Prof. Houssain Kettani
Florida Polytechnic University, USA
Dr. Houssain Kettani received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical and
Electronic Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University at
Famagusta, North Cyprus, in 1998, and Master's and Doctorate degrees
both in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at
Madison, Wis., in 2000 and 2002, respectively.
Prior to coming to Florida Polytechnic University, Dr. Kettani
served as a faculty member at: the University of South Alabama in
Mobile, Ala., from 2002-2003; Jackson State University in Jackson,
Miss. from 2003-2007; Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico in San
Juan, Puerto Rico from 2007-2012; and Fort Hays State University at
Hays, Kan. from 2012-2016. Dr. Kettani has also served as Staff
Research Assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos,
N.M. over the summer of 2000; Visiting Research Professor at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn. over the summers of
2005-2011; Visiting Research Professor at the Arctic Region
Supercomputing Center at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Ala.
over the summer of 2008; and Visiting Professor at the Joint
Institute for Computational Sciences at the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville, Tenn. over the summer of 2010.
Dr. Kettani's research interests include computational science and
engineering, high performance computing algorithms, information
retrieval, network traffic characterization, number theory, robust
control and optimization, and Muslim population studies. His
research has been presented in over sixty refereed conference and
journal publications and his work has received over four hundred
citations by researchers all over the world. He chaired over 100
international conferences throughout the world, and has successfully
secured external funding in millions of dollars for research and
education from US federal agencies including NSF, DOE, DOD, and NRC.
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Uncertain Resistances
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Prof. R. Sivakumar
R.M.K. Engineering College, India
Professor Sivakumar is a Professor and Head of Department of
Electronics and Communication Engineering at RMK Engineering
College, Tamilnadu, India. He has been teaching in the Electronics
and Communication field since 1997. He obtained his Master's degree
and PhD from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University,
Chennai. His research interests include Bio Signal Processing,
Medical Image Processing, wireless body sensor networks and VLSI. He
has published over 34 journal and 42 conference papers over the last
several years. He has taught a wide variety of Electronics courses
including Digital Image Processing, Multimedia Compression
Techniques, VLSI Design, Medical Electronics and Electronic
Circuits. Dr.Siva is a life member of the Indian Society of
Technical Education, a member of IEEE. Dr. Siva has been invited to
deliver Keynote Speech and Chair at various International
conferences.
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