Personal Details - 3:12 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

1.       Name:                                                                                            Majdi

2.       Surname:                                                                                      ASHIBANI

3.       Current Position                                                                         Assistant Professor

                                                                                                             (Telecommunications)

4.       Date of Birth                                                                               12/11/1966, Tripoli

5.       Nationality                                                                                   Libyan

6.       Current Work Place:                                                                   Higher Institute of Industry

7.       Languages                                                                                   English/Arabic

8.       Current Place of Residence                                                        Misurata-Libya

9.       Contact home telephone:                                                           +218 512 629044

10.    Contact fax:                                                                                  +218 512 615314 

11.    Contact business telephone                                                     +218 512 615312

12.    Cell phone                                                                                    +218 91  3180923

13.    E-mail Address(1)                                                                       mashibani@yahoo.co.uk

14.    URL                                                                                               http//:www.mashibani.bravepages.com

15.    Marital Status:                                                                             married (three children)

Academic Qualifications - 3:12 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

Ø  Ph.D. in Broadband Communication Networks , from Department of Electrical Engineering University of Cape Town, South Africa 2003. (Awarded as best PhD Thesis for 2003).

Ph.D. Thesis Title: Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in Broadband ATM Networks.

Areas of Research: NGN, Traffic and congestion control mechanisms design, bandwidth allocation in IP and ATM networks, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).

Ø  M.Sc. in Telecommunications and Information systems, obtained from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 1993.

Ø  B.Sc.  in Telecommunications and Electronics, obtained from Department of Electrical & electronic Engineering Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya in 1989.

Training Courses - 3:11 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

Ø  Training Course on Academic standard and Quality Assurance, Nottingham Trent University, UK ,  1-5 September  2007.

Work Experience - 3:11 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

§  Between Feb. 1990 to March 1993, I was employed as a Telecommunication specialist at ministry of industry in Higher Institute of Industry.(Libya) and other Libyan Universities. I was involved on, teaching, consultation, and training.

§  Since May, 1993 onwards, I have been employed as Assistant professor at the Higher Institute of Industry, and taught  the following courses:

1.       Next generation networks (Postgraduate)

2.       Applied statistics (Postgraduate course).

3.       Advanced Data and Computer Networks (Postgraduate course).

4.       High Speed Data networks (Postgraduate course).

5.       Next Generation Networks (Postgraduate course).

6.       Telecommunications Engineering-,

7.       Design and Project (telecommunications and Data systems),

8.       Digital system Design. 

9.       High Speed broadband Networks (B.Sc. final year students)

10.    Supervising seven M.SC students in the following areas:

A.      New QoS based billing system for next generation services.

B.      QoS provisioning for accessing  IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) via WLAN. 

C.      Impact of IPv6 immigration on Libyan telecommunication Industry

D.      Routing Optimizations for Ad hoc networks

E.        Improving  Transmission Control Protocol for new generation of mobile networks

F.       Vertical handover to support Fixed mobile convergence FMC networks.

G.      Evaluation of SIP capability to support QoS in Next generation networks.

H.      Video streaming within IMS context.

I.        End- to-end Interdomain QoS provisioning in IP networks.

J.        Delivering Non SIP applications through IMS plate form (the student is registered at University of Cape Town, SA (co supervision)).

·         From September, 2004, a member of the high committee of Information and Communication technology to the ministry of energy, Libya.

·         From September 2004, a member of high consulting committee to the ministry of energy, Libya.

ADMINISTRATIVE   BETWEEN 1990-Now  (Higher Institute of Industry)

·         The Dean of  The Higher Institute of Industry (1/3/2006-now)

·         The Dean of  Faculty of Information Technology ,  7th October University (1/7/2006-now)

RESEARCH INTERESTS - 3:09 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

  The Research Interests include but are not limited to the following:

·         Next generation services (NGS).

·         Next generation network (NGN).

·         Bandwidth management for ATM/IP Networks. 

·         GPRS, UMTS, and All-IP network.

·         IP VPN, MPLS, and MPLS/VPN Networks.

·         Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11, and ETSI BRAN.

·         Mobility Management in Mobile IPv4, Mobile IPv6 Network.

·         Efficient Routing Algorithm and Multicast Algorithm in ATM Networks

·         Efficient Routing Algorithm and Multicast Algorithm in Mobile IP-based Network

·         Mobility Management in GPRS, UMTS, and All-IP network.

·         Vertical Handoff in the Wireless LAN over 3G-UMTS Network.  

·         QoS Management and Traffic Engineering in MPLS and MPLS/VPN Networks.

·         E-businesses , E-commerce, E-Learning and E-Government.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES - 3:09 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

§  Member of the IEEE.

§  Member of International Engineering Consortium (IEC).

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - 3:06 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

§  Member of the International Technical Committee of the Libyan Arab International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Libya.

§   Member of the International Technical Committee of the Southern African Telecommunication and Network Application Conference, SATNAC, South Africa.

§  Reviewer to The World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, SCI2004& 2005, Florida, USA.

Reviewer to the Journal of International Journal of Information Systems (IIS), Florida, USA

PUBLICATIONS - 3:06 AM, Nov. 28, 2007

1.       Hossen Altwelib, Majdi Ashibani  and  Fathi Ben Shatwan, “Performance Evaluation of An Integrated Vertical Handover Scheme for Next Generation Mobile Networks Using Virtual MAC Addresses,”  South African Telecommunications Network & Applications SATNAC2007, Mauritius, 2007.

2.       Wissam Etarjman, Majdi Ashibani and Bashir El-Jabu, “Towards Optimized QoS Based-Charging Model”, South African Telecommunications Network & Applications SATNAC2007, Mauritius, 2007.

