2nd IBIMA Conference

Conference Committees

Conference Chair

Khalid S. Soliman, Hofstra University, USA e-mail: khalid.soliman@hofstra.edu

Local Chair

Wessam Salah, Cairo, Egypt

Program Co-Chairs

Sayfuddin Muaz, Vice President, Royal Scientific Society, Jordan Moh'd Radaideh, UAE University, UAE

Advisory Committee

Mustafa Alshawi, Salford University, UK

Hamid Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA

Jalal Atoum, Princess Sumaya University of Technology, Jordan

Arafat Awajan, Princess Sumaya University of Technology, Jordan
Eesa Bastaki, Dubai Silicon Oasis, UAE

Emad Bataineh, Zayed University, UAE
France Belanger, Virginia Tech, USA

Elizabeth Daniel, Information Systems Research Centre, Cranfield Univ., UK
Omar El Sawy, University of Southern California, USA
Jorge Marx Gómez, Institut für Informatik, TU-Clausthal, Germany
Val Hooper, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Zahir Irani, Brunel University, UK
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Jonathan Maletic, Kent State University, USA

Saqer Abdel-Rahim, Royal Scientific Society, Jordan
Karim Ramadan, General Manager, Microsoft-Egypt, Egypt 
Mohammad Al-Rousan, American University in Sharijah, UAE

Hassan Selim, UAE University, UAE

Magdy Serour, University of Technology - Sydney, Australia
Afzaal H. Seyal, Institute of Technology Brunei , Brunei Darussalam
Sushil Sharma, Ball State University, USA
Roland Traunmüller, Institute for Applied Computer Sc., Linz University, Austria

Program Committee

Abdulmohsen N. Abanumy, University of East Anglia, UK
Abdullah Abonamah, Zayed University, UAE
Wael Adi, Ittisalat University College, UAE
John Affisco, Hofstra University, USA
Ammar Ahmed, University of New South Wales, Australia

Damminda Alahakoon, Monash University, Australia
Mohammed Ali Akour, Al Albayt University, Jordan 
Bruno Apolloni, The University of Milan, Italy

Ala A. Al Bakri, Emirates American Consulting & Training, UAE
Muhanad AlBayaty, The Hashemite University, Jordan

Khamis Nasser Al-Gharbi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Omar Al-Jarrah, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Lars Algermissen, Universität Münster, Germany

Syed Abbas Ali, Ajman University of Science and Technology, UAE
Alaa Aly, UAE University, UAE

Yahya H. Alzoubi, Philadelphia University, Jordan
Hammad Akbar, University of East Anglia, UK (excellent constructive review)
Youssef Amghar, INSA de Lyon  France

Mahmoud Arayssi, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Parvinder Arora, University School of Management, India
Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Saïd Assar, Institut National des Telecoms, France
Srinivas Aswathanarayaniah, Monash University, Australia
Yacine Atif, UAE University, UAE

Loukopoulos Athanasios, The Hong Kong Univ. of Sc. and Tech., Hong kong
Abdel-Elah Al-Ayyoub, Arab Open University, Jordan

Atef Bader, Lucent Technologies, USA
Atta Badii, University College Northampton, UK
Djida Bahloul, INSA de Lyon  France

Imad Baalbaki, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Abdul Hafeez-Baig, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Zaitun Abu Bakar, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Lynne P. Baldwin, Brunel University, UK
Ahmad Barbour, UAE University, UAE

Bob Barbour, Unitec, New Zealand
Sameer Bataineh, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan
Joerg Becker, Universität Münster, Germany

Rob Von Behren, University of California-Berkeley, USA
kamel Besbes, Sciences faculty of Monastir, Tunisia 
Vikram Bhakoo, Monash University, Australia
Olfa Boubaker, Institut National des Sc. Appliquées et de Technologie, Tunisia
Imed Boughzala, GET/ Institut National des Telecommunications, France

Danny Brash, Stockholm University, Sweden

John Byrne, RMIT, Australia
Javier Soriano-Camino, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Jane-Lisa.Coughlan, Brunel University, UK

