Dr. Samer Al-Abed
Associate Professor
OFFICE: Building M, M-502
PHONE: +962 6 4294444 Ext. 4408

Educational Background

Ph.D. degree (Dr.Ing) in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology / Digital Signal Processing with great honor ("magna cum laude - (GPA: Sehr Gut – 1.0)"), Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt- City of Science, Germany.


Selected Publications

2023 A. Alsaraira, O. A. Saraereh, A. Ali , S. Alabed,"Design of LoRa Antenna for Wearable Medical Applications",in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 23886-23895, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3254916. IF: 3.48, CiteScore: 6.7 - Q1,2023
2023 A. Alsaraira, S. Alabed, E. Hamad , O. Saraereh,"An optimal framework for alzheimer’s disease diagnosis",Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, vol. 37, no.1, pp. 165–177, 2023. IF: 3.4, CiteScore: 2.4 – Q2,2023
2023 Z. AlArnaout, N. Mostafa, S. Alabed, W. Aly, A. Shdefat,"RAPT: A Robust Attack Path Tracing Algorithm to Mitigate SYN-Flood DDoS Cyberattacks",Sensors, vol. 23, no. 1, January 2023, IF: 4.05, CiteScore: 5.8 - Q1,2023 [View]
2023 W. Aly, H. Kanj, N. Mostafa, S. Alabed,"Towards Improving Security of OpenFlow SDN Controllers Using Closed Loop Approaches",In: Le Nhu Ngoc Thanh, editor. Prime Archives in Electronics. Hyderabad, India: Vide Leaf. ,2023 [View]
2023 S. Alabed, N. Mostafa, W. Aly , A. Alsaraira,"A low complexity distributed differential scheme based on orthogonal space time block coding for decode-and-forward wireless relay networks",International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 13, no. 1, Feb. 2023. JCR: 2.407, CiteScore: 3.2; Q2,2023 [View]
2023 S. Alabed, N. Mostafa, W. Aly , A. Alsaraira,"A low complexity distributed differential scheme based on orthogonal space time block coding for decode-and-forward wireless relay networks",International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 13, no. 1, Feb. 2023. JCR: 2.407, CiteScore: 3.2; Q2,2023 [View]
2023 N. Mostafa, Y. Kotb, Z. AlArnaout, S. Alabed, A. Shdefat,"Replicating File Segments between Multi-Cloud Nodes in a Smart City: a Machine Learning Approach",Sensors, vol. 23, no. 10, May 2023. IF: 4.05, CiteScore: 5.8 - Q1. ,2023
2023 N. Mostafa, W. Aly, S. Alabed, Z. Al-Arnaout,"Replica Management System in Cloud, Edge and IoT Environments Using Data Clustering Technique",In: Le Nhu Ngoc Thanh, editor. Prime Archives in Electronics. Hyderabad, India: Vide Leaf,2023 [View]
2023 W. Aly, H. Kanj, S. Alabed, N. Mostafa, K. Safi,"OpenFlow SDN Controller Placement using Closed Loop Approaches",In: Le Nhu Ngoc Thanh, editor. Prime Archives in Electronics. Hyderabad, India: Vide Leaf. ,2023 [View]
2023 S. Alabed,"Implementing and Developing Secure LORA System Using LPC Speech Signal Processing",Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oct. 2023. JCR: 2.407, CiteScore: 2.9,2023
2022 W. Aly, S. Alabed, H. Kanj, N. Mostafa,"Feedback ARMA models versus Bayesian models towards securing OpenFlow controllers for SDNs",Electronics, no. 11, pp. 1513, June,2022 [View]
2022 S. Alabed, A. Bakhsh, A. AlQasba, B. AL-Shammari, M. Alhaidar,"Secure IOT health monitoring system, accepted in the ninth Undergraduate virtual research",Abu Dhabi University, 26 May ,2022
2022 S. Alabed, A. Zreikat , M. Al-Abed,"A computationally efficient non-coherent technique for wireless relay networks",Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, May 2022. Citation Impact: JCR: (2.407) - 2-year Impact Factor, JCR: (1.923) - 5-year Impact Factor, 0.942 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), 0.301 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR),2022
2022 M. Alabed , S. Alabed,"In situ detection of upper airway occlusion in sleep disordered breathing using ultrasonic transducer arrays",to be submitted to IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering,2022
2022 A. Zreikat , S. Alabed,"Performance modelling and analysis of LTE/Wi-Fi coexistence, MDPI electronics",April 2022. [IF: 2.397 and Q2 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 4],2022
2022 S. Alabed, N. Mostafa, W. Aly , A. Alsaraira,"A low complexity distributed differential scheme based on orthogonal space time block coding for decode-and-forward wireless relay networks",accepted, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mar. 2022. Citation Impact: JCR: (2.407) - 2-year Impact Factor, JCR: (1.923) - 5-year Impact Factor, 0.942 - SNIP, 0.301 - SJR,2022
2022 S. Alabed, M. Al-Rabayah,"A new Smart antenna design for biomedical applications",submitted to ELSEVIER ICT Express, April 2022. [Q1 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 4.3],2022
2022 S. Alabed, M. Al-Rabayah , W. H. Aly,"A smart Rotman-lens antenna design for biomedical applications, Computer, Material, & Continua",July 2022. [Q1 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 4],2022
