Dr. Fayad is a Full Professor of Computer Engineering at San Jose State University from 2002 to present. He was a J.D. Edwards Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, from 1999 to 2002, and an associate professor at the computer science and computer engineering faculty at the University of Nevada, from 1995 - 1999. He has 15+ years of industrial experience. Dr. Fayad is an IEEE Distinguished Speaker, an Associate Editor, Editorial Advisor, a columnist for The Communications of the ACM and his column is Thinking Objectively, a columnist for Al-Ahram Egyptians Newspaper (2 million subscribers), an Editor-In-Chief for IEEE Computer Society Press - Computer Science and Engineering Practice Press (1995-1997), a general chair of IEEE/Arab Computer Society International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2001), Beirut, Lebanon, June 26-29, 2001, and the founder and president of Arab Computer Society (ACS) from April 04 to April 2007.
Dr. Fayad is a known and well recognized authority in the domain of theory and the applications of software engineering. Fayad's publications are in the very core, archival journals and conferences in the software engineering field Dr. Fayad was a guest editor on ten theme issues (see attachements #2): CACM's OO Experiences, Oct. 1995, IEEE Computer's Managing OO Software Development Projects, Sept. 1996, CACM's Software Patterns, Oct. 1996, CACM's OO Application Frameworks, Oct. 1997, ACM Computing Surveys OO Application Frameworks, March 2000, IEEE Software - Software Engineering in-the-small, Sept./Oct. 2000, and International Journal on Software Practice and Experiences, July 2001, IEEE Transaction on Robotics and Automation -- Object-Oriented Methods for Distributed Control Architecture, October 2002, Annals of Software Engineering Journal OO Web-Based Software Engineering, October 2002, and Elsevier, Journal of Systems and Software -- Software Architectures and Mobility, July 2009. Dr. Fayad has published more than 218 high quality papers, that includes profound reports (more than 50 in number) in reputed journals, and 84 advanced articles in refereed conferences, more than 20 journal columns, 16 blogged columns; 9 well-cited theme issues in prestigious journals and flagship magazines, 24 different workshops in very respected conferences, over 125 tutorials, tutorials, and short presentations in 20+ different counties, such as Hong Kong (April 96), Canada (12 times), Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (15 times), Lebanon (04 & 05), UAE (06), Qatar (Dec. 07), Portugal (Oct. 96, July 99), Finland (July 99), Mexico (Oct. 98), Argentina (3 times), Chile (00), Peru (02), and Spain (02), Brazil (04), a founder of 7 new online journals, NASA and NSF workshops and four authoritative books, of which three of them are translated into different languages such as Chinese and over 5 books currently in progress. Dr. Fayad is also filling for 8 new, valuable, and innovative patents and developed over 400 stable software patterns. Dr. Fayad received an MS and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. His research topic was OO Software Engineering: Problems & Perspectives. He is the lead author of several classic Wiley books: Transition to OO Software Development, August 1998, Building Application Frameworks, Sept., 1999, Implementing Application Frameworks, Sept., 1999, Domain-Specific Application Frameworks, Oct., 1999, and 5 new books in Progress: Stable Analysis Patterns, Stable Design Patterns, Stable Patterns in Action, Service Engines, and Production Engines. |
