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saed-abed

Academic

Dr.

Sa'Ed R. Abed - CHAIRMAN

Associate Professor

Office Location:
S02E1179
s.abed@ku.edu.kw

Dr. Sa'Ed is working in a leading academic institution where he can educate, inspire, and motivate the new generation to learn through effective instruction and teaching media. In addition, he aims to find interesting academic research opportunities with specific application to areas in which his contributions will make a difference to the quality of science and technology.

Education

Degree Discipline Institution Year
Ph.D Computer Engineering Concordia University 2008
M.S. Computer Engineering Jordan University of Science and Technology 1996
B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering Jordan University of Science and Technology 1994

 

Research Interests

• Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Design Automation
• Hardware Security
• Formal Verification Methods
• Theorem Proving
• SAT-Solvers
• Model Checking
• Artificial Intelligent & Image Processing
• ASIC/SOC Modeling and Verification
• Design of Digital Systems
• Computer Architecture
• High Level Synthesis
• Approximate Computing
• Fault Tolerant
• Software Engineering

Courses Taught

CPE
203
Discrete Structures
CPE
262
Fundamentals of Digital Logic
CPE
363
Introduction to Embedded Systems
CPE
368
Computer Organization
CPE
494
Computer Systems Engineering
CPE
468
Computer Architecture
CPE
495
Capstone Design
CPE
474
ASIC Design
CPE
207
Data Structures
ENG
208
Engineering Thermodynamics
ENG
304
Engineering Probability and Statistics
CPE
565
High-Level Design Of Digital Systems
CPE
568
Advanced Computer Architecture

