CURRICULUM VITA

 

MUHAMMAD ALI

 

ADDRESS: Room 100, Brimmer Hall, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088

TELEPHONE: Office: 334-727-8159

 

EDUCATION

D Sc. (Computer Science) George Washington University, USA                         

M Sc. (Electronic Equipment Design) Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK                    

B.E. (Avionics) National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan  

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

UPCRC Illinois Summer School on Multicore Programming                                             2009

9th Annual CERIAS Information Security Symposium, Purdue University                         2008

Beyond Face-to-Face Instruction to Blended and Online Instruction, Oakwood University 2007

Midwest Grid Computing Workshop, University of Chicago, Illinois                                   2007

Case-Studies in Science Workshop, State University of New York at Buffalo                   2006

Workshop on Social & Ethical Issues in Information Assurance, Purdue University           2005

Microsoft Academic Days at the MIT, MIT, Boston, MA                                                2005

Information Assurance Education Graduate Certificate Program, Purdue University          2004

CERIAS/CISCO Network Security Boot camp for Professors, Purdue University                         2004

Wireless LAN Security Workshop, New York                                                                2003

Information Security Curriculum Development Workshop, Kennesaw State University      2003

Supercomputing 2003 Education Program at SC2003 Conference, Phoenix, Arizona          2003

Incorporating Computational Science Tools and Techniques into Undergraduate Courses,

Workshop, July 20-23, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama                            2003

Critical Thinking Workshop, Tuskegee University                                                            2002

 

EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama                           2005-

Assistant Professor, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama                            2001-2005

Center Director and Head of Faculty, Beaconhouse-Informatics, Pakistan            1999-2000

Head, Dept. of Electrical Engg, Ripah University, Pakistan 1997-1999

Assoc. Prof., Electrical Engg, National University of Science & Tech, Pakistan    1995-1997

Director of Air Defense Automation Systems Maintenance                                 1994-1995

Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Avionics, NUST, Pakistan                                                1989-1994

Team Leader, process control software development                                           1979-1984

Lecturer, Dept. of Avionics, NUST, Pakistan                                                      1978-1979

 

PUBLICATIONS
Ali, M., Jangum, D., The Development of a Security Engineering Course at Tuskegee
University, The 2009 International Conference on Security and Management, July 2009.

 

Dark, M., Epstein, R., Morales, L., Countermine, T., Ali, M., Yuan, Q., Rose, M., & Harter, N.,

"A Pedagogical Framework for Ethical Development". (2007) M. Quigley. Encyclopedia of

Information Ethics and Security Idea Group.

 

Melissa Dark, Richard Epstein, Linda Morales, Terry Countermine, Qing Yuan, Muhammad Ali,

Matt Rose, Nathan Harter, "A Framework for Information Security Ethics Education", The 10th

Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, June 5-9, 2006

 

Narang, H., Ali, M., Chen, C. H., "Developing an Information Assurance Track in Computer

Science Curricula", ADMI 2005, Oct 13-15, 2005, Rincon, Puerto Rico.

 

Khan, M. J., Ali, M., "Educating for the Out-sourcing and Out-sourced Workplace", ASEE

Southeast Section Conference 2004, Apr 4-6, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

 

Ali, M., Khan, M. J., Nyatuame, D., "Parallel Processing Laboratory Experiments for

Undergraduate Students", Journal of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology

Education, pp 26-30, vol. 3, issues 3&4, July-December, 2002

 

Ali, M., "Development of a High Performance Computing Course, with Low Cost

Infrastructure", The Symposium on Computing at Minority Institutions, pp 13-20, May 30th-

June 2nd, 2002, Stetson University, Florida

 

Murtuza, A., Ali, M., "Learning to Analyze Unstructured Systems Using Forster's A Passage to

India", book chapter in Virtual Education: Cases in Learning & Teaching Technologies, edited

by Dr. Fawzi Albalooshi, IRM Press, April 2003 ISBN: 193177739X

 

Ali, M., and Helgert, H., "Performance Analysis of an Integrated Traffic Slotted Ring",

Workshop on Factory Communications, at National Bureau of Standards, USA, Publication No.

