17th International L&T Conference: 5G & Beyond: Paving the way to 6G Jan 2020

Thursday 30th January 2020 8:00

Registration and Coffee

9:00

Opening Ceremony

Cultural Museum / Effat Library

National Anthem of KSA Recitation of the Holy Qur’an 9:10

Opening Address : Dr. Akila Sarirete

Dean, College of Engineering, Effat University and L&T2020 Conference Chair

1st Session 5G Future: Paving the way to 6G 9:15

Invited Speaker 1 Dr. Miltiades Lytras, Research Professor, Deree College , Greece, Visiting Researcher, Effat University

9:35

Invited Speaker 2 Ayman Ameen Sajini, CEO of Islamic Est. for Private Sector Development, Islamic Development Bank

9:55

Invited Speaker 3 Mr. Abdulrahman Shiekh, VP, Education E-Solutions, Technology Strategy Advisor, Big Innovation Center

10:15

Discussion Panel and Awards Moderator: Dr. Hayssam Dahrouj, College of Engineering, Effat University Members: • Ayman Ameen Sajini, CEO of Islamic Est. for Private Sector Development, Islamic Development Bank • Dr. Miltiades Lytras, Professor, Deree College , Greece, Visiting Researcher, Effat University • Mr. Abdulrahman Shiekh, VP, Education E-Solutions, Technology Strategy Advisor, Big Innovation Center

10:45

Entertainment Session (New Al Wurood International School)

2nd Session 5G Technologies: Challenges and Opportuni�es in view of Vision 2030 11:00

Welcome Speech

11:10

Invited Speaker 4 HH Lubna Althunayan, Educational Technology Consultant, Riyadh International Consulting, KSA

11:35

Invited Speaker 5 Dr. El-Hadi Aggoun, Professor and Director of the Sensor Networks and Cellular Systems (SNCS) Research Center, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

12:00

Invited Speaker 6 Dr. Mazhar Bari, Senior Vice President Technology and Innovation at Siemens Saudi Arabia and Head of the MindSphere Application Centre (MAC)

Dr. Malak Alnory, Provost, Effat University

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12:00

Discussion Panel and Awards Moderator: Dr. Adel Ilahi, Assistant Professor, Director of the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Effat College of Engineering, Effat University Members: • HH Lubna Althunayan, Educational Technology Consultant, Riyadh International Consulting, KSA • Dr. Mazhar Bari, Senior Vice President Technology and Innovation at Siemens Saudi Arabia and Head of the MindSphere Application Centre (MAC) • Dr. El-Hadi Aggoun, Professor and Director of the Sensor Networks and Cellular Systems (SNCS) Research Center, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia • Eng. Aziz Al-Enezi, Ministry of Communication and Information and Technology, General Manager for Technology and Assessment

13:10

Entertainment Session (HelpCenter - KSA)

13:30

Lunch & Prayer Break

3rd Session Papers Presenta�ons – Workshops 14:00

Workshop Title: Sensor Control for Smart Cities Presenter: Dr. Abdulrahman Shiekh, Education E-Solutions Venue: Library Seminar Room

Paper Session 1 (Cultural Main Hall)

Moderator: Dr. Kawther Saeedi, Information Systems Department Chair, KAU 14:00

Design and Simulation of Millimeter-Wave Broadband Modified Ankh-Key Antenna for 5G and Beyond Technologies Applications Authors: Noha Rashad and Ashraf Khalaf

14:15

5G enabling technologies: A survey Authors: Somaia Elimam

14:30

Design of PWM-Based Digital Receiver for 5G Authors: Ahmed Sakr, Aziza I. Hussein, Ghazal Fahmy and Mahmoud A. Abdelghany

14:45

5G Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Grid- Accelerating technology’s progress and innovation in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Authors: Charles Rajesh Kumar J, M.A. Majid and Ahmed Almasarani

15:00

Fast Auto-Correction algorithm for Digital VLSI Circuits Authors: Lamya G Ali, Aziza Hussein and Mohammed Moness

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Paper Session 2 (Cultural Main Hall) Moderator: Dr. Tayeb Brahimi, Effat College of Engineering, Effat University 15:15

Sub-Nyquist Wideband Spectrum Sensing Based on Analog to Information converter for Cognitive Radio Authors: Marwa Mashhour, Aziza Hussein and Hussein Mogahed

15:30

Location Closeness Model for VANETs with Integration of 5G Authors: Muhammad Haleem Junejo, Ab Al-Hadi Ab Rahman, Riaz Ahmed Shaikh and Kamaludin Mohamad Yuso

15:45

5G Technology and the Future of Architecture Authors: Abdel-Moniem El-Shorbagy

16:00

Diversity Schemes in Multi-hop Visible Light Communications for 6G Networks Authors: Alice Faisal, Rawan Alghamdi, Hadi Sarieddeen, Nasir Saeed, Tareq Al-Naffouri and Mohamed-Slim Alouini