Felix T. S. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Ricardo Cattafi, Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela
Christine Daun,  German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany
Reggie Davidrajuh, Stavanger University College, Norway
John Debenham, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Marie-hélène Delmond, HEC School of Management, France
Jamal El-Den, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Hepu Deng, RMIT University, Australia

Yogesh Deshpande, University of Western Sydney , Australia
George Ditsa, University of Wollongong, Australia

Ioannis P. Drositis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Brunel University, UK (excellent constructive review)
Arif Djunaidy, Surabaya Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Inas E. Ezz, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Egypt (excellent constructive review)
José Luis Fuertes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Max Gallo, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
Mohamed Mohsen Gammoudi, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisia
Abdullah Gani, University of Sheffield, UK
Xiang Gao, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Angel J. Garcia, University of Malaga, Spain

Galal Hassan Galal-Edeen, Cairo University, Egypt
Iqbal Gondal, Monash University, Australia
Katja Harej, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Jens Hartmann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Håkan Hasewinkel, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden

Anne Honkaranta, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Sharaf Al-Horani, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Gordon Hunter, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland
Mihyar Hesson, UAE University , UAE

Noor Raihan Ab Hamid, Multimedia University, Malaysia

Beatriz de la Iglesia, University of East Anglia, UK

Tariq H. Ismail, University of Qatar, Qatar
Sarabdeen Jawahitha, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Gordana Jovanovic, Instit. Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico
Ann Johansson, University of Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden

Ken Johnson, Monash University, Australia

Matjaz B. Juric, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Joarder Kamruzzaman, Monash University,  Australia

Rajgopal Kannan, Louisiana State University, USA
Parwaiz Karamat, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, New Zealand
Noorliza Karia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Lami Kaya, University of Sharjah, UAE

Saif Al-Ketbi, UAE University, UAE
Hazem Al-Khateb, UAE University, UAE

Asad I. Khan, Monash University, Australia

Vijay Khandelwal, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Khaled Khan, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Redha Khedri, McMaster University, Canada
Marite Kirikova, Rigas Tehniskā Universitāte, Latvia
Marsudi W. Kisworo, University of Paramadina, Indonesia
George K. Kostopoulos, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Zlatko J Kovacic, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, New Zealand (excellent constructive review)
Supakorn Kungpisdan, Monash University, Australia
Edmonds Lau, Swinburn University of Technology, Australia

Wolfgang Lehner, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Albert Lejeune, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

Kirsten Lenz, Universität Karlsruhe (Westhochschule), Germany
Rene Leveaux, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Eurico Lopes, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Kathy Lynch, Monash University, Australia 
Wathiq Mansoor, Zayed University, UAE
Vicky Manthou, University of Macedonia, Greece
En Mao, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Markus Mau, University of Giessen, Germany

Nicole Mau, University of Giessen, Germany

Mohamed Ishak Mohamed Mazahir, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Robin R. McGrew-Zoubi, Zayed University, UAE
Mo Mohasses, Sharjah Colleges, UAE
Wayne E Moore, Charles Sturt University, Australia 
Jennifer Moro, Cattaneo University – LIUC, Italy

Chihab Ben Moussa, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Volker Mueller, Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana, Indonesia
John Murphy, Dublin City University, Ireland
Nadim Obeid, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Ángel Grediaga Olivo, Universidad Alicante, Spain
Kok-leong Ong, Deakin University, Australia
Victor Pankratius, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou, Brunel University, UK
Shushma Patel, London South Bank University, UK
Mercy Pazhamalil, the Higher Colleges of Technology , UAE 
Kanapaty Pelly Periasamy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Zijad Pita, RMIT, Australia
Jana Polgar, Monash University, Australia

Alcina Prata, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal (excellent constructive review)

Ahmed A. Al-Qatamin, Mu'tah University, Jordan
Nabeel Al-Qirim, Auckland University, New Zealand

