Winner of the Prestigious 2013 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers
(Awarded annually to one faculty from the Arab World - category: Mathematics & Information Technology)
Winner of the Prestigious 2011 Excellence in Teaching Award
(Awarded annually to one faculty from the College of Engineering at AUS)
Winner of the Prestigious 2009 H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Award for Higher Education
(Awarded annually to one faculty from all UAE Universities for excellence in teaching, research, and service)
Winner of the Prestigious 2008 Microsoft Imagine Cup Gulf Competition
(An annual competition which brings together young technologists to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges)
Dr. Aloul is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He is one of the leading researchers in studying the general Cyber security awareness in UAE. He is also a frequent speaker at international conferences and guest editor of various articles in local media related to cyber security, technology, innovation and education.
UAE Wireless Security (WarDrive) Project
Latest News
Feb 2021 - Featured in the Innovation @ UAE Magazine by the Ministry of Education with an article about Leading From The Front. (Magazine).
Jan 2021 - Won the Best Paper Award @ IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence System (IoTaIS), 2020.
Nov 2020 - Ranked among the top 2% scientists worldwide in their field according to a (study) by Stanford University Researchers.
Aug 2020 - Presented a Talk as part of the UAE Advanced Sciences Office on the Importance of Computer Science & Engineering Today.
Jul 2020 - Won the Best Short Paper Award @ IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2020.
Jan 2020 - Participated in a panel on "Powering Education with Artificial Intelligence" at The Education Growth Summit.(TEGS).
Nov 2019 - Check out the recent interview with GulfNews on building UAE's data science knowledge. Click (here).
Sep 2019 - Will be judging the (HITB+CyberWeek AI Challenge).
Jun 2019 - Check out the recent interview with CIO.com on MENA IT Skills Gap. Click (here).
Feb 2019 - Presented the Cyber Security for Senior Executives Workshop as part of the Sharjah Leadership Program.(SLP).
Feb 2019 - Launched the CSE Attendance Mobile Application for AUS Students. Attendance is taken in 10 seconds for any number of students!
Jan 2019 - Check out the second CSE Newsletter (Fall 2018). Click (here).
Sep 2018 - Won the Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era (ISSI), 2018.(Article).
May 2018 - Our Capstone Project (Smart Car) won the best AUS Engineering Design Project for 2017-2018. (Article).
Apr 2018 - Check out the first CSE Newsletter (Spring 2018). Click (here).
Apr 2018 - My interview with The Arab Weekly on how UAE is embracing emerging technologies in education. (Article).
Jan 2018 - Joined the Advisory Panel of the Emirates International Forensic Conference (MESA), 2017-2018.
Jan 2018 - Launched the CSE Job/Internship Portal and GER Courses Portal. Click here for CSE Students CV page for employers.
Dec 2017 - Our Senior Design Team Developed 'Smart System' to lower rate of car accidents. (press release)
Dec 2017 - Launched the AUS High School Computing Camp (for Grades 10-12). (press release) (HS Camp)
Nov 2017 - Launched the UPE Computing Honor Society at AUS (first chapter in the Middle East). (press release) (AUS UPE Chapter)
Oct 2017 - Will be speaking at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit.
Sep 2017 - Launched the Red Hat and Amazon AWS academies at AUS. Click here for CSE academies information.
Sep 2017 - Launched the revised CSE Student Advising and Registration Portal
Nov 2016 - Launched the NEW AUS Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) Portal.
Apr 2016 - My interview with TheNational Newspaper on the 2015 GEDC Airbus Diversity Award. Click here for article.
Mar 2016 - My interview with Airbus Group's magazine Forum on the 2015 GEDC Airbus Diversity Award. Click here for article.
Jan 2016 - My interview with Al-Bayan Newspaper on the 2015 GEDC Airbus Diversity Award. Click here for article.
