Nabil Yousif
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
College of Arts and Sciences
Nabil Yousif
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
College of Arts and Sciences
University DirectoryEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
MS Degree in Computer Science, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, ALA, December 1984
BS Degree in Computer Science, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, ALA, May 1982
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Academic Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fort Valley State University, (August 2014 to present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fort Valley State University, (August 1998 to July 2014)
- Instructor, Department of Computer Technology, Fort Valley State University, (January 1997 to July 1998)
Industrial Positions
- RF design and network optimization support engineer (June 2000 to August 2000), Integrated Wireless Communication (IWC)
- Senior Programmer/Analyst (September 1985 to May 1996 Saudi Agricultural Bank Head Quarter in Riyadh K.S.A.)
- Designed and Implemented Payroll System and Personnel System.
- Designed and Implemented Statistical System for Agricultural Projects & Loans
- Designed and Implemented Agricultural Equipment System.
- Performed System Operator duties such as System Startup, System Shutdown,
- Managed/Trained Saudi Agricultural Bank Employees to Write/Debug COBOL Programs.
- Quality Controlled the Documentation before accepting the following Saudi Agricultural Bank System: Loans Application, Collections, Follow-up, Accounting, and Budget.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
- Oracle Certified Associate – OCA (September 11, 2007)
- CISCO Certified Network Associate – CCNA (January 6, 2003); Cisco ID: CSCO10517545
- CompTIA Network+ Certified Professional (July 23, 2003); CompTIA Career ID: COMP001001671252
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
- “Assessing Long-Term Student Performance in Programming Subjects,” The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol.24, No.2, December 2008 (Co-Author)
- Publication in Peer-Review Conference Proceedings with Presentation
- “Illumination and Rotation Invariant Texture Segmentation,”, (with X. Zeng, M. Naghedolfeizi, and R. Gosukonda), WorldCOMP’13, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 22-25, 2013. (Co-Author)
- “Engaging Computer Science Students in Electromechanical Engineering Projects,”, (with M. Naghedolfeizi , S. Arora, and R. M. Gosukonda,), ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vancouver, Canada, June 26-29, 2011. (Co-Author)
- “Factors Affecting the Performance of Students in a Data Structures Course at Fort Valley State University,”, (with R. M. Gosukonda, and M. Naghedolfeizi,), ASEE Southeastern Conference, Blacksburg, VA. April 18-20-2010. (Co-Author)
- “A performance Comparison between Artificial Neural Network Models and gravity and Push-Pull models in the Study of International Migration from South America to United States ,” Mid-Southeastern Chapter of the ACM, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Nov. 12-13, 2009. (Co-Author)
- “A Project Based Approach for Teaching System Analysis, Design, and Implementation Courses”, (with M. Naghedolfeizi), ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky, April 1-3, 2007. (Principal Author)
- “Effect of RAM Amount on the Thermal Behavior of CPU Operating under a Heavy Computational Load,” (with M. Naghedolfeizi, S. Arora, and S. Garcia), Nineteenth Annual IEEE Semiconductor Thermal Measurement and Management Symposium, San Jose, CA, March 11-13, 2002. (Co-Author)
- “Analysis of Student Performance in Programming Subjects of an In-house Exit Exam”, (with M. Naghedolfeizi, and S. Garcia-Otera), ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky, April 1-3, 2007. (Co-Author)
Professional Presentations with Published Abstracts
- Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Sanjeev Arora, Nabil Yousif, and Xiangyan Zeng, “Developing Applications Using Microprocessors to Supplement Undergraduate Computer Programming Laboratories”, ACM-Mid-Southeast Chapter Gatlinburg, TN Nov. 13-14, 2014. (Abstract).
- Xiangyan Zeng, Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Sanjeev Arora, and Nabil Yousif , “Medical Image Denoising by Anisotropic Diffusion and Independent Component Analysis”, ACM-Mid-Southeast Chapter Gatlinburg, TN Nov. 13-14, 2014. (Abstract).
- “Application of OPNET Guru Software System in Computer Network Classes,”, (with M. Naghedolfeizi, and X. Zeng), Mid-Southeast Chapter of the ACM. Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 14-15, 2013. (Co-Author)
- “Implementation of Software Engineering Techniques in System Analysis and Design Courses,”, (with M. Naghedolfeizi ) ACM-Mid-Southeast Chapter Gatlinburg, TN Nov. 15-16, 2012. (Principal Author)
- “Developing a Pre-Assessment Instrument to Measure Readiness of Students in a Data Structures Course,”, (with M. Naghedolfeizi, and X. Zeng), Mid-Southeast Chapter of the ACM Conference, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Nov. 10-11, 2011. (Principal Author)