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Tamer N. Jarada
University of Calgary
Department of Computer Science
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, AB Canada T2N 1N4
Phone:
Email:
Webpage:
+1 (403) 890-6919
[email protected]
http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/ tnjarada/
Education
2014-present
Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada
2012-2014
M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada
2004-2009
B.Sc. Computer Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestinian Authority
Computer Skills
Environments: Windows and Linux.
Design Skills: Database Design, Object Oriented Design and Parallel Computing Design.
Programming: Assembly, Java, C#, Python, WCF, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP and Windows Phone.
Other Programming Tools: Matlab, R and Embedded C.
Database Tools: SQL SERVER, MY SQL, Oracle and MS Access.
Documentation Tools: Microsoft Office and Latex.
Work Experience
Jan 2012-present
Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Calgary, Calgary,
AB, Canada.
Sept 2015-Feb 2016
Software Developer, Oral4D Systems Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada.
May 2014-Apr 2015
Software Developer and Data Analyst, Dexterity Ventures Inc.,
Calgary, AB, Canada.
June 2014-Aug 2014
Data Analyst, Oral4D Systems Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada.
Feb 2011-Dec 2011
Web Developer, Information Systems Department, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian Authority.
Sept 2009-Feb 2011
Web Developer, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza,
Gaza, Palestinian Authority.
Sept 2009-Feb 2012
Teaching Assistant, Computer Engineering Department, Islamic
University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian Authority.
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Sept 2009-Jan 2010
Instructor, Computer Department, Palestine Polytechnic University,
Gaza, Palestinian Authority.
June 2005-Dec 2011
Applications & Web Developer, National Center For Research
and Studies, Gaza, Palestinian Authority.
Professional Activities
Sept 2016-present
Web-Chair, Program Committee member and Local Arrangement Committee member for the International Symposium
on Big Data Management and Analytics (BIDMA 2017).
Jan 2013-present
Reviewer for the Journal of Network Modeling Analysis in Health
Informatics and Bioinformatics.
Jan 2013-present
Reviewer for the Journal of Social Network Analysis and Mining.
Dec 2015-June 2016
Web-Chair and Program Committee member for the 2016
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks
Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2016).
Dec 2015-Apr 2016
Web-Chair, Program Committee member and Local Arrangement Committee member for the International Symposium
on Big Data Management and Analytics (BIDMA 2016).
Dec 2014-Aug 2015
Web-Chair and Program Committee member for the 2015
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks
Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2015).
Jan 2015-Dec 2015
Web-Chair for the Information Reuse and Integration in Health
Informatics Workshop (IRI-HI 2015).
Dec 2014-Aug 2015
Publicity Chair for the International Symposium on Foundations
and Applications of Big Data Analytics (FAB 2015).
Dec 2014-Aug 2015
Publicity Chair for The International Symposium on Network Enabled Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics (HI-BI-BI
2015).
Jan 2014-Dec 2014
Web-Chair for the Information Reuse and Integration in Health
Informatics Workshop (IRI-HI 2014).
Jan 2014-Dec 2014
Web-Chair for the International Symposium on Network Analysis
and Mining for Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics
(Net-HI-BI-BI 2014).
Dec 2013-Aug 2014
Web-Chair for the International Symposium on Network Enabled
Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics (HI-BI-BI 2014).
Dec 2012-Aug 2013
Web-Chair for the International Symposium on Network Analysis
and Mining for Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics
(Net-HI-BI-BI 2013).
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Dec 2012-Aug 2013
Web-Chair, Program Committee member and Local Arrangement member for the 2013 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM
2013).
Dec 2012-Aug 2013
Program Committee member for the International Symposium on
Network Enabled Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics
(HI-BI-BI 2013).
Jan 2013-Dec 2013
Program Committee member for the Information Reuse and Integration in Health Informatics Workshop (IRI-HI 2013).
Dec 2011-Aug 2012
Web-Chair for the International Symposium on Network Enabled
Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics (HI-BI-BI 2012).
Jan 2012-Dec 2012
Program Committee member for Information Reuse and Integration in Health Informatics Workshop (IRI-HI 2012).
Jan 2012-Dec 2012
Program Committee member for the Workshop on Machine
Learning Applications in Health Informatics at (ICMLA 2012).
Community and Volunteer Activities
Oct 2016-present
Vice-President Academic, Computer Science Graduate Society,
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Serve as the liaison with the department of computer science
on all academic matters, particularly matters of research and
teaching.
