Richard Khoury, Ph.D., Eng., P.Eng. - Lakehead University

1. Personal Information
Richard Khoury, Ph.D., Eng., P.Eng.
Business address Department of Software Engineering
Lakehead University
955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON
P7B 5E1 Canada
Phone 1 (807) 346-7723
Fax 1 (807) 766-7243
E-mail richard.khoury@lakeheadu.ca
Website http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~rkhoury/
Date of birth September 18, 1979
Place of birth Québec City, Québec, Canada
Citizenship Canadian
Languages spoken and written French (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Engineering licence Engineer (Eng.), License number 130319
Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), License number 100152469
Professional Engineers Ontario
2. Post-Secondary Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Waterloo
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Laboratory
2007
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Laval University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Computer Vision and Systems Laboratory
2004
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Ing.) Laval University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2002
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CEGEP Diploma (DEC) Mérici College
1998
3. Employment History
Academic Employment
Assistant Professor August 2008 to present
Department of Software Engineering
Lakehead University
Post-Doctoral Fellow January 2008 to July 2008
Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo
Seasonal Instructor May 2007 to August 2008
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo
Teaching Assistant September 2002 to December 2003
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Laval University
Teaching Assistant August 2000 to September 2002
Computer and Telecommunication Service
Laval University
Business Employment
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) October 2010 to present
Bitcold Technology inc.
4. Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
1. C. Wei, R. Khoury, and S. Fong, “Web 2.0 Recommendation Service by Multi-
Collaborative Filtering Trust Network Algorithm”, in the Information Systems Frontiers
(ISF) Special Issue in Information and Knowledge Management in Online Rich Presence
Services, Forthcoming in 2013.
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2. M. AlemZadeh, R. Khoury, and F. Karray, “Query Classification using Wikipedia’s
Category Graph”, in the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, Volume
4, Number 3, August 2012, pp. 207-220.
3. J. Luo, J. Kivinen, J. Malo, and R. Khoury, “Architecture of a Cloud-Based Social
Networking News Site”, in the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence,
Volume 4, Number 3, August 2012, pp. 227-233.
4. R. Khoury, “Sentence Clustering Using Parts-of-Speech”, in the International Journal of
Information Engineering and Electronic Business, Volume 4, Number 1, February 2012,
pp. 1-9.
5. N. Nematollahi, and R. Khoury, “A Case Study in Key Measuring Software”, in the
International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing, Volume 4, Number 1,
February 2012, pp. 1-11.
6. R. Khoury, “Query Classification using Wikipedia”, in the International Journal of
Intelligent Information and Database Systems, Volume 5, Number 2, April 2011, pp.143-
163.
7. R. Khoury, F. Karray, and M. Kamel, “Domain Representation using Possibility Theory:
An Exploratory Study”, in IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Volume 16, Issue 6,
December 2008, pp. 1531-1541.
8. R. Khoury, F. Karray, and M. Kamel, “Keyword Extraction Rules Based on a Part-Of-
Speech Hierarchy”, in the International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication,
Volume 2, Number 2, April 2008, pp. 138-153.
9. R. Khoury, F. Karray, Y. Sun, M. Kamel, and O. Basir, “Semantic Understanding of
General Linguistic Items by Means of Fuzzy Set Theory”, in the IEEE Transactions on
Fuzzy Systems, Volume 15, Issue 5, October 2007, pp. 757-771.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
1. M. Idris, A. Mehrabian, A. Hamou-Lhadj, R. Khoury, “Pattern-Based Trace Correlation
Technique to Compare Software Versions”, in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, M.
Kamel, F. Farray, H. Hagras (eds.), Lecture notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1 st edition,
vol. 7326, Springer, 2012, pp. 159-166. Acceptance rate: 55%.
2. M. AlemZadeh, K. Abida, R. Khoury, F. Karray, “Enhancement of the ROVER’s Voting
Scheme Using Pattern Matching”, in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, M. Kamel, F.
Farray, H. Hagras (eds.), Lecture notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1 st edition, vol. 7326,
Springer, 2012, pp. 167-174. Acceptance rate: 55%.
3. R. Khoury, “A Learning Algorithm for Question Type Classification”, in the Proceedings
of the 2011 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI’11), vol. 1, Las
Vegas, USA, 18-21 July 2011, pp. 365-371. Acceptance rate: 23%.
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4. R. Khoury, “Question Type Classification Using a Part-of-Speech Hierarchy”, in
Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, M. Kamel, F. Farray, W. Gueaieb, A. Khamis
(eds.), Lecture notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1 st edition, vol. 6752, Springer, 2011, pp.
212-221.
5. M. AlemZadeh, R. Khoury, F. Karray, “Exploring Wikipedia’s Category Graph for
Query Classification”, in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, M. Kamel, F. Farray, W.
Gueaieb, A. Khamis (eds.), Lecture notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1 st edition, vol. 6752,
Springer, 2011, pp. 222-230.
