Professor

Professor Khaled M. Matrouk

College of Engineering / Department of Department of Computer Engineering
College of Engineering / Department of Department of Communications Engineering

Wireless Networks

khaled.matrouk@ahu.edu.jo

00962799286333

Dr. Khaled M. Matrouk obtained his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering/ Communication Engineering stream from Yarmouk University, Jordan, in 1996 and his M. Sc. degree in Communication and Electrical Engineering from the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), in 2001. He obtained his second M. Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from Newcastle University, Australia, in 2003, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sydney University, Australia, in 2008 Between 1996 and 1999 he was a Communications Engineer at Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC). Since 2009 he has been with the Department of Computer Engineering at Al Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU), where he is currently an associate professor. Dr. Matrouk has taught several courses in Computer and Wireless Networking Dr. Matrouk has been involved in several international cooperation programs, including a TEMPUS project in wireless networking. He is a reviewer for several (mainly IEEE and Elsevier) publications. He is the chairman of Computer Symposium in international conference (JIEEEC 2017) organized by Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) for Research and Studies Dr. Matrouk is the founder of the Electrical Engineering department as well as the Computer Networks Laboratory at AHU. Also, he is the founder of the Computer Engineering and Networks master degree program at AHU. In addition, he is a senior member of the IEEE. Research interests of Dr. Matrouk are focused on Cloud and Fog Computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Networks

Academic Qualifications

Degree / Major	University	Year	GPA
See Qualifications — PhD in Computer Engineering , University of Sydney, Australia May 2004 - November 2007 Master in Computer Engineering , University of Newcastle, Australia October 2002 – February 2004 Master in Electrical Engineering , Jordan University of Science and Technology Jordan September 1999 – September 2001 Bachelor in Telecommunication Engineering , Yarmouk University, Jordan September 1991 – May 1996	-	2000

Academic Experience

Position	University / Department	Period
See Details Professor in Wireless Computer Networks at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an – Jordan, August, 2014 A lecturer for several courses, i.e., Computer Networks (I), Computer Networks (II), Advanced Computer Networks (Postgraduate level), Digital Integrated Circuits, Digital Logic Design, Real-Time Systems, Advanced Real Time Systems (Postgraduate level), Distributed Systems, Advanced Distributed Systems (Postgraduate level), Electric Circuits I, Electric Circuits II, Engineering Analysis, Analogue and Digital communication systems, Engineering ,Mathematics, Special topics in Computer Engineering : Internet of Things Digital Communication, Digital Electronic Circuits Lab, Digital Logic Design Lab and supervising many Graduation projects November 2007 – November 2008 I. Lecturer, University of Ballarat at IIBIT, Sydney, Australia I have been hired by Synergy Consultancy Services for lecturing at University of Ballarat at IIBIT, Sydney. The courses that I have taught include Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Networks Protocols and Services. Further, I was responsible for marking the student’s assignments, marking the mid semester and final exams II. Lecturer, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia I have been hired by Sydney University for lecturing. The course that I have taught was Data Communications and the Internet. Moreover, I was responsible for marking the student’s assignments, marking the mid semester and final exams October 2002 – November 2007 Postgraduate studies (Master and PhD) in the University of Newcastle and the University of Sydney, during this period I've been employed as I. Tutor in The School of Electrical Engineering, 2004 – 2007 Tutored various subjects in the school's undergraduate program, including Data Communications and the Internet, Engineering Electromagnetic and Advanced Communication Networks. Tutor who had responsibility to Preparation of the experimental procedure, setup of the experimental apparatus, providing the introduction of the experiment, responding to students' questions they encountered in the experiment, and grading their reports II. Research Assistant in the School of Electrical Engineering, March 2006 July, 2007 September 1999 – October 2002 Postgraduate studies (Master) in Jordan University of Science and Technology, during this period I've been employed as Tutor in the School of Electrical Engineering Tutored various subjects in the school's undergraduate program, including Linear Algebra, Digital Signal Processing and Digital Electronic Circuits. Tutor who had responsibility to Preparation of the experimental procedure, setup of the experimental apparatus, providing the introduction of the experiment, responding to students TECHNICAL REVIEWER JOURNALS EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking* Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing* International Journal of Computer Communication* International Journal of Sensor Networks * International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications* International Journal of Information Sciences* Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering * International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing * CONFERENCES IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference * Mosharaka Multi-Conference on Communications, Propagation, and* Electronics IEEE International Conference on Communications * International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology* IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference * IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference * The 10th Jordan International Electrical & Electronics Engineering Conference* CONFERENCE SESSIONS CHAIRED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation 2008 (MS ’08), AMSE Organization, Petra, Jordan 2008	- — -	2000/01 -

