THESES

As by February 2000, our Computer Engineering Department did not starts its Ph.D. program.

• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. F. Bu-Bshait, A Parallel Processing Software for Real-Time Applications, June 1989, KFUPM.
• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Ismail Limalia, A Multi-level Invariant Modeling, Storage, and Recognition of Digital Images Using Generalized Polar Model, June 1991, KFUPM.
• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Adel Maasarani, Performance Evaluation of Scheduling Precedence-Constrained Computation on Message-Passing Multiprocessors, 1993, KFUPM.
• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Wasif Hasan Arif, A Novel Fast Packet Switch Architecture for ATM Neworks, March 1996, KFUPM.
• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Mansoor Wahid Khan, A Data Parallel Programming software Tool, KFUPM, suspended, summer 1997.
• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Nadeem Mohammad Mohsen, Simulated Evolution based Scheduling of Computations and Communications, KFUPM, October 1996.
• Co-Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Homam Najjari (ICS), Heuristic Scheduling of Computations and Communications through Improved Iterative Refinement, KFUPM, June 1996.
• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Mohammad Kaleemuddin, Design of an ATM Switching Architecture, KFUPM, June 1997.
• Chairman, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Hussam Abu-Haimed, Organization of Parallel Memories, June, 1997, KFUPM.
• Member, M.S. Thesis of Mr. Mohammad Nazeeruddin, Congestion Control and Protocol Design Issues for Multimedia Communications, November, 1998, KFUPM.

Completed and pending research projects:  

1.

Design of ``A Fully Computerized and Programmable Robot System'', Department of Nuclear Instrumentation, CEA, Saclay, France. December 1982.

2.

Design of Microprocessor-Controlled Sensor for Qualitative Testing, The project lead to the design of a ``Sensor for the Detection of Internal Cracks'', The Research Project supported by the Research Institute (RI) at KFUPM, Completed in June 1990.

3.

Analysis of Computing Requirements for Robotics Systems, Research Project supported by the Research Institute (RI) at KFUPM, Completed in Dec. 1991.

4.

Investigation of Automatic Data Partitioning for Data-Parallel Programming, with Dr. K. Al-Tawil. Submitted for funding to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Budget of SR 100,000 (USD 25,000). Under revision, June 1999.

5.

Designing of a data Partitioning Software Tool for Data-Parallel Programming, with Dr. K. Al-Tawil, For funding by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. Budget of SR 400,000 (USD 110,000). To be submitted in December 1999.

6.

Designing of a Head-Motion Robotic System for Handicapped, with Dr. Fouad Al-Sunni, submitted for funding to Prince Salman Center for Disability Research, Budget of SR 200,000 (USD 55,000). Arabic version (required) is in preparation. To be submitted. Fall 1999.

7.

Designing of a Teleoperation (telepresence) Systems with Multimedia capability for Operations in LAN environments, with Dr. Onur Toker (SE), and Dr. Nesar Merah (ME). Funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). Budget of SR 400,000 (USD 110,000). Completed in April 2004.