Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Faculty and Staff

Habib M. Ammari, Ph.D. (CSE), Ph.D. (CS)


Associate Professor

IEEE Senior Member

Graduate Program Director, Computer Science

Director, WiSeMAN-IoT-ACE Research Lab

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
  • Internet of things
  • Applied Cryptography
  • Physical security
  • Computational geometry

 Teaching Interests

  • Cryptography
  • Computer security
  • Algorithm analysis
  • Data structures
  • Discrete mathematics

 Selected Publications

  1. Habib M. Ammari, Theory and Practice of Wireless Sensor Networks: Cover, Sense, and Inform, Springer, October 2022.
  2. Habib M. Ammari, "A computational geometry-based approach for planar k-coverage in wireless sensor networks," ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 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, pp. 89-109, 2021.
  4. Habib M. Ammari, Mission-Oriented Sensor Networks and Systems: Art and Science, Volume 1: Foundations, Editor, Springer, December 2019
  5. Habib M. Ammari, Mission-Oriented Sensor Networks and Systems: Art and Science, Volume 2: Advances, Editor, Springer, December 2019
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Habib M. Ammari, The Art of Wireless Sensor Networks, Volume 1: Fundamentals, Author and Editor, Springer, January 2014
  10. Habib M. Ammari, The Art of Wireless Sensor Networks, Volume 2: Advanced Topics and Applications, Author and Editor, Springer, January 2014
  11. 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)
  12. 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.
  13. Habib M. Ammari, Challenges and Opportunities of Connected k-Covered Wireless Sensor Networks: From Sensor Deployment to Data Gathering, Author, Springer, August 2009

 Research Awards and Honors

  • Professor of the Year Award, TAMUK, 2020, 2021 (Computer Science), 2022 (College level).​
  • Outstanding Graduate Instructor Teaching Award, TAMUK, 2021.​
  • 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 5th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN), 2008.

Contact Information:

MSC 192, 700 University Blvd,
Kingsville, TX 78363
Voice: 361-593-4219
Fax: 361-593-4026
Email: Habib.Ammari@tamuk.edu
Habib M. Ammari, Ph.D. (CSE), Ph.D. (CS)