Curriculum Vitae Dr. Lazhar Khriji Member, IEEE April 2015

Sultan Qaboos University College of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng P.O. Box 33, Al-Khod 123

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman [email protected]

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Qualifications & Professional Experience

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Studies and Qualifications  

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Doctor of Technology in Information Technology, Institute of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, TUT, Finland, http://www.cs.tut.fi. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Cooperation between the College of Science, University of Tunis ElManar, and the Department of Information Technology, Tampere University of Technology, TUT, Finland. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, ESSTT, "Higher School of Sciences and Techniques of Tunis", University of Tunis, Tunisia. http://www.esstt.rnu.tn/ Bachelor of Science in Electronics, College of Science, University of Tunis El-Manar. http://www.fst.rnu.tn/

Professional Experience     

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May 2008 to Present: Associate Professor, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. January 2002 - May 2008: Assistant Professor, Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman. July 2000 - January 2002: Assistant Professor, National Engineering school of Monastir (ENIM), Tunisia. http://www.enim.rnu.tn February 1997- September 2000, Researcher, Institute of Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology TUT, Tampere, Finland. On leave from National Engineering school of Monastir (ENIM), Tunisia. http://www.cs.tut.fi September 1992 - July 2000, Lecturer, National Engineering school of Monastir (ENIM), Tunisia.

Management & Community Service

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Academic and Professional Leadership     

Member, Steering Committee for MCTE program. Member, Web/Publication committee, College of Engineering. Chair, Final Year Project Committee, ECE Department. Chair, Publications & Web Committee, ECE Department. IEEE Student Branch Counselor at SQU (Sept. 2003 – 2006).

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Service to the Profession and Community   

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Member, Strategic Planning Committee, ECE Department (2003-2006). Member, ABET accreditation Committee of Mechatronics program. Member, ABET accreditation Committee of Electrical & Computer Engineering program.

Member, EURASIP - European Association for Speech, Signal and Image Processing, since 2002. Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, IEEE (USA), since 2000. Member, TSS (Tunisian Scientific Society), since 2004.

Service to the College of Engineering  Ad-hoq committee member to prepare a new undergraduate degree plan of “Biomedical Engineering”.  Ad-hoq committee member to prepare a new MSc degree plan of “Geomatics”.  Since 2010: Steering Committee for MCTE program.  2010-2011: Industrial Training and Alumni Committee.  2008-2009 and 2005-2006: Member, College Publications Committee.  2003-2004:  Engineering Society Advisor (IEEE). Main Activities.  Advising the First gathering of IT-Student, SQU, March 20-21, 2004.  Advising the First SQU-Engineering Student gathering, April 24-25, 2004.  Sept. 2007 – now: ABET accreditation Committee, Mechatronics program.

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Service to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  Sept. 2007–now:  Sept. 2005-Aug.2006:

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Sept. 2010 – now: Coordinator, Final Year Project Committee Sept. 2003 – 2006: IEEE Student Branch Counselor at SQU 2003–2004: Coordinator, Student Society & Social Activities Committee Sept. 2006 – 2009: Member, Final Year Project Committee Sept. 2006 – Aug. 2007: Member, Publications & Web Committee Sept. 2005 – Sept. 2006: Coordinator, Publications & Web Committee 2002-2005: Member, Publications & Web Committee 2003 – 2006: Member, Strategic Planning Committee 2002- Current: Member, Department Board 2002 – 2004: Member, Research and Post Graduate Studies Committee

Editorial Boards Service 

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ABET accreditation Committee, Electrical & Computer Engineering program. ABET accreditation Committee (Communication and Signal Proc. Program)

Editor, VLSI Design Journal, Hindawi Publishing Corp., http://www.hindawi.com Associate Editor, The Journal of Engineering Research, TJER, http://tjer.net

Service as an organizing commettee member – International Conferences      

IEEE-GCC’2015: (Technical Program Committee member), 8th IEEE-GCC conference 2015, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, February 2-4, 2015. ISCAS’2014: (Review Committee Member) International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Melbourne, Australia, 1-5 June 2014. ISCAS’2013: (Review Committee Member) International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Beijing, China, May 19-23,2013. SSD’2013: International Program Committee, March 18-21, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia. ISCAS’2012: (Review Committee Member) International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Coex, Seoul, Korea, May 20-23,2012. ICCCP’09: International Conference on Communication Computer and Power, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.15-18, 2009.

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Service as a Reviewer - Journals        

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ICCCP’07, IEEE-IEE International Conference on Communication Computer and Power, SQU, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.19-21, 2007. Chair, Publication committee; Member, Technical committee; Member, organizing committee. ACIDCA-ICMI'2005, 2nd Intern. Conference on Machine Intelligence, Tozeur, Tunisia, Nov. 5-7, 2005. Member, International Scientific Committee. ICCCP’05, IEEE-IEE International Conf. on Communication Computer and Power, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.14-16, 2005. Member, organizing committee; Member, Technical committee; Member, Publication committee; Member, Web committee; Session Chairman. ISCCSP’2004: (Publicity Committee Member) First IEEE Intern. Symposium on Control, Communications, and Signal Processing, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 21-24, 2004. ICM’2004: (International Scientific Committee Member) 16th International Conference on Microelectronics, Dec. 6-8, 2004, Tunis, Tunisia. Net-Con’2003, IFIP-IEEE Conf. on Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility with focus on Policy-based Networking, Muscat, OMAN, Oct. 11–15, 2003. Member, organizing committee; Member, Technical committee; Member, Publication committee; Member, Web committee; Member, Information System committee.

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing; IEEE Signal Processing Letters; IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing; VLSI Design Journal; TJER The Journal of Engineering Research. IJSP International Journal on Signal Processing; Springer: Signal, Image and Video Processing. Journal of Engineering Research of Kuwait University

Service as a Reviewer - International Conferences

 IEEE-GCC 2015: 8th IEEE-GCC conference 2015, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, February 2-4, 2015.  ISCAS 2014: International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Melbourne, Australia, 1-5 June 2014.  ISCAS 2013: International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Beijing, China, May 19-23,2013.  SSD 2013: The International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices 2013, March 18-21, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia.  ISCAS 2012: International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Coex, Seoul, Korea, May 20-23,2012.  iiSC-2011: International Information Systems Conference, Muscat, Oman, Oct. 11-12,2011.  ICCIS’2010: Int. Conf. on Computational and Information Sciences, Chengdu, China, Dec. 17-19, 2010.  ICCCP’09: Int. Conf. on Communication Computer and Power, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.15-18, 2009.  DTIS’08: IEEE Conf. on Design & Technologies for Integrated Systems,Tozeur,Tunisia,March 25–28, 2008.  ICCCP’07: Int. Conf. on Communication Computer and Power, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.17-19, 2007.  ACIDCA-ICMI'2005: 2nd Int. Conf. on Machine Intelligence, Tozeur, Tunisia, Nov.5–7, 2005.  ICCCP’05: Int. Conf. on Communication Computer and Power, SQU, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.14-16, 2005.  EUSIPCO 2004: The 12th European Signal Processing Conference, Vienna, Austria, Sep. 6 – 10, 2004.  WOCN’2004: First IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN04) SQU, Muscat, OMAN, Jun. 7-9, 2004.  ISCCSP04: IEEE/EURASIP International Symposium on Control, Communications and Signal Processing, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 21-24, 2004.  ICM’04: International Conference on MicroElectronics, Tunisia, 2004.