Selected Publications

  • Sa’ed Abed, Ghadeer Aldamkhi and Imtiaz Ahmad, “Information Hiding using Approximate POSIT Representation,” IET Image Processing, John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Sep 2024, Print ISSN: 1751-9659, Online ISSN: 1751-9667, DOI: 10.1049/ipr2.13244, (IF: 2.0).
  • Reham Kablaoui, Imtiaz Ahmad, Sa’ed Abed and Mohamad Awad, “Network Traffic Prediction by Learning Time Series as Images,” Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Vol. 55, pp. 101754 (15 pages), Elsevier, July 2024, Online ISSN: 2215-0986, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2024.101754, (Q1, IF: 5.7).
  • Adnan Rashid, Ayesha Gauhar, Osman Hasan, Sa’ed Abed and Imtiaz Ahmad, “Formal Verification of Universal Numbers using Theorem Proving,” Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, Springer, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 329–345, Jun. 2024, Online ISSN: 1573-0727, Print ISSN: 0923-8174, DOI: https:// doi.org/10.1007/s10836-024-06123-9, (IF: 0.90).
  • Adnan Rashid, Ayesha Gauhar, Osman Hasan, Sa’ed Abed and Imtiaz Ahmad, “Formal Verification of Universal Numbers using Theorem Proving,” Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, Springer, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 329–345, Jun. 2024, Online ISSN: 1573-0727, Print ISSN: 0923-8174, DOI: https:// doi.org/10.1007/s10836-024-06123-9, (IF: 0.90).
  • Lamis Waleed, Imtiaz Ahmad and Sa’ed Abed, “A smart admission control and cache replacement approach in content delivery networks,” Cluster Computing-The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 2427–2445, Springer, June 2024, Print ISSN: 1386-7857, Online ISSN: 1573-7543, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-023-04095-7, (Q1, IF: 4.4).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Reem Jaffal and Bassam Jamil Mohd, “A Review on Blockchain and IoT Integration from Energy, Security and Hardware Perspectives,” Vol. 129, Issue. 3, pp. 2079–2122, Springer, Apr. 2023, Print ISSN: 0929-6212, Electronic ISSN: 1572-834X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-023-10226-5, (IF: 2.017).
  • Mohammad Al-Shayeji, Sa’ed Abed and Silpa ChandraBhasi Sindhu, “Two-stage framework for diabetic retinopathy diagnosis and disease stage screening with ensemble learning,” Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 225, pp. 120206 (14 pages), Elsevier, April 2023, ISSN: 0957-4174, DOI: https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120206, (Q1, IF: 8.665).
  • Mohammad Al-Shayeji and Sa’ed Abed, “Lung cancer classification and identification framework with automatic nodule segmentation screening using machine learning,” Applied Intelligence, Vol. 53, Issue 16, pp. 19724–19741, Springer, Aug. 2023, Electronic ISSN: 1573-7497, Print ISSN: 0924-669X, DOI: 10.1007/s10489-023-04552-1, (IF: 5.019).
  • Mohammad Al-Shayeji, Silpa ChandraBhasi Sindhu and Sa’ed Abed, “Viral Genome Prediction from Raw Human DNA Sequenc e Samples by Combining Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Techniques,” Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 218, pp. 119641 (10 pages), Elsevier, May 2023, ISSN: 0957-4174, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119641, (Q1, IF: 8.665).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Bassam Jamil Mohd, Thaier Hayajneh and Mohammad H. Al Shayeji, “Hardware Trojan Detection for Lightweight Ciphers Implemented on FPGAs Using the Replay Algorithm,” International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, Online ISSN: 1097-007X, Vol. 49, No. 11, pp. 3607-3629, Nov. 2021, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., DOI: 10.1002/cta.3098, (IF: 2.038).
  • Mohammad Al-Shayeji, Silpa ChandraBhasi Sindhu and Sa’ed Abed, “Early detection of diabetic foot ulcer from thermal images using bag of features technique,” Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 79, Part 2, Pages (104143), Jan 2023, Elsevier, ISSN: 1746-8094, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2022.104143, (IF: 5.076).
  • Adnan Rashid, Sa’ed Abed and Osman Hasan, “Formal Analysis of 2D Image Processing Filters using Higher-order-logic Theorem Proving,” EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, Vol. 2022, No. 1, Article No. 53 (18 pages), June 2022, Springer, Electronic ISSN: 1687-6180, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13634-022-00882-3, (IF: 1.759). 
  • Mohammad Al-Shayeji, Suood Abdulaziz Al-Roomi and Sa’ed Abed, “Efficient Hand Vein Recognition Using Local Keypoint Descriptors and Directional Gradients,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 81, No. 11, pp. 15687–15705, Springer, May 2022, Print ISSN 1380-7501, Online ISSN 1573-7721, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-12608-6, (IF: 2.313).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Reem Jaffal, Bassam Jamil Mohd and Mohammad Al Shayeji, “An analysis and evaluation of lightweight hash functions for blockchain-based IoT devices,” Cluster Computing-The Journal of Networks, Software Tools and Applications, Vol. 24, Issue 4, pp. 3065–3084, Springer, Dec. 2021, Print ISSN: 1386-7857, Online ISSN: 1573-7543, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-021-03324-1, (IF: 1.809).
  • Anwar A. Esmaeel, Sa’ed Abed, Bassam J. Mohd and Abbas A. Fairouz, “POSIT vs. Floating Point in Implementing IIR Notch Filter by Enhancing Radix‐4 Modified Booth Multiplier,” Electronics, Vol. 11, No. 1, Article No. 163 (25 pages), Jan. 2022, ISSN 2079-9292, DOI: 10.3390/electronics11010163, (IF: 2.397).
  • Bassam Jamil Mohd, Sa’ed Abed, Thaier Hayajneh and Mohammad H. Al Shayeji, “Run-time Monitoring and Validation using Reverse Function (RMVRF) for Hardware Trojans Detection,” IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 2689-2704, Nov.-Dec. 2021, Print ISSN 1545-5971, Electronic ISSN 1941-0018, DOI: 10.1109/TDSC.2019.2961902, (Q1, IF: 7.329).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Reem Jaffal, Bassam Jamil Mohd and Mohammad Al Shayeji, “Performance Evaluation of the SM4 Cipher based on FPGA Implementation,” IET Circuits Devices & Systems, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 121-135, John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology, March 2021, Print ISSN: 1751-858X, Online ISSN: 1751-8598, DOI: 10.1049/cds2.12011, (IF: 1.297).
  • Areej A. Abdelaal, Sa’ed Abed, Mohammad H. Al-Shayeji and Mohammad Allaho, “Customized Frequent Patterns Mining Algorithms for Enhanced Top-Rank-K Frequent Pattern Mining,” Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 169, pp. 114530 (14 pages), Elsevier, May 2021, ISSN: 0957-4174, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114530, (IF: 6.954).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Lamis Waleed, Ghadeer Aldamkhi and Khaled Hadi, “Enhancement in Data Security and Integrity using MinHash Technique,” Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IJEECS), Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 1759-1770, March 2021, ISSN: 2502-4752, e-ISSN: 2502-4760, DOI: 10.11591/ijeecs.v21.i3.pp1739-1750.
  • Sa’ed Abed, Areej A. Abdelaal, Mohammad H. Al-Shayeji and Imtiaz Ahmad, “SAT-based and CP-based Declarative Approaches for Top-Rank-K Closed Frequent Itemset Mining,” International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 112-151, Jan. 2021, Online ISSN: 1098-111X, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/int.22294, (IF: 8.079).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Adnan Rashid and Osman Hasan, “Formal Reasoning about Synthetic Biology using Higher-order-logic Theorem Proving,” IET Systems Biology, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 271-283, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Oct. 2020, Online ISSN: 1751-8857, Print ISSN: 1751-8849, DOI: 10.1049/iet-syb.2020.0026, (IF: 1.615).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Adnan Rashid and Osman Hasan, “Formal Analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Higher-order-logic Theorem Proving,” Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 481-495, Sep. 2020, ISSN 1940-3151, eISSN 2327-3097, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/1.I010730, (IF: 1.185).
  • Sa’ed Abed, “Implementation of Edge Detection Algorithm using FPGA Reconfigurable Hardware,” Journal of Engineering Research (JER), Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 179-197, March 2020, ISSN 2307-1877, Online ISSN: 2307-1885, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36909/jer.v8i1.7956, (IF: 0.620).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Ali A. M. R. Behiry and Imtiaz Ahmad, “Error Metrics Determination in Functionally Approximated Circuits using SAT Solvers,” PLOS ONE, Public Library Science, Vol. 15, No. 1, e0227745 (19 Pages), Jan. 2020, ISSN 1932-6203, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227745, (IF: 3.240).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Suood Abdulaziz Al-Roomi and Mohammad Al-Shayeji, “Efficient Cover Image Selection based on Spatial Block Analysis and DCT Embedding,” EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing, Springer International Publishing, ISSN 1687-5281, Vol. 2019:87 (14 pages), December 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13640-019-0486-8, (IF: 1.474). 
  • Sahel Alouneh, Sa'ed Abed, Mohammad H. Al Shayeji and Raed Mesleh, “A comprehensive study and analysis on SAT-solvers: advances, usages and achievements,” published online in Artificial Intelligence Review, Springer, Netherlands, (28 March 2018), DOI 10.1007/s10462-018-9628-0, (IF: 2.627).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Imtiaz Ahmad, Mohammad Al-Shayeji and Sari Sultan, “Automatic Verification of Single-Electron Transistor Arrays Based on Multiway Decision Graphs,” IET Circuits, Devices & Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 395-403, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2017, Print ISSN 1751-858X, Online ISSN 1751-8598, DOI: 10.1049/iet-cds.2016.0110, (IF: 0.590).
  • Mohammad Al-Shayeji, Sa’ed Abed and M.D. Samrajesh, “Energy Efficient Virtual Machine Migration Algorithm,” Journal of Engineering Research (JER), Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 198-221, June 2017, ISSN 2307-1877, (IF: 0.128).
  • Sa’ed Abed, Mohammed H. Ali and Mohammad Al-Shayeji, “An Adaptive Edge Detection Operator for Noisy Images Based on a Total Variation Approach Restoration,” International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering (IJCSSE), Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 21-33, 2017, ISSN 0267-6192, C R L Publishing Ltd., (IF: 0.291).
  • Mohammad Al-Shayeji, Suood Abdulaziz Al-Roomiand Sa’ed Abed, “Optic Disc Detection in Retinal Fundus Images using Gravitational Law-based Edge Detection,” Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 935-948, 2017, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-016-1563-0, (Q2, IF: 1.797).

