Mai Abdelhakim PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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1 Mai Abdelhakim School of Computing & Information, University of Pittsburgh 610 IS Building, 135 N. Bellefield Ave, PA 15260, USA Phone: EDUCATION PhD, Electrical Engineering [Aug May 2014] Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA Courses (GPA: 4.0/4.0): Cryptography and Network Security, Analysis of Stochastic Systems, Signal Compression, Pattern Recognition and Analysis. Thesis Title: Reliable and Efficient Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks Advisor: Prof. Tongtong Li MSc, Communications Engineering [Oct May 2009] Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt M.Sc. Courses (Grade: 85.2%, Rank: 2nd): Digital Communications, Mobile Communications, Detection and Estimation Theory, Computer Communication networks, Mathematics, Information Theory and Coding, Computer and Numerical Analysis, Technical Language and Engineering Report Writing. Thesis Title: Rate Adaptive OFDMA Communication Systems Advisors: Prof. Ahmed Shalash (Cairo University), Prof. Ayman Elezabi (American University in Cairo) Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering [Sep May 2006] Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Cumulative Grade: Distinction with honors Graduation project (Grade: Distinction): Simulation of localization techniques in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Visiting Assistant Professor [Dec Present] University of Pittsburgh, School of Computing & Information (SCI), Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, USA - Research Lead research and advice PhD students on Modeling and developing of reliable and efficient cyber-physical systems using multiple link technologies Developing algorithms identifying network faults and malicious attacks using machine learning Collaborate with faculty at the school of computing and Information and at the school of engineering Security of synchronization in 5G networks Secure cybermanufacturing systems - Teaching Developed the INFSCI 2915 graduate machine learning course (Fall 2017, Spring 2018) Teach the INFSCI 1070 / TELCOM 2000 introduction to telecommunications and networks course (Spring 2017, Spring 2018) - Services Serve on the TeleNet PhD Admission Committee Serve as faculty reviewer for undergraduate and graduate Internships (Internship [INFSCI 1085], Practicum [INFSCI 2980, TELCOM 2940] & Coop courses [INFSCI 1082, INFSCI 2982, TELCOM 2982]) Served on a Master s thesis committee Mentor master s and PhD students Postdoctoral Research Scientist [Apr Nov. 2016] OSRAM research center, Corporate Innovation - Advanced Technologies, Beverly, MA, USA Designed wireless and wired network architectures Created new wireless indoor localization system

2 Invented approaches for security enhancement of wireless networks Postdoctoral Researcher [Sept Apr. 2015] Michigan State University, Broadband Access Wireless Communications Lab, MI, USA Led research project on security of wireless networks Proposed approaches for malicious node detection and route selection in mutlihop networks Research Assistant [Aug May 2014] Michigan State University, Broadband Access Wireless Communications Lab, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MI, USA - Led research project on secure and efficient communications in sensor networks Proposed schemes for reliable distributed detection in sensor networks with mobile access points under malicious attacks Designed wireless sensor network architecture for reliable, efficient, and time-sensitive information exchange Analyzed network performance in terms of throughput, stability, delay, and energy efficiency by exploiting tools from probability theory, information theory, and queuing theory Developed a unified framework for wireless networks, and identified general network design criteria for reliable and efficient communications in wireless networks - Participated in research projects about security in cognitive networks and 4G systems Analyzed schemes for mitigating Primary User Emulation attacks (PUE) in cognitive networks Derived and analyzed symbol-level precoder to enhance the jamming resistance of 4G systems - Teaching and mentoring Instructed part of the graduate level Analog & Digital Communications course in Fall 2011 Mentored master s students through guiding in course selection, exploring research topics discussing research results, helping to write research papers (conference and journal articles) System Design Engineer, Intern [May 2010 Jul. 2010] Varkon Semiconductors, Cairo, Egypt Verified physical layer functions of Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems Implemented hardware compatible functions Prepared system s description documents Assistant Lecturer [Nov Aug. 2010] Egyptian National Center for Radiation Research & Technology, Cairo, Egypt Explored research topics on cognitive radios and adaptive Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems Mentored master s students Research Assistant [Jul Sept. 2009] Center for Wireless Studies, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Research