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 JSF’03: Journées Scientifiques Francophones, JSF’03, Electronique, Télécommunications et Informatique, Tozeur, TUNISIA, Dec. 20 – 22, 2003.  GlobeCom 2003: IEEE 2003 Global Communications Conf., San Francisco, CA, USA, Dec.1-5, 2003.  ISSPA 2003: 7th Int. Symposium on Signal Proc. and Its Applications Paris, FRANCE, July 1-4, 2003.  NSIP'2003: 6th IEEE-EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Proc., Grado, Italy, June 2003.  EUSIPCO-2002: XI European Signal Processing Conf., Toulouse, France, Sep. 3-6, 2002.

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Examiner for M.Sc. Projects

 Dawood Khalfan Al-Brashdi (ID# 23971), Radio resource Management for Wireless Networks using Power Control Algorithms, College of Engineering, SQU, March 2012. Member of the thesis examination Committee.  Zahran Saif Salim Al-Kamyani (ID#66416), Potential Use of Spent Catalyst Generated by Sohar and Mina Al-Fahl Refineries in Concrete, College of Engineering, SQU, June 2012. Chairman of the thesis examination Committee.  Mohamed Abdullah Al Hadhrami, College of Engineering, SQU, June 2003. Chairman of the thesis examination Committee.

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External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis evaluation

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Ms. Teena Ann Mathew, “Imaging Techniques for Detection of Aspergillus Flavus Infection in Omani Dates”, College of Agriculture & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Mrs. Sheela, D. “Mobile Agent Based Enhancement Security for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Faculty of Information & Communication Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI, India. Ms.Sathiyabama.B, “Studies on Dynamic Power Minimization and Management in VLSI”, SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY, Jeppiaar Nagar, Chennai , India. PRIYA.S. “Defect Detection in Woven Fabric using Bitplane Slicing and Morphological Image Processing”, Faculty of Information & Communication Engineering, ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI, India.

Reviewed Research Proposals

 The Research Council (TRC), Sultanate of Oman, (Served as a reviewer for three research proposals, February 2011, February 2013, November 2014).  Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Qatar Foundation, (Served as a reviewer for one proposal, December 2011).  The Office of Assistant Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Research of SQU (June 2009: one proposal, June 2006: 2 proposals, November 2005: 3 proposals, November 2003: 2 proposals).

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Awards and Recognition Personal Awards 2015 :

2014 : 2010 :

Awarded a certificate of appreciation from Sultan Qaboos University for the contribution in Modifying the degree plans of ECE and Mechatronics Programs to satisfy the ABET requirements. In 2014, both programs were assessed and fully acredited by ABET. National Research Awards in the research area Environmental and Biological Resources, Article entitled “Detecting Surface Cracks on Dates Using Color Imaging Technique “. Awarded a certificate of appreciation from Sultan Qaboos University for the contribution in Modifying the degree plans of ECE and Mechatronics Programs to satisfy the ABET requirements. In 2010, both programs were assessed and substantially acredited by ABET.

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2007 :

Awarded a certificate of appreciation from Sultan Qaboos University for the contribution in the organization of the successful international conference ICCCP’07, SQU, Feb.19-21, 2007. Awarded a certificate of appreciation from Sultan Qaboos University for the contribution in the organization of the successful international conference ICCCP’05, SQU, Feb.14-16, 2005. Awarded a certificate of recognition from Sultan Qaboos University for the contribution in the organization of the international conference Net-Con'2003, SQU, Oct. 11–15, 2003. Best paper award, in the Int. Conf. on Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and Automation in Eng. and Industrial Applications ACIDCA2000, Monastir, Tunisia, March 22-24 2000. The extended paper has been selected and published in a special issue of the Int. Journal on Fuzzy Sets and Systems FSS, Vol. 128 (1) (2002) pp.35-46. Awarded a 3-year scholarship for higher studies leading to Ph.D by Tampere University of Technology, Finland. Awarded a scholarship for 2 years for higher studies leading to M.Sc. by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia.

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Student Competition Awards May 2011 :

Second Place at the 1st National Symposium for Engineering Final Year Project (1ST NSEFYP). College of Engineering and Architecture, University of Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman. This award was given to the SQU student team from Mechatronics program, which I supervised. Title of the project was: “Date Grading System”.

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First prize, Best FYP project . Department of Information Engineering, SQU. This prize was given to the FYP student team (Dawood AL_Badaai and Khamis AL_Barhi), which I supervised. Title of the project was: “Face detection based on Eigen Faces and Neuralnetworks”.

Teaching and Educational Development During my years of teaching, I have developed and taught courses at different levels in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Sultan Qaboos University, and the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Engineering School of Monastir (ENIM), Tunisia, as well. The courses I taught extended from undergraduate to Master level. The courses cover both theoretical and practical aspects of a wide spectrum of areas within Electrical Engineering (Digital Signal Processing, Sensors and Actuators, Analog/Digital Communications, Electronics, Digital Control, Computer Engineering and Programming).

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Undergraduate Courses 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Advanced Digital Signal Processing Digital Signal Processing Signals & Systems Sensors and Actuators Sensors and sensor system’s Design Computer Control Fortran Programming Electronics I Electronics II Analogue and Digital Communications Communications Lab. I

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Postgraduate Courses   

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Selected Topics in Computers (Image Processing) Linear System Theory Digital Signal Processing

Web based Teaching I extensively use WebCT, Moodle and other internet resources for teaching.

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Educational Development & Innovation in Teaching 

Prepared the degree plan of a new proposed track on “Biomedical Signals and Medical Devices” in the ECE department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Approved by SQU university council in spring 2015. It will start receiving students from next academic year 2015-2016.

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Contributed in the preparation of a new Master Program on “Geomatics” at the college of engineering, SQU. This MS program is a chaired program between the Remote Sensing and GIS Center, Civil Engineering department and Electrical Engineering department.

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Conducted a major revision of communication courses within the focus groups to prepare for ABET accreditation held in November 2013. All tracks of ECE Department have got a full accreditation from ABET.

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Coordinator of FYP Seminar Series on realistic engineering constraints and Standards. It is delivered every year to the final year students in ECE department, college of Engineering,SQU.

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Familiar with course delivery and course file preparation according to ABET accreditation style.

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Experienced in Curriculum development.

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Prepared Lab manual   

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Prepared a Lab manual based on DSP board from Texas Instruments TMS320C6713 for DSP and Advanced DSP courses. Prepared a Lab manual for the cource MCTE3110- Electronics. Prepared a Lab manual for the cource ECCE3142- Signals & Systems.

Courses Coordination  ECCE4142- Digital Signal Processing.  ECCE3142- Signals and Systems (Spring 2003- Fall 2005, Spring 2007, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2010).  ECCE 4122- Analog and Digital Communications (Fall 2004, Fall 2005, SP2010).  ECCE3152: Electronics I (SP2014, SP2015).