Dec 2015 - Won the 2015 GEDC Airbus Diversity Award. Click here for video. [Airbus Press Release] [AUS Press Release]
Nov 2015 - Featured in an Al-Fanar Media article on Diversity in Engineering. [ENGLISH] + [ARABIC]
Oct 2015 - Selected among the top 3 finalists for the 2015 GEDC Airbus Diversity Award. Click here for more info.
Jun 2015 - Check out the Video of the 13th NGN110 Light Weight Race Car Competition. Click here for video.
Dec 2014 - Judging the $1M UAE Drones for Good Award. Click here for more info.
Nov 2014 - Received Sheikh Rashid's Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement. Click here for newsclip.
Oct 2014 - UAE Cyber Security Boot Camp will be offered in December 2014. Click here for course info and registration.
Sep 2014 - HP ATA Technology Certification courses will be offered starting October 2014. Click here for course info and registration.
Jun 2014 - Awarded an early promotion to Full Professor rank.
Jun 2014 - My interview with Al Jazeera TV about Middle East Cyber Crimes. Click here for the video.
Jun 2014 - My interview with Al Dafrah TV about the UAE Cyber Security Boot Camp. Click here for the video.
May 2014 - Recent articles on our COPD Detection Phone Application. Khaleej and TheNational Newspaper
May 2014 - Check out the Video of the 11th NGN110 Light Weight Dome Competition. Click here for video.
May 2014 - My undergraduate team wins 4 amazing awards on their COPD health application.
Feb 2014 - Recent articles on our Accident Detection Smart Phone Application. Khaleej and TheNational Newspaper
Dec 2013 - Video highlighting the past 9 NGN110 (Intro to Engineering) Competitions. Click here.
Nov 2013 - Presented the Inauguration Talk of the Spectrum Science Fair at the GEMS Modern Academy School.
Oct 2013 - My interview with Financial Times about Middle East Cyber Crimes. Click here for the article.
Oct 2013 - My interview with Gulf News about World Teachers' Day. Click here for the article.
Jul 2013 - My interview with Dubai Eye radio about Innovation & Security. Click here to listen.
Jun 2013 - Won the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers.
Apr 2013 - My interview with Dubai Eye radio about AUS. Click here to listen.
Apr 2013 - AUS team wins 1st Place in Emirates Skills Programming Competition. Read more about it in: TheNational Newspaper.
Jan 2013 - Selected to serve on the Advisory Board of UAE's Advanced National Research and Education Network (ANKABUT).
Nov 2012 - Giving a talk at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Khalifa University (KUSTAR).
Sep 2012 - Will be judging at the Sharjah Startup Weekend Entrepreneurship Event.
May 2012 - My undergraduate team wins 6 amazing awards on their Sleep Apnea Monitoring (SAM) application.
Feb 2012 - Organizing the 5th IEEE Made in UAE Competition - Deadline is April 15. Click here for more information.
Jan 2012 - Working with my research group on a mobile Sleep Apnea detection application. Read more about it in: TheNational Newspaper and Khaleej Newspaper.
Apr 2011 - Will be giving a 5-days CISSP Security workshop in April 2011. Click here for course information and registration.
Nov 2010 - A security awareness phishing experiment conducted at AUS by my research group. Click here for the results. Published in: TheNational Newspaper and Khaleej Newspaper.
Oct 2010 - Organizing the 1st Graduate Forum @ the 2011 IEEE GCC Conference - Deadline is November 12. Click here for more information.
Jun 2009 - I was recently featured in Gulf News's Friday Magazine. Click here to read the article.
M. Alshamkhany, W. Alshamkhany, M. Mansour, M. Khan, S. Dhou, and F. Aloul
14th IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT), UAE, November 2020.
I. Zualkernan, F. Aloul, E. Algebail, A. Ali, M. El Refaay, and O. El Sabaa
20th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Tartu, Estonia, July 2020.
Won the Best Short Paper Award.
H. Hallal, F. Aloul, S. Alawneh, P. Kolli, and A. Nabulsi
6th ACM International Conference on Computer and Technology Applications (ICCTA), Antalya, Turkey, April 2020.
