Dr. Ghassan Saba
Research Director and lecturer professor for undergraduate and postgraduate students in data communication, networking, and Information Security specialization.
Heading many committees responsible of conducting networking, data centers, and digital transformation studies.
Working as CEO in telecom industry.
Have solid experience in defining public sector and governmental strategies.
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Mobile phone: 00963994200500
Telephone: 00963994200500
Address: Damascus _Syria
E-mail: [email protected]
· Ph.D. from University of Nancy II & INPL, January 1996, Thesis in Computer Science (CS) with internetworking specialization, Title: Multipoint protocols and FIP networks interconnection
· DEA in CS from University of Nancy II & INPL, September 1991
· DES in CS from HIAST, September 1990
Engineering diploma in CS from HIAST, November 1989
· CEO of the third mobile operator (Wafa Telecom) from 1-1-2022 till 31-12-2023
· Deputy Minister of communications and technology from 1-2019 till 10-2021
· Head of e-government team during 2019
· Head of executive team for developing and implementing the transition plan to IPv6 at the country-level
· Chairman of the Committee for Drafting the Personal Data Protection Law
· Member of the committee for drafting the Syrian digital transformation strategy during 2019
· Head of Communication systems and networking department in the faculty of Higher studies in Arab Academy for e-business (ARAEB) from February 2017 until January 2019
· Associate head of computer sciences department for academic research, HIAST, between 2010 and February 2017
· Head of Operating Systems and Networking laboratory, HIAST, between 2008 and 2016
· Member of the HIAST team for ERA-MEDANET2 project, executed under the sixth framework program of the European Community (2004-2005), entitled Opening up the European research Area to the Mediterranean countries
· Member of the HIAST team for EUMEDGRID project, entitle Empowering eScience Across the Mediterranean, executed under the sixth framework program of the European Community (2007-2008)
· Member of the HIAST team for EUMEDGRID-SUPPORT project, executed under the sixth framework program of the European Community (2009-2010). Our contribution was in writing a CP/CPS document and establishing a Certificate Authority for Syrian research organizations involved in High Performance Computing
· Member of the HIAST team for EUMED-CONNECT2 project, executed under the sixth framework program of the European Community (2008-2010). The project aimed to provide a high-speed connection between south and east Mediterranean countries to Giant network in order to strengthen the academic and scientific cooperation with European Countries
Member of the Academic research committee named by the Higher Association of Academic Research in Syria which was in charge of determining highest research priorities regarding communication sector
· Ph.D. thesis Supervisor
o Developing new techniques for port-knocking firewalls, with Damascus university
o Energy efficiency in WSN, thesis in progress with the faculty of computer science – Damascus University
o Developing and evaluating security methods in Software Defined Networks Environments, with the faculty of computer science – Damascus University
· Master degree thesis supervisor
o Integrating data security key establishment with routing phase for Ad-hoc network, Faculty of computer science – Damascus University
o Engineering and protection in MPLS Networks, Faculty of computer science – Damascus University
o Routing protocols in Ad hoc Networks using directed antenna, HIAST
o Intranet file sharing using P2P paradigm at HIAST
o Enhancing QoS in Routing Protocols for WSNs, HIAST, 2018
· Professional Master degree supervisor at ARAEB:
o Site Monitoring & Operation System (SMOS), ARAEB, 2020
o Combating illegal International Calls (Bypass Fraud( 2020
o The economic and technical impact of using FTTX technology in ST network, 2020
o Adapting the open source applications with the requirements of ISPs in Syria (AAA Server Case)
o The Technical and Economic Impacts and Challenges of Adopting IMS/SIP Technology for Voice Service in Syria
o Development of a smart phone application for the management and control of the Power supporting systems in Syriatel
Implementing SDN Technology in Syriatel Data Centers,2019
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· M. Ghandi Houssam, Prof. Dr. Ghassan Saba, Dr. Eng. Iyad Al-Khayat, "A New Algorithm for Detecting and Repelling the Most Common Denial-of-Service Attacks in Software-Defined Networks," Damascus University, 2019. · M. Hafez Al-Himma, Dr. Salem Marzouk, Dr. Ghassan Saba, "Resistance to Replay Attacks in the Knocking Technique," Damascus University Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2014. · M. Hafez Al-Himma, Dr. Salem Marzouk, Dr. Ghassan Saba, "Improving Knocking Technique to Overcome Man-in-the-Middle Attacks," Damascus University Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2014. · M. Hafez Al-Himma, Dr. Salem Marzouk, Dr. Ghassan Saba, "Knocking via Single-Packet Delegation: A Comparative Study with Existing Algorithms," Damascus University Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2014. · M. Yasmine Asfour, Dr. Musa Haj Ali, Dr. Ghassan Saba, “Integrating Secure Routing with the Security Key Exchange Phase in AODV Protocol”, Damascus University Journal of Engineering Sciences 2015.
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