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Conducted Short courses

 Lazhar Khriji, “Communications, Radars and Satellites”, Annual workshop to the Omani army, 5 times in SQU-Oman: [Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2014], [Oct. 27-31, 2013], [Nov. 3-7, 2012], [Nov. 5-9, 2011], [October 23-27, 2010].  Lazhar Khriji, “Electronics & Electrical Eng.”, Annual workshop to the Omani army, 5 times in SQUOman: [Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2014], [Oct. 27-31, 2013], [Nov. 3-7, 2012], [Nov. 5-9, 2011], [October 2327, 2010].  Lazhar Khriji, “Electromagnetic waves and applications”, Annual workshop to the Omani army, 4 times in SQU-Oman: [Nov. 2009], [Nov. 2008], [Nov. 2007], [Nov. 2006]. Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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 Lazhar Khriji, “nonlinear filtering based on rational functions”. TEMPUS Workshop and Summer School, Mangalia, Romania, August 3-8, 1998.  Lazhar Khriji, “higher order statistic filters”, Third European Course on “Recent advances in image processing and analysis”: MARCH 2-6, 1998, University of Trieste, Italy. Organisers: ESPRIT LTR 20229, NOBLESSE.

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Conducted Seminars

 “Co-design Implementation of Real-Time Acquisition and University, Electrical Engineering Department. March 13, 2015.

processing of Bio-signals”, Qatar

 “Some advances in U-Health”, Qatar University, Electrical Engineering Department. May 1, 2014.  “Multimedia: Representation and protection of audio-visual content”, ECE Department-SQU, March 2004.  “Color image processing”, ENIM, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Monastir, Tunisia Jan. 2007. 

“Nonlinear rational-based filters for image processing”, Tampere University of Technology, Signal Processing Institute, Finland. December 14-18, 2002.

 “nonlinear filtering based on rational functions”. TEMPUS Workshop and Summer School, Mangalia, Romania, August 3-8, 1998.  “higher order statistic filters”, Third European Course on “Recent advances in image processing and analysis”: MARCH 2-6, 1998, University of Trieste, Italy. Organisers: ESPRIT LTR 20229, NOBLESSE.  “Video on Demand”. HCM MAVI Course–Workshop “Model Based Analysis and Processing of Video Information”, Pori, Finland, April 17-18, 1997.

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Invited speaker

 “Basics of Color Imaging and Applications in Food Industries”, workshop on Imaging Applications in Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, April 28, 2010.  “Color Image Processing Techniques”, Les huitièmes journées scientifiques des jeunes chercheurs en Génie Électrique et Informatique, GEI’2008, Sousse, 17-19 Mars, 2008.  “Professional components”, Workshop on Self-Study Report, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, SQU. December 8, 2005.

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Poster Presentations during SQU Open day

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Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Application.

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Wireless Biotelemetry System for Real-Time Healthcare Monitoring.

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Co-design Implementation of Wireless Bio-Implant Prototype for Bidirectional Realtime Control and Monitoring. Old Pictures Restoration.

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Human face detection and recognition in color images.

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Edited Prospectus/Reports

1. Lazhar Khriji et all., Prospectus of the College of Engineering at SQU, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, February 2006, Oman. 2. Lazhar Khriji et all., Catalogue of the College of Engineering at SQU, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, February 2006, Oman. 3. Lazhar Khriji et all., College Annual Report, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, January 2006, January 2006, January 2006, Oman. Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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Lazhar Khriji, ECE Departmental Annual Report, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, 2008, Oman.

Undergraduate Students Supervision

I have supervised more than 25 undergraduate projects. Selected list of titles is given below,                 

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Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Sensory System for Unmanned Ground Vehicle Design and Implementation of Water Quality Monitoring System. Design and development of a Digital Hearing Aid. Design of Air-pollution Monitoring System using Zigbee Wireless Sensor Network. Automated Fruit Grading system. Design of Wireless EEG acquisition system. WiFi Technology Based Co-design Implementation of Wireless Bio-Telemetry System. Design of Intensive Care Patients Monitoring Systems with Mobile Communication Link Support. Design of Smart Wireless Telemetry System. Automatic Speaker Recognition System. Design and Implementation of Video Face Detection Technique. Design and Implementation of a Smart and Mobile Solar-Powered Barrier-Gate System. Face Detection based on Eigenfaces and Neural Networks. Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing. Design and Implementation of Prototype Parking Control System. Design of an Image Compression System. Design of a GPRS network and creation of new applications for customers.

Student Advising Academic Adviser of 40 students in average, every year.

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Postgraduate Students Supervision 4.3.1 Supervision of PhD students 1. Asiya Mohamed Salem Al-Busaidi, (in progress), Cardiac Arrhythmias Classification and Compression using Hybrid Techniques, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Eng. Oman. (main Supervisor) 2. Anis Boudabous, (Graduated, November 2010), Design and Hardware implementation of Hybridtype filters based on Rational functions, University of Sfax, ENIS, Tunisia. (main Supervisor). Actually, he is Assistant Professor, University of Sfax, Tunisia. As co-supervisor, I co-supervised with Prof. Rached Tourki three PhD students from University of Monastir, and University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunisia.

4.3.2 Supervision of MSc students 1. Alaa Hamdan Barhoum (ID# m091428), (Graduated, October 2014), “Early Identification Of Pregnant Patient with Preeclampsia in Oman Using Different Digital Signal Processing Algorithms on Heart Rate Variability ”, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Eng. Oman. (Co-Supervision with Prof. Abdulnaser Hossain) 2. Marwa Ali Zahir Al Hinai (ID# m070079), (Graduated, October 2014), “Vision-Based Vehicle Tracking for Traffic Management”, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Eng. Oman. (CoSupervision with Dr. Amer Al-Habsi) 3. Ganeshmoorthy K. (ID# m091844), (Graduated, January 2013), Non-destructive measurement of total sugar content in Khalas dates using NIR imaging technique, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Oman. (Co-Supervision with Dr. A. Manickavasagan) Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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4. Nawal Al-Mezeini(ID# m052935), (Graduated, March 2013), X-ray imaging to detect infestation in stored dried dates by saw-toothed beetle, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Oman. (Co-Supervision with Dr. A. Manickavasagan) 5. Sawsana Al-Rahbi (ID# m057583), (Graduated, January 2013), Detecting surface cracks on dates using RGB imaging technique, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Oman. (Co-Supervision with Dr. A. Manickavasagan) 6. Amira Abdullah Said Al-Busaidi (ID# m035153), (Graduated, August 2012), Personal Identification using Hand Geometry and Palmprint, Sultan Qaboos University, College of Science, Department of Computer Science. (Co-Supervision with Dr. Abdelhamid Abdesselam) 7. Hamdi Bouchech, (Graduated, September 2011), Dates families classification using computer Vision System, National Eng. School of Monastir, ENIM, Tunisia. 8. Kamel Benhmed (Graduated, November 2009), Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Mobile Robot Navigation, National Eng. School of Monastir, ENIM, Tunisia. This work was supported by SQU funded project number "IG/ENG/MIED/08/02". The student served as research assistant in the project for a period of 8 months, Oct. 2008-May 2009. 9. Sami Lacheheb (Graduated, June 18, 2008), Recognition of Tunisian License Plates using Neural Networks, National Eng. School of Monastir, ENIM, Tunisia. 10.Mohamed Anis Fatmi (Graduated, June 12, 2006), A Fuzzy Logic Based Navigation of a Remotely Operated Vehicle, National Eng. School of Sfax, Tunisia. This work was supported by SQU funded project number "IG/ENG/MIED/05/04". The student served as research assistant in the project for a period of six months, Oct. 2005-Marsh 2006. 11.Mohamed Al-Badi (ID#7551/99) (Graduated, March 02, 2004), Restoration of old motion pictures using nonlinear digital image processing techniques, SQU, Oman. 12.Rym Zrafi (Graduated, July 05, 2001), "Real Time Filtering", College of Science, Monastir, Tunisia. 13.Raoudha Chaabani (Graduated, July 05, 2001), Adaptive Filtering based on Fuzzy techniques for image denoising, College of Science, Monastir, Tunisia.

