Address

Beirut, Lebanon

Contact Information

Call: +9611786456 Ext.: 1200

Email: azzammourad@gmail.com, azzam.mourad@lau.edu.lb

Dr. Azzam Mourad

Founding Director, Cyber Security Systems and Applied AI Research Center
Full Professor, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon

Visiting Professor of Computer Science
Science Division, New York University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Adjunct/Affiliate Professor, Department of Software and Information Technology Engineering
Ecole de Technology Superieure (ETS), University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

Biography

Azzam Mourad received his M.Sc. in CS from Laval University, Canada (2003) and Ph.D. in ECE from Concordia University, Canada (2008). He is currently Full Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Cyber Security Systems and Applied AI Research Center with the Lebanese American University, Visiting Professor of Computer Science with New York University Abu Dhabi and Affiliate Professor with the Software Engineering and IT Department, Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS), Montreal, Canada. His research interests include Cyber Security, Federated Machine Learning, Network and Service Optimization and Management targeting IoT and IoV, Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, and Vehicular and Mobile Networks. He has served/serves as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Network, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, IET Quantum Communication, and IEEE Communications Letters, the General Chair of IWCMC2020, the General Co-Chair of WiMob2016, and the Track Chair, a TPC member, and a reviewer for several prestigious journals and conferences. He is an IEEE senior member. 

 

Doctorate

  1. 2008

    PhD in ECE

    Concordia University, Canada
  2. 2006

    Masters in ECE

    Concordia University, Canada
  3. 2002

    Bachelor in ECE

    Concordia University, Canada

Professional Experience

  1. September 2021 – Present
    Visiting Professor of Computer Science
    Science Division, New York University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  2. September 2022 – Present
    Founding Director
    Cyber Security Systems and Applied AI Research Center, Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon
  3. September 2021 – Present
    Tenured Full Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American University
  4. September 2018 - August 2020
    Associate Chairperson
    Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American University
  5. October 2015 - August 2021
    Tenured Associate Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American University
  6. October 2009 – September 2015
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American University
  7. June 2016 - Present
    Adjunct/Affiliate Associate Professor
    Department of Software Engineering and Information Technology, Ecole de Technologie Superieur (ETS)
  8. February 2016 - May 2016
    Mentor, Stars of Science, Qatar
  9. July 2014
    Visiting Professor & Researcher
    Department of Software Engineering and Information Technology, Ecole de Technologie Superieur (ETS)
  10. June 2014
    Visiting Professor & Researcher
    IUT, Blaise-Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  11. March 2009 - July 2009
    Lecturer
    Saint-Joseph University, Notre Dame University, University of Balamand and Lebanese University
  12. Jan. 2009 - March 2009
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Computer Security Laboratory, Concordia University

Awards & Prizes

  • 2017
    Winner of the Research Excellence Award
    Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American University
  • 2014
    Winner of the best presented paper award
    ICNGCCT conference
  • 2006 2009
    Winner of the Octas 2006 and 2009 award of excellence - Relève Universitaire
    Acceleration and Security of Embedded, Mobile and Wireless Java platforms (2006) Security Evaluation and Hardening of Open Source Software (2009)
  • Excellent Mark with Honor Distinction
    School of Graduate Studies of Laval