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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Optical networks, Wireless networks, Computer networks.
Research areas
Optical and wireless networks, Wavelet applications to optical switching and computing,Multimedia networking.
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, United States, 1999
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, United States, 1996
Other, Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Tunis, 1994
Professional experience
Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2016 - Present
Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2010 - 2016
Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2005 - 2010
Assistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2003 - 2005
Senior Engineer, MCI Inc., Texas, United States, 2000 - 2003
Adjunct Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, United States, 2002 - 2002
Senior Engineer, Nortel Networks Inc, Texas, United States, 1999 - 1999
Engineer, Nortel Networks Inc, Texas, United States, 1996 - 1998
Memberships
Optical Society of America (OSA), December 2015
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), January 2006
Optical Society of America (OSA), January 2000 - November 2015
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), January 1997 - December 2005
Contact
+971 6 515 2473
Dr. Taha Landolsi
Professor
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, United States
Taha Landolsi worked in the North American telecommunications industry for more than seven years designing and planning wireless and optical networks in several US and international markets. He taught courses in wireless and optical networks at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, and at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA. He joined AUS in 2005, where he teaches a variety of networking courses. His research interests include wireless and optical networks, optical switching and computing, wavelet transforms applications to communications and signal processing, optical devices and materials, and MEMS applications.
Publications
Tarnim Nos, Ahmed Elmeligy, Mohamed Hassan, Taha Landolsi And Mahmoud Ismail. Buffer-Based Adaptive Bitrate Algorithm for Enhanced Quality of Experience, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024
Omar Farrag, Taha Landolsi, Mohamed Hassan And Mahmoud Ismail. Mitigating Buffer Starvation: Addressing Head-Of-Line Blocking in Video Streaming for Enhanced Quality of Experience, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024
Ahmed Benaya, Mohamed Hassan, Mahmoud Ismail, Taha Landolsi And Mohamed Alhajri. Outage Analysis for a HAPS-Mounted IRS-Assisted Multi-User Communication System, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024
Ahmed Benaya, Mohamed Hassan, Mahmoud Ismail And Taha Landolsi. Double-Faced Active Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces-Assisted Symbiotic Radio Communications, Ieee Open Journal Of Vehicular Technology, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Ahmed Benaya, Mohamed Hassan, Mahmoud Ismail And Taha Landolsi. Aerial ISAC: A HAPS-assisted Integrated Sensing, Communications and Computing Framework for Enhanced Coverage and Security, Ieee Transactions On Vehicular Technology
M El-afandi, Sherif Ahmed, Taha Landolsi, Nasser Qaddoumi And M. Elchalakani. Self-Consolidated Concrete-to-Conductive Concrete Interface: Assessment of Bond Strength and Mechanical Properties, Fibers, December 2023
M. Afandi, Sherif Ahmed, Taha Landolsi, Nasser Qaddoumi And M. Elchalakani. Concrete-to-concrete bond strength: A review, Construction And Building Materials, 2023
Nada Abdelhafez, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Reinforcement learning-based rate adaptation in dynamic video streaming, Telecommunication Systems, June 2023
Nada Abdel Hafez, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Reinforcement Learning-Based Rate Adaptation in Dynamic Video Streaming, Telecommunication Systems
Dhouha Ben Hamadou, Soroush Ghandiparsi, Rana Elfakharany And Taha Landolsi. 3D Lumerical simulation of silicon photodiodes with microholes for high-speed short-reach intra-datacenter interconnects, Applied Optics
Nada Abdelhafez, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Reformed QoE-Based Approach in Bitrate-Adaptation for Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Systems, International Journal Of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications And Networking (ijitn), June 2022
Mohamed Yahia, Rauol Gawai,, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Lutfi Albasha And Taha Landolsi. Non-Destructive Water Leak Detection Using Multitemporal Infrared Thermography, Ieee Access, 7 May 2021
