistical, and operational research background.
- Remarkable teaching and presentation skills.
- Considerable research skills.
- Programming using .Net.
- Object oriented system analysis and design.
- Considerable management and administrative skills.
Languages |
Arabic |
Mother tongue |
English |
Written and verbal fluency |
Honors |
2012 |
Excellence of Ph.D. Research, Cairo University, Egypt. |
2004 |
Winner of the best paper presented for IEE papers competition, Suffolk Branch, held at Essex Univ. |
1994 |
Prize of FEPS, Cairo Univ., for the best student in the Theory of Statistics. |
1992 |
Prize of the Suez Canal Bank for the best student in Statistics Dept., FEPS, Cairo Univ. |
References (upon request) |