NBSIR 87-3516, pp. 271-276, Mar 17-18, 1987

 

TEACHING AREAS

Bioinformatics, Computer Networks, Information Security, Management Information Systems, Systems Analysis and Design, Software Engineering, Digital Logic Design, Parallel Processing, Programming Languages

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bioinformatics, Computer Networks, Information Security, High Performance Computing and related pedagogy

 

LANGUAGES

Programming Languages: C++, C, Java, MPI, FORTRAN 90/95, Pascal, Visual Basic

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member Sigma Xi

Member Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)

Member IEEE

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Outstanding Faculty Performance Award for Research, Tuskegee University, 2004

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Senior Person, "Implementation Grant: Formulation of Multidepartmental, Multidisciplinary

Concentrations at Tuskegee University" 2009-2014

 

CO-PI of proposal "Computing in life sciences through hands-on experience and case studies at

Tuskegee University", 2008

 

CO-PI of "Collaborative Research: Electronic Testing Education, Research and Training

Infrastructure", a research project in collaboration with Auburn University, funded by NSF,

2007.

 

CO-PI of "Establishment of Information Security track in computer science at Tuskegee

University", research funded by National Security Agency, 2006, two year grant, extended by

another two years

 

CO-PI of "The Establishment of Information Security Infrastructure for Education and Research

at Tuskegee University, funded by National Science Foundation, 2003-2004

 

Directing the STEM Summer Bridge Program 2006-2009. Taught problem-solving, critical

thinking and programming, using simulation and modeling techniques in a new course CSCI

0105 in summer 2006. Will evaluate the impact of the new techniques on the performance of the

program graduates. Component of the second HBCU-UP grant

 

Developing a STEM Summer Bridge program for High School graduates intending to join

Tuskegee University. The program is based on Simulation and Modeling techniques. Supported

by the second HBCU-UP grant from NSF titled "Enhanced Communication and Collaboration

among STEM Disciplines through Undergraduate Curriculum Development and Research, 2004-

2009

 

Development of Laboratory Experiments for High Performance Computing Course, Jan-May,

2002

 

Development of High Performance Computing Course for Undergraduates, June-July 2001

 

Installation, administration and utilization of High Performance Computing Cluster, July 2001

 

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Co-Chair of SESSION 1-SAM:    AUTHENTICATION + BIOMETRICS, with Dr. He Yongzhong, Beijing Jiaotong University,  July 13, 2009 (Monday); 03:20pm - 06:00pm, The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing

 

Co-Chair of SESSION 6-SAM:    PRIVACY ISSUES + INTRUSION DETECTION + ATTACK PREVENTION, with  Dr Francis Jayme Manning III, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA, July 15, 2009 (Wednesday); 12:40pm - 02:00pm, The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing

 

Co-chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science committee for management of Joint

HBCU-UP Conference/3rd Annual Undergraduate Science and Engineering Conference (USEC),

Tuskegee University, Nov 2002, and USEC Nov 2003

 

Advisor of student project titled "Low-Cost Dual-Operating System Computing Using Thin-

Clients", which was awarded First Prize in Mathematics and Computer Science category, at 3rd

Annual Undergraduate Science and Engineering Conference, Tuskegee University, Nov 2002

Attended NSF Institutional Infrastructure Workshop/Minority Institutions Infrastructure PI's

Conference, Washington DC, July 23-24, 2001

 

Attended ACM SIGPLAN 2001 Conference on Programming Language Design and

Implementation, Snowbird, Utah, June 2001

 

Conducted a five-day Faculty Refresher Workshop on Web Technologies, in collaboration with

National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan, 2000

Councilor Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Council of Undergraduate Research,

2001 to 2005

 

GRADUATE THESIS ADVISOR

Said Muhammad (MS) 2004

Daniel Nyatuame (MS) 2003

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ADVISOR

Wendell Jordan-Brangman 2002 (received First Prize at USEC 2002)

Brianca Moon 2003

Charles Murray 2004

 

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY

Chair, Intellectual Contributions Committee 2008- 2009

Arranged Workshop on Grid Computing, 2008

Member of Faculty Senate 2003-2006, extended to 2007

Chair, Continuing Education and Outreach committee of the Faculty Senate 2004-2007

Chair, committee for revising the "Organization of the Faculty" section of the Faculty Handbook

(completed)

Member of the Workshop preparation committee for "Workshop on Models for Interdisciplinary

Curriculum/Research at the Undergraduate Level.", Feb 22nd, 2007

Poster session coordinator for 84th meeting of the Alabama Academy of Sciences, Feb 28th-2nd

Mar, 2007

Requested for and received hardware and software from Xilinx Corporation for a Computer

Architecture Laboratory, 2006

Arranged Workshop on Simulation and Modeling for Tuskegee University Faculty, conducted by

Shodor Educational Foundation, 2006