Nada Abdelhafez, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Reformed QoE Based Approach In Bitrate-Adaptation for Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Systems, International Journal Of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications And Networking (ijitn)
Saleh Abdalla, Mohamed Hassan, Taha Landolsi And Raafat Aburukba. On the Performance of Fog-Cloud Computing for Real-time Surveillance Applications, 16 March 2021
Mohamed Hassan, Mahmoud Ismail, Taha Landolsi, Fatema Aseeri And Ibtihal Ahmed. A QoE-based Framework for Video Streaming over LTE-Unlicensed, Ieee Access, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Ahmed El Meligy, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. A Buffer-Based Rate Adaptation Approach for Video Streaming over HTTP, Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (wts), Washington, 2020, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Abdulrahman Al-ali, Ragini Gupta, Tasneem Zaman Batool, Taha Landolsi, Fadi Aloul And Ahmad Al Nabulsi. Digital Twin Conceptual Model within the Context of Internet of Things (Journal), Future Internet, September 2020
S. Ghandiparsi, Aly Elrefaie, S. Mayet And Taha Landolsi. High-Speed High-Efficiency Photon- Trapping Broadband Silicon PIN Photodiodes for Short-Reach Optical Interconnects in Data Centers, Journal Of Lightwave Technology, December 2019
Sanaa Mohamed, Aly Elrefaie, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Performance of Optically-Preamplified, Direct-Detection, M-ary PPM for Inter-Satellite Links, 2019 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (wts), 31 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
Soroush Ghandiparsi, Aly Elrefaie, Ahmed Mayet, Cesar Bartolo-perez, Yang Gao, Ekaterina Devine, Taha Landolsi, Et Al. And . Up to 1700nm broadband high-efficiency surface-illuminated Ge/Si photodiode with microhole array, 2019 Advanced Photonics Congress
Sanaa Hamid, Aly Elrefaie, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Performance of Optically-Preamplified, Direct-Detection, M -ary PPM for Inter-Satellite Links, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019
A. Al-ali, Taha Tlandolsi, M. Hassan, M. Ezzeddine, M. Abdelsalam And M. Baseet. An IoT-Based Smart Utility Meter, 20 November 2018
Taha Landolsi, Aly Elrefaie, Sanaa Hamid And Mohamed Hassan. Error performance of optically preamplified hybrid BPSK-PPM systems with transmitter and receiver imperfections, Photonic Network Communications, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2017
Raafat Aburukba, A. Al-ali, Taha Landolsi, Mohammed Rashid And Rizwan Hassan. IoT Based Energy Management for Residential Area, 2016 Ieee International Conference On Consumer Electronics-taiwan (icce-tw), 2016
Raafat Aburukba, A. Al-ali, Taha Landolsi, Mohammed Rashid And Rizwan Hassan. IoT based energy management for residential area, 25 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2016
Ahmed Osman-ahmed, Mohamed Hassan, Fatemeh Marzbani, Taha Landolsi And . One-Hour-Ahead Wind Power Forecast Using Hybrid Grey Models, International Journal Of Operational Research, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2016
Mahitab Hassan, Salsabeel Shapsough, Taha Landolsi And Aly Elrefaie. Error performance study of MPPM optical communication systems with finite extinction ratios, 28 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016
Taha Landolsi, Mohamed Hassan, Aly Elrefaie And Sanaa Hamid. Performance evaluation of optically-preamplified hybrid QPSK M-ary PPM systems with finite extinction ratios, Optical Fiber Technology, 2015
Naveed Abbasi, Taha Landolsi And Rached Dhaouadi. A neural network based technique for vibration characterization using Gaussian laser beams, Mechatronics, 1 February 2015
Ban Al-omar, Taha Landolsi And A. Al-ali. Evaluation of WiMAX technology in smart grid communications, Journal Of Communications, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015
Dana Hussein, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Performance evaluation of a path diversity-based video streaming approach over best effort networks, 2014
Sherif Yehia, Taha Landolsi, Mohamed Hassan And Mohammad Hallal. Monitoring of strain induced by heat of hydration, cyclic and dynamic loads in concrete structures using fiber-optics sensors, Measurement, June 2014
Ayesha Hafeez, Nourhan Kandil, Ban Al-omar, Taha Landolsi And A. Al-ali. Smart home area networks protocols within the smart grid context, Journal Of Communications, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014
Rami Al-dalky, Aly Elrefaie, Taha Landolsi And Mohamed Hassan. Performance degradation of 100 Gb/s PM-QPSK and 400 Gb/s PM-16QAM dual carrier coherent systems due to cascaded optical filters, 2013