focused on adaptive modulation and coding in wireless communication systems Developed a scheme that improves the performance of 4G systems through adapting the code rate of a single frame via changing the puncturing rate within the same codeword (for both convolutional and turbo channel coding) Designed two interleaving methods providing larger interleaving depth Designed an adaptive transmission scheme for reconfiguring physical layer parameters based on various channel metrics, including the Mutual Information Effective Signal to Noise Ratio (MIESM) mapping Analyzed wireless systems performance Teaching Assistant [Nov Sept. 2008] Faculty of Information Engineering and Technology, German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Instructed tutorials/labs and prepared assignments and teaching material for the following: The undergraduate level Digital Signal Processing course, Signaling and Network Control course, and Networks Lab. The graduate level Advanced Networks Lab and Advanced Communications Lab Co-designed the syllabus of the undergraduate Networks Lab and the graduate Advanced Networks Labs. Supervised projects in the Networks Labs, which focused on implementing various sensor networks

3 functions. Supervised projects in the Advanced Communications Lab, which focused on implementing the physical layer functions of 4G communication systems including channel coding, modulation, channel estimation, and equalization techniques Embedded Software Engineer [Aug Nov. 2007] SySDSoft Inc. (Acquired by Intel Mobile Communications), Cairo, Egypt Contributed to the Wireless-USB (WUSB) protocol stack development project Designed Component level, integration level, and system level test cases and test scenarios Executed test cases and scenarios under Linux operating system with test automation tools Trained undergraduate interns PUBLICATIONS Journal papers: 1. Xin Liu, Mai Abdelhakim*, Prashant Krishnamurthy, and David Tipper, Identifying Malicious Nodes in Multihop IoT Networks using Dual Link Technologies and Unsupervised Learning, Open Journal of Internet of Things (OJIoT), accepted, Assem Abdelhakim, Mai Abdelhakim, A Time-Efficient Optimization for Robust Image Watermarking using Machine Learning, Expert Systems with Applications, vol 100, pp , Vladimir Zadorozhny, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Mai Abdelhakim, Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Jiawei Xu, Data Credence in IoT: Vision and Challenges, Open Journal of Internet of Things (OJIoT), vol 3., no. 1 pp , Mai Abdelhakim*, Yuan Liang, Tongtong Li, Mobile Access Coordinated Wireless Sensor Networks -- Design and Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp , Mai Abdelhakim*, Yuan Liang, Tongtong Li, Mobile Coordinated Wireless Sensor Network: An Energy Efficient Scheme for Real-Time Transmissions, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp.: , Ahmed Alahmadi, Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Defense Against Primary User Emulation Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks Using Advanced Encryption Standard, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 9, no. 5, pp , May Tongtong Li, Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, N-Hop Networks: A General Framework for Wireless Systems, IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp , Apr Mai Abdelhakim*, Leonard Lightfoot, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Distributed Detection in Mobile Access Wireless Sensor Networks under Byzantine Attacks, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 25, no. 4, pp , Apr Mai Abdelhakim*, Mohammed Nafie, Ahmed Shalash, and Ayman Y. Elezabi, Adaptive Bit Loading and Puncturing using Long Single Codewords in OFDM Systems, Wireless Personal Communications Journal, vol. 71, pp , Jul Conference papers: 1. Xin Liu, Mai Abdelhakim, Prashant Krishnamurthy, David Tipper, Identifying Malicious Nodes in Multihop IoT Networks using Diversity and Unsupervised Learning, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'18), accepted, Mai Abdelhakim, Xin Liu, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Diversity for Detecting Routing Attacks in Multihop Networks, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC 18), accepted, Mai Abdelhakim, Leonard Lightfoot, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Reliable Communications over Multihop Networks Under Routing Attacks, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 15), Dec Mai Abdelhakim, Zhaoxi Fang, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Hybrid Mobile Access Coordinated Wireless Sensor Networks Design and Analysis, IEEE China Summit and International Conference on Signal and Information Processing (ChinaSIP 15), invited paper, Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Throughput Analysis and Routing Security Discussions of Mobile Access Coordinated Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 14), Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Mobile Access Coordinated Wireless Sensor Networks -- Topology Design and Throughput Analysis, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 13), Dec Ahmed Alahmadi, Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Mitigating Primary User Emulation Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks Using Advanced Encryption Standard, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 13), Dec