2022 S. Alabed, B. Neji, N. Ferko, T. Beyrouthy,"LORA based wearable remote healthcare monitoring system, submitted to (EURASIP) Signal Processing",April. 2022. [Q2 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 3.5],2022
2022 S. Alabed, M. Al-Rabayah , W. H. Aly,"A Beamforming Technique Using Rotman Lens Antenna for Wireless Relay Networks",Computer, Material, & Continua, vol. 73, no. 3, Jully 2022. IF: 3.9, CiteScore: 4.9 - Q1,2022
2022 S. Alabed, M, Almutairi, M. Hamadah, L. Al-Dakkak, B. Alansari,"Secure medical emergency notification system, accepted in the ninth Undergraduate virtual research",Abu Dhabi University, 26 May,2022
2022 N. Mostafa, W. Aly, S. Alabed, Z. Al-Arnaout,"Intelligent Replica Selection in Edge and IoT Environments Using Artificial Neural Networks",Electronics, no. 11, pp. 2531, August 2022. . IF: 2.69, CiteScore: 4.7 – Q2.,2022 [View]
2022 N. Mostafa, W. Aly, S. Alabed, Z. Al-Arnaout,"Intelligent Replica Selection in Edge and IoT Environments Using Artificial Neural Networks.",Electronics, no. 11, pp. 2531, August,2022 [View]
2022 S. Alabed, M. Pesavento, A. Klein,"Relay Selection Based Space-Time Coding for Two-Way Wireless Relay Networks Using Digital Network Coding",The Tenth International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (IEEE ISWCS 2013), Ilmenau, Germany, Aug,2022
2022 W. Aly, H. Kanj, S. Alabed, N. Mostafa, K. Safi,"Dynamic Feedback versus Varna-Based Techniques for SDN Controller Placement Problems",Electronics, no. 11, pp. 2273, August 2022. IF: 2.69, CiteScore: 4.7 – Q2.,2022 [View]
2022 W. Aly,"Dynamic Feedback versus Varna-Based Techniques for SDN Controller Placement Problems",Electronics, no. 11, pp. 2273, August ,2022 [View]
2022 S. Alabed, I. Maaz, M. Al-Rabayah,"Improved Bi-directional Three-phase Single-Relay Selection Technique for Cooperative Wireless Communications",Computer, Material, & Continua, Feb. 2022. IF: 3.9, CiteScore: 4.9 - Q1,2022
2022 M. Alabed, S. Alabed,"Multi-label classification of sleep apnea syndrome utilizing temporal and spectral features of ECG Waveform",to be submitted to Computers in Biology and Medicine journal,2022
2022 W. Aly, H. Kanj, N. Mostafa, S. Alabed,"Toward securing OpenFlow controllers for SDNs using ARMA models",, WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics, April 2022. [Q3, Cite Score: 0.9].,2022
2022 S. Alabed, M, Almutairi, M. Hamadah, L. Al-Dakkak, B. Alansari,"Secure medical emergency communication system",submitted to International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mar. 2022. Citation Impact: JCR: (2.407) - 2-year Impact Factor, JCR: (1.923) - 5-year Impact Factor, 0.942 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), 0.301 - SCImago Journal Ran,2022
2022 W. Aly, S. Alabed, H. Kanj, N. Mostafa," Feedback ARMA models versus Bayesian models towards securing OpenFlow controllers for SDNs",Electronics, no. 11, pp. 1513, June 2022. IF: 2.69, CiteScore: 4.7 – Q2,2022 [View]
2022 S. Alabed, I. Maaz, M. Al-Rabayah,"Improved Bi-directional Three-phase Single-Relay Selection Technique for Cooperative Wireless Communications, Computer, Material, & Continua",Feb. 2022. [Q1 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 4],2022
2022 W. Aly, H. Kanj, N. Mostafa, S. Alabed,"Toward securing OpenFlow controllers for SDNs using ARMA models, WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics",April 2022. [Q4 based on SciMago, Scopus],2022
2021 S. Alabed, I. Maaz, M. Al-Rabayah,"Improved bi-directional double-relay selection technique for cooperative wireless communications, Computer, Material, & Continua",March 2021. [Q1 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 4],2021
2021 S. Alabed, I. Mahariq, M. Slaman,"A Novel Beamforming Relay Selection Technique for Cooperative Communication Networks, Computer, Material, & Continua",March 2021. [Q1 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 4],2021
2021 S. Alabed, I. Maaz , M. Al-Rabayah,"Improved two-way double-relay selection technique for cooperative wireless communications",vol. 2021, no. 57, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, March 2021. [ Q2 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus] ,2021 [View]
2020 S. Alabed, I. Maaz, M. Al-Rabayah,"Distributed differential beamforming and power allocation for cooperative communication networks",, International Journal 0f Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dec. 2020. JCR: 2.407 - 5-year Impact Factor, 0.942 - SNIP, 0.301 - SJR,2020
2020 I. Maaz , S. Alabed,"Efficient time reversal strategy for MISO-OFDM systems",Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oct. 2020. Citation Impact: JCR: (2.407) - 2-year Impact Factor, JCR: (1.923) - 5-year Impact Factor, 0.942 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), 0.301 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR),2020