Sanaa Hamid, Aly Elrefaie, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Performance evaluation for 64-ary and 16-ary optically pre-amplified PPM systems with Fabry-P\'erot filters and finite extinction ratio, 2013
Fatemeh Marzbani, Ahmed Osman, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Short-term wind power forecast for economic dispatch, 2013
Rami Al-dalky, Aly Elrefaie, Taha Landolsi And Mohamed Hassan. Impact of cascaded optical filters on 100 Gb/s PM-QPSK and 400 Gb/s PM-16QAM coherent communication systems, 2012
Sanaa Hamid, Aly Elrefaie, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Performance evaluation of optically pre-amplified 16-ary PPM systems with Fabry-Pe\' rot filters, 2012
Husameldin Mukhtar, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. An integrated adaptive approach for video streaming over wireless channels, 2011
Husam Mukhtar, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. An Occupancy‐Dependent and Channel‐Aware Multi‐level Adaptive Scheme for Video Transmission over Wireless Channels, Eurasip Journal On Wireless Communications And Networking, 1 December 2011
Yasmine El-ashi, Taha Landolsi And Rached Dhaouadi. Position Detection and Vibration Monitoring System using Quad-cell Optical Beam Power Distribution, Journal Of The Franklin Institute, 1 September 2011
Yasmine El-ashi, Taha Landolsi And Rached Dhaouadi. Modeling and Analysis of a Wavelet Network Based Optical Sensor for Vibration Monitoring, Ieee Sensors Journal, 1 August 2011
Mohamed Hassan, Taha Landolsi, Husameldin Mukhtar And Tamer Shanableh. Skip length and inter-starvation distance as a combined metric to assess the quality of transmitted video, 2010
Mohamed Hassan, Taha Landolsi And Husameldin Mukhtar. A Channel-Aware and Occupancy-Dependent Scheduler for Video Transmission over Wireless Channels, International Journal Of Computer Networks \& Communications (ijcnc) Vol, September 2010
Mohamed Hassan, Taha Landolsi, Khaled Assaleh And Husameldin Mukhtar. An adaptive scheduling algorithm for video transmission over wireless packet networks, Electronic Notes In Discrete Mathematics, August 2010
Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. A Retransmission-based Scheme for Video Streaming Over Wireless Channels, Wireless Communications And Mobile, Computing (wcmc), 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2010
Husameldin Mukhtar, Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. A multi-level adaptive scheme for multimedia transmission over wireless channels, 25 February 2010
Mohamed Hassan And Taha Landolsi. Adaptive rate control in IPTV applications over wireless channels, 2008
Mohamed Hassan, Taha Landolsi, Mohamed El-tarhuni And . A fair scheduling algorithm for video transmission over wireless packet networks, 22 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2008
Conference Presentations
Buffer-Based Adaptive Bitrate Algorithm for Enhanced Quality of Experience, Int. Telecommunications Conf. (itc’24), July 2024
Mitigating Buffer Starvation: Addressing Head-Of-Line Blocking in Video Streaming for Enhanced Quality of Experience, 6th International Conference On Communications, Signal Processing, And Their Applications (iccspa'24), July 2024
Outage Analysis for a HAPS-Mounted IRS-Assisted Multi-User Communication System, 6th International Conference On Communications, Signal Processing, And Their Applications (iccspa'24), July 2024
Lumerical Simulation of Surface-illuminated Silicon PIN Photodiodes for Datacenter Interconnects, The 5th International Conference On Communications, Signal Processing, And Their Applications, 27 December 2022
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, AUS Open Access Program - IEEE Access, American University of Sharjah, 9 January 2024 - 4 April 2024
Grant, AUS Open Access Program - IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, American University of Sharjah, 9 January 2024 - 4 April 2024
Grant, On the Design and Analysis of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for Favorable Wireless Communication Environments, American University of Sharjah, 1 February 2023 - 31 January 2024
Grant, PDF-RA-23-E10: Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces, American University of Sharjah, 31 January 2023 - 31 December 2023
Grant, AI-based and ITS-based Autonomous Traffic Routing for wireless charging of EVs, AUS, - June 2022
Grant, Smart Materials: Hybrid RF-Optical Techniques for Conductive Concrete Characterization, American University of Sharjah, June 2018 - December 2020
Grant, Development of Smart Leak Detection Technologies for Water Distribution, SCRI
Awards and Honors
1st Prize in the 2017 Middle East Electricity Conference, UAE Ministry of Energy, IoT-based Smart Utility Meters, 31 March 2017
