Dr Khdour CV

Thair Khdour Curriculum Vitae
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Thair Khdour
Associate Professor of Computer Science
A member of IACSIT (International Association of Computer Science and Information
Technology), SDIWC (The Society of Digital Information and Wireless
Communications), IAENG (International Association of Engineers), Member of the
Computer Science Teachers Association CSTA, the Association for
Computer Machinery ACM and the Science Alert Family.
Personal Information
Name: Thair Jamal Khdour
Date of Birth: 28 April 1979
Place of Birth: Al-Salt, Jordan
Marital Status: Married with one child.
Nationality: Jordanian
Current Academic Rank
Associate Professor of Computer Science since 18th August 2013
Current Affiliation
Associate Professor at King Talal Faculty of Business and Technology. Princess Sumaya
University for Technology
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Information
Security, Software Engineering, Grid Computing, Semantic Web, Web Services,
Electronic Commerce, Electronic Learning, Ontology.
Mail Address
P.O Box 373 Salt
19110
Jordan
Campus Address
Head of Computer Information Systems Department
Prince Abdulah Ben Ghazi Faculty of Information Technology
Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt Campus
Salt 19117, Jordan

Contact Information
Email Addresses: khdour@bau.edu.jo
khdour_thaer@hotmail.com
Mobile: +962772195459
Office: +962-53491111 Ext: 3714
Summary of Qualification
Ph.D. 2005 to 2008, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
Level Achieved: Ph.D. degree in Computer Science.
Supervisor’s Name: Maria Fasli. Ph.D. (Head of School of Computer Science and Electronic
Engineering, University of Essex).
Thesis Title: Towards a Dynamic and Semantic Web Service Discovery.
M.Sc. 2002 to 2003 - University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, Australia
Level Achieved: Master Degree in Information Technology (Web Engineering and Design).
B.Sc. 1997 to 2001 – Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt, Jordan.
Level Achieved: Bachelors degree in Information Technology (IT)
Employments and Professional Experiences:
August 2013-Now
Department of Computer Information Systems, School of Information Technology, Al-Balqa
Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan
Associate Professor
August 2013 - Now
Head of Computer Information Systems Department
August 2010 – August 2013
Assistant Professor
October 2010- Now
Florida University, Amman Campus, Amman College for Financial and Managerial Science, Al-
Balqa Applied University, Amman, Jordan
Part Time Lecturer
August 2009 - August 2010

Department Chair
August 2008 - August 2013
Department of Information Technology, School of Information Technology, Al-Balqa Applied
University, Al-Salt, Jordan
Assistant Professor
September 2008 – December 2008
Depaul Univeristy, Amman Campus, Faculty of Princess Alia, Al-Balqa Applied University,
Amman, Jordan
Part Time Lecturer
July 2007-July 2008
Insearch Essex, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
Lecturer
July 2006- May 2007
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park,
Colchester CO4 3SQ
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
June 2005- October 2005
Strata Systems Ltd, Strata House, Broomvale Business Center, Bramford Road, Little
Blakenham Ipswich, IP8 4JU, England, United Kingdom
Junior Programmer
August 2003- January 2005
School of Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, Al-Balqa Applied
University, Salt, Jordan
Full Time Lecturer
October 2001- October 2002
Computer Center, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt, Jordan
Database System Developer and Computer Programmer
Publications
Journal Publications:
1. Haneen Hijazi, Shehadeh Alqrainy, Hassan Muaidi and Thair Khdour. A Framework for
Integrating Risk Management into the Software Development Process. Research
Hournal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 8, No. 8, 2014. Pp. 919-
928.
2. Ayat AlAhmad, Hasan Muaidi, Thair Khdour, Shihadeh Alqrainy, Mahmud Alkoffash.
Arabic Audio News Retrieval System Using Text to Speech Application, Mel

Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) and Dynamic Time Warping (DTW)
Techniques. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Vol. 7,
No. 24, 2014. Pp 5082-5097.
3. H. Hijazi, S. Alqrainy, H. Muaidi, T. Khdour. Risk Factors in Software Development
Phases. European Scientific Journal. Vol. 10, No. 3, January 2014.pp. 213-232.
4. H. Hijazi, S. Alqrainy, H. Muaidi, T. Khdour. Identifying Causality Relation between
Software Projects Risk Factors. International Journal of Software Engineering and Its
Application. Vol. 8, No.2, 2014. Pp. 51-58.
5. T. Khdour. An Upper Ontology for eLearning Material Semantic Annotations.
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Vol. 6, No. 22,
2013. Pp. 4305-4317.
6. T. Alwada’n, T. khdour, A. Alarabeyyat, A. Alkarabsha, H. Janicke. Policy-Based
Support for Mobile Grid Services. International Journal of Computer Science Issues.
Vol. 10, No. 2, 2013.
7. A. Alarabeyyat, S. Al-Hashimi, T. Khdour, M. Hujooj, R. Al-Hashimi, S. Bani-Ahmad.
Journal of Software Engineering and Applications. Lossless Image Compression
Technique Using Combination Methods. Vol 5, No.10, 2012. pp. 752-763.
8. H. Hijazi, T. khdour, A. Alarabeyyat. A Review of Risk Management in Different
Software Development Methodologies. International Journal of Computer Applications.
Vol. 45, No. 7, 2012. pp. 8-12.
9. T. Alwada’n, H. Aldabbas, H. Janicke, T. Khdour, O. Aldabbas. Dynamic Policy
Management in Mobile Grid Environments. International Journal of Computer
Networks & Communications (IJCNC). Vol. 4, No. 2, March 2012. PP 35-51.
10. T. Khdour and A. Aref. A Hybrid Schema Zone-based Key Management for
MANETs. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology(JATIT). Vol. 35,
No. 2, January 2012. pp 175-183.
11. A. Mohammad, G. Kanaan, T. Khdour, S. Bani-Ahmad. Ontology-Based Access
Control Model for Semantic Web Services. Journal of Information and Computing
Science, Vol. 6, No. 3, August 2011, pp. 177-194
12. M. Khleifat and T. Khdour. A Proposed Mechanism for Securely Watermarking
Digital-Images. International Journal of Research and Reviews in Computer Science
(IJRRCS). Vol. 2, No 3,June, 2011. PP 632-637. [Science Academy Publisher, United
Kingdom].
13. A. Mohammad, G. Kanaan, R. Kanaan, T. Khdour, S. Bani-Ahmad, A. Alarabeyyat.
Toward Access Control Model for Web Services Applications. International Journal
of Research and Reviews in Computer Science (IJRRCS). Vol. 2, No 2, April, 2011. PP

253-264. [Science Academy Publisher, United Kingdom].
14. A. Mohammad, G. Kanaan, T. Khdour, R. Kanaan, S. Bani-Ahmad. Analysis of Existing
Access Control Models from Web Services Applications’ Perspective. Journal of
Computing. Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2011. PP 10-16.
RefereedConferences and Workshops
1. T. Khdour and S. Salem. The Effects of Integrating Knowledge Management with E-
Learning Systems. proceeding of 2014 Zone1 Conference of the American Society for
Engineering Education, 3-5 April 2014. [Bridgeport, U.S.A]
2. T. khdour and H. Hijazi. A Step Towards Preventive Risk Management in Software
Projects. Poceeding of the 2012 4th International Conference on Software Technology
and Engineering (ICSTE2012). ASME Phuket, Thailand, September 1-2, 2012. Pp. 471-
478
3. T. Khdour. Towards Semantically Filtering Web Services Repository. Digital
Information and Communication Technology and Its Applications International
Conference, DICTAP 2011, Dijon, France, 2011, Proceedings 2011, Volume 167, Part 5,
PP. 322-336.
4. T. khdour and M. Fasli. A Semantic-based Web Service Registry Filtering
Mechanism. WAINA 2010.IEEE 24th International Conference on Advanced
Information Networking and Applications Workshops . April 2010. PP. 373-378.
[Australia, Perth]
5. Thair Khdour. A Semantic BasedWeb Service Discovery Algorithm. The 2nd
Jordanian International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering
(JICCSE2006), 5-7 December, 2006.
Teaching Experience (Taught Courses)
Postgraduate Degree Level:
 Coding Theory [Many Times] at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Network Security [Many Times] at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Operating Systems [Many Times] at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Artificial Intelligence [One Time] at Albalqa Aapplied University
 Information Security [Many Times] at Albalqa Applied University
 Software Project Management [One Time] at Depaul University
 Advanced Knowledge Management [One Time] at Florida University
 Advanced Database Systems [Many Times] at Florida University
Bachelor Degree Level