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Continuing Education Attended Seminars  2014: Seminar on “Smart Grids”, Prof. Peter Wolfs, ECE Department, SQU, 17-6-2014.  2014: Seminar on “Certain Emerging areas of Mathematics for Challenging Problems of Science and Technology”, Prof. Abul Hassan Siddiqui, ECE Department, SQU, 21-5-2014.  2004: Seminar on “Smart Wells”, the PDO Ras Al-Hamra Club, Cinema Hall, Muscat, Oman, 22 March, 2004.  2004: Seminar on "Academic Advising for Staff", ECCE Dept., Coll. of Engineering, Dr. J. Jervase & Mr. D. Al-Habsi, Sultan Qaboos University, May 5, 2004.  2004: CISCO Certification: CCNA, SQU, Muscat, Oman. February 2004 (studies online, Internetbased examination).

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Specialized Workshops  2012: ABET- Program Assessment Workshop, SQU, Muscat, Oman. February 2012. Animated by Michael Miligan and Dr. Ashley Ater Kranov, Managing Director, Professional Services, ABET. Email: [email protected]  2010: Workshop on Imaging Applications in Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, April 28, 2010.  2010: “Optical Communication and Sensing Workshop”, organized jointly by the Communication & Information Research Center (CIRC) of Sultan Qaboos University and City University, London, 17 January 2010.  2008: “Regional Workshop on Nanotechnology”, organized by the Physics Department of Sultan Qaboos University, 13-14 January 2008.  2008: Workshop on E-Learning: Moodle, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, March 2008.

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 2007: Workshop on “Membrane Desalination Technologies in Practice”, organized by the Middle East Desalination Research Center in collaboration with Water Research Center-Sultan Qaboos University, 11-13 November, 2007.  2007: Workshop on “The Research Strategy for the Sultanate of Oman Project”, organized by The Sultanate Research Council, Sultan Qaboos University, 3-5 September 2007.  2006: Workshop on “Renewable Energy and its Applications”, organized by the Oman National Commission For Education Culture and Science (ONCECS), Sultan Qaboos University, 12-14 November 2006.  2005: Workshops on Instructional Skills Development, Public Relation & Information, SQU, 26 September – 5 December (weekly), 2005.  2004: Workshop on WebCT, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University, 10, 14 January, 2004.  2004: Workshop on Fire, Safety& Health, Organizers: SQU (Coll. of Agriculture & Marine Sciences), PDO, SQU Hospital, Sultan Qaboos University, 12 January, 2004.  2003: Workshop on Health, Safety and Environmental, HSE Partenaire of Oman (Mr. Kevin Doyle), Sultan Qaboos University, 23-25 May, 2003  2000: TICSP Workshop on “Spectral Transforms and Logic Design for Future Digital Systems”, SPECLOG-2000, Tampere, Finland, June 2-3, 2000.  1998: TEMPUS Workshop and Summer School, Mangalia, Romania, August 3-8, 1998.  1998: Third European Course on “Recent advances in image processing and analysis”. Organizers: ESPRIT LTR 20229, Noblesse. University of Trieste, Italy, March 2-6, 1998.  1998: TICSP Workshop on “Transforms and Filter Banks”, Tampere, Finland, Feb. 23-25, 1998.  1997: HCM MAVI Course–Workshop “Model Based Analysis and Processing of Video Information”, Pori, Finland, April 17-18, 1997.  1996: Spring School on “Signal and Image Processing and their Applications”, Douz-Tunisia, March 25-29, 1996.  1994: Spring School on “Robust Control”, Douz-Tunisia, March 20-25, 1994.

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Research and Scholarship Research Areas Digital Signal and image Processing and analysis, Biomedical signal processing & Biomedical Electronics and Instrumentation, Embedded systems, MicroElectronics, Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring, Information technology, encryption techniques for Multimedia applications, Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications, Nonlinear filter design, Adaptive filtering, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware implementation of DSP algorithms.

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Grants, Research Contracts and Consultancies The objects of my research projects vary from Signal and image processing for multimedia applications, robotics, video processing, to electronics, biomedical engineering and telecommunications.

Granting Body TRC- Oman FURAP Grant (2014-2015) Qatar Foundation (2011-2014) TRC-Oman 2010-2013

Amount ~ $ 8000 ~ $ 1 Million

SQU- Internal grant 2009-2010 SQU- Internal grant 2008-2009 Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

$ 282.000 ~ $ 10233 ~ $ 20200

Title of Project Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Sensory System for Unmanned Ground Vehicle. Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring (NPRP 4- 1207- 2- 474) Development of Computer Vision Technology for Quality Assessment of Dates in Oman (ORG/EBR/10/003) Wireless biotelemetry system for real time healthcare monitoring, (IG/ENG/ECED/09/07) Artificial Intelligence Techniques-Based Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation

Role Faculty Mentor

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SQU- Research Grant 2007-2008 SQU- Research Grant 2005-2007 SQU- Research Grant 2004-2006 SQU- Research Grant 2003-2005 European Community Project (1996-1998) European Community Project (1999-2004)

~ $ 12700 ~ $ 7000 ~ $ 2400 ~ $ 9500 €2.105 Million

~ € 900.000

CMCU Project, Tunisia-France

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(IG/ENG/ECED/08/02) Design of high-Performance UWB Receivers for Smart-Traffic Control Systems (IG/ENG/ECED/07/02) A Fuzzy Logic Based Navigation of a Remotely Operated Vehicle: (IG/ENG/MIED/05/04) Image authentication IG/ENG/ECED/04/02) Old Movies Restoration (IG/ENG/ECED/03/05) Nonlinear Models based Analysis and Description of Images for Multimedia Applications (Noblesse ESPRIT LTR 20229) Multimedia Data Processing Applied to Image and Video Database Manipulation (MuVi) Approches non linéaires non stationnaires non gaussiennes en traitement du signal et en traitement d’image

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Co-PI PI PI Member (Finland) Associated member (Finland) Member

Publications Edited Books & Proceedings 7.1.1 Edited Books D. Gaiti, Guy Pujolle, A. Al-Naamany, H. Bourdoucen, and Lazhar Khriji, (Editors) « Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility II », Kluwer Academic Publichers, (Boston, USA, 2003), IFIP 133, ISBN: 1-4020-7616-9.

7.1.2 Edited Conference Proceedings    

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L. Khriji et al, co-editor, Proceedings of ICCCP’09: International Conference on Communication Computer and Power, (on CD-ROM), Muscat, OMAN, Feb.15-18, 2009. L. Khriji et al, co-editor, Proceedings of ICCCP’07, IEEE-IEE International Conference on Communication Computer and Power, (on CD-ROM), Muscat, OMAN, Feb.19-21, 2007. L. Khriji et al, co-editor, Proceedings of ICCCP’05, IEEE-IEE International Conf. on Communication Computer and Power, (on CD-ROM), Muscat, OMAN, Feb.14-16, 2005. L. Khriji et al, co-editor, Proceedings of Net-Con’2003, IFIP-IEEE Conf. on Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility with focus on Policy-based Networking, Muscat, OMAN, Oct. 11–15, 2003.