– Provide the direction for the Societys academic policies.
– Ensure that all members of the Society have access to workshops
and seminars that enhance their research and teaching skills.
– Be responsible for organizing all academic events presented by
the Society
– Co-ordinate and organize any volunteers sitting on academic
committees on behalf of the Society.
Sept 2016-present
Member, Community Engagement Committee, Graduate Students’
Association, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Collaborate with many organizations on campus and in the
broader Calgary community to advertise and promote various
short-term volunteer opportunities and events.
– Organize outreach events within the community.
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Feb 2016-present
Volunteer, Friends of PlanNet Group, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Help Syrian refugees who move to Calgary in different way such
as:
– Introduce them to different organizations, societies and
families.
– Help to settle down by assisting them in buying food,
clothes, furniture and cars.
– Accompany them in their meetings, health appointments
for interpretation
– Help in filling governmental application and forms.
– Arrange for trips and social events.
May 2016
Volunteer, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Help with logistic tasks.
– Provide technical support in different aspects.
Apr 2016
Judge, Calgary Youth Science Fair Society, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Evaluate projects for Elementary school students and provide
written feedback for each student.
May 2015-Jan 2016
Vice-President Finance, Computer Science Graduate Society, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Monitor the finances of the Society and reporting the status of
such to the Executive and CSGRC.
– Draft the Society’s budget, in consultation with the Executive.
– Obtain funding for the society from all available funding sources,
in consultation with the Executive.
– Be responsible for all fundraising initiatives for the Society.
– Help in organizing all social events presented by the Society.
May 2015
Volunteer, University of Calgary Alumni Association, Calgary, AB,
Canada.
– Help with logistic tasks.
– Provide technical support in different aspects.
July 2014
Volunteer, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Assist with setup/cleanup of specific events.
– Assist with show office duties during the event.
– Assist with the traffic flow during move in/move out of the
events.
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July 2014
Volunteer, Youth Center, Islamic Association of NW Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Teach math, science and Arabic language.
– Encourage youth to take initiatives and get involved in volunteering activates and events.
July 2014
Volunteer, Place2Give Foundation, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Help with logistic tasks.
– Provide technical support in different aspects.
May 2013
Volunteer, Computer Science Industry Day, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Help with logistic tasks.
– Provide technical support in different aspects.
May 2012
Volunteer, Computer Science Industry Day, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
– Help with logistic tasks.
– Provide technical support in different aspects.
May 2005-Aug 2005
Member, National Committee for Summer Camps, Gaza, Palestinian
Authority.
– Provide education for building the kids the best to become good
citizens and leaders of the future. The lectures concentrate on:
– Psychology and cultural aspects.
– Understanding the rights of citizens.
– Learning how to save the environment.
– Learning how to expand the perception and imagination.
Oct 2004-May 2005
Member, Palestinian Youth Empowerment Project, Gaza, Palestinian Authority.
– Teach students who are struggling in their academic life.
– Help students who are struggling in their social life.
Teaching Experience
Sept 2016-present
CPSC 471: Data Base Management Systems - University of Calgary
CPSC 571: Design & Implement Database Systems - University of
Calgary
May 2016-June 2016
CPSC 355: Computing Machinery - University of Calgary
Jan 2016-April 2016
CPSC 471: Data Base Management Systems - University of Calgary
Sept 2015-Dec 2015
CPSC 471: Data Base Management Systems - University of Calgary
May 2015-June 2015
CPSC 499: Programming Paradigms - University of Calgary
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Jan 2015-April 2015
CPSC 699: Research Methodology in Computer Science - University
of Calgary
Jan 2014-April 2014
CPSC 319: Data Structures, Algorithms and Their Applications University of Calgary
Sept 2013-Dec 2013
CPSC 471: Data Base Management Systems - University of Calgary
Jan 2013-April 2013
CPSC 319: Data Structures, Algorithms and Their Applications University of Calgary
Sept 2012-Dec 2012
CPSC 203: Introduction to Problem Solving Using Application Software - University of Calgary
Jan 2012-April 2012
CPSC 203: Introduction to Problem Solving Using Application Software - University of Calgary
Sept 2010-Jan 2010
ECOM 4312: Operating Systems - Islamic University of Gaza
ECOM 2114: Computer Programming I Lab - Islamic University of
Gaza
Jan 2010-May 2010
ECOM 4111: Digital Systems Design Lab - Islamic University of
Gaza
ECOM 2114: Computer Programming I Lab - Islamic University of
Gaza
Sept 2009-Jan 2010
ECOM 5348: Internet Technology - Islamic University of Gaza
ECOM 2301: Introduction to Computer -Palestine Polytechnic University
ECOM 4312: Computer Networks - Palestine Polytechnic University
Certifications & Courses
Oct 2016
Occupational Health & Safety Orientation - University of Calgary, Canada.