2020 I. Maaz , S. Alabed,"Impact of antenna position on performances in relay-assisted wireless network",Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oct. 2020. Citation Impact: JCR: (2.407) - 2-year Impact Factor, JCR: (1.923) - 5-year Impact Factor, 0.942 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), 0.301 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR),2020
2020 S. Alabed,"Performance Analysis of Differential Beamforming in Decentralized Networks",IEEE Canada, Dec. 2020. [Q1/2 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus],2020
2019 S. Alabed,"Performance analysis of bi-directional relay selection strategy for wireless cooperative communications",EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2019, no. 97, April 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13638-019-1417-1. Citation Impact: JCR: (2.407) - 2-year Impact Factor, JCR: (1.923) - 5-year Impact Factor, 0.942 - Source Normalized ,2019 [View]
2019 S. Alabed,"A computationally efficient detector for MIMO systems",the International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 9, no. 5, part II, October 2019. (CiteScore 2017: 1.22, SJR 2016: 0.280, SNIP 2016: 1.090, Q2 on Electrical & Electronics Engineering.),2019 [View]
2018 S. Alabed,"Performance Analysis of Differential Beamforming in Decentralized Networks",, the International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 1692-1700, vol. 8, no. 3, June 2018. (CiteScore 2017: 1.22, SJR 2016: 0.280, SNIP 2016: 1.090, Q2 on Electrical & Electronics Engineering.) ,2018 [View]
2018 S. Alabed,"Computationally efficient multi-antenna techniques for multi-user two-way wireless relay networks",the International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. 1684-1691, vol. 8, no. 3, June 2018. (CiteScore 2017: 1.22, SJR 2016: 0.280, SNIP 2016: 1.090, Q2 on Electrical & Electronics Engineering.),2018 [View]
2016 S. Alabed,"Performance Analysis of Two-Way DF Relay Selection Techniques",ELSEVIER ICT Express, Special Issue on ICT Convergence in the Internet of Things (IoT), pp. 91-95, vol. 2, no. 3, Sep. 2016. [Q1 based on JCR, SciMago, Scopus, Impact Factor > 4.3],2016 [View]
2015 A. Schad, S. Alabed, H. Degenhardt, M. Pesavento,"Bi-Directional Differential Beamforming for Multi-Antenna Relaying",the 40th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 2015, 19th – 24th April 2015, Brisbane, Queensland, Austrilia,2015
2015 D. Taleb, S. Alabed, M. Pesavento,"Optimal General-Rank Transmit Beamforming Technique for Multicasting Service in Modern Wireless Networks Using STTC",Proceedings of the 19th International IEEE/ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2015), Ilmenau, Germany, March,2015
2014 S. Alabed, Eyad A. Ibrahim,"A new sinusoidal speech coding technique with speech enhancement at low bit rate",International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Technology (IJECET), ISSN 0976 - 6464(Print), ISSN 0976 - 6472(Online), Volume 5, Issue 4, Apr. 2014, pp. 07-18. (Impact Factor > 2),2014
2013 S. Alabed, M. Pesavento, A. Klein,"Non-coherent distributed space-time coding techniques for two-way wireless relay networks",EURASIP special issue on Sensor Array Processing, Jan. 2013. (Impact Factor = 1.745),2013
2013 S. Alabed, M. Pesavento, A. Klein,"Distributed Differential Space-Time Coding for Two-Way Relay Networks Using Analog Network Coding",Proc. of the 21st European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO'13), Marrakech, Morocco, Sep,2013
2012 S. Alabed, J. M. Paredes, A. B. Gershman,"A simple distributed space-time coded strategy for two-way relay channels",, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, pp. 1260-1265, vol. 11, no. 4, April, 2012. (Impact Factor = 2.418),2012
2012 S. Alabed, M. Pesavento,"A Simple Distributed Differential Transmit Beamforming Technique for Two-Way Wireless Relay Networks",, Proceedings of the 16th International IEEE/ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA 2012), pp. 243-247, Dresden, March,2012
2012 X. Wen, K.L. Law, S. Alabed, M. Pesavento,"Rank-Two Beamforming for Single-Group Multicasting Networks Using OSTBC",Proc. of the 7th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (SAM), pp. 65-68, Jun,2012
2011 J. M. Paredes, A. B. Gershman,"A low complexity decoder for quasi-orthogonal space-time block codes",IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 10, no. 3, March 2011. (Impact Factor = 2.418),2011
2011 S. Alabed, M. Pesavento, A. B. Gershman,"Distributed Differential Space-Time Coding Techniques for Two-Way Wireless Relay Networks",Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP'2011), pp. 221-224, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December,2011