3.       Asma A. Elmangosh, Majdi A. Ashibani, and Fathi Ben Shatwan, “Quality of Service Provisioning Issue of Accessing IP Multimedia Subsystem via WirelessLANs,” The International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, 2-4 May, 2007, Paris, France.

4.       Asma A. Elmangosh, Majdi A. Ashibani, Fathi Ben Shatwan, “Performance Evaluation of The Interworking between EDCA 802.11e and DiffServ. -A Simulation Study”, (eSCo-Wi). IEEE International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference, 11-13 April 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

5.       E. Saad, J. Elbergali, and M. Ashibani, “Enhancing TCP Performance over Heterogeneous Networks,” South African Telecommunications Network & Applications SATNAC2006, Stellenbouch, South Africa, September 2006.

6.       Majdi Ashibani and Fathi Ben Shatwan, “Immigration Requirements to the Next Generation Networks,”  Libyan Arab International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, March 2006, Tripoli,Libya.

7.        Elhusain Saad,   Jamal Elbergali, and  Majdi  Ashibani, ” Enhanced TCP Performance for Wireless Communication Networks,”  Libyan Arab International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, March 2006, Tripoli, Libya.

8.       Wassam Torjman, Majdi Ashibani and Bashier Eljbou, “|Billing Issues for New Evolving Services of Next Generation Networks,” Libyan Arab International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, March 2006, Tripoli, Libya.

9.       Hossen Altwelib, Majdi Ashibani and Fathi Ben Shatwan, “Vertical Handover Scheme for Next Generation Mobile Networks (4G),” South African Telecommunications Network & Applications SATNAC2005, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, September 2005.

10.    Majdi Ashibani  & Fathi Ben Shatwan “QoS-aware adaptation scheme for video delivery over 3G mobile wireless networks,” SCI 2004, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2004. (selected as the best paper presented in the Communication, Networking and Interconnection Technologies session).

11.    Daniel J. Mashao and Majdi Ashibani, “Using ABR-service for a call centre application: speaker recognition,”  SATNAC2003, Gorge, South Africa, September 2003.   

12.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao “Impact of Renegotiation Frequency on ATM Network Performance,” International Conference in Communication, IEEE (ICC 2003), Alaska, USA, May 2003.

13.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao, "Quality of Service Renegotiation Effect on ATM Network Performance," International Conference on Communication Systems, IEEE (ICCS 2002), Pages 144-148, Singapore, November 2002.

14.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao, “Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Protocol for Hierarchically Compressed Video in ATM Networks,” IEEE, International Conference on communications, ICC 2002, Pages 2247-2252, New York, USA, April 2002.

15.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao, “Multilayer Video Transmission System for ATM Networks”, International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP2002, Staffordshire, UK, July 2002.                                            

16.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao, “Performance Evaluation of Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for VBR Video Streaming in ATM Networks,” IEEE AFRICON’02, Gorge, South Africa, October 2002.   

17.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao “Multilayer Video Transmission Model for ATM Networks,” International Telecommunication World conference, WTC 2002, Paris, France, September  2002.   

18.    B. Nleya, Majdi Ashibani, and R. Sewusankar, “An overview of Intelligence in DWDM Based Optical Networks,” IEEE AFRICON’02, Pages 253-258, Gorge, South Africa, October 2002.        

19.    Majdi Ashibani, D. Mashao, and B. Nleya, “Multi level Real time Bandwidth Allocation Scheme for ATM Networks,” IEEE, International Conference on Trends in Communications, (EUROCON2001), Pages 787-791, Slovakia, July 2001.

20.    Majdi Ashibani, D. Mashao and, B. Nleya, “Performance Analysis of Burst level Bandwidth Allocation Using Multipath Routing Reservation,” IEEE, International Conference on Trends in Communications, (EUROCON2001), Pages 70-76, Slovakia, July 2001.

21.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao, “Renegotiation-Based Quality of Service Approach for Scalable Compressed Video in ATM Networks,” SATNAC 2001, South Africa, September 2001.

22.    Majdi Ashibani, B. Nleya, and D. Mashao, “Bandwidth Renegotiation Using Hierarchical Compressed Video in ATM Networks” IEEE 8th Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technology, SCVT 2001, Pages 48-53, Netherlands, October 2001.

23.    Majdi Ashibani, and B. Nleya, “Design of Fault tolerant networks,” IEEE International Conference on Communication System (ICCS), Singapore, November 2000.

24.    Majdi Ashibani, and B. Nleya, “Burst level Real time bandwidth allocation schemes in ATM networks,” SATCAM, 2000, Stellenbosch, South Africa, September 2000.

25.    Majdi Ashibani, and B. Nleya, “Burst control schemes in ATM networks,”   SATCAM 2000, Stellenbosch, South Africa, September 2000.

26.    Majdi Ashibani, and B. Nleya,”Real time dynamic flow control in ATM Networks,” SATCAM, 2000, Stellenbosch, South Africa, September 2000.

27.    Majdi Ashibani, and J.Elbergali “Performance of Data transmission using orthogonal groups of QAM,” Libyan International conference on Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Tripoli, Libya, March 1995.

28.    J. Elbergali, and  Majdi Ashibani, “Performance of Multipath fading on mobile Data transmission systems,” Libyan International conference on Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Tripoli, Libya, March 1995.

29.    Majdi Ashibani, and Salah. Eswehily “Remote Industrial Technical Education “Alkodess Open University conference on Open and remote education, Amman Jordan, 1999.

30.    Mohamed Khan and Majdi Ashibani” Maintenance planning in third world countries” Islam Abad, Pakistan, 1998.