6. R. Khoury, “Using Encyclopaedic Knowledge for Query Classification”, in the
Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI’10),
Volume 2, Las Vegas, USA, 12-15 July 2010, pp. 857-862. Acceptance rate: 28%.
7. R. Khoury, "Exploiting Wikipedia in Query Understanding Systems", in the Proceedings
of the Fifth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2010),
Thunder Bay, Canada, 5-8 July 2010, pp. 292-297.
8. R. Khoury, “The Impact Of Wikipedia On Scientific Research”, in the Proceedings of the
Third International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA09),
Wrexham, UK, 8-11 September 2009, pp. 2-11.
9. R. Khoury, F. Karray, and M. Kamel, “Keyword Extraction Rules Based on a Part-Of-
Speech Hierarchy”, in the Proceedings of the 4th Annual Scientific Conference of the
LORNET Research Network (I2LOR-07), Montreal, Canada, 4-7 November 2007. This
paper was selected for publication in the International Journal of Advanced Media and
Communication.
10. R. Khoury, F. Karray, and M. Kamel, “Extracting and Representing Actions in Text
Using Possibility Theory”, in the Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Scientific Conference of
the LORNET Research Network (I2LOR-06), Montreal, Canada, 9-11 November 2006.
11. R. Khoury, F. Karray, and M. Kamel, “A Methodology for Extracting and Representing
Actions in Texts”, in the Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2006), Vancouver, Canada, 16-21 July 2006, p. 574-581.
12. R. Khoury, “An Enhanced Positioning Algorithm for a Self-Referencing Hand-Held 3D
Sensor”, in the Proceedings of the 3rd Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot
Vision (CRV 2006), Québec City, Canada, 7-9 June 2006, p. 44.
13. R. Khoury, F. Karray, and M. Kamel, “A Fuzzy Classifier for Natural Language Text
using Automatically-Learned Fuzzy Rules”, in the Proceedings of the second
International Conference on Artificial & Computational Intelligence for Decision,
Control and Automation - International Conference on Machine Intelligence (ACIDCA-
ICMI'2005), Tozeur, Tunisia, 5-7 November 2005.
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14. Y. Sun, R. Khoury, F. Karray, and O. Basir, “Semantic Context Classification by Means
of Fuzzy Set Theory”, in the Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering (IEEE NLP-KE'05), Wuhan,
China, 30 October – 1 November 2005, pp. 250-255.
Book Chapters
1. R. Khoury, “Random Brute-Force Search” and “Simulated Annealing”, Numerical
Analysis for Engineers, Douglas Wilhelm Harder and Richard Khoury, 2010. (online
book at https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~dwharder/NumericalAnalysis/, not peer-reviewed)
Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentation
1. R. Khoury, Y. Sun, F. Karray, and M. Kamel, “Semantic Domain Classification by
Means of Possibility Distributions”, in I2LOR-05 E-Learning for the Future: From
Content to Services, Vancouver, Canada, 16-18 November 2005.
Invited Speaker
1. R. Khoury, “Microtext Understanding using Wikipedia”, at Concordia University, 6
January 2012.
2. R. Khoury, “Query Classification using Wikipedia”, at the University of Waterloo, 21
January 2011.
Abstracts
1. K. Scott, L. Docksteader, R. Benlamri, R. Khoury, and A. Kim, “Northern Lights:
Medical Documentation System for Health Care Collaboration”, in the Fifth International
Conference on Digital Information Management, Thunder Bay, Ontario, 5-8 July 2010.
(abstract and workshop)
2. K. Scott, L. Docksteader, R. Benlamri, R. Khoury, and A. Kim, “Improved IPC Through
Shared Documentation and Development of a Medical Domain Specific Language”, in
the Northern Health Research Conference, Sudbury, Ontario, 4-5 June 2010. (abstract
and presentation)
5. Research
Funding
1. OCE Connections: $3,490, 2011.
2. NSERC Conference Travel Fund, $300, 2011.
3. NSERC Research Development Fund, $4,800, 2011.
4. Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association (NOAMA) AHSC AFP Innovation
Fund (lead researcher: A. Kim): $97,392, 2001.
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5. NWO Innovation Center ADVANCE Early Stage Innovation Assistance (submitted for
Bitcold Technology inc.), $8,500, 2010.
6. OCE Connections, $3,500, 2010.
7. OPIC Proof of Principle (Phase II), $25,000, 2010.
8. NSERC Research Development Fund, $5,000, 2010.
9. NSERC Conference Travel Fund, $500, 2010.
10. NOSM (lead researcher: R. Benlamri), $36,000, 2010.
11. OCE Connections, $3,500, 2009.
12. NSERC Research Capacity Development Fund, $15,000, 2008.
13. Lakehead University Start-Up Grant, $15,000, 2008.
Research Interests
Natural Language Processing, Data Mining and Information Retrieval, Knowledge
Management, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning.
