Name:  Esa  Ahmed  Alghenaim

Marital status:  Married, four daughters and one sun.

Nationality:   Saudi
Date of birth:   2/9/1970
Place of birth:  Saudi Arabia
Address:  Building#31 , P.O. BOX 51178, Riyadh 11543, Saudi Arabia

Tel.:  (+966) 1 4676967
E-Mail:  essa@ksu.edu.sa
 
 
 

• Embedded Systems.
• Security (Optimized encryption algorithms implementation in hardware and software, smart cards).
• Wireless Networks.

 
 
 
3/2008

PhD   in Computer Science and Engineering.   

King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals

Dahran, Saudi Arabia

7/2000

MS in Computer Engineering.    GPA: 4.96/5.00

King Saud University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

7/1993
BS in Computer Engineering.  GPA: 4.92/5.00

King Saud University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 

Date: 2008 -Now

Title:  Assistant Professor

Place:  Department of Computer Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.

State:  Teaching different courses. Such as: graduate computer networks course, data communication, TCP/IP protocols, embedded systems.

Date: 2003 -2008

Title: PhD student

Place:  Department of Computer Engineering, KFUPM, Dahran, KSA.

State: Finished the required courses for the degree (30 hours) and passed the comprehensive exam. Currently working in my PhD thesis with Dr. Aimane Al-Maleh.

Date: Sep 1999 - 2003

Title: Lecturer

Place:  Department of Computer Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.

Activities: Teaching the following courses: Digital systems designs and simulation using VHDL, Local Area Network Laboratory, Signals and Systems, Data transmission.

Date: Sep 1999 – 2003

Title: Consultant
Place: Place: National Company for Secure Telecommunication and Information, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Activities:  Two main jobs: Managing digital design engineers team and providing consultations in the following fields: DSP chips interfacing and programming, synthesis and simulation  with VHDL, embedded systems and LAN administration. 

Date: July 1993 – Sep 1999

Title: Digital Systems Designer
Place: National Company for Secure Telecommunication and Information, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Activities: Working  in the following fields: Design, implementation and testing of digital systems and writing the system software to operate it. The digital systems includes: Microprocessor based systems, High speed DSP based systems, Complex PLDs, Embedded microcontrollers, Interfacing analog devices, Designing, simulation and implementation of digital circuits using VHDL.

-          Developing, Programming and implementation of digital systems based on DSPs, Microprocessors, embedded controllers and programmable devices.

-          Implementing real time DSP algorithms using general purpose DSP chips.

-          Developing and implementing protocols for serial communication.

-          Design, implementation and testing of digital and analog printed circuit boards.

-          Managing R&D teams for digital systems design & implementation.

-          High-speed printed circuit board design.

-          Design and implementation of FPGA based systems using VHDL.

 
 
-    DSP C2x DSP Design Workshop  at Texas Instrument , Boston, MA, March 1996.
-    PCB Design Conference, Santa Clara, CA, March 1996.
-    PCB exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, March 1996.
-    International electronic exhibition (TAITRONICS), Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 1997.
-    International electronic exhibition (TAITRONICS), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 2001.
-    Linux Operating System, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec 1999.
-    VHDL methodology with Foundation Express, at XILINX, San Jose, July 2000.
-    TMS320C6x DSP Design Workshop, Dallas, TX, July 2000.
-    PADs-PowerLogic, PADs-PowerPCB and BlazeRouter, at PADs Software, Inc., Marlboro, MA, June 2000.
 

• Aiman H. El-Maleh, Mohamed Adnan Landolsi, Esa A. AlGhoneim, “Window-constrained interconnect-efficient progressive edge growth LDPC codes”. International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEÜ), 67 (2013) 588– 594
• Esa Alghonaim, Aiman El-Maleh, M. Adnan Landolsi and Sadiq M. Sait, “A Platform for LDPC Code Design and Performance Evaluation,” The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Volume 35, Number 2B, 2010, pp. 131-148.
• Esa Alghonaim, Aiman El-Maleh and Adnan Al-Andalusi, "NEW TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF LDPC CODES IN THE PRESENCE OF TRAPPING SETS," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2008, Article ID 362897, 12 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/362897 (A special issue on Advances in Error Control Coding Techniques).
• Esa Al-Ghonaim, Aiman H. El-Maleh, and Adnan Andalusi, "Using input/output queues to increase LDPC decoder performance," The sixth ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-08), Doha, Qatar, 2008, pp. 304-308.
• Esa Alghonaim, Aiman El-Maleh and Adnan Al-Andalusi, "PARALLEL COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR EVALUATING LDPC CODES PERFORMANCE,"   IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (ICSPC 2007), November 2007, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pp. 157- 160.
• Esa Alghonaim, Mohamed Adnan Landolsi, and Aiman El-Maleh, "IMPROVING BER PERFORMANCE OF LDPC CODES BASED ON INTERMEDIATE DECODING RESULTS,"   IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications (ICSPC 2007), November 2007, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pp. 1547- 1550. 
• Esa. A. Alghenaim, “Algorithms to reduce internal blocking in optical multistage interconnction networks”, M.S. thesis, CE Dept. King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 1999.