 

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
Kuwait University Associate Professor 2018 - Present
Kuawit University Assistant Professor 2014-2018
Hashemite University Assistant Professor 2008-2014
Concordia University Research & Teaching Assistant 2003-2008
King Faisal University Lecturer 1997-2003
Yarmouk University Lab Administrator 1996-1997
Jordan University of Science & Technology Teaching Assistant 1994-1996

 

Professional Organizations

  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA, Member, 2009 - Present. 
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer (IEEE), USA, Member, 2008 - Present. 
  • Member in The Jordanian Engineers Association (JEA), Jordan, Member, 1994 - Present. 

 

Other

Recent Professional Development Activities

  • The first GCC Engineering Symposium “Toward an Inter-Professional Collaboration in Engineering Research for Sustainable Prosperity”, October 29-31, 2023, Conference Center, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
  • The 5th Cybersecurity Education and Research Conference (CERC21), 15-16 October 2023, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
  • The 3rd Kuwait-imec Symposium in Partnership with EnergyVille: Advancing our Societies with Digital & Energy Transitions, 3-4 October 2023, The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Kuwait.
  • Developer and Youth Forum with Google Cloud in Kuwait, May 25, 2023, Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Cultural Center, Kuwait City, Kuwait.

  • The 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences Education & Healthcare Application, 29 Nov.–1 Dec., 2022, Health Sciences Center in Jabriya, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

     

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