Wireless Communications, Information Theory, Physical Layer Security, Cyber Security for Smart Grid, Cryptography, Network Coding.

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1 Mustafa El-Halabi Contact Information Fleifel Building Cell Phone: + (979) Mathaf mhalabi@aust.edu.lb Beirut, Lebanon Webpage: Research Interests Education Wireless Communications, Information Theory, Physical Layer Security, Cyber Security for Smart Grid, Cryptography, Network Coding., College Station, Texas, USA Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, September 2012 Dissertation Title: Physical Layer Security: Wideband Communication & the Role of Known Interference Advisor: Prof. Costas N. Georghiades. Co-Advisor: Prof. Tie Liu. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon M.S., Computer and Communication Engineering, August 2004 Thesis Title: Design of Digital Radio Broadcast Systems Based on Signal Quality Assessment Advisor: Prof. Jean Saade American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon B.E., Electrical Engineering, July 2001 Professional Experience American University of Science & Technology (AUST), Beirut, Lebanon. Assistant Professor October Present Teaching: Information Theory, Stochastic Processes, Detection & Estimation, Wireless Communications, Digital Communications, Advanced Digital Communications, Digital Systems, Electric Circuits, Electronics., College Station, Texas, USA. Research Assistant June August 2013 Devised optimal codes for physical-layer security for wideband communications. Explored information-theoretic tools for securing the smart grid. Investigated the effect of interference on secure communications. Studied the effect of constrained stochastic encoding on secure communication. Applied approximation models to investigate near-optimal coding schemes for a number of communication systems. Teaching Assistant June May 2010 Assisted in the teaching of Information Theory, Convex Optimization, Wireless Communications, Digital Signal Processing and Digital Communications classes.

2 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. Teaching Assistant September July 2004 Assisted in the teaching of Analog Communications, Electromagnetic Theory, Signals and Systems, Analog and Digital Electronics and Electric Circuits classes. Research & Publications Journals 1. M. El-Halabi, T. Liu, C. Georghiades, and S. Shamai (Shitz), On Physical Layer Security with Known Interference and Constrained Encoding, submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, January M. El-Halabi, T. Liu, and C. Georghiades, Secrecy Capacity Per Unit Cost, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (Signal Processing Techniques for Wireless Physical Layer Security), vol. 3, no. 9, September M. El-Halabi, T. Liu, C. Georghiades, and S. Shamai (Shitz), Secret Writing on Dirty Paper: A Deterministic View, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 58, no. 6, pp , June Conferences 4. M. El-Halabi, The Secrecy Capacity of the Semi-Deterministic Wiretap Channel with Three State Information, accepted for publication at the12th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications (ICWMC 2016), Barcelona, Spain, November R. Achkar, M. El-Halabi, E. Bassil, R. Fakhro, and M. Khalil, Voice Identity Finder Using the Back propagation Algorithm of an Artificial Neural Network, Complex Adaptive Systems Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA, November M. El-Halabi, The Secrecy Capacity of the Semi-deterministic Wiretap Channel with Three State Information, International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications 2015 (ATC 15), HoChiMinh, Vietnam, October M. El-Halabi, R. Achkar, Physical-Layer Security for Multi-Antenna Wiretap Channel in the Wideband Regime, 11th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Abu Dhabi, UAE, October M. El-Halabi, Secure Communication with Side Information and Constrained Encoding, 6th International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), Athens, Greece, May M. El-Halabi and C. Georghiades, On Secure Communication with Known Interference, 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory and Applications (ISITA), Honolulu, Hawaii, October M. El-Halabi, H. D. Ly, A. Farraj, and D. Kundur, A Distortion-Theoretic Perspective for Redundant Metering Security in a Smart Grid, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Montreal, Canada, April M. El-Halabi, T. Liu, C. Georghiades, and S. Shamai (Shitz) Secret Writing on Dirty Paper: A Deterministic View, In proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2011.

3 12. M. El-Halabi, T. Liu, and C. Georghiades, On Secrecy Capacity per Unit Cost, In Proceedings of 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, July M. El-Halabi, T. Liu, and C. Georghiades, Secrecy Capacity per Unit Cost for the Gaussian MIMOME Channel, In the proceedings of Information Theory & Applications (ITA) Workshop, San Diego, California, February Posters Secret-Key Agreement via Dirty Paper Coding, Fifth Annual North American School of Information Theory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, June Secret Writing on Dirty paper, Fourth Annual North American School of Information Theory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, May On the Gaussian Wiretap Channel with Side Information, Third Annual North American School of Information Theory, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, August On Secrecy Capacity per Unit Cost, Second Annual North American School of Information Theory, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, August Talks Secure Communication with Limited Randomness, International Symposium on Control, Communications and Signal Processing (ISCCSP, Athens, Greece, May Near Optimal Coding for Secure Communication with Known Interference, International Symposium on Information Theory and Applications (ISITA, Honolulu, Hawaii, November Physical Layer Security & the Role of Known Interference, The American University of Beirut FEA Seminar, Beirut, Lebanon, August A Distortion-Theoretic Perspective for Redundant Metering Security in a Smart Grid, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Montreal, Canada, April Secret Writing on Dirty Paper: A Deterministic View, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Saint Petersburg, Russian, August 2011.

4 Communication in the Presence of Known Interference, Telecommunications, Control & Signal Processing Seminar, College Station, Texas, April On Secrecy Capacity per Unit Cost, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Seoul, Korea, July Awards & Honors The Foundation Excellence Award, May 2010 Eppright Outstanding International Student Award, June 2009 American University of Beirut Faculty of Engineering and Architecture s Dean s Honor List, Professional Service Shannon Day: Bits of Information Committee chair Nov IEEE WCNC 2016-PHY track TCP member April 2016 Second AUST Symposium on Innovations in Computer & Communications Engineering 2013 (SICCE 2014): organizing committee Dec First AUST Symposium on Innovations in Computer & Communications Engineering 2013 (SICCE 2013): organizing committee Dec IEEE Information Theory Student Society Committee chair Aug IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Aug Present IEEE Transactions on Communications Jan Present IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Jan Present Graduate Course Work Computer Skills Languages Network Information Theory, Information Theory, Channel Coding Theory, Detection and Estimation Theory, Modulation Theory, Queueing Theory, Statistical Communication Theory, Wireless Communications, Cyber Security for the Smart Grid, Telephony, Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Low Noise Design, Cryptography, Probability Theory, Abstract Algebra, Real Analysis, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Combinatorial Optimization, Matroid Theory, Convex Optimization, Linear/Nonlinear Optimization, Topology, Fuzzy Logic, International Environmental Law, Sustainable Development Management, Environmental Aspects of Energy Systems, Renewable Energy Systems. Matlab, Latex, Java, C, C++, LabView, NI myrio English, Spanish, French, Arabic.

5 References Dr. Costas N. Georghiades Tel.: (979) Fax: (979) Dr. Deepa Kundur University of Toronto Ontario, CA Tel.: (416) Dr. Tie Liu Tel.: (979) Fax: (979) Dr. Krishna Narayanan Tel.: (979) Fax: (979)