AHMAD RAFI MOHAMMAD QAWASMEH

Ahmad Rafi Mohammad Qawasmeh	Associate Professor
High Performance Computing and Machine Learning	Computer Science
Faculty of Prince Al-Hussein Bin Abdallah II For Information Technology	Department of Computer Science and Applications (CSA)
AhmadR@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/ahmadrq
ORCID ID : 32629031
Office No. : IT 123	EXT :

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Ph.D.	University of Houston	The United States of America,2015
Master	Prairie View A&M University	The United States of America,2010
Bachelor	Yarmouk University	Jordan,2007

 High Performance Computing,
Machine Learning,
Performance Analysis and Improvement,
Parallel Programming,
Algorithms.

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Noor Alhusan, Feras Hanandeh, Maram Al-Atiyat, “A High Performance System for the Diagnosis of Headache via Hybrid Machine Learning Model”. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 655-663, 2020, The Science and Information (SAI) Organization.

•	Mohammad Kharabsheh, Ahmad Qawasmeh , Omar Megdadi, Nadera Jawabreh, Rola Mudallal, Sukaina Alzyoud, “A Critical Analysis of the Relationship between Depression and Smoking Using Machine Learning”. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 22-26, 2019, International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research | www.ijstr.org.

•	Banikhalaf, Mustafa and Manasrah, Ahmad M and AlEroud, Ahmed F and Hamadneh, Nabhan and Qawasmeh, Ahmad and Al-Dubai, Ahmed Y, “A reliable route repairing scheme for internet of vehicles”. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 229-238, 2019, Inderscience Publishers (IEL).

•	Bari, Md Abdullah Shahneous and Malik, Abid M and Qawasmeh, Ahmad and Chapman, Barbara, “Performance and energy impact of OpenMP runtime configurations on power constrained systems”, Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems. Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 1-12, 2019, Elsevier.

•	Ashraf H. Aljammal, Hani Bani-Salameh, Ahmad Qawasmeh, Ayoub Alsarhan, and Ahmed Fawzi Otoom. "A New Technique for Data Encryption Based on Third Party Encryption Server (TPED) to Maintain the Privacy Preserving in the Cloud Environment". International journal of business information systems. Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 393-403, 2018, Inderscience Publishers (IEL).

•	Ahmad R. Qawasmeh, Dema Awni, Raghad Mohammed, Rufaida Sabri, Ghydaa Ahmad. 
"CLINIC: A Web Healthcare Management System for Enhancing Clinical Services", In proceedings of ADVCOMP, pp. 28-32, Nov, 2018, IARIA, Greece.

•	Bari, Md Abdullah Shahneous and Malik, Abid M and Qawasmeh, Ahmad and Chapman, Barbara. “A detailed analysis of OpenMP runtime configurations for power constrained systems”, In proceedings of the 2017 Eighth International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference, pp. 1-8, 2017, IEEE, USA. (Best Paper Award).

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Maxime Hugues, Henri Calandra, and Barbara Chapman. "Performance Portability in Reverse Time Migration and Seismic Modeling via OpenACC".  International Journal of High Performance Computi.ng Applications (IJHPCA).  Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 422-440, 2017, SAGE Publications Ltd. 

•	Ahmad R. Qawasmeh, Zohair Obead, Mashal Tariq, Motaz Shamaileh, Ahmad Shafee. "An Interactive Learning Tool for Teaching Sorting Algorithms". In proceedings of ADVCOMP, pp. 34-38, 2017, IARIA, Spain.

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Abid Malik, Barbara Chapman. "Adaptive OpenMP Task Scheduling Using Runtime APIs and Machine Learning". In proceedings of ICMLA, pp. 889-895, 2015, IEEE, Florida, USA.

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Maxime Hugues, Henri Calandra, and Barbara Chapman. "GPU Technology Applied to Reverse Time Migration and Seismic Modeling via OpenACC". In proceedings of PMAM@PPoPP, pp. 75-85, 2015, ACM, CA, USA.