Oct 2016
Hazard Assessment Training - University of Calgary, Canada.
Oct 2016
Incident Reporting and Investigation - University of Calgary,
Canada.
Oct 2016
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System - University of Calgary, Canada.
July 2009
ASP.NET Web Development - Vision Plus Co., Palestinian Authority.
Dec 2008
Advanced Video and Audio Editing - Al-Aqsa Center for Media
Development & Training, Palestinian Authority.
July 2007
PHP Web Development - Islamic University of Gaza, Palestinian
Authority.
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JSP Web Development - Professionals Information Technology Co.,
Palestinian Authority.
Awards
Sept 2016-present
Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship from (The University of Calgary, Canada).
Sept 2014-Apr 2016
Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship from (Alberta
Innovates Technology Futures, Canada) to join the Ph.D. program in
Computer Science at the University of Calgary, Canada.
Sept 2014-Aug 2015
Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship from (The University of Calgary, Canada) ) to join the Ph.D. program in Computer
Science at the University of Calgary, Canada.
Sept 2014-Aug 2015
Department of Computer Science Research Award from (The
Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary) to join the
Ph.D. program in Computer Science.
Mar 2014
The Top 15 Teams Award as a part of team TRAK in the Canadian
Open Data Experience (CODE) Competition that held in Canada.
July 2013
The KFC Innovation Award as a part of team SANO in the Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition that held in Russia.
May 2013
The TA Excellence Award for Winter 2013 semester from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary in Canada.
Apr 2013
The first rank in the Canadian Finals for the Microsoft Imagine
Cup Competition.
Jan 2012-Apr 2014
Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship from Alberta
Innovates Technology Futures, Canada to join the M.Sc. program in
Computer Sciences at the University of Calgary in Canada.
June 2009
The first top rank on my undergraduate class.
July 2007-May 2009
EAP Scholarship from Education Aid for Palestinians (EAP), UK
during my undergraduate study.
Feb 2006-June 2007
HQS Scholarship from Hani Qaddumi Scholarship Foundation
(HQSF), Jordan during my undergraduate study.
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Publications
Journals
2014
Ala Qabaja, Tamer Jarada, Abdallah Elsheikh, and Reda Alhajj. Prediction
of gene-based drug indications using compendia of public gene expression data
and pubmed abstracts. Journal of bioinformatics and computational biology,
12(03):1450007, 2014
2013
Shang Gao, Alan Chen, Ali Rahmani, Tamer Jarada, Reda Alhajj, Doug Demetrick, and Jia Zeng. Mcf: A tool to find multi-scale community profiles in biological
networks. Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 112(3):665–672, 2013
2012
Ela Yildizer, Ali Metin Balci, Tamer N Jarada, and Reda Alhajj. Integrating
wavelets with clustering and indexing for effective content-based image retrieval.
Knowledge-Based Systems, 31:55–66, 2012
Mohamad Nagi, Ahmad Elhajj, Omar Addam, Ala Qabaja, Omar Zarour, Tamer
Jarada, Shang Gao, Jamal Jida, Ayman Murshed, Iyad Sleiman, et al. Robust
framework for recommending restructuring of websites by analysing web usage
and web structure data. International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data
Mining, 7(1-2):4–20, 2012
Wadhah Almansoori, Shang Gao, Tamer N Jarada, Abdallah M Elsheikh, Ayman N Murshed, Jamal Jida, Reda Alhajj, and Jon Rokne. Link prediction and
classification in social networks and its application in healthcare and systems
biology. Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics,
1(1-2):27–36, 2012
2011
Alan Chen, Shang Gao, Tamer N Jarada, Ming Zhang, Christos Pavlatos, Panagiotis Karampelas, and Reda Alhajj. Effectiveness of heuristic based approach
on the performance of indexing and clustering of high dimensional data. Journal
of Information & Knowledge Management, 10(03):261–271, 2011
Book Chapters
2013
Omair Shafiq, Tamer N Jarada, Panagiotis Karampelas, Reda Alhajj, and Jon G
Rokne. Integrating Online Social Network Analysis in Personalized Web Search.