Administrative Experience

Position	Institution	Period
See Details Dean of Scientific Research and Graduate Studies (10-2024- Till now)============ Head of Computer Engineering Department (9/2022-9/2024)==================== Vice Dean of Engineering Faculty, (8/ 2013 up to 9/ 2015) ======== ============ Head of Computer Engineering Department, (9/ 2009 – 9/2011) ============= ============ Head of Communication Engineering Department, (9/ 2010 – 9/ 2011)	- —	2000/01 -

Thesis Supervision

Thesis Title	Student	Type / Role	Status
Master Thesis Supervision - Principal Supervision * Current Students Batool Alaya : conducting a research in Load balancing in Fog Computing* Kholood Eltoon : conducting a research in Scheduling in Fog Computing* Abir Al-Esa : conducting a research in Fog Computing Security* Malak Abu Helala :conducting a research in Cloud computing Security* Alumni Walaa Ghazawi* Thesis title: An Energy Efficient Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks (2019) Manar Daseen* Thesis title: Enhancement of Security Services for WSN (2020)	See Details	Master's Main Supervisor	Completed

Conferences

Conference / Paper	Location	Period
Conferences - See Details Journal and Conference Articles K. Matrouk and B. Landfeldt, " RETT-gen: a globally efficient routing* protocol for wireless sensor networks by equalising sensor energy and avoiding energy holes," Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier), 7 (3), 2009 K. Matrouk and B. Landfeldt, "Prolonging the system lifetime and equalizing* the energy of heterogeneous sensor network using RETT protocol" International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), 6 (2), 2009 H. Alasha'ary, K Matrouk, A. Al-Hasanat, Z. Al-Qadi, H. Al-Shalabi* Improving Matrix Multiplication Using Parallel Computing" International Journal on Information Technology (IREIT), 1 (6), 2013 K Matrouk, A. Al-Hasanat, H. Alasha'ary, Z. Al-Qadi, H. Al-Shalabi* " Speech Fingerprint to Identify Isolated Word-Person", World Applied Sciences Journal, 31 (10): 1767-1771, 2014 K Matrouk, H. Alasha'ary, A. Al-Hasanat, Z. Al-Qadi, H. Al-Shalabi* "Investigation and Analysis of ANN Parameters", European Journal of Scientific Research, 121 (2), 2014 K Matrouk, A. Al-Hasanat, H. Alasha'ary, Z. Al-Qadi, H. Al-Shalabi* "Analysis of Matrix Multiplication Computational Methods", European Journal of Scientific Research, 121 (3), 2014 A. Al-Hasanat, H. Alasha'ary, K Matrouk, Z. Al-Qadi, H. Al-Shalabi* "Experimental Investigation of Training Algorithms Used in Back propagation Artificial Neural Networks to Apply Curve Fitting" European Journal of Scientific Research, 121 (4), 2014 H. Alasha'ary, A. Al-Hasanat, K Matrouk, Z. Al-Qadi, H. Al-Shalabi* "A. Novel Digital Filter for Enhancing Dark Gray Images", European Journal of Scientific Research, 122 (1), 2014 A. Alhasanat, K. Matrouk, H. Alasha’ary, and Z. Al-Qadi, “Connectivity* Based Clustering Algorithm for Data Gathering with Path-Constrained Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks", Wireless Sensor Network, 6(1), 118-128 2014 A. Alhasanat, K Alotoon, K. Matrouk, and M. Al-Khassaweneh, “A Centroid Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm for Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks”, European Journal of Scientific Research, 125(1), 26-34, September. 2014 K. Alotoon, A. Alhasanat, K. Matrouk and M. Al-Khassaweneh, “Nodes Splitting Algorithm for Data Gathering with Multiple Mobile Elements in Wireless Sensor Networks”, European Journal of Scientific Research, 124(4), 437-445, September. 2014 Haitham Alasha'ary, Abdullah Al-Hasanat, Khaled Matrouk, Ziad Al-Qadi* Analysis and Optimization of PID Controller Parameters for a Second-Order Transfer Function”, Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 23 (8): 1685- 1691, 2015 Abdullah Alhasanat, Mohanad Al-Hasanat, Saud Althunibat, Khaled M* Matrouk, “A Probabilistic Home-based Routing Scheme for Delay Tolerant Networks”, Wireless Networks,1-12, 2019 K. Matrouk and B. Landfeldt, " Energy-conservation clustering protocol* based on heat conductivity for wireless sensor networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, Melbourne, Australia, December, 2004, pp.19- 24 K. Matrouk and B. Landfeldt, " Equalising sensor energy and maximizing* sensor network lifespan using RETT," in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Wireless Sensor Networks, LNCS, Springer Verlag, Venice, Italy, July, 2006, pp. 200-207 K. Matrouk and B. Landfeldt, " Equalising sensor energy and maximizing* sensor network lifespan using RETT-generalised," in Proceedings of the ACoRN Early Career Researcher Workshop on Wireless Multihop Networking, Sydney, Australia, July,2006	-,	2000/01/01 -