 Embedded Systems at University of Essex
 XML and Related Technologies at University of Essex
 Introduction to Databases at Al-Balqa Applied University and University of Essex.
 Introduction Operating Systems at Al-Balqa Applied University.
 Data Structures at Al-Balqa Applied University.
 Computer Skills I at Al-Balqa Applied University.
 Computer Skills II(Programming with C++) at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Computer Skills II (Programming with Visual Basics) at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Computer Security at Al-Balqa Applied University.
 Software Reliability and Testing at Al-Balqa Applied University.
 Object Oriented Programming at Al-Balqa Applied University.
 Web Computing at Al-Balqa Applied University.
 Special Topics in Computer Information Systems at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Electronic Commerce at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Advanced Databases at Al-Balqa Applied University
 System Analysis and Design at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Software Reliability and Testing at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Introduction to Networks at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Computer Systems Analysis and Design at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Advanced Databases at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Visual Programming at Al-Balqa Applied University
 Coding Theory at Al-Balqa Applied University
Training Courses
1. The University of Essex one day Graduate Demonstrator Course. University of Essex,
England, UK. 28 March 2006
2. Pronunciation and Ear Training for International Staff. University of Essex, England, UK.
1st Feb 2005 – 21st Feb 2005.
3. July 27th to July 30th 2007. Stress Management. Injaz Training Centre. Amman- Jordan.
4. January 8th to January 10th, 2007. GTA Preparation Course. University of Essex,
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom.
5. February 21st to February 28th, 2005. Pronunciation and Ear Training for
International Staff. Learning and Teaching Unit. Learning Partnerships, University of
Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom.
6. July 1 to August 2002. Intensive Writing for Further Study. Sydney West International
College. St Vincents building 158-160 Hawkesbury Road Westmead NSW 2145
Australia.
7. May 12 to June 16, 2002. Review and Prepare for the TOEFL Examination. America-
Mideast Educational & Training Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1249 Amman 11118, Jordan
8. August 07th to August 13th, 2000. Oracle Developer: Build Reports (RP6). Oracle
Middle East. P.O. Box 9301 Dubai U.A.E.
9. August 14th to August 17th, 2000. Oracle Developer: Build Forms II (FM6B). Oracle
10. July 30th to August 06th, 2000. Oracle Developer: Build Forms 1 (FM6A). Oracle

11. .July 26th to July 27th, 2000. Triggers, Procedures and Packages of Oracle
Developers and DBAs. Oracle Middle East. P.O. Box 9301 Dubai U.A.E
12. July 18th to July 24th, 2000. Introduction to Oracle SQL and PL/SQL. Oracle Middle
East. P.O. Box 9301 Dubai U.A.E
Attended Conferences and Workshops
1. Joint Egyptian-Jordanian Workshop on Technical and Research Collaboration. December
21-22, 2014, Organized by Scientific Research Support Fund, Amman, Jordan.
2. The 2014 Zone1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, 3-5
April 2014, University of Bridgeport, United States of America.
3. The 4th International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE
2012), Phuket, Thailand, September 1-2, 2012.
4. Digital Information and Communication Technology and Its Applications International
Conference, DICTAP 2011, Dijon, France, 2011.
5. WAINA 2010. IEEE 24th International Conference on Advanced Information
Networking and Applications Workshops. April 2010, Australia, Perth.
6. The 2nd Jordanian International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering
(JICCSE2006), 5-7 December, 2006, Albalqa Applied University, Jordan.
Professional Memberships
- Member of the Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)
- Member of the International Association of Computer Science and Information
Technology (IACSIT)
- Member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
- Member of the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)
- Member of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA).
- Member of the Science Alert Family.
Master Degree Thesis Supervision:
The following is a list of the theses that I have supervised on the level of master degree:
- A Risk Management Strategy for Software Development Methodologies. Haneen Hijazi,
Passed 2012
- Buildig Arabic Multimedia Information Retrieval System, Ayat Nizar Al Ahmad, Passed
2012
- Discovering web services based on semantics of their Capabilities, Banan Hawari, Passed
April 2014.