Journal Publications [J-1] Nawal Al-Mezeini, Annamala Manickavasagan, Rashid Al-Yahyai, Ali Al-Wahaibi, Ali Al-Raeesi, and Lazhar Khriji, “X-ray imaging of stored dates to detect infestation by saw-toothed beetles”, International Journal of Fruit Science, Taylor & Francis, April 2015. (accepted- Will appear soon) [J-2] Rasid, M.F.A.; Touati, F.; Khriji, L.; Ben Mnaouer, A.; Kadir, N.A.A.; Noor, A.M.; Al-Busaidi, A.; Mehmood, W.; (2015) "Context-aware Embedded Framework for Ubiquitous Healthcare Services" Journal of Medical Systems. (accepted- Will appear soon) [J-3] Waiser Mehmood, Ammad Hassan, OCHIRKHAND ERDENE-OCHIR, Farid Touati, Adel Mnaouer, Brahim Gaabab, Mohd Fadlee Abdul Rasid and Lazhar Khriji , “An Experimental Performance Evaluation and Compatibility Study of the Bluetooth Low Energy Based Platform for ECG Monitoring in WBANs”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, special issue on Wireless Sensor Networks for Ubiquitous Healthcare. 2015. (accepted- Will appear soon)

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[J-4] A. Manickavasagan, K. Ganeshmoorthy, M. R. Claereboudt, R. Al-Yahyai, L. Khriji, (2014) “Non-destructive measurement of total soluble solid (TSS) content of dates using near infrared (NIR) imaging”, Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture (EJFA), Special Issue on Date Palm 26 (11), doi: 10.9755/ejfa. v26i11. 18102 . [J-5] Asiya Al-Busaidi, L. Khriji, “Wearable Medical Sensor Nodes Toward Standards, Safety and Intelligence: A Literature Review”, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET) 14 (2), 119-147, Inderscience (2014). [J-6] S. Al-Rahbi, A. Manickavasagan, R. Al-Yahya, L. Khriji and P. Alahakoon, (2013), Detecting Surface Cracks on Dates Using Color Imaging Technique ”, Food Science and Technology Research 19 (5), 795-804. [J-7] [J-8]

Hamdi Bouchech, Sebti Foufou and Lazhar Khriji, (2014), Date fruits sorting using appearance based information and Neural Network classifier”, Acta Horticulturae, 09/2014. Thomas, G., Manickavasagan, A, Al-Yahyai, R. and Lazhar Khriji, (2014), Contrast Enhancement using Brightness Preserving Histogram Equalization Technique for Classification of Date Varieties”, The Journal of Engineering Research 11 (1), 55-63

