Hany H. Ammar

Biography of Professor Hany H. Ammar:

Dr.Ammar is a Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University. He has published over 140 articles in prestigious international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Ammar has been teaching in the areas of Software Engineering and Computer Architecture since 1987. He co-authored a book entitled Pattern-Oriented Analysis and Design: Composing Patterns to Design Software Systems published by Addison-Wesley in 2004, a book entitled Software Engineering: Technical, Organizational and Economic Aspects, an Arabic Textbook in 2006, and co-edited the Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Science Practice in Arabic. He has been Principal Investigator on a number of research projects on Software Architecture Metrics funded by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Science Foundation (NSF), and projects on Automated Identification Systems funded by National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and NSF. Dr. Ammar is currently the Editor in Chief of the Communications of the Arab Computer Society On-Line Magazine, he helped in founding and served as the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, in Arabic. He has served as Chairman and member of Steering Committees and Program Committees of several International Conferences, Workshops, and Symposia.