T. Boillat, C. Tuffnell, H. Rivas, F. Aloul, and C. Montana
IEEE International Conference on Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare (IEH), Dubai, UAE, April 2020.
A. Ghosh, N. Rahman, N. Awadalla, A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, and S. Dhou
IEEE International Conference on Engineering Innovations in Healthcare (EIH), Dubai, UAE, February 2020.
F. Aloul, I. Zualkernan, S. Shapsough, and M. Towheed
34th IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Barcelona, Spain, January 2020.
H. Orabi, M. Elnawawy, A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, A. Elwakil, and A. Radwan
IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS), Bangkok, Thailand, November 2019.
I. Zualkernan, F. Aloul, V. Sakkia, H. Al Noman, S. Sowdagar, and O. Alhammadi
IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things and Intelligence System (IoTaIS), Bali, Indonesia, November 2019.
E. Talab, O. Mohamed, L. Begum, F. Aloul, and A. Sagahyroon
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), Athens, Greece, October 2019.
A. Osman, A. Sagahyroon, R. Aburukba, and F. Aloul
Computing Conference (SAI), London, UK, July 2019.
I. Zualkernan, F. Aloul, S. Al Qasimi, A. AlShamsi, M. Al Marashda, and A. Ahli
IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era (ISSI), Shanghai, China, September 2018.
S. Shapsough, F. Aloul, and I. Zualkernan
IEEE International Symposium on Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era (ISSI), Shanghai, China, September 2018.
Won the Best Student Paper Award.
R. Aburukba, A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, and N. Thodika
20th IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services (HealthCom), Ostrava, Czech Republic, September 2018.
A. Essa, T. Al-Shoura, A. Nabulsi, A. Al-Ali, and F. Aloul
IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities (ICSGSC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2018.
I. Zualkernan, F. Aloul, F. Basheer, G. Khera, and S. Srinivasan
32nd IEEE International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 2018.
R. Aburukba, F. Aloul, A. Mahmoud, K. Kamili, and S. Ajmal
19th IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services (HealthCom), Dalian, China, October 2017.
F. Zubaydi, A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, and H. Mir
7th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, USA, January 2017.
T. Halevi, N. Memon, J. Lewis, P. Kumaraguru, S. Arora, N. Dagar, F. Aloul, and J. Chen
18th ACM International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS), Singapore, November 2016.
A. Sahyoun, K. Chehab, O. Al-Madani, F. Aloul, and A. Sagahyroon
18th IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services (HealthCom), Munich, Germany, September 2016.
S. Shapsough, A. Hesham, Y. Elkhorazaty, I. Zualkernan, and F. Aloul
18th IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services (HealthCom), Munich, Germany, September 2016.
R. Mahmoud, T. Yousuf, F. Aloul, and I. Zualkernan
10th IEEE International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), London, UK, December 2015.
F. Zubaydi, A. Saleh, F. Aloul, and A. Sagahyroon
15th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), Belgrade, Serbia, November 2015.
S. Shapsough, F. Qatan, R. Aburukba, F. Aloul, and A. Al-Ali
IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid and Clean Energy Technologies (ICSGCE), Offenburg, Germany, October 2015.
H. Hasan, B. Safieh, F. Aloul, and A. Sagahyroon
14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Information and Communication (ICEIC), Singapore, January 2015.
F. Aloul, I. Zualkernan, R. Abu-Salma, H. Al-Ali, M. Al-Merri
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Automation and Information & Communications Technology (IAICT), Bali, Indonesia, 52-56, August 2014.
M. Al-Mardini, F. Aloul, A. Sagahyroon, and L. Husseini
13th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), Chania, Greece, 1-4, November 2013.
F. Aloul, I. Zabalawi, and A. Wasfy
IEEE AFRICON Conference, Mauritius, September 2013.
M. Al-Tamimi, W. El-Hajj and F. Aloul
9th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Cagliari-Sardinia, Italy, 1114-1119, July 2013.
A. Darwish, A. El Zarka and F. Aloul
IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Industrial Informatics (ICCSII), Dubai, UAE, 1-5, December 2012.