Master Degree Thesis Examination
The following are some of the examined theses:
- Safa Al-Edwan, An Improved Face Recognition Method Using Digital Image Processing,
April 2014.
- Areej Bdairat, Developing An Agent Interaction Model for Multi-Agent Systems,
February 2014.
- Majdi Halawani, A Proposed Technique to Predict and Classify Protein Functions Using
Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Neural Networks, April 2013.
- Lubna AL-Matarneh, Building of an Alert Heart Attack System Using Bluetooth
Technology , April 2013
- Mohamad Abu Snober, Protecting Data Traffic Over Wireless Networks by Enhancing
Link Layer Security Protocol, August 2010
- Mohamad Shibli, Enhancing Adhoc Security Protocol, August 2010
- Aman Nwairan, Ontology Matching Algorithm by Using Agent Technology, May 2010.
External Examiner
The following is a list of some of the theses I have examined as an external examiner in several
local universities:
- Raghda Abdulbaqi Mugher. Cost Break-Even Model for Cloud Computing, Middle East
University, January 2015.
- Moutaz Abdulrahman, New Technique to Embed Encrypted QR Code in Colored Image
by Using First and Third LSB bits, Middle East University, May 2014.
Grants and Awards
- A scholarship to study the master degree in Australia from Al-Balqa Applied University
Alsalt – Jordan. (2002-2003)
- A scholarship to do my Ph.D in the United Kingdom from Al-Balqa Applied University.
Alsalt- Jordan (2005-2008)
Internal Committee Memberships and Community Activities
- Vice President of the Jordanian Forum to Renounce Community and University Violence
(January 2013-Now)
- Study Plans Equalization Committee (Chair), Albalqa Applied University , August 2008-
August 2013.
- Students Disciplinary Committee (Member), Albalqa Applied University, August 2011-
August 2012.
- Students Guidance Committee (Member), Albalqa Applied University,(August 2008-Now.
- Computer Information System Department Council (Member), Albalqa Applied University,
2008-2013.
- Computer Information System Department Council (Chair), Albalqa Applied University,

2013-2014.
- Representative of the Information Technology Department in the Information Technology
Faculty Council , Albalqa Applied University, August 2011-August 2012.
- Computer Science Department Higher Education Committee (Member), Albalqa Applied
University , August 2010-August 2011.
- Graduate School Committee (Member), Albalqa Applied University 2013-2014.
- Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee (Member), Albalqa Applied University
2013-2014.
- Curriculum Development Committee (Chair), Albalqa Applied University 2013-2014.
- Research Committee Department of Computer Information Systems (Chair) Albalqa Applied
University 2012-2014.
- University Council Committee (Member), Albalqa Applied University, 2012-2013.
Member of Local and Worldwide Journal and Conference Technical
Committees
- The International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT). IAJIT is the official
journal of the Colleges of Computing and Information Society, stemming from the Association
of Arab Universities and published by Zarqa University, Jordan. IAJIT is indexed by many
international index databases such as Thomson Science Citation Index, Elsevier A&I database
SCOPUS, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, DBLP, and EBSCO.
- The 4th International conference on Consumer Electronics, Communications and
Networks (CECNET2014). 20th-22nd, Beijing, China.
- International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL 2014). 22-23 September, 2014. Paris,
France.
-The 4th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks. 12-15
December, 2014. China.

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