Professor of Computer Science

Founding Director, Wireless Sensor and Mobile
Autonomous Networks (WiSeMAN) Research Lab

Founding Director, DoD Autonomous Vehicle Networks
and Systems (DoD-AVeNS) Research and Teaching Lab

Former Graduate Computer Science Program Director

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA, May 2008
• Ph.D., Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia, December 1996
• M.S., Computer Science, Southern Methodist University, TX, USA, December 2004
• M.S., Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia, June 1992

 Research Interest

• Wireless sensor networks
• Autonomous vehicle networks
• Cyber-physical systems
• Internet of things
• Applied cryptography
• Physical security
• Computational geometry

 Teaching Interests

• Cryptography
• Computer security
• Algorithm analysis
• Data structures
• Discrete structures for computer science

 Selected Publications

1. Habib M. Ammari (Sole Author), Theory and Practice of Wireless Sensor Networks: Cover, Sense, and Inform, Springer, January 2023.
2. Habib M. Ammari, "A computational geometry-based approach for planar k-coverage in wireless sensor networks," ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (ACM TOSN), August 2022.
3. Habib M. Ammari, "Connected k-coverage in two-dimensional wireless sensor networks using hexagonal slicing and area stretching," Elsevier Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier JPDC), pp. 89-109, 2021.
4. Habib M. Ammari, "Achieving physical security through k-barrier coverage in three-dimensional stealthy lattice wireless sensor networks," Proc. The 18th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems (IEEE MASS), pp. 306-314, 2021.
5. Habib M. Ammari (Sole Editor), Mission-Oriented Sensor Networks and Systems: Art and Science, Volume 1: Foundations, Springer, December 2019
6. Habib M. Ammari (Sole Editor), Mission-Oriented Sensor Networks and Systems: Art and Science, Volume 2: Advances, Springer, December 2019
7. Habib M. Ammari, "Investigating physical security in stealthy lattice wireless sensor networks using k-barrier coverage," Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier ADHOC), 89(1), pp. 142-160, June 2019.
8. Habib M. Ammari, "3D-kCov-ComFor: An energy-efficient framework for composite forwarding in duty-cycled k-covered three-dimensional wireless sensor networks," ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (ACM TOSN), 12(4), Article 35, November 2016.
9. Habib M. Ammari, "A unified framework for k-coverage and data collection in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks," Elsevier Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (Elsevier JPDC), 89, pp. 37-49, 2016.
10. Habib M. Ammari (Author and Sole Editor), The Art of Wireless Sensor Networks, Volume 1: Fundamentals, Springer, January 2014
11. Habib M. Ammari (Author and Sole Editor), The Art of Wireless Sensor Networks, Volume 2: Advanced Topics and Applications, Springer, January 2014
12. Habib M. Ammari, "Investigating the energy sink-hole problem in connected k-covered wireless sensor networks," IEEE Transactions on Computers (IEEE TC), 63(11), pp. 2729-2742, November 2014 (Accepted from the first round of review)
13. Habib M. Ammari, "Joint k-coverage and data gathering in sparsely deployed sensor networks – Impact of purposeful mobility and heterogeneity," ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (ACM TOSN), 10(1), Article No. 8, November 2013.
14. Habib M. Ammari (Sole Author), Challenges and Opportunities of Connected k-Covered Wireless Sensor Networks: From Sensor Deployment to Data Gathering, Springer, August 2009

 Research and Teaching Awards and Honors

• Professor of the Year Award, TAMUK, 2023 (College of Engineering).​
• Professor of the Year Award, TAMUK, 2022 (College of Engineering).​
• Professor of the Year Award, TAMUK, 2021 (Computer Science, EECS Department).​
• Professor of the Year Award, TAMUK, 2020 (Computer Science, EECS Department).​
• Outstanding Graduate Instructor Teaching Award, TAMUK, 2021 (University Award).​
• Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018.
• Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2018.
• Who's Who in America, 2017.
• AcademicKeys Who's Who in Sciences Higher Education, 2011, 2017.
• Distinguished Research Award, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2014.
• IEEE Senior Member, 2014.
• AcademicKeys Who's Who in Engineering Higher Education, 2012.
• NSF CAREER Award, 2011.
• Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication (Distinguished Research Award), Hofstra University, 2010.
• Nortel Outstanding CSE Doctoral Dissertation Award, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2009.
• John Steven Schuchman Award for 2006-2007 Outstanding Research by a Ph.D. Student, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2008
• Best Paper Award, The Sixth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (IEEE PerCom), Google Ph.D. Forum, 2008.
• Best Paper Award, The 5^th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN), 2008.

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