S. Alqassim, M. Ganesh, S. Khoja, M. Zaidi, F. Aloul and A. Sagahyroon
14th IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services (HealthCom), Beijing, China, 443-446, October 2012.
S. Zahidi, F. Aloul, A. Sagahyroon, and W. El-Hajj
8th IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Cyprus, August 2012.
S. Zahidi, F. Aloul, A. Sagahyroon, and W. El-Hajj
11th IEEE International Conference on Information Science, Signal Processing and their Applications (ISSPA), Montreal, Canada, July 2012.
F. Aloul, A. Sagahyroon, A. Nahle, M. Abou Dehn and R. Al Anani
International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (ACSE), Phuket, Thailand, March 2012.
T. El-Sakran, D. Prescott, F. Aloul, L. AlBasha and Y. Al-Assaf
Interdisciplinary Linguistics Conference (ILinC), Belfast, UK, October 2011.
D. Prescott, T. El-Sakran, L. AlBasha, F. Aloul and Y. Al-Assaf
The Clute Institute European Academic Conference, Barcelona, Spain, June 2011.
F. Aloul, I. Zualkernan, A. El-Hag, G. Husseini and Y. Al-Assaf
IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 179-184, Amman, Jordan, April 2011.
A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, A. Al-Ali, M. Bahrololoum, F. Makhsoos and N. Hussein
IEEE Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering (MECBME), Sharjah, UAE, 283-286, February 2011.
T. El-Sakran, D. Prescott, F. Aloul, L. AlBasha and Y. Al-Assaf
International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ETLHE), Beirut, Lebanon, December 2010.
D. Prescott, T. El-Sakran, L. AlBasha, F. Aloul and Y. Al-Assaf
International Conference on Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ETLHE), Beirut, Lebanon, December 2010.
F. Aloul
IEEE International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), London, UK, 1-6, November 2010.
M. Tarhuni and F. Aloul
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Cape Town, South Africa, 1-5, May 2010.
F. Aloul and A. Sagahyroon
15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Valletta, Malta, 1448-1452, April 2010.
A. Sagahyroon, F. Aloul, and A. Sudnitson
15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), Valletta, Malta, 850-855, April 2010.
A. Kiniy, S. Webery, F. Aloul, and N. Kandasamy
44th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Princeton, New Jersey, 1-6, March 2010.
F. Aloul, A. Sagahyroon, A. Al-Shami, I. Al-Midfa, and R. Moutassem
7th ACM International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MoMM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2009.
F. Aloul, S. Zahidi, and W. El-Hajj
IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), Rabat, Morocco, 641-644, May 2009.
F. Aloul and M. Tarhuni
IEEE Wireless Communications & Networking Conference (WCNC), Budapest, Hungary, 1-6, April 2009.
F. Aloul, A. Sagahyroon, N. Salem, O. Al-Omar, and S. Shehada
IEEE International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO), Sharjah, UAE, January 2009.
W. Hajj, F. Aloul, and Z. Trabelsi
IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Crete Island, Greece, 105-110, August 2008.
A. Al-Ali, F. Aloul, N. Aji, A. AlZarouni, and N. Fakhro
IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications (ICTTA), Damascus, Syria, 1-4, April 2008.
F. Aloul, B. Al-Rawi, M. Aboelaze
Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), Las Vegas, NV, 185-189, January 2008.
A. Kalbasi, O. Alomar, M. Hajipour, and F. Aloul
IEEE GCC Conference, Bahrain, November 2007.
A. Wasfy and F. Aloul
IEEE GCC Conference, Bahrain, November 2007.
Won the Best Student Paper Award.
F. Aloul, I. Lynce and S. Prestwich
7th International Workshop on Symmetry and Constraint Satisfaction Problems (SymCon), Providence, RI, September 2007.
F. Aloul, B. Al-Rawi, A. Al-Farra, and B. Al-Roh
IEEE Innovations in Information Technology Conference (IIT), Dubai, UAE, 1-5, November 2006.
