Mohammad Salameh Obaidat is a computer science/engineering

Computer engineering

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 academic and scholar, the President of and a Fellow of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International

Society for Modeling and Simulation International

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 (SCS), and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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 (IEEE).

Obaidat is a full professor of computer science and software engineering at Monmouth University

Monmouth University

Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....

 in New Jersey

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, United States. He was born in Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

 and received his M.S. and Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in computer engineering from the Ohio State University

Ohio State University

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Biography

Obaidat has held various positions in the past,including Advisor to Adnan Badran

Adnan Badran

Adnan Badran is a Jordanian scientist, academic and politician. He was the prime minister of Jordan from April 7, 2005 to November 27, 2005.-Early life:Badran was born in Jerash, Jordan...

, the President of Jordan's Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University (Jordan)

Philadelphia University is a university in Amman, Jordan.Philadelphia Private University was established in 1989 as a national higher educational institution. The university is located 20-km out of Amman, on the road linking between Amman and Jerash....

, who served in 2005 as the Prime Minister of Jordan. Obaidat is the cousin of the former Prime Minister of Jordan, Ahmed Obaidat (also written as Ahmad Obeidat), who served as the Prime Minister of Jordan in 1984.

Obaidat was a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar to Jordan during the academic year 2004/2005. He served as Chair of the Department of Computer Science and the Graduate Studies Committee at Monmouth University. He has been invited to give keynote speeches and invited talks at international conferences, universities, and organizations all over the world.

Dr. Obaidat is the author or co-author of numerous books and refereed scholarly journal and conference

Academic conference

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 papers. His books have been translated to several languages.

He held visiting professorships at various universities, including Aberdeen University, UK

United Kingdom

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, INSA-Rouen, France

France

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, Philadelphia University, Jordan, University of Seville

University of Seville

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, Spain

Spain

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, University of Oviedo

University of Oviedo

The University of Oviedo is a public university in Asturias . It's the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres.-History:...

, Spain, National Ilan University

National Ilan University

The National Ilan University is a university in Ilan City, Taiwan.-History:National Ilan University was one of the very first institutions of higher education in Taiwan, and was originally founded as the Taiwan Provincial Ilan School of Agriculture and Forestry on 12 May 1926...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

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, Tamkang University

Tamkang University

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, Taiwan, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea

South Korea

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, University of Girona

University of Girona

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, Spain, Genoa University, Italy

Italy

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, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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, Carthage University, Tunisia

Carthage University

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, EMI, Morocco

EMI Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingénieurs

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, Torino Polytechnic, Italy

Polytechnic University of Turin

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, Bogazci University, Turkey

Bogaziçi University

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, and International Islamic University Malaysia

International Islamic University Malaysia

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He served as IEEE Computer Society

IEEE Computer Society

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 Distinguished lecturer/visitor (1994–1997) and now is a distinguished lecturer for the Association for Computing Machinery

Association for Computing Machinery

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 (ACM) and SCS. His research interests encompass wireless systems, computer communication networking, cyber security, Learning Automata, Neural Networks, Parallel and Distributed Systems, Modeling and Simulation, Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, Telecommunications, among others.

Literary efforts

Since 1997, Obaidat has been the editor–in-chief of the International Journal of Communication Systems, published by John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons

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. Obaidat is the editor of the Journal of Convergence published by FTRA. He is currently Editor, Advisory editor, or editorial board member of many other scholarly journals and transactions. Prof. Obaidat has chaired a number of international conferences and served as an advisor to many international conferences and organizations.

Awards

Obaidat has received many awards, including the SCS McLeod Founder's Award for his outstanding technical contribution to Computer modeling and simulation

Computer simulation

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, the IEEE AICCSA 2009 Best Paper Award, the IEEE GLOBCOM 2009 Best Paper Award, the Nokia Research Fellowship Award, and the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award

Fulbright Award

The Fulbright Award is a scholarship awarded as part of the Fulbright Program to foster international research and collaboration. The program also awards a fellowship to Ph.D.'s to lecture and teach in foreign universities...

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