Springer, 2013
Khaled Dawoud, Tamer N Jarada, Wadhah Almansoori, Alan Chen, Shang Gao,
Reda Alhajj, and Jon Rokne. Data analysis based construction and evolution of
terrorist and criminal networks. In Handbook of Computational Approaches to
Counterterrorism, pages 301–321. Springer, 2013
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Tamer N Jarada, Abdullah M Elsheikh, Taher Naser, Kelvin Chung, Armen
Shimoon, Panagiotis Karampelas, Jon Rokne, Mick Ridley, and Reda Alhajj.
Rules for effective mapping between two data environments: Object database
language and xml. In Recent Trends in Information Reuse and Integration, pages
143–166. Springer, 2012
2011
Eric Draken, Tamer N Jarada, Keivan Kianmehr, and Reda Alhajj. Integrating
content and structure into a comprehensive framework for xml document similarity represented in 3d space. In Learning Structure and Schemas from Documents,
pages 275–287. Springer, 2011
Conferences
2016
Tamer N Jarada, Jon Rokne, and Reda Alhajj. Time series analysis for the
most frequently mentioned biomarkers in breast cancer articles. In Big Data
Management and Analytics (BIDMA 2016), The International Symposium on.
IEEE, 2016
2011
Wadhah Almansoori, Omar Zarour, Tamer N Jarada, Panagiotis Karampales,
Jon Rokne, and Reda Alhajj. Applications of social network construction and
analysis in the medical referral process. In Dependable, Autonomic and Secure
Computing (DASC), 2011 IEEE Ninth International Conference on, pages 816–
823. IEEE, 2011
Alan Chen, Kostas F Xylogiannopoulos, Tamer N Jarada, Omar Zarour, Panagiotis Karampelas, Jon Rokne, and Reda Alhajj. Simple and effective behavior
tracking by post processing of association rules into segments. In Proceedings
of the 13th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based
Applications and Services, pages 296–300. ACM, 2011
Osama Alhawsawi, AL-Saidi Mayad, Michael Phi, Tamer N Jarada, Mohammad
Khabbaz, Negar Koockakzadeh, Keivan Kianmehr, Reda Alhajj, and Jon Rokne.
From fuzzy association rule mining to effective classification framework. In International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning,
pages 413–420. Springer, 2011
Wadhah Almansoori, Shang Gao, Tamer M Jarada, Reda Alhajj, and Jon Rokne.
Link prediction and classification in social networks and its application in healthcare. In Information Reuse and Integration (IRI), 2011 IEEE International Conference on, pages 422–428. IEEE, 2011
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Abdallah M. ElSheikh, Tamer N. Jarada, Mohamad Nagi, Ghada Naji, Omer
Karampelas, Panagiotis Sair, Peter Peng, Keivan Kianmehr, Tansel zyer, Mick
Ridley, Jon Rokne, and Reda Alhajj. Effectiveness of feature selection and classification techniques for gene expression data analysis. In Information Technology
(ICIT 2011), The 5th International Conference on, 2011
2010
Kaziim Sarikaya, Duygu Sarikaya, Tamer N Jarada, Shang Gao, Tansel Özyer,
and Reda Alhajj. A novel client-based approach for signing and checking web
forms by using xml against dos attacks. In Proceedings of the 12th International
Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services,
pages 202–209. ACM, 2010
Tamer N Jarada, Kelvin Chung, Armen Shimoon, Panagiotis Karampelas, Reda
Alhajj, and Jon Rokne. Mapping rules for converting from odl to xml schemas.
In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information Integration
and Web-based Applications & Services, pages 307–316. ACM, 2010
Books
2011
Tamer N Jarada. Ip telephony over iug network: Design and implementation.
2011
Theses
2014
Tamer N. Jarada. Integrating data mining techniques and social networking into
effective recommendation framework for improved shopping experience. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2014
2009
Tamer N. Jarada. Ip telephony over iug network: Design and implementation.
Department of Computer Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestinian Authority, 2009
Research Interests
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Healthcare Applications, Social networks analysis
and mining, Association Rules Mining, Classification and Clustering, Recommendation Systems,
Databases and XML.
References
Available Upon Request
Last updated: October 25, 2016