4 8. Mai Abdelhakim, Leonard Lightfoot, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Architecture Design of Mobile Access Coordinated Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 13), Jun Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Reliable OFDM System Design under Hostile Multi-tone Jamming, IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 12), Dec Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Reliable Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Networks, International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA 12), invited paper, Aug Mai Abdelhakim, Leonard Lightfoot, Tongtong Li, Reliable Data Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks Under Byzantine Attacks, IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 11), Nov Mai Abdelhakim, Lei Zhang, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Networks under Malicious Attack, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 11), May Mai Abdelhakim, Mohammed Nafie, Ahmed Shalash, and Ayman Y. Elezabi, Adaptive Puncturing for coded OFDMA systems, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 09), Jun Mai Abdelhakim, Mohammed Nafie, Ahmed Shalash, and Ayman Y. Elezabi, Adaptive Puncturing and Rate Selection in Single-Codeword Turbo-Coded OFDMA, IEEE Mobile WiMAX Symposium (MWS 09), Jul Book Chapters: 1. Mostafa Bedewy, Mai Abdelhakim, Alex Jones, Cybermanufacturing - recent technologies, promising paradigms and future challenges Advances in Manufacturing and Processing of Materials & Structures, CRC Press (in press) PATENTS AND INVENTION DISCLOSURES 1. Ahmed Alahmadi, Mai Abdelhakim, Jian Ren, Tongtong Li, Method for Defense Against Primary User Emulation Attacks in Cognitive Radio Networks Using Advanced Encryption, US Patent US , Mar. 28, Mai Abdelhakim, Christian Breuer, Sergio Bermudez, Methods and Systems for Authenticating a Device to a Wireless Network, US Patent application, filed Apr Sergio Bermudez, Yang Li, Mai Abdelhakim, Occupancy Estimation Using Nonparametric Online Change- Point Detection, and Apparatuses, Systems, and Software for Same, US Patent application, filed Apr GRANTS 1. Pitt Cyber Accelerator Pioneer Grant (Co-PI), $9,644, The University of Pittsburgh Institute of Cyber Law, Policy and Security, HONORS & AWARDS Patent Incentive Award [Apr. 12, 2017] & [Apr. 25, 2017] Awarded by Corporate Innovation OSRAM Inc. Recognition Award [Aug. 2016] Awarded by Electronic Systems Department, Corporate Innovation, OSRAM Inc. Corporate Innovation Recognition Award [March 2016] Awarded by OSRAM Inc. Merit Recognition [Dec. 2015] Awarded by OSRAM Sylvania Inc. Graduate Excellence Fellowship [May Aug. 2013] Awarded by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University. Graduate Office Fellowship [Jun. 2012] Awarded by the Graduate School, Michigan State University. Golden Key International Honor Society [Apr. 2012] Phi Beta Delta Honor Society [Oct. 2011] Graduate Office Fellowship [Aug Aug. 2011] Awarded by the Graduate School, Michigan State University.

5 Fellowship for Professional Mentoring of Women in Science and Technology [Apr Jun. 2009] Awarded by the U.S. Department of State and the University of Michigan Fellowship included Two-month Internship at DTE Energy, Detroit Two-week course on network information security at the University of Michigan - Dearborn Soft skills courses: Management and leadership, negotiation skills, team building Scholarship for Academic Distinction [Sep May. 2006] Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. SKILLS Software Skills: Python, Matlab, C/C++, LaTeX, nesc, some knowledge of VHDL Language: English, Arabic, some knowledge of French MEMBERSHIPS IEEE, Golden Key International Honor Society, Phi Beta Delta Honor Society, Egyptian Engineers Syndicate EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Served as a chair of the Wireless Networks Symposium, International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Serve as a program committee member for IEEE GLOBECOM 2018 IEEE 5G world forum 2018 International Conference on Advances in Computation, Communications and Services (ACCSE) 2018 Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC) 2018 Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium, CHINACOM Served as a reviewer for international journals and conferences, including: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Security and Communication Networks Journal Ad hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks Journal Electronic Commerce Research Journal IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) Invited to the Women in Science and Engineering workshop, Abu Dhabi (May 3-4, 2010), where I gave a talk about women s role in science and engineering in Egypt. The workshop was organized by University of Michigan USA and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology UAE.