Jaime Ramírez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

1. M. Rajesh, Xavier Institute of Management, India
   Hugo Rehesaar, University of New South Wales, Australia

R A Roets, University of Fort Hare, UK
Tomislav Rozman, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Hajo H. Reijers, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,  The Netherlands
Mark Srite, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Paulus Insap Santosa, National University of Singapore, Singapore 
Hasan Al-Saedy  Skyline College, UAE
Graeme Salter, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Najib Saylani, Hofstra University, USA 

Gunther Schiefer, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
Seyed A. Shahrestani, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Daniel Sommer, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
Saeed G. Al-Khalidi Al-Maliki, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Kyeong. S. Kang, Faculty of IT, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Heikki Karjaluoto, University of Oulu, Finland

Ahmad Kayed, Applied Science University, Jordan

Sue Kemnitzer, National Science Foundation  USA
Ali Al-Badi, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Faruq Al-Omari, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Miguel R. Olivas-Luján, ITESM –Management, México

1. A. Alwabel, University of Bradford, UK
   Ahmed A. M., The European Centre for TQM, UK
   Charles Dennies, Brunel University, Business Department, UK
   Robert C MacGregor, University of Wollongong,  Australia

Roman Povalej, Institut AIFB - Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
Sojen Pradhan, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Jing Gao, University of South Australia, Australia 
M. A. M. Al-Saud, University of Bradford, UK
Joy Wei He, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Pierre Maret, INSA de Lyon  France

Majed Al-Mashari, King Saud University, KSA
Dali Dong, Staffordshire University, UK
Philip C. Windridge, Staffordshire University, UK
Maurice Abi-Raad, RMIT University, Australia 

Sally Rao, Adelaide University, Australia
Shumaila Y. Yousafzai, Cardiff University, United Kingdom 

Salaheldin Salaheldin, University of Qatar, Qatar
Olivier Sandel, University of Strasbourg I, France
Albert H S Scott, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Hong Kong

Loay Sehwail, Oklahoma State University, USA
Nasrin Shah, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Minwir Al-Shammari, University of Bahrain, Bahrain

Sameera Mubarak, University of South Australia, Australia

Khamis Omar, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
Shane Ostenfeld, The University of Newcastle, Australia 
Maurice Abi-Raad, RMIT University,  Australia

Khaled Wahba, Cairo University, Egypt

Stuart Warden, Cape Technikon, South Africa
Ahmad Syamil, Arkansas State University, USA

Muhammad Sarfraz, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA
Ali Shatnawi, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan
Rasika Suriyaarachchi, University of Western Sydney, Australia 
Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Tameem, Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic U., KSA
Raed Abu Zitar, Philadelphia University, Jordan
Walid Saleh, The United Nations University, UAE
Walid Salameh, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Ladislav Samuelis, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Janine Schmidt, The University of Queensland, Australia 

Juergen Seitz, University of Cooperative Education, Germany

Saleh Abu-Soud, Princess Sumaya University of Technology, Jordan

Mikko T. Siponen, University of Oulu, Finland
Gabriele Stoppa, Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy

Katarina.Stanoevska, Universität St.Gallen, Switzerland
Sabah Abdul-Wahab AL-Tamimi, American College of Dubai, UAE
Denise Tolhurst, University of New South Wales, Australia

Keinam Tsoi, Monash University, Australia

Waleed Wagealla, University of Strathclyde, UK
Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau, ESSEC, France
Pradeep Waychal, Patni Computer Systems Limited, India

Edgar R. Weippl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Dwayne Whitten, Baylor University, USA

Dianne Wingham, University of Newcastle, Australia
Mohammed Younes, Al Ain Women's College, UAE

Mel Damodaran, University of Houston-Victoria, USA
Krassie Petrova, Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand
Hans M. Moonen, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Narcyz Roztocki, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
Christiane Metzner, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
R.Mubarak Ali, Flinders University, Australia
Tony Hooper, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Bhuvan Unhelkar, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Henrique Santos, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Giorgio Valle, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Cheung Chu Ting Ronnie, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Khaled Zahr, CRAM, Lebanon
Viacheslav Wolfengagen, Institute "JurInfoR-MSU", Russia

Philippe Zgheib, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Raed Abu Zitar, Philadelphia University, Jordan