M. AbuJayyab, S. Al Ahdab, M. Taji, Z. Al Hamdani, and F. Aloul
IEEE Innovations in Information Technology Conference (IIT), Dubai, UAE, 1-5, November 2006.
Won the first place in the Gulf Research Center (GRC) Environmental Competition, 2006.
F. Aloul, B. Al-Rawi, and M. Aboelaze
IEEE International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE), Mexico, 1-4, September 2006.
N. Kandasamy, F. Aloul, and J. Koo
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Orlando, Florida, 2182-2187, May 2006.
F. Aloul and A. Sagahyroon
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Kos, Greece, 2929-2932, May 2006.
A. Sagahyroon and F. Aloul
IEEE Mediterranean Electro-technical conference (MELECON), Malaga, Spain, 70-73, May 2006.
N. Kandasamy and F. Aloul
SAE World Congress (SAE), Detroit, Michigan, Paper No. 2006-01-1333, April 2006.
F. Aloul, A. Sagahyroon, and B. Al-Rawi
IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), Sharjah, UAE, 409-414, March 2006.
F. Aloul, A. Ramani, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Shanghai, China, 445-450, January 2005.
F. Aloul
International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO), Sharjah, UAE, 2005.
M. Aboelaze and F. Aloul
6th World Wireless Congress (WWC), San Francisco, USA, 2005.
M. Aboelaze and F. Aloul
IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN), Dubai, UAE, 551-555, March 2005.
A. Ramani, F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Paris, France, 324-329, 2004.
F. Aloul, A. Ramani, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Yokohama, Japan, 884-887, 2004.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Acapulco, Mexico, 271-282, 2003.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Anaheim, California, 836-839, 2003.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
IEEE Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), Washington D.C., 116-119, 2003.
F. Aloul, A. Ramani, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Symmetry on Constraint Satisfaction Problems (SymCon), County Cork, Ireland, 1-12, 2003.
F. Aloul, A. Ramani, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, California, 450-457, 2002.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), Freiburg, Germany, 64-69, 2002.
F. Aloul, B. Sierawski, and K. Sakallah
Design Automation Conference (DAC), New Orleans, Louisiana, 737-742, 2002.
F. Aloul, A. Ramani, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
Design Automation Conference (DAC), New Orleans, Louisiana, 731-736, 2002.
F. Aloul, M. Mneimneh, and K. Sakallah
Design, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Paris, France, 1082, 2002.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Symmetry on Constraint Satisfaction Problems (SymCon), Ithaca, New York, 37-46, 2002.
F. Aloul, M. Mneimneh, and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), New Orleans, Louisiana, 131-136, 2002.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), New Orleans, Louisiana, 137-142, 2002.
F. Aloul, A. Ramani, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
Symposium on the Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT), Cincinnati, Ohio, 346-353, 2002.
F. Aloul, B. Sierawski, and K. Sakallah
Symposium on the Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT), Cincinnati, Ohio, 98-105, 2002.
F. Aloul, A. Ramani, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
Symposium on the Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing (SAT), Cincinnati, Ohio, 338-345, 2002.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, California, 443-448, 2001.
M. Mneimneh, F. Aloul, C. Weaver, S. Chatterjee, K. Sakallah, and T. Austin
Design Automation Conference (DAC), Las Vegas, Nevada, 41-46, 2001.
G. Nam, F. Aloul, K. Sakallah, and R. Rutenbar
International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Sonoma Wine County, California, 222-227, 2001.
F. Aloul, M. Mneimneh, and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), Lake Tahoe, California, 293-297, 2001.
F. Aloul, I. Markov, and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), Lake Tahoe, California, 281-286, 2001.
F. Aloul, J. Silva, and K. Sakallah
Design, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), Paris, France, 745, 2000.
F. Aloul and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), Dana Point, California, 117-122, 2000.
F. Aloul and K. Sakallah
International Workshop on Logic Synthesis (IWLS), Dana Point, California, 131-136, 2000.