Rate My Professor Moutasem Shafaamry

Dr. Moutasem Shafaamry serves as Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Communication Engineering at Yarmouk Private University in Syria. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science, focusing on Cryptology and Network Security, from Dublin City University in Ireland (1991-1994). Prior to that, he obtained an M.Sc. by Research in Data Networks Communications from University College Dublin (1989-1991), a High Diploma from the Higher Institute for Applied Sciences & Technology in Damascus (1988-1989), and a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering (Electronics section) from Damascus University (1979-1984). His extensive career in academia and research began as a part-time lecturer at the School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University (1991-1993), followed by roles as a researcher and lecturer at the Scientific Studies & Research Centre and Higher Institute for Applied Sciences & Technology in Damascus (1994-2006). He progressed to Head of Operating Systems & Networks Research Lab at SSRC/HIAST (2002-2005), Associate Professor and Projects Leader at HIAST (2005-2006), and Head of CS, CSE, and CIS Departments at International University for Science and Technology (2006-2008).

Dr. Shafaamry's leadership continued as Dean of the Faculty of Informatics & Communication Engineering at Arab International University (2008-2010), Professor at the College of Information Technology, International University for Science and Technology (2010-2017), and Head of the Computer & Informatics Engineering Department there (2017-2021), alongside serving as General Manager of the IUST E-Learning System and academic consultant at Arab Academy for E-Business (2017-2019). His expertise lies in academic administration, development of university policies, plans, and research activities, as well as consulting in cybersecurity policy review, audit, and testing. Research specializations include cloud and network security, wired and wireless network protocols, network administration, web applications, e-banking security, e-government security, and improving higher education methodologies. Notable publications encompass “DCU-CIPHER: A Secret-key Block Cipher System” (1993, with M. Scott), “Enhancements on Proxy Certification for Dynamic Delegation” (2008, with N. Alam Aldeen), “Activate the Dynamic Delegation Process in X.509 Certification via a New Extension” (2009, WSEAS Transactions on Computers), “Security and Risk in the Current Multicast Group Key Distribution Protocols” (2010), “Securing Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol” (2011, with Al Akel-Al-Awa), and “Simulation for Computer Sciences Education” (2013, with M. Noukkari and K. Aytouni). He has delivered public lectures on network security and management, including at the Arab School of Sciences & Technology seminars (1995) and SHAAM2000 Conference (2000).