Boubakr Nour
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Engineering Faculty
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke (Québec)
J1K 2R1, Canada
n.boubakr [at] gmail.com
Boubakr Nour [GS'17, M'20] is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in INTERLAB Research Laboratory, lead by Prof. Soumaya Cherkaoui, at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Dr. Nour received his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Technology at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. Previously, he received both M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees with distinction in Computer Science from Djillali Liabes University, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, in 2016, and 2014 respectively. Also, he has been a visiting researcher at Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, in 2016.
Dr. Nour received the Best Paper Award of the IEEE GLOBECOM in 2018. He is the recipient of the Excellent Student Award at the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2017, 2018, and 2019, consecutively.
Dr. Nour has been an editorial member of different Special Issues with top-ranked journals such as Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley), and Frontiers in Communications and Networks (Frontiers). He is an active IEEE member and serving several reputed conferences and journals as a TPC and Reviewer respectively, including IEEE Communications Magazine, Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE ICC, and IEEE VTC. Dr. Nour's research interests include Next-Generation Networking and Internet, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Named Data Networks (NDN), Mobile/Edge Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and Wireless Sensor Networks.
Work Experience & Positions
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Laboratory on Intelligent Engineering for Communications and Networking
Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Supervisor: Pr. Soumaya Cherkaoui
Main Tasks:
■ Performing research on Edge IoT
■ Preparing and participating in funding proposals writing
■ Assisting in the supervision and mentoring of graduate students
Visiting Researcher
Laboratory of Informatics Paris Descartes
Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
Supervisor: Pr. Hassine Moungla
Main Research:
■ Layer 2 Networks Security
■ Prediction of Link-Quality Estimators
■ Internet of Things (IoT) through IPv6
Network Consultant & Cisco Instructor
ICT-Towers (Cisco Learning Partner), Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Main Tasks:
■ Delivering Cisco training
■ Preparing and delivering customized training
■ Responding to tenders and solutions deployment
■ Preparing and delivering technical presentations and workshops
Education
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, ChinaPh.D., Computer Science and Technology,
Dissertation: “ICN Communication Optimization for Internet of Things”
Keywords: Information-Centric Networking, Named Data Networking, Internet of Things
Dissertation Advisor: Pr. Fan Li
Dissertation Co-Advisor: Pr. Hassine Moungla
Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
M.Sc., with distinction (highest honor), Computer Science,
Field: Networks, Systems & Information Security
Dissertation: “A New Behavioral-based Forwarding to Secure MAC Layer against Unknown Unicast Flooding Attacks”
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Sofiane Boukli-Hacene
Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
B.Sc., with distinction (highest honor), Computer Science,
Field: Computer Networking
Dissertation: “Realization of Secure Trivial File Transfer Protocol”
Advisor: Dr. Sihem Aissaoui
International Journal Editorials
Current On-going Issues
Special Issue on “Recent Advances in Flying Ad hoc Networks and their Applications", Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2021.
Special Issue on “Recent Advances on the Emerging Technologies for Connected Vehicles in Smart Cities", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2020.
Past Issues
[Lead GE] Special Issue on "Information-Centric Network enabler Communication for Internet of Things", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2020.
Journal Reviewer Services
Conferences TPC Services & Reviewer
[2019-2021] IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
[2018-2020] IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
[2019-2020] IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)
[2018-2020] IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC)
[2018-2020] Intl. Wksp. on Recent Advancements in Future Networking Technologies (RAFNET)
[2020] IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)
[2020] International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)
[2020] International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA)
[2020] International Workshop on Connected Societies (CSOC2020)
[2020] Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet)
[2020] Intl. Wksp. on Machine Learning for Sensing, Communication and Networking in IoT (ML-IoT)
[2020] Intl. Wksp. on Intelligent Transportation and Connected Vehicles Technologies (ITCVT)
[2020] Conference on Computing Systems and Applications (CSA)
[2019] International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)
[2019] ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
[2019] IEEE-GCC Conference & Exhibition (IEEE-GCC)
[2019] International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)
[2019] Intl. Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT)
[2019] IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics ( ICCE)
[2019] Intl. Symposium on Emerging Technologies in the Era of 5G-based Internet of Things (INSERT-IoT)
[2019] Intl. Wksp. on Big Data and Secure Communications in IoT (BDSC-IoT)
[2019] Intl. Wksp. on Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (INAVEC)
[2019] IEEE Middle East & North Africa Communications Conference (MENACOMM)
[2019] Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS)
[2018] IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC)
[2018] IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)
[2018] International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP)
[2018] IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC)
[2018] International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC)
[2018] Workshop on Networking and Cybersecurity for Smart Cities (SmartCitySecurity)
Honors & Awards
Dec 2019: Excellent Student Award 2018/2019 - Beijing Institute of Technology
Dec 2018: Excellent Student Award 2017/2018 - Beijing Institute of Technology
Dec 2018: Best Paper Award - IEEE GLOBECOM 2018
Oct 2018: Web Co-Chair and Local Organization Member - IEEE CSCN 2018
Sep 2018: IEEE ComSoc Student Travel Grant - IEEE GLOBECOM 2018
Dec 2017: Excellent Student Award 2016/2017 - Beijing Institute of Technology
Feb 2016: PhD Scholarship Award - Chinese Government Scholarship
Sep 2015: Certificate of Excellence – 1st Edition of Cisco R&S Competition (ICT Towers)
Languages
Arabic: Mother Tongue
English: Full Professional Proficiency
French: Full Professional Proficiency
Chinese: Elementary Proficiency
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