16:15

Comparative study of Efficiency Enhancement technologies in 5G Networks - A survey Authors: Mohamed Mourad, Ibrahim Salah, Aziza Hussein and Kamel Rahouma Paper Session 3 (DGSR Seminar Room – DGSR 100) Moderator: Dr. Mohamed Moussa, Professor, Effat College of Engineering, Effat University

14:00 Intelligent Socio-Emotional Control of Pedestrian Crowd behaviour inside Smart City Authors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ahmad Hoirul Basori, Dr. Sharaf Jameel Malebary, Dr. Andi Besse Firdausiah Mansur, Dr. Andi Tenriawaru, Dr. Norazah Yusof, Dr. Arda Yunianta and Prof.Dr. Omar M. Barukab 14:15 The impact of the soft errors in convolutional neural network on GPUs: Alexnet as case study 3rd Session Papers Presenta�ons Authors: Khalid Adam 14:30 Solving optimization problems in the fifth generation of cellular networks by using meta-heuristics approaches Authors: Dalila Boughaci 14:45 A Novel DV-Hop Algorithm Based on Weighted Particle Swarm Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart City Authors: Fengrong Han, Izzeldin Ibrahim Mohamed Abdelaziz, Xinni Liu and Kamarul Hawari Ghazali 15:00 A Preamble Based Channel Estimation Methods for FBMC Waveform: A Comparative Study Authors: Mohamed Youssef, Ashraf Khalaf, Aziza Ibrahim and Hesham Hamed

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Paper Session 4 (DGSR Seminar Room – DGSR 100) Moderator: Dr. Khulood Khateeb, Assistant Professor, Effat College of Engineering, Effat University

15:15

Efficient Combination of RSA Cryptography, Lossy and Lossless Compression Steganography Techniques to Hide Data Authors: Osama Fouad, Hesham F. A. Hamed, Aziza I. Hussein, Ashraf A.M. Khalaf and Hamdy M. Kelash

15:30

A DDoS Attack Mitigation Framework for IoT Networks using Fog Computing Authors: Muhammad Aminu Lawal, Riaz Ahmed Shaikh and Syed Raheel Hassan

15:45

Appliance Identification Based on Smart Meter Data and Event-Driven Processing in the 5G Framework Authors: Saeed Mian Qaisar, Futoon Alsharif, Abdulhamit Subasi and Ahmed Bensenounci

16:00

Event-Driven Sampling Based Li-Ion Batteries SoH Estimation in the 5G Framework Authors: Saeed Mian Qaisar and Maram Alqathami

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Invited Speaker 1 1st Session 5G Future: Paving the way to 6G Dr. Miltiades Lytras, Research Professor, Deree College , Greece, Visiting Researcher, Effat University Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras is an expert in advanced computer science and management, editor, lecturer, and research consultant, with extensive experience in academia and the business sector in Europe and Asia.

Dr. Lytras is Research Professor at Deree College – The American College of Greece. Dr. Lytras is a world-class expert in the fields of cognitive computing, information systems, technology enabled innovation, social networks, computers in human behavior, and knowledge management.

In his work, Dr. Lytras seeks to bring together and exploit synergies among scholars and experts committed to enhancing the quality of education for all. He is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal in Semantic Web and Information Systems. He has co-edited more than 60 high impact factor special issues in ISI indexed journals and co-Edited/Authored more than 70 books in international publishers including Elsevier, Emerald, IGI-Global, Springer, etc.

Invited Speaker 2 Ayman Ameen Sajini, CEO of Islamic Est. for Private Sector Development, Islamic Development Bank Dr. Miltiades Lytras, Research Professor, Deree College , Greece, Visiting Researcher, Effat University Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras is an expert in advanced computer science and management, editor, lecturer, and research consultant, with extensive experience in academia and the business sector in Europe and Asia.

Dr. Lytras is Research Professor at Deree College – The American College of Greece. Dr. Lytras is a world-class expert in the fields of cognitive computing, information systems, technology enabled innovation, social networks, computers in human behavior, and knowledge management.

In his work, Dr. Lytras seeks to bring together and exploit synergies among scholars and experts committed to enhancing the quality of education for all. He is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal in Semantic Web and Information Systems. He has co-edited more than 60 high impact factor special issues in ISI indexed journals and co-Edited/Authored more than 70 books in international publishers including Elsevier, Emerald, IGI-Global, Springer, etc.

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Invited Speaker 3 Dr. Abdulrahman Shiekh, CEO, Education E-Solutions, Commercial Lead, Big Innovation Center Dr. Abdul Rehman is currently working with Education e-Solutions company in the immersive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence(AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain with a focus on Education and Training.