[J-9] Taoufik Saidani, Mohamed Atri, Lazhar Khriji and Rached Tourki, (Published online: 22 January 2013), An Efficient Hardware Implementation of Parallel EBCOT Algorithm for JPEG2000, Journal of Real-Time Image Processing© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. [J-10] A. Ben Atitallah, A. Boudabous, L. Khriji, N. Masmoudi, (2012), Reconfigurable Architecture of VDF filter for Multidimensional Data, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, Wiley Science. Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/cta.1815. [J-11] N. Hamza, F. Touati and L. Khriji, (2011), Wireless Healthcare Monitoring System with ZigBee communication link support, Int. J. Networking and Virtual Organisations, Vol. 9, No. 2, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. [J-12] L. Khriji, F. Touati K. Benhmed and A. Al-Yahmadi, (2011), Mobile robot Navigation Based on QLearning Technique, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems. Vol. 8, No. 1 , ISSN 1729-8806, pp 45-51. [J-13] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, L. Khriji, P. Kadionik, N. Masmoudi, (March 2011), FPGA implementation of vector directional distance filter based on HW/SW environment validation, AEU – International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Elsevier, Vol. 65, Issue 3, pp. 250-257. [J-14] L. Khriji, F. Touati and N. Hamza, (2010), ZigBee-Based Telemetry System, The Journal of Engineering Research, (TJER), Vol. 7 No. 2 (2010) 32-39. [J-15] N. Hamza, L. Khriji and F. Touati, (2010), Multi-purpose HealthCare monitoring System based on ISM band communication link support, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, Vol. 11, No.3 pp. 176 – 192, 2010. [J-16] M. Machhout, Z. Guitouni, T. Kholdoun, L. Khriji and R. Tourki, (April 2010), Coupled FPGA/ASIC implementation of elliptic curve cryptoprocessor, International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA), Volume 2, Number 2. [J-17] A. Boudabous, L. Khriji, N. Masmoudi, (April 2010), Implementation of Vector Directional Distance Rational Hybrid Filter using TMS320C6416, The International Arab Journal of Information Technology, IAJIT , Vol. 7, No. 2. [J-18] Z. Medien, M. Machhout, B. Bouallegue, L. Khriji, A. baganne, and R. Tourki, (2010), Design and Hardware Implementation of QoSS-AES Processor for Multimedia applications, TRANSACTIONS ON DATA PRIVACY 3 (2010) 1-22. [J-19] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, L. khriji, P. Kadionik, N. Masmoudi, (January 2010), HW/SW Design-Based Implementation of Vector Median Rational Hybrid Filter, The International Arab Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1. [J-20] A. Boudabbous, L. Khriji, A. Ben Atitallah, P. Kadionik, N. Masmoudi, (2007), Efficient Architecture and Implementation of Vector Median Filter in Co-design Context, Radioengineering Journal, Vol. 16, N. 3. pp. 113-118. [J-21] M. Zeghid, M. Machhout, L. Khriji, A. Baganne and R. Tourki, (2007), A modified AES Based algorithm for image encryption, International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, Vol.1 No.1, pp.70-75. Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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[J-22] A. Fatmi, A. Al Yahmadi, L. Khriji, and N. Masmoudi (2006), A Fuzzy Logic Based Navigation of a Mobile Robot, Transactions on Engineering, Computing and Technology, Vol. 15, pp. 255-260. [J-23] L. Khriji, and K. El-Metwally (2006), Rational-Based Particle Swarm Optimization for Digital Image Interpolation, International Journal of Intelligent Technology, Vol.1, No.3, pp.223-227. [J-24] L. Khriji, M. Meribout and M. Gabbouj (2005), Detection and Removal of Video Defects using Rational-Based Techniques, Elsevier Science, International Journal on Advances in Engineering Software, 36, 487–495. [J-25] A. Samet, M. A. B. Ayed, N. Masmoudi, and L. Khriji (2005), New Perceptual Metric Image Quality Evaluation, Asian Journal on Information Technology. 4(11): 996-1000. [J-26] L. Khriji (2005), Vector Directional Distance Rational Hybrid Filters for Color Image Restoration, The Journal of Engineering Research, “TJER”, Vol.1, No.2, pp.1-11. [J-27] L. Khriji, M. Meribout, M. Gabbouj and A. Al-Naamany (2004), Fuzzy-Based Filtering of Multichannel Images, Intern. Journal of Computational Cognition, Vol.2, No.4, pp.115–139. [J-28] M. Meribout, L. Khriji, and M. Nakanishi (2004), A Robust Hardware Algorithm for Real-Time Object Tracking in Video Sequences, Elsevier science Publisher, International Journal on RealTime Imaging, Volume 10, issue 3, pp. 145-159. [J-29] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (March 2004), Rational - Based Adaptive Fuzzy Filters, International Journal of Computational Cognition, Vol.2, No. 1, pp.113-132. [J-30] M. Meribout, and L. Khriji (2003), A new Hardware Algorithm for Fast IP Routing Targeting Programmable, The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, Transactions on Circuits, No.1 Vol.2, pp.1-9. [J-31] L. Khriji, M. Meribout, M. Gabbouj, S. Akkari (2003), Color Picture Enhancement using Rational Unsharp Masking-Based Approach, The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, Trans. on Computers, No.2 Vol.2, pp.398-402. [J-32] M. Meribout, and L. Khriji (2003), Automatic Lumbar Vertebrae Segmentation in Fluoroscopic Images Via a New Parallel Hough Transform, The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, Trans. on Computers, No.2 Vol.2, pp.416-423. [J-33] L. Khriji, M. Meribout, M. Gabbouj, S. Akkari (2003), Generalized Directional Distance Rational Hybrid Filters, The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, Transactions on Computers, No.2 Vol.2, pp.409-415. [J-34] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (2002), Generalized Class of Nonlinear Hybrid filters, IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 38 No.25, pp. 1650 –1651. [J-35] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (2002), Adaptive Fuzzy Order Statistics Rational Hybrid Filters for Color Image Processing, Elsevier science Publisher, International Journal Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 128 (1), pp. 35-46. [J-36] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (2001), Adaptive Order Statistics Rational Hybrid Filters for Multichannel Image Processing, IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, (Special Section: Noise Reduction and Cancellation Techniques), Vol.E84-A, No.2, pp.422-431. [J-37] L. Khriji, G. Bernacchia, M. Gabbouj and G.L. Sicuranza (May 2000), Programmable Hardware System for a Class of Non-linear Order Statistics Rational Hybrid Filters, IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 36, No. 10, pp. 922-923. [J-38] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (1999), A New Class of Multichannel Image Processing Filters: Vector Median-Rational Hybrid Filters, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol.E82-D, No. 12, pp. 1589-1596. [J-39] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (1999), Vector Median-Rational Hybrid Filters for Multichannel Image Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol.6, No.7, pp.186-190. [J-40] L. Khriji, F. A. Cheikh and M. Gabbouj (1999), High Resolution Digital Resampling Using Vector Rational Filters, Journal of Optical Engineering (Special Issue on Sampled Imaging Systems), Vol.38, No.5, pp.893-901. [J-41] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (1999), A Class of Multichannel Image Processing Filters, IEE Electronics Letters, Vol.35, No.4, pp.285-287. [J-42] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj (1998), Median-Rational Hybrid Filters for Image Restoration, IEE Electronics Letters, Vol.34, No.10, pp.977-979. Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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7.3 Articles in Conference Proceedings [C-1] A. Al-Busaidi, L. Khriji, F. Touati, M.F. A. Rasid, A. Ben Mnaouer, “Real-Time DWT-Based Compression for Wearable Electrocardiogram Monitoring System”, 8th IEEE GCC Conference & Exhibition, February 1-4, 2015, Muscat, Oman. [C-2] Asiya M. Al-Busaidi and Lazhar Khriji, “Wireless Health Monitoring Challenges: Compression Level”, International Conference on Control Automation and Applied Mechanics ICCAAM’2015, January 20-21, 2015, Sousse, Tunisia. [C-3] Asiya M. Al-Busaidi, Lazhar Khriji and Abdulnasir Y. Hossen, (2015) “Cardiac Arrhythmias Classification and Compression using a Hybrid Technique”, In BIOSTEC 2015-Doctoral Consortium of the 8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, 12-15 January, pp. 14-24, Lisbon, Portugal. [C-4] Asiya M. Al-Busaidi and Lazhar Khriji, “Packet-size-Controlled ECG Compression Algorithm based on Discrete Wavelet Transform and Running Length Encoding”, 8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC), January 12-15, 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. [C-5] F. Rasid, F. Touati, A. Ben Mnaouer, L. Khriji, A. Al-Busaidi, “Embedded Gateway Services for Internet of Things Applications in Ubiquitous Healthcare”, 2nd IEEE International Conference of Information and Communication Technology, Bandung, Indonesia, 2014/5/28. [C-6] N. Hamza, L. Khriji, R. Tourki and F. Touati, “Common mode rejection in ECG signal acquisition: Ground electrode removal (case study) ”, IEEE- World Symposium on Computer Applications & Research (WSCAR’2014), 18-20 January, Sousse, Tunisia. [C-7] R. Tabish and A.M. Ghaleb, .R. Hussein, F. Touati, A. Ben Mnaouer, L. Khriji and M.F. Rasid, “A 3G/WiFi-enabled 6LoWPAN-based U-Healthcare System for Ubiquitous Real-Time Monitoring and Data Logging”, 2nd Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Qatar, February 17-20, 2014. [C-8] Asiya M. Al-Busaidi and Lazhar Khriji, “Digitally Filtered ECG Signal Using Low-Cost Microcontroller”, 2013 International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT'13), May 6-8, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia. [C-9] Hamdi Bouchech, Lazhar Khriji, “Automatic Date fruits sorting using PCA and Back-Propagation Neural Network”, International Conference on Agricultural, 24-26 February 2013, SQU, Oman. [C-10] K. Ganeshmoorthy, A. Manickavasagan, P.M.K. Alahakoon, S. Al-Adawi, H. Al-Hajry and L. Khriji, “Non–destructive Measurement of Total Soluble Solids (TSS) Content of Khalas Dates Using NIR Imaging”, International Conference on Agricultural, 24-26 February 2013, SQU, Oman. [C-11] Sawsana Al-Rahbi , Annamalai Manickavasagan, Lazhar Khriji, “Detecting Surface Cracks on Dates using RGB Imaging Technique”, International conference on Agricultural Engineering, 2426 February 2013, SQU, Oman. [C-12] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, L. Khriji, P. Kadionik, N. Masmoudi, “Architecture and HW/SW validation of nonlinear Border-Preserving Interpolator”, 7th International Conference on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era, DTIS'2012, March 2012, Tunisia. [C-13] L. Khriji, F. Touati K. Benhmed and A. Al-Yahmadi, “Q-Learning Based Mobile robot behaviors coordination”, The International Renewable Energy Congress, IREC2010. November 5-7, 2010, Tunisia. [C-14] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, L. Khriji, N. Masmoudi, «Implémentation d’un système matériel/logiciel pour le filtrage des images couleurs» Cinquième Workshop AMINA 2010 "Applications Médicales de l'Informatique : Nouvelles Approches" 18, 19 et 20 MonastirTunisie Novembre 2010. [C-15] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, L. Khriji, P. Kadionik, N. Masmoudi, “Hardware Implementation And Experiment Validation of The VDDRHF Color Image Filter”, 7th International MultiConference on Systems, Signals and Devices, June 27-30, 2010, Amman, Jordan. [C-16] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, L. Khriji, P. Kadionik, N. Masmoudi, “FPGA implementation of Vector Directional Distance Filter”, Int. conf. on Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in nanoscale era (DTIS’10), March 23-25, 2010, Hammamet, Tunisia. [C-17] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, L. Khriji, P. Kadionik, N. Masmoudi, “Fast FPGA implementation of Vector Directional Distance Filter”, ICECS’09, Tunisia, Dec. 2009. [C-18] N. Hamza, L. Khriji and F. Touati, “Wireless Healthcare Monitoring System”, Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications ISDA’09, Nov.30-Dec.2, 2009, PISA, ITALY. Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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[C-19] N. Hamza, L. Khriji and F. Touati, “ZigBee-Based Biomedical Healthcare Monitoring”, The Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications ISDA’09, Nov.30-Dec.2, 2009, PISA, ITALY. [C-20] N. Hamza, L. Khriji and F. Touati, “Wireless Healthcare Monitoring System”, 4th IEEE International Design and Test workshop IDT'09, November 15-17, 2009, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [C-21] N. Hamza, L. Khriji and F. Touati, “Multi-purpose HealthCare monitoring System based on ISM band communication link support”, 2nd Int. Conf. on Information and Communication Technologies and Accessibility ICTA’09, May 07-09, 2009, Hammamet, Tunisia. [C-22] N. Hamza, F. Touati and L. Khriji, “ Wireless Biomedical System Design Based on ZigBee Technology for Autonomous Healthcare”, ICCCP09, 15-19 February 2009, SQU, Muscat, Oman [C-23] L. Khriji, N. Hamza and F. Touati, “Co-design implementation of wireless Bio-Implant for Realtime control and monitoring”, 2nd International conference on Signals, Circuits & Systems (SCS’08), November 7-9, 2008, Hammamet, Tunisia. [C-24] N. Hamza, F. Touati and L. Khriji, “An optimized embedded architecture for multi-purpose wireless biomedical system using ZigBee Technology”, 2nd International conference on Signals, Circuits & Systems (SCS’08), November 7-9, 2008, Hammamet, Tunisia. [C-25] F. Touati, L. Khriji and N. Hamza, “Microcontroller-Based Embedded System for Real-Time Reverse Telemetric Biomedical Implant”, STA08, the 9th international Conference on Sciences and Techniques of Automatic control & computer engineering. December 20-22, 2008, Sousse, Tunisia. [C-26] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, P. Kadionik, L. khriji, N. Masmoudi, “Vector Median Rational Hybrid Filter Implemented in HW/SW Design”, First International Conference on Embedded Systems & Critical Applications ICESCA'08– Tunisia, May 15 -16, 2008. [C-27] N. Hamza, F. Touati and L. Khriji, “Novel Wireless bio-Implant with Reverse Telemetry: Prototype design and Implementation”, Les huitièmes journées scientifiques des jeunes chercheurs en Génie Elecrique et Informatique, GEI’2008, Sousse, March 17-19, 2008. [C-28] S. Douss, F. Touati, L. Khriji and M. Loulou, “A 3.1-4.8 GHz CMOS mixer design using current bleeding technique for UWB MB-OFDM Receivers”, IEEE Int. Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, ICSPC 2007, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nov. 24–27, 2007. [C-29] M. Zeghid, M. Machhout, L. Khriji, A. Baganne, R. Tourki, “A Modified AES Based Algorithm for Image Encryption”, Int. Conf. on Computer, Information and Systems, Austria (2007). [C-30] A. Boudabous, A. Ben Atitallah, P. Kadionik, L. Khriji, N. Masmoudi, “HW/SW FPGA Implementation of Vector Median Filter”, 3rd Conference on PhD Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, PRIME 2007, sponsored by IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, IXL Lab., Bordeaux, France, July 2-5, 2007. [C-31] L. Khriji, “Nonlinear PSO-Based Technique for Color Image Resizing”, 4rth Int. Conf.: Sciences of Electronic Technologies of Information and Telecom., Hammamet, Tunisia, March 25-29, 2007. [C-32] A. Boudabbous, A. Hachicha, N. Masmoudi and L. Khriji, “Design and Optimization of the Vector Directional Distance Rational Hybrid Filter using DSP”, Fourth International MultiConference on Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD’07), Hammamet, Tunisia, March 19-22, 2007. [C-33] A. Fatmi, L. Khriji, A. Al-Yahmadi and N. Masmoudi, “Contribution of Fuzzy Logic to Behavior Based Autonomous Robot Navigation in Unknown Environment”, Fourth International MultiConference on Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD’07), Hammamet, Tunisia, March 19-22, 2007. [C-34] A. Bacha, A. Jemni and L. Khriji, “Adaptive Filtering Marquardt Algorithm for Noise Canceling”, IEEE-IEE International Conference on Communication Computer and Power ‘‘ICCCP’07’’, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.17-19, 2007. [C-35] M. A. Fatmi, A. Al-Yahmadi, L. Khriji and N. Masmoudi, “A Fuzzy Logic Based Navigation of a Mobile Robot”, International Conference on Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE2006), Barcelona, Spain, October 22-24, 2006. [C-36] A. Boudabbous, L. Khriji, N. Masmoudi, “Real Time Implementation of the Vector Directional Distance Rational Hybrid Filter”, 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Image/Video Communications over fixed and mobile networks, Hammamet, Tunisia, September 13-15, 2006. [C-37] L. Khriji and F. Touati, “Noise Adaptive Vector Rational Hybrid Filters”, 2nd Int. Conf. on Machine Intelligence (ACIDCA-ICMI'2005), Tozeur, Tunisia, Nov.5–7, 2005. [C-38] L. Khriji, “Detection and Removal of Impulsive Noise in Color Images”, IEEE-IEE Int. Conference on Communication Computer and Power ‘‘ICCCP’05’’, Muscat, OMAN, Feb.14-16, 2005. Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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[C-39] L. Khriji, “Impulsive Noise Detection and Removal”, 8th Maghrebian Conf. on Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence MCSEAI’04, 9 - 12 May 2004 Sousse, TUNISIA. [C-40] L. Khriji “Generalized Vector Median Rational Hybrid Filters”, Journées Scientifiques Francophones, JSF’03, Electronique, Télécommunications et Informatique, Tozeur, TUNISIA, 20 – 22 Dec. 2003. [C-41] F. Touati, L. Khriji and F. Mnif “Integrated Wideband Low-Noise Current-Mode Transimpedance Preamplifiers for Optical Receivers”, Journées Scientifiques Francophones, JSF’03, Electronique, Télécommunications et Informatique, Tozeur, TUNISIA, 20 – 22 Dec. 2003. [C-42] M. Meribout, and L. Khriji, “A new Hardware Algorithm for Fast IP Routing Targeting Programmable”, 7th Inter. Conf. on Circuits, Systems, Communications, and Computers, Corfu Island, Greece, July 7-10, 2003. [C-43] S. Akkari, L. Khriji, K. Besbes, and M. Gabbouj, “Hardware Implementation of the Scalar-Fuzzy Median Rational Hybrid filters”, 3rd IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, AIA-2003, September 8-10, 2003, Benalmádena, Spain. [C-44] L. Khriji, M. Al-Badi and M. Gabbouj, “Rational-Based Interpolator for Video Noise Removal”, 2nd Int. Conf. on Signals, Systems, Decision & Information Technology SSD’03, Sousse, Tunisia, March 26-28, 2003. [C-45] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Rational-Based techniques for color image filtering”, “Invited paper”, 2nd International Conference on Signals, Systems, Decision & Information Technology SSD’03, Sousse, Tunisia, March 26-28, 2003. [C-46] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Generalized Directional Distance -Rational Hybrid Filters”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Systems Men and Cybernetics, Hammamet, Tunisia, October 6-9, 2002. [C-47] L. Khriji, S. Akkari and M. Gabbouj, “Recursive and non-recursive 3-D Median-Rational Hybrid Filters: Design and Real Time Implementation”, 2nd International Conference JTEA’02, Sousse Tunisia, March 21-22-23, 2002. [C-48] S. Akkari, L. Khriji, and M. Gabbouj, “Fuzzy Scalar Median-Rational Hybrid Filters”, 2nd Int. Conference JTEA’02, Sousse Nord-Tunisia, March 21-22-23, 2002. [C-49] L. Khriji, and M. Gabbouj, “Multichannel Image Processing Using Vector Directional DistanceRational Hybrid Filters”, Fifth IEEE Conference on Quality Control by Artificial Vision, QCAV’01, Le Creusot, France, Vol.2, pp.421-426, May 21-23, 2001. [C-50] L. Khriji, R. Zrafi, S. Akkari and M. Gabbouj, “Design and Real Time Implementation of a 3-D Median-Rational Hybrid Filter for Image Sequence Processing”, Fifth IEEE Conference on Quality Control by Artificial Vision, QCAV’01, Le Creusot, France. Vol.1, pp.227-231, May 21-23, 2001. [C-51] L. Khriji, Samir Akkari and M. Gabbouj, “Vector Directional Distance-Rational Hybrid Filters”, Tunisian-German conference, Smart Systems and Devices, Hammamet, Tunisia, March 27-30, 2001. [C-52] L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj, “Fuzzy-based Order Statistics-Rational Hybrid Filters”, Journées Scientifiques Franco-Tunisiennes JSFT'2000, Monastir, Tunisia, Oct. 25-27, 2000 [C-53] L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj, “Multichannel Image Processing Using Fuzzy Vector Median-Rational Hybrid Filters”, X European Signal Processing Conf. Eusipco-2000, Tampere, Finland, Sept. 4-11, 2000 [C-54] L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj, S. Marsi, G. Ramponi and E.D. Ferrandiere, “Nonlinear interpolators for old movie restoration”, Sixth IEEE Intern. Conf. on Image Proc., 1999, Kobe, Japan, Oct. 25-28, ICIP-99 [C-55] G. Bernacchia, Lazhar Khriji, M. Gabbouj and G.L. Sicuranza, “Programmable hardware implementation for the median-rational hybrid filter”, Proc. ICIP-99, Kobe, Japan, Oct.1999. [C-56] L. Khriji, G. Bernacchia, M. Gabbouj and G.L.Sicuranza, “A dedicated hardware system for a class of nonlinear order statistics rational hybrid filters with applications to image processing”, Proc. ICIP'99, Kobe, Japan, October 1999 [C-57] L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj, G. Ramponi, E.D. Ferrandiere, “Old movie restoration using rational spatial interpolators”, 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS-99, Cyprus, Sept. 5-8, 1999 Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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[C-58] L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj, G. Bernacchia and G.L. Sicuranza, “Hardware implementation of the median-rational hybrid filters for color images”, IEEE-EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, NSIP-99, Antalya, Turkey, June 20-23, 1999 [C-59] L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj, “Multichannel Image Processing using Vector Median-Rational Hybrid Filters”, IEEE-EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, NSIP-99, Antalya, Turkey, June 20-23, 1999 [C-60] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Vector Median-Rational Hybrid Filters For Multichannel Image Processing”, 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems ISCAS-99, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 30- June 2, 1999 [C-61] L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj, and Mehrezi Oueslati, “1-D Raman Signal Processing Using Extended Median-Rational Hybrid Filters”, "Journées de Télécommunications" JT-99, Tunis, Tunisia, January 28-31, 1999 [C-62] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Directional Vector Rational Filters for Color Image Interpolation”, International Conference on Microelectronics ICM-98, Monastir, Tunisia, December 14-16, 1998 [C-63] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Median-Rational Hybrid Filters”, International Conference on Image Processing ICIP-98, Chicago, illinois, USA, October 4-7, 1998 [C-64] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Vector Median-Rational Hybrid Filters”, Proc. of SPIE-ICHSPP98, 23rd International Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, Vol. 3516, Moscow, Russia, September 20-25, 1998 [C-65] F. A. Cheikh, L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Unsharp Masking-Based Approach for Color Image Processing”, IX European Signal Processing Conference Eusipco-98, Island of Rhodes, Greece, September 8-11, 1998 [C-66] L. Khriji and M. Gabbouj, “Rational Filter and Its Extension to Median-Rational Hybrid Filter”, "Invited", TEMPUS Workshop and Summer School, Mangalia, Romania, August 3-8, 1998 [C-67] L. Khriji, F. A. Cheikh and M. Gabbouj, “Contrast Enhancement in Noisy Images Using Rational Based Operators”, Proc. of the 2nd IMACS-IEEE Int. Multiconference on Computational Eng. in System Application: CESA-98, Hammamet, Tunisia, April 1-4, 1998. [C-68] L. Khriji, F. A. Cheikh and M. Gabbouj, “Multistage Vector Rational Interpolation for Color Images”, Proc. of the 2nd IMACS-IEEE International Multiconference on Computational Eng. in System Application: CESA-98, Hammamet, Tunisia, April 1-4, 1998 [C-69] F. A. Cheikh, L. Khriji, M. Gabbouj and G. Ramponi, “Color Image Interpolation Using Vector Rational Filters”, Proceedings of the SPIE-EI98 Conference on Nonlinear Image Processing IX, Vol. 3304-26, San Jose, California, January 24-30, 1998