Workshops & Training Courses

Workshop	Organizer / Location	Date
Tutor and Demonstrator Training - Management of Small Group* Teaching and Learning Course , School of Electrical and Information Engineering and Institute for Teaching and Learning, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2004 Laboratory Techniques in Support Equipment Authorization Programs * sponsored by Federal Communications Commission and the United states for Telecommunications and Training Institute (USTTI), Columbia, Maryland USA, 1998 Practical Application of Spectrum Management and Spectrum * Monitoring , sponsored by Technology for Communication International TCI and the United states for Telecommunications and Training Institute Sunnyvale, California, USA, 1998 Operating and maintaining Radio Equipment, Communication Systems * Motorola equipment and RF Tel Radio Link , Amman, Jordan, 1998 Introduction to Synchronous Digital Hierarchy System (SDH) , Training* Centre of the Jordan Telecommunications Company (JTC), Amman, Jordan 1997 Skills of Dealing with Others (Communication Skills), Centre of* Consultation, Technical Services and Studies, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 1997	-	2000/01/01

Committee Memberships

Committee	Organization	Role	Period
The 10th Jordan International Electrical & Electronics Engineering* Conference (JIEEEC 2017), Jordanian Engineering Association, Amman Jordan 2017 Member of the organizing committee of the international conference on* Modelling and Simulation (MS’08), AHU, 2008 Chair, many tenders’ committees, AHU* Chair, installation of Engineering College laboratories committee, AHU, 2013* Chair of developing the curriculum committee of Computer Engineering Department : 2009 & 2014 Chair of developing the curriculum committee of Communication Engineering Department : 2010 Chair of establishing the Electrical Engineering Department committee along with its curriculum development : 2014 Chair of establishing the Computer Engineering and Networks Master Degree committee along with its curriculum development :2016		Member	2000/01 -

Awards & Grants

Award / Grant	Awarding Body	Year
AWARDS (National ICT Australia Research Project Award scholarship (NICTA-NRPA* 2005-2006 Research Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU) scholarship 2002-2006* Norman I Price scholarship (NIP), University of Sydney, 2003-2006* Cochlear Prize for Next Generation Applications, 2005* PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE* (Member of Jordan Engineers Association (JEA* Award —	-	2000

Research Interests

Scheduling and Load balancing algorithms in Cloud and Fog Computing Routing Algorithms in Ad hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks Modelling and Simulations

Teaching Fields

Data Communication and the Internet Computer Networks Network Protocols and Programming Wireless Networks Java Programming Algorithms Distributed Systems Analog Communication Digital Communication Digital Electronics Digital logic design Engineering Mathematics Internet of Things Operating Systems Real Time Systems

Courses Taught

Course	Code	Level	Hours
1- Computer Networks 2- Computer Networks Advanced Computer Networks - Postgraduate level Digital Integrated Circuits Digital Logic Design Real-Time Systems Advanced Real Time Systems - Postgraduate level Distributed Systems Advanced Distributed Systems - Postgraduate level Electric Circuits I Electric Circuits II Engineering Analysis Analogue and Digital communication systems Engineering Mathematics Special topics in Computer Engineering - Internet of Things Digital Communication Digital Electronic Circuits Lab Digital Logic Design Lab Supervising many Graduation projects	-	Bachelor