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Ph.D. in Computer Science, Beijing Institute of Technology
Room 109, Information Building
5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian Dist.,
Beijing, China 100081
n.boubakr [at] gmail.com

Boubakr Nour [GS'17, M'20] 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, and won the Excellent Student Award at the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2017, 2018, and 2019, consecutively.

Dr. Nour 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.

Education

Sep 2016
Jul 2020

Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Ph.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: Prof. Fan Li

Sep 2014
Jul 2016

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

Sep 2011
Jul 2014

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

• Special Issue on “Recent Advances on the Emerging Technologies for Connected Vehicles in Smart Cities", Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2020.

• [Lead GE] Special Issue on "Information-Centric Network enabler Communication for Internet of Things", Future Generation Computer Systems, 2019.

Journal Reviewer Services

• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

• IEEE Communications Magazine

• IEEE Network

• IEEE Internet of Things Journal

• Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems

• IEEE Access

• IEEE Transactions on Services Computing

• IEEE Communications Letters

• Elsevier Computer Networks

• International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

• International Journal of Communication Systems

• Springer Wireless Networks

• Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering

• Springer The Journal of Supercomputing

• Springer Multimedia Tools and Applications

• Elsevier Cognitive Systems Research

• Hindawi Mobile Information Systems

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems

• Applied Computing and Informatics

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] 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)

Work Experience & Positions

March 2016

Visiting Researcher
Laboratory of Informatics Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Paris Descartes University
Supervisor: Dr. Hassine Moungla
Main Research:
■ Layer 2 Networks Security
■ Prediction of Link-Quality Estimators
■ Internet of Things (IoT) through IPv6

2014
2016

Network Consultant & Cisco Instructor
ICT-Towers (Cisco Learning Partner), Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
Main Research:
■ Deliver Cisco trainings
■ Prepare and deliver customized trainings
■ Technical responses to tenders and solutions deployment
■ Prepare and deliver technical presentations and workshops

Honors & Awards

• Dec 2019: Excellent Student Award 2018/2019, Beijing Institute of Technology

• Sep 2019: IEEE ComSoc Student Travel Grant, IEEE GLOBECOM 2019

• May 2018: Certificate of Reviewing, Applied Computing and Informatics

• Dec 2018: Excellent Student Award 2017/2018, Beijing Institute of Technology

• Dec 2018: IEEE GLOBECOM 2018 Best Paper Award

• Nov 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Future Generation Computer Systems

• Oct 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Cognitive Systems Research

• Oct 2018: Web Co-Chair and Local Organization Member, IEEE CSCN

• Sep 2018: IEEE ComSoc Student Travel Grant, IEEE GLOBECOM 2018

• Sep 2018: Publons Peer Review Awards 2018

• Jun 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Computers & Electrical Engineering

• Jun 2018: Certificate of Reviewing, Computers & Electrical Engineering

• May 2018: Certificate of Reviewing, Computer Networks

• Apr 2018: Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, Computers & Electrical Engineering

• Feb 2018: Certificate of Reviewing, Computers & Electrical Engineering

• 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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