7.4 Technical Reports [TR-1] L. Khriji (March 2015), Final report “Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring” Qatar Foundation (NPRP 4- 1207- 2- 474; EG / ENG/ ECED/ 12/ 02)

[TR-2] L. Khriji (October 2014), Progress report “Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring” Qatar Foundation (NPRP 4- 1207- 2- 474; EG / ENG/ ECED/ 12/ 02)

[TR-3] L. Khriji (March 2014), Progress report “Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring” Qatar Foundation (NPRP 4- 1207- 2- 474; EG / ENG/ ECED/ 12/ 02) [TR-4] L. Khriji (October 2013), Progress report “Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring” Qatar Foundation (NPRP 4- 1207- 2- 474; EG / ENG/ ECED/ 12/ 02) [TR-5] L. Khriji (March 2013), Progress report “Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring” Qatar Foundation (NPRP 4- 1207- 2- 474; EG / ENG/ ECED/ 12/ 02) [TR-6] L. Khriji (March 2012), Progress report “Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Monitoring” Qatar Foundation (NPRP 4- 1207- 2- 474; EG / ENG/ ECED/ 12/ 02)

[TR-7] L. Khriji (2011), Final report, Internal SQU funded project " IG/ENG/ECED/09/07" [TR-8] L. Khriji (2010), Final report, Internal SQU funded project "IG/ENG/ECED/08/02" [TR-9] L. Khriji (2009), Final report, Internal SQU funded project "IG/ENG/ECED/07/02" [TR-10] L. Khriji (2008), Final report, Internal SQU funded project "IG/ENG/ECED/05/04" [TR-11] L. Khriji (2006), Final report, Internal SQU funded project "IG/ENG/ECED/04/02" [TR-12] L. Khriji (2005), Final report, Internal SQU funded project "IG/ENG/ECED/03/05" Curriculum Vitae, Lazhar Khriji

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[TR-13] L. Khriji, (1997), Internal Report, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, Rational Spatial Interpolators for Old Movie Restoration.

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Citation Summary As of 17 May 2015, Google citations 530 with h-index 11, and i10-index 12. Most cited paper (Cited 117 times): M. Zeghid, M. Machhout, L. Khriji, A. Baganne and R. Tourki, (2007), A modified AES Based algorithm for image encryption, International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, Vol.1 No.1, pp.70-75.

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