•	Ghane M., Malik A.M., Chapman B., Qawasmeh Ahmad. “False Sharing Detection in OpenMP Applications Using OMPT API”. OpenMP: Heterogeneous Execution and Data Movements, Vol. 9342 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2015, Springer.

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Abid M. Malik, and Barbara M. Chapman. "OpenMP Task Scheduling Analysis via OpenMP Runtime API and Tool Visualization". In proceedings of IEEE 28th International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW). pp. 1049 - 1058. 2014, IEEE, Arizona, USA.

•	Anilkumar Nandamuri, Abid M. Malik, Ahmad Qawasmeh and Barbara M. Chapman. "Power and Energy Footprint of OpenMP programs using OpenMP Runtime API". In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Energy Efficient Supercomputing, pp. 79-88. 2014, IEEE, Louisiana, USA.

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Abid M. Malik, Deepak Eachempati, and Barbara M. Chapman. Poster: "Task Profiling through OpenMP Runtime API and Tool Support". In proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC), Denver, Colorado. November 2013.

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Abid Malik, Barbara Chapman, Kevin Huck, and Allen Malony. "Open Source Task Profiling by Extending the OpenMP Runtime API". In OpenMP in the Era of Low Power Devices and Accelerators (IWOMP), Vol. 8122 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 186-199. 2013, Springer.

•	Ahmad Qawasmeh, Barbara Chapman, and Amrita Banerjee. "A Compiler-Based Tool for Array Analysis in HPC Applications". In proceeding of the 41st International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops (ICPPW), pp. 454-463, 2012, IEEE, PA, USA.

Master’s thesis supervision: “A Graphical Decision Support System for the Diagnosis of Primary Headache via Machine Learning.”, December, 2018.

1.	Organization Name: The Hashemite University
Position: Associate professor
Department: Computer Science and Applications
From: Aug 2021. To: present
Position: Assistant professor
From: Jan 2016. To: Jul 2021 
Reaearch interests: High Performance Computing and Machine Learning

2.	Organization Name: University of Houston (main campus), Houston, TX.
Position: 
1-	Instructor for the Computer Organization and Architecture, MIPS assembly programming, and C++ undergraduate courses. (January 2015-Dec 2015).
2-	PhD Graduate Research Assistant (Sep 2011-Dec 2015) 
3-	Teaching Assistant and Lecturer for the Shared Memory Programming course (Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014).
4-	Teaching Assistant for the graduate Advanced Database systems course (Spring 2011). 
5-	Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate Data Structures and Algorithms course (Fall 2010) 

3.	Organization Name: Total E&P USA, Houston, TX
Position: PhD Intern in GPU programming
Department: Research and Technology
From: June 2013. To: August 2013 & From: May 2014. To: August 2014
Work description: Carried a position as an intern working on GPU programming models (OpenACC, HMPP), Distributed memory programming models (MPI), and shared memory programming model (OpenMP) to optimize seismic image applications: Reverse Time Migration and Seismic modeling. 

4.	Organization Name: Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
Position: Mater’s Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Department: Computer Science
From: January 2009. To: August 2010
Work description: Carried a position in the Department of Engineering as a Teaching Assistant instructing Introduction to Computer Science, Introduction to Computer Education, and C++ lab, the responsibilities I was entitled to include tutoring, after hour office hours, and a clear reported grading system. I played a major role in a project to design a web application (Online Parking Lot Reservation System) for the university which combined Oracle Database 10g with Java Net Beans 6.0. I also did some research in Scientific Workflow and Database.

5.	Organization Name: Optimiza Company, Amman, Jordan
        Position in Company: Oracle Support Specialist and Database Administrator (DBA)
        From: January 2008. To: December 2008
        Company Industry: Computer, Software and Engineering       
Work Description: Carried a position as an Oracle DBA, Application Server and Developer with tasks that include: Installation, Maintenance, Tuning, Backup, Recovery, and Coding under different operating systems such as UNIX, Linux, and Windows.

Parallel and Distributed Computing
Analysis and Design of Algorithms
Digital Logic and Design
Computer Organization and Architecture 
MIPS Assembly language
Introduction to C++
Introduction to Computer Education

International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA)
Jordan Engineering Association

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