Abdul Rehman is an advisor and a technical architect for Big Innovation Centre where he works to enhance business and lead in technical collaborations.

He worked earlier as Head of Professional Services and Principal Consultant with Edutech and have 20+ years of total experience and playing a strategic role leading the Learning Solutions - Professional Services for the Academic segment managing various teams from Pre-Sales, Project Implementation, and Support.

He brings more almost two decades of rich experience working in an academic setting especially with Higher Education since 1999 in the Middle-East.

Discussion Panel and Awards Moderator: Dr. Hayssam Dahrouj, College of Engineering, Effat University Dr. Hayssam Dahrouj received his B.E. degree (with high distinction) in computer and communications engineering from the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon, in 2005, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Toronto (UofT), Canada, in 2010.

In May 2015, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Effat University as an assistant professor, and also became a visiting scholar at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Between April 2014 and May 2015, he was with the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering group at KAUST as a research associate.

Prior to joining KAUST, he was an industrial postdoctoral fellow at UofT, in collaboration with BLiNQ Networks Inc., Kanata, Canada, where he worked on developing practical solutions for the design of non-line-of sight wireless backhaul networks. His contributions to the field led to five patents.

Dr. Dahrouj is the recipient of both the faculty award of excellence in research and the faculty award of excellence in teaching at Effat University, May 2017. He is a senior member of the IEEE. His main research interests include cloud radio access networks, backhaul systems, cross-layer optimization, machine learning, cooperative networks, convex optimization, distributed algorithms, and free-space-optical communications.

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2nd Session - 5G Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities in view of Vision 2030 Invited Speaker 4 HH Lubna Althunayan, Educational Technology Consultant, Riyadh International Consulting, KSA HH Lubna Al-Saud received her Ed.D and MA. Degrees in Instructional Technology and Media from the Teachers College of University of Columbia, New York, USA. She is an expert in Educational Technology, she currently works as an Educational Technology Consultant for Riyadh International Consulting, Riyadh – 2019. She worked earlier for the International public school, New York 2008 – 2010 Also for Bronx public school, New York - January - March 2005.

Invited Speaker 5 Dr. El-Hadi Aggoun, Professor and Director of the Sensor Networks and Cellular Systems (SNCS) Research Center, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia El-Hadi M. Aggoune received his MS and Ph.D. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, Washington, USA. He is a Professional Engineer and IEEE Senior Member. He served at a number of universities in the US and abroad. The highest academic ranks he achieved included Endowed Chair Professor and Vice President and Provost.

He managed an unmanned aerial vehicle research and development lab that won the Boeing Supplier Excellence Award. He was a winner of the IEEE Professor of the Year Award, UW Branch. He is listed as Inventor in a major patent assigned to the Boeing Company.

His research work is referred to in many patents including patents assigned to ABB, Switzerland and EPRI, USA. Currently he is a Professor and Director of the Sensor Networks and Cellular Systems (SNCS) Research Center, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. He authored papers in IEEE and other journals and conferences.

He is serving on many technical committees. His research interests include simulation and visualization, sensor networks and wireless communication, power system operation and control, and neurocomputing and applications.

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Invited Speaker 6 Dr. Mazhar Bari, Senior Vice President Technology and Innovation at Siemens Saudi Arabia and Head of the MindSphere Application Centre (MAC) Dr. Mazhar Bari is Senior Vice President Technology and Innovation at Siemens Saudi Arabia and Head of the MindSphere Application Centre (MAC) where he is also the subject matter expert on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Digitalization and responsible for University relations.

Prior to joining Siemens in 2018, Dr. Bari led a team on renewable energy projects, technology localization and commercialization initiatives at King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE). He has held numerous leadership positions, including that of Founder of Science Technology Research Partners (STREP) Limited in Ireland, where he developed several clean technologies and spun-out two companies.

Dr. Bari founded SolarPrint Limited, where he served as CTO and CEO, and developed state-of-the-art dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology for artificial light harvesting for powering wireless devices for IoT applications.

Dr. Bari earned his MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge (UK) and holds an International Executive MBA degree from the University College Dublin. He is a visiting Professor at the School of Physics at University College Dublin in Ireland.

Dr. Bari is the author of 10 patents, including the next generation of high temperature bulk thermoelectric nanomaterials called skutterudites which use waste heat to generate electricity for automotive and deep space applications.

Dr. Adel Ilahi Dr. Adel Ilahi graduated from University of Maryland at College Park and The George Washington University.

His research interests were in Distributed system.

He worked in the industry for twenty years.

His work spanned from Enterprise Architecture to Security and Privacy.

He has recently joined academia and his research interests lie in Big Data and Network/Data Security.

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