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Dr. Imad Sabouni

Born in 1964, Imad Sabouni earned an engineering degree in Telecommunications from ENST-Br, France in 1987 and a doctorate from INP-G, France in 1992.

Sabouni held high-ranking government positions in Syria, serving as Minister of Communications and Technology (2008–2014) and Head of the Planning and International Cooperation Commission (2016–2021).

Sabouni’s academic career includes professorships at HIAST, Damascus University, IUST, and YPU. Additionally, he was member of the SVU’s Board of Trustees (2017-2025), and the Board of Commissioners of the Syrian Accreditation Commission in Higher Education (2017-2025).

Sabouni is a member of the Arabic Academy of Damascus since 2022.

Birth date: 1964

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Mobile phone: 00963994200500

Telephone: 00963994200500

Address: Damascus _Syria

E-mail: [email protected]

11/1992 Ph.D. in Microelectronics from INP-G (Institut National Polytechnique), Grenoble, France (grenoble-inp.fr). Title: Module Generation for Data-communications Protocol Engines (in French) 

9/1987  D.E.A. (= M.Sc.) in Microelectronics from UJF (Université Joseph Fourier), Grenoble, France (ujf-grenoble.fr).

 6/1987 Engineering Degree in Telecommunications from ENST-Br (École Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications de Bretagne), Brest, France (telecom-bretagne.eu).



Supervising many Graduate and Post Graduate projects

Doctoral Supervisor -  Dissertations

1.       رياض طيفور، عماد الصابوني، خليل عجمي، أكرم القش. "دليل إجراءات ومعايير ضمان الجودة لمؤسسات التعليم العالي في الجمهورية العربية السورية." الهيئة الوطنية للجودة والاعتمادية في التعليم العالي، الجمهورية العربية السورية، 2024.

2.     Ryad Tayfour, Imad Sabouni, Khalil Ajami, Akram Alqash. “Guide to Quality Assurance Procedures and Standards for the Accreditation of Higher education Institutions in the Syrian Arab Republic.” National Commission for Quality Assurance & accreditation, Syria, 2024.

3.       عماد الصابوني (مترجم). "تكامل تقديم الخدمات في المنطقة العربية: دور المعايير والتشغيل البيني." لجنة الأمم المتحدة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية لغرب آسيا (إسكوا)، 2017.

4.     Imad Sabouni (Peer Reviewer). "Policy Recommendations on Cybersafety and Combating Cybercrime in the Arab Region." United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), 2016.

5.       عماد الصابوني. "أسماء النطاقات العربية على الإنترنت: القضايا اللغوية والتنظيمية." المؤتمر الخامس لمجمع اللغة العربية، دمشق، 2006.

6.     Rakan Razzouk, Nibal Idelbi, Imad Sabouni. "Profile of the Information Society in the Syrian Arab Republic." United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), 2003.

7.        عماد الصابوني (مشرف مشارك ومؤلف مشارك). "معجم مصطلحات المعلوماتية." الجمعية العلمية السورية للمعلوماتية، دمشق، 2000.

8.        عماد الصابوني. "منهج مقترح لوضع المصطلح العلمي العربي بمساعدة الحاسوب." مجلة مجمع اللغة العربية بدمشق، المجلد 75-الجزء الثالث، 2000.

9.     Ibaa Oueichek, Imad Sabouni. "Arabic Domain Name Systems (ADNS) – Status and Issues." ITU and UNESCO Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996.

10.     عماد الصابوني. "المعلوماتية: الوسيلة إلى أتمتة التصميم الإلكتروني." مؤتمر شام، الجمعية العلمية السورية للمعلوماتية، دمشق، 1998.

11.    نور الدين شيخ عبيد، عماد الصابوني، محمد نوار العوا، مجد علوان. "بنيان الحواسيب والمعالجات الصغرية." منشورات جامعة دمشق (كتاب)، 1998-1999.

12.   Imad Sabouni. "Design Framework and Tool Interoperability in Modern EDA Systems." Proceedings of the ASST Workshop on Concurrent Design of Product and Process, Damascus, Syria 1996.

13.   H. Saheb, I. Sabouni and M. Dang. "An Architecture Model for Low-Level Communication Circuits." Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Microelectronics, Monastir, Tunisia, 12/1992.

14.   Imad Sabouni. "Génération de modules dédiés aux circuits de communication de contrôle-commande: une étude de conception appliquée dans le cadre de la voiture sûre PROMETHEUS." Thèses de doctorat, INP-G, France, 1992.

15.   I. Sabouni, H. Saheb and M. Dang. “An ASIC Architecture for Implementing Low-Level Communication Circuits.” Proceedings of the 5th Annual IEEE International ASIC Conference and Exhibit, Rochester, USA, 09/1992.

16.   H. Saheb, I. Sabouni and M. Dang. “An Efficient Approach for Implementing MAC-Level Communication Protocols.” Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Washington, USA, 08/1992.

17.   Th. Maurin with: A. Coustre and D. Dumeunier; M. Guaragedagui and H. Ngyuen; R. Reynaud, D. Berschandy, A. Chebira and S. Bouazizand; M. Dang, A. Lagrèze and I. Sabouni; D. Estève, A. Najmi, G. Viallaret and R. Gillet. “The French Pro-Chip Demonstrator for Obstacle Detection and Avoidance.” Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Collision Avoidance, Stuttgart, Germany, 06/1992.

18.   A. Lagrèze, I. Sabouni and M. Dang. « Connexion d'un Capteur Infra-Rouge à un Système de Détection d'Obstacles. » International Colloquium "Du Capteur à l'Instrumentation", Rabat, Maroc, 04/1992.

19.   J. Guedes-Silveira, H. Saheb, I. Sabouni and M. Dang. “A Special-Purpose Flexible FIFO Design intended for Communication Circuits.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Microelectronics, Cairo, Egypt, 12/1991.

20.   I. Sabouni and M. Dang. “VLSI Communication Circuits, A Design methodology based on Automatic Module Generation.” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microelectronics, Damascus, Syria, 10/1990.

21.   I. Sabouni and M. Dang. « Les Circuits de Communication ASICs dédiés aux Réseaux Intra-Véhicule et leurs Applications sur les Outils de CAO-Système dédiée. » Magazine "Ingénieurs de l'Automobile", Paris, France, No 658, 06-07/1990.

22.   I. Sabouni and M. Dang. “Definition and Implementation of Silicon Generators dedicated for the Treatment of Communication Protocols.” Proceedings of the 2nd PROMETHEUS Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, 10/1989.

23.   I. Sabouni, L. Sponga and M. Dang. “A Direct Memory Access Module for Managing Linked List Structure as Generated by an Automatic Compiler of Flexible Blocks intended for VLSI Communication Circuits.” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Microelectronics, Algiers, Algeria, 11/1988.

24.   Ng. X. Dang, Ch. Diot, I. Sabouni, L. Sponga, G. Michel, Y. Ansade, M. Diaz-Nava and J. Rarivomanana. “Aspects of Parallelism in the Architecture Definition of an ASIC Data Communication intended for the ISO Layers Network, Transport and Session.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Communication Technology, Limerick, Ireland, 09/1988.

25.   Ng. X. Dang, Ch. Diot, I. Sabouni and L. Sponga. “Specific Data Structure intended for the Implementation of High Level ISO Standards, Associated and Dedicated Hardware.” Proceedings of the EUROMICRO'88, Zurich, Switzerland, 08/1988.