Mohammad Mahmoud Aref Abdallah
PHONE: +962 7 86672571.
E-MAIL: m.abdallah@zuj.edu.jo, mma_tamimi@yahoo.co.uk
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 224, Amman 11623, Jordan
CITIZENSHIP: Jordanian.
BIRTH PLACE & DATE: Kuwait, on 9 January 1985.
MARITAL STATUS: Married.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Software Engineering), July 2012, University of Durham, Durham, UK.
Thesis Title: A Weighted Grid for Measuring Program Robustness.
Thesis Topics: Software Measurement and Program Analysis.
MSc (Software Engineering), September 2008, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK.
BSc (Computer Science), February 2004, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Arabic and English: Reading, writing, listening and speaking.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Program Robustness, Software Measurement, and Program Analysis.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
10/2016 – Present: Chair of Computer Science Department
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
10/2015 – 10/2016: Chair of Software Engineering Department
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
2/2015 – 10/2016: Activities Organiser and Coordinator
Faculty of Science and Information technology
Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
10/2012 – present: Assistant Professor
Department of Software Engineering
Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Taught several courses that include Introduction to Software Engineering, Technical writing, Software Design, Software Modeling, Software Verification and Validation, and Software Maintenance and Reengineering. In addition, supervised final year students’ projects and training.
- Quality assurance representative in the Department of Software Engineering.
- Rapporteur of training, counselling, equalization and alumni committee.
- Participated in student academic advising and other tasks assigned by the department, such as revising the syllabus for some courses and coordinating common exams.
10/2008 – 7/2011: Teaching Assistant
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
University of Durham, Durham, UK
- Taught a Computer Systems course, which included giving lectures, exams, and projects.
- Taught recitation sessions and assisted students of different courses that included Database, Networks, Operating Systems, and Logic Design.
- Graded exams and homework assignments for the above courses.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- October 2016: LDRA test suites tools, LDRA Company, Liverpool, UK.
- February 2016: Exams write, analysis and evaluate, Quality Assurance Department, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
- June – July 2015: Human Resources Course, Counselling and Community Services Centre, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
- June – July 2013: Arduino Microcontroller Course, Al-Baheth Centre, Amman, Jordan
- June 2012: Collaborative researcher. Vitae organisation, Durham, UK.
- November 2011: Leadership in Action. Vitae organisation, Leeds, UK.
- June – October 2011: DULTA (Durham Learning and Teaching Award) certificate. Durham University, Durham, UK.
- June 2010: Durham Entrepreneurship. Durham University, Durham, UK.
- May 2010: How to be effective researcher, Sunderland University, Sunderland, UK
- September 2009: Communication Skills and More. Durham University, Durham, UK.
- November 2008: Teaching Induction for postgraduates engaged in teaching and supporting learning. Durham University, Durham, UK.
I also attended many different training courses in different aspects (research skills, business skills, organising events… etc.) provided by Durham University, UK research office, and other Universities.
Grants and funded Projects:
- March 2016 – March 2017: A novel approach for measuring Java language standards for educational purposes. Funded Project by Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan.
- June 2011: Durham Graduate School Grant for Event and Conferences: I have awarded a grant to organise a one day workshop in Durham University under the title: “A Multidisciplinary Workshop for research students to share Experiences of Conducting a Systematic Review”.
Publications:
- Ayman Abdallah, Mohammad Abdallah, Mosa Salah. 2017. A Brief Survey of Program Robustness. International Journal of Software Engineering and its Application (IJSEA). To be published
- Mohammad Abdallah, Hanadi Tamimi. 2016. Clauser: Clause Slicing Tool for C Programs. International Journal of Software Engineering and its Application (IJSIEA). Vol. 10 No. 3 p.49-56
- Mohammad Abdallah, M. Munro, and K. Gallagher. 2011. A Static Robustness Grid Using MISRA C2 Language Rules. The Sixth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA 2011) in Barcelona, Spain.
- Mohammad Abdallah. 2011. Static Robustness Grid Using MISRA Language Rules. Research Day Proceedings, School of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK.
- Mohammad Abdallah, M. Munro, and K. Gallagher. 2010. Certifying Program Robustness Using Program Slicing. 26th IEEE international conference on software engineering (ICSM 2010) in Timisoara, Romania.
- Mohammad Abdallah. 2010. Building Robustness Hierarchy Using Program Slicing to Certify Software Robustness. Durham Doctoral Working Papers Journal, Volume 1.
- Mohammad Abdallah. 2010. Build Robustness Hierarchy to Certify Software Robustness. Research Day Proceedings, School of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK.
- Mohammad Abdallah. 2009. Certifying Program Robustness Using Program Slicing. Research Day Proceedings, School of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK.
Positions of Responsibility:
- Served as a member of the Technical Committee of the biannual International Conference on Information Technology, at Al-Zaytoonah University, Amman, Jordan, since 2011.
- Served as a member of the Technical Committee of the International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA) since 2012.
- Served as a member of the PC members of the International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET) 2014.
- Served as a member of the PC members of the International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT) since 2015.
For the above conferences, helped supervise and organize some activities, evaluated papers for meeting conference conditions, refereed several papers, and chaired some sessions.
Professional Society Memberships:
- 2017 – Present: Professional Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
- 2008 – 2012: Student member of The British Computer Society (BCS).
- 2010 – 2012: Student member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).