Yaser Al Mtawa

Yaser Al Mtawa received his Ph.D. degree in School of Computing at Queen's University, Canada (2017).

Mr. Al Mtawa received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees (with honors) in Computer Science from Kuwait University. He worked as a Teaching Assistant since then until 2006. Then he worked as a lecturer at Arab Open University (AOU), Kuwait branch from 2006-2011.

Research

My research interests are in the area of Internet of Things (IoT) with a special focus on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). I am interested in building efficient services in WSNs for efficient realization of IoT. My main focus is on enhancing localization and sensing coverage services by exploiting graph-theoretic and computational geometry methods. My current research focuses on designing robust schemes that are able to mitigate the impact of uncertainty in the positions of anchor nodes, exploiting Delaunay Triangulation (DT) to accelerate the detection rate of uncertain anchor nodes. This would highly improve both localization and sensing coverage services and make them more reliable.

My research interests include also the following areas:

1. Resource Management in the Internet of Things (IoT)

2. Graph-theoretic Problems in WSNs

Publications and Contributions

a) Refereed Journal papers

1) Y. Al Mtawa, H. Hassanein, and N. Nasser, “Localization of IoT Sensors under Anchor Misplacement,” IEEE Sensors Journal (in preparation).

2) Y. Al Mtawa, H. Hassanein, and N. Nasser, “Sensing Coverage in IoT Deployment under the Presence of Anchor Misplacement,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal (Submitted, March 2017)

3) Y. Al Mtawa, H. Hassanein, and N. Nasser, “Measuring the Validity of Sensing Coverage in the Presence of Anchor Misplacement,” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2017. (Accepted)

4) Y. Al Mtawa, H. Hassanein, and N. Nasser, “The Impact of Anchor Misplacement on Sensing Coverage,” IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), September 2016.

5) Y. Al Mtawa, H. Hassanein, and N. Nasser, “Identifying Bounds on Sensing Coverage Holes in IoT Deployments,” IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), December 2015.

6) Y. Al Mtawa, N. Nasser, and H. Hassanein, “Mitigating Anchor Misplacement Errors in Wireless Sensor Networks,” IEEE International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), August 2015.

7) Y. Al Mtawa, Munif Jazzer, “On Independence Problem of P₂-Graph”, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security 9, No. 1 (2009), 205-211.

8) Y. Al Mtawa, “Histories of Iterated Path Graphs”, Journal of Combinatorics, Information & System Sciences 32 (2007), 175-188.

b) Non-refereed contributions

Technical Report

1) Y. Al Mtawa, H. S. Hassanein, and N. Nasser, “Localization in Large-scale Wireless Sensor Networks" School of Computing - Queen's University, Canada, December 2013.

Oral Presentation

1) “Localization in Large-scale Wireless Sensor Networks” (May 8, 2013) Queen’s Graduate Computing Society Conference (QGCSC 2013).

2) “Histories in Iterated Path Graphs” (May 2005) Kuwait University, Kuwait.

3) “Power Aware Routing Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks” (April 2011) Arab Open University, Kuwait.

Poster Presentation

1) Y. Al Mtawa (2005) Domination in Path Graphs. Open Day of Graduate Studies, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

Experience

Research Experience

July ‘11 – Dec. ’16: Research Assistant, Telecommunication Research Laboratory (TRL). I am working on research that enables the realization IoT. I explore the challenges of enabling WSNs services in IoT context. In particular, I design localization schemes that tolerate anchor misplacement in a harsh environments. I also assess sensing coverage and location reporting accuracy.

Teaching Experience

• Sep. ’11- Dec. ’16: Teaching Assistant at School of Computing, Queen’s University. I have been a TA for undergraduate and graduate level courses such as Java programming, Discrete Mathematics, and Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms.

• Sep. ’06- Dec. ’10: Lecturer of Information Technology and Computing courses, Arab Open University (AOU), Kuwait. Some of these courses are: Software Systems, Java Programming, and Final-year Project.

• Sep. ’02- June ’06: Teaching Assistant at Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Kuwait University. I have been a TA of Math courses such as Linear Algebra, Calculus, and Graph Theory.

Awards, Honors, and Competitions

• Sep. ’13- Sep. ’16: Queen’s Graduate Award (QGA).

• Nov. ’14: Coaching Queen’s team to International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), Windsor University, Canada.

• Sep. ’12- Sep. ’13: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS). Value of $15000 for one year.

• June. ’02: Amir’s Golden Medal of Distinguished Graduated Students, Kuwait.

• Sep. ’98-Sep. ‘01: Dean’s Award of Outstanding Students, Kuwait.

Contact

Phone:	(613) 533-6000 ext.: 75103
Office:	25 Union St, Goodwin Hall, Room 631
Email:	yalmtawa[at]cs[dot]queensu[dot]ca
Web Page:	http://www.cs.queensu.ca/~yalmtawa