Applications: Query Understanding, Microtext Understanding, Medieval Document Analysis.
6. Supervision
Graduate Students
1. Joshua Malo, M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2012-Present.
Tentative thesis title: TBA
2. Maria Asif, M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2012-Present.
Tentative thesis title: TBA
3. Naeem Nematollahi, “Key Duplicating Software using Digital Image Processing”, M.Sc.
in Electrical and Computer Engineering, graduation year: 2011.
4. Carlos Patricio, M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009-Present.
Tentative thesis title: TBA
Undergraduate Degree Projects
1. Jeff Luo, Jon Kivinen, Joshua Malo, Smart Social Digital Newspapers through a Could-
Enabled Sofware as a Service (SaaS) Architecture, 2011-2012.
2. Nicole Negherbon, Tony Sinclair, Electric Bus Management System, 2010-2011.
Industrial partner: Electrodynamics Inc. Finalist at OCE Discovery 2011.
3. Jean Michel MacKay, Pierre-Marc Guilbault, Non-Destructive Ultrasound Test Bed,
2010-2011. Co-supervised with Dr. H. Bai.
4. William Chow, Amer Al-Mousa, Osama Mohammed, Electric Bus Management System,
2009-2010. Industrial partner: Electrodynamics Inc.
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5. Karl Weinstein, Alexander Niemi, and Taylor Poulin, Conference Service Management
System, 2008-2009. Co-supervised with Dr. R. Benlamri. Industrial partner: Lakehead
University Residence Services.
7. Awards
� Nominated by the 2012 graduating class as someone “that had made a difference in
[their] university experience”.
� Winner of the 2012 Contribution to Teaching Award at Lakehead University.
� The project Electric Bus Management System (2010-2011) was a finalist at the OCE
Discovery 2011 competition, placing it in the top-15 out of 350 projects in Ontario.
� The Northern Lights project was a finalist in the ImagiNation Challenge 2011 organized
by Canada Health Infoway, placing it in the top-50 in Canada.
� I received the University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship Award six times from 2005
to 2007.
8. Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
Degree Project (ENGI 4559), Signal Processing for Software Engineers (ENGI 4559),
Database Systems (ENGI 3675), Principles of Operating Systems (ENGI 3655), Numerical
Methods and Modelling (ENGI 3558), Software Design II (ENGI 3051), Applied Artificial
Intelligence (ECE 457)
Graduate Courses
Digital Signal and Image Processing (ENGI 5631), Statistical Natural Language Processing
(ENGI 5631)
9. Professional Activities
Affiliate Membership in Research Groups
� Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI), University of Waterloo.
� Centre for Education and Research on Aging (CERAH), Lakehead University.
Editorial Positions
� Guest Editor of the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence Special Issue
on Web Data Mining, published in August 2012.
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� Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Ubiquitous Health and Medical Informatics:
The Ubiquity 2.0 Trend and Beyond, Sabah Mohammed and Jinan Fiadhi (eds.), Published
by Medical Information Science Reference, March 2010, ISBN: 978-1-61520-777-0.
� Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web
Intelligence, 2009 to present.
Conference and Workshop Organization
� Special Session co-chair in Intelligent Knowledge Management for the 2012 International
Conference on Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS 2012), Aveiro, Portugal, 25-27 June
2012.
� Poster Session Judge for the 2011 Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, University
of Waterloo, Ontario, 1-2 December 2011.
� Track Chair for the Second International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent
Systems (AIS 2011), Burnaby, British Columbia, 21-23 June 2011.
� Local Arrangement Chair, Technical Program Committee member, Organization
Committee member, for the 5th International Conference on Digital Information
Management (ICDIM’2010), Lakehead University, Ontario, 5-8 July 2010.
� Technical Program Committee member for:
o The International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Information
Technology (MCIT-2010), University of Sharjah, U.A.E., 2-4 March 2010.
o The International Conference on Communications and Information Technology
(ICCIT 2011), Aqaba, Jordan, 29-31 March 2011.
o The International Conference on Information Theory and Application (ITA 2011),
Singapore, 28 February - 1 March 2011.
� Organization Committee member, for the UW Multimedia Mining and Knowledge
Discovery Workshop, University of Waterloo, Ontario, 17-18 October 2007.
� Organization Committee member, for the UW and IEEE Kitchener-Waterloo Section Joint
Workshop on Knowledge and Data Mining, University of Waterloo, Ontario, 30-31
October 2006.
10. External Activities
� Member of the Rotary Club of Thunder Bay (Fort William), 2009 to present. The website
I developed for the club earned a District-level award in 2012.
� Member of Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Thunder Bay (Fort William), 2011 to
present.
� Founding member of “Ohm Base”, Thunder Bay’s first hackerspace, 2011 to present.
� Member of the advisory committee for the Application Development Program at
Confederation College (Thunder Bay, ON), 2011 to present.
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