Dr. Ghassan Alkadi - Southeastern Louisiana University

Dr. Ghassan Alkadi
Associate Professor (985) 549-5099
Department of CS/IT galkadi@selu.edu
Southeastern Louisiana University http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/galkadi
Hammond, LA 70402
Professional and Research Interests
Instruction; project management; systems integration, design and development; software
engineering and Information Systems
Education
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Ph.D., Computer Science, 1999
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
M.S., System Sciences, 1991
Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA
B.S., Computer Science, magna cum laude, 1985
Work Experience
Associate Professor, Computer Science Department January 1993 - present
Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA
Research focus is on Software Engineering, Information Systems, and Project
Management.
Courses taught for majors: Survey of Programming Languages, Information Systems,
Introduction to Computer Science, Operating Systems, Digital Logic, Principles of
Information Assurance, Human Computer Interaction, Software Engineering I, and
Capstone.
Courses taught for graduate students: Technology in Industry and Society, and
Application of Computing in Science & Technology.
User Consultant, Help Desk January 1990 – April 1993
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Helped LSU Mainframes and PC users solve software problems. Assisted in VM/CMS
seminars conducted for LSU students. Converted documentation on all software used
on the VAX 8800 to context-sensitive. In addition, I developed a program that made the

use of E-mail on the VAX 8800 a friendly one using Pascal language.
System Support Engineer
UNISYS, Al-Bahar Co., Kuwait April 1986 – July 1989
Installed and Managed an Ethernet network on 3COM server running Novell software at
Central Blood Bank of Kuwait (CBBK). Conducted training sessions for all the staff at
CBBK on how to use a software package called Blood Bank developed by Western Star,
Portland, Oregon.
Developed, installed, and maintained a package from scratch for Al-Ahli Center to
computerize their line of business.
Installed and maintained software used by the French Consoler at the French Embassy
in Kuwait.
Attended a training course on UNIVAC Computers Operating Systems, in Milton Keynes,
England in January 89 and helped install software for Kuwait Stock Exchange.
Attended a training course to learn how to install and maintain a blood bank package at
Western Star Co., Portland, Oregon.
System Analyst
Data General, Beidoun Co., Kuwait August 1985 – March 1986
Developed a time card application to compute the number of hours and overtime
worked by workers and their pay rate for Kuwaiti Danish Dairy.
Assisted in training the employees of different customer sites to use and install
packages developed in-house and in the U.S.
Programmer, Institutional Research January – May 1985
Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA
Modified COBOL code to meet the director’s needs. The package dealt with
faculty/staff personnel files.

Publications
Journal Publications
Alkadi, G., Beaubouef, T. “No Work Like Rework: Issues In The Design Of A Math
Test Sign-Up Application.” Contemporary Issues in Education Research, Volume
5, Number 1 (First Quarter, 2012).
Alkadi, G., Beaubouef, T. “Introducing a Graduate Research Problem to a Junior
Level Class: An Experience.” Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and
Information Sciences (July, 2010).
Alkadi G., Schroeder, Beaubouef, T., R. “The Sometimes Harsh Reality of Real
World Computer Science Projects.” ACM Inroads (December, 2010).
Beaubouef, T., Alkadi, G. “Rough Querying: A Real World Information Systems
Project.” SIGCSE Bulletin (inroads) Vol. 40, No. 4 December, 2008.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi G., “A Comparative Analysis of C# and Java As An Introductory
Programming Language for Information Systems Students.” Review of Business
Information Systems journal (April 2006).
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G., Etheridge, H. “Automated Testing Assistant to Enforce
Method Coverage in Testing OOP.” The Midsouth Association of Business
Decsiplines “MSABD“ Journal (August 2004).
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G., Zhu, Z. “Growth of International Franchising Through E-
Commerce.” Human System Management, Issue: Volume 23, No. 4 / 2004, pp.
269 – 273.
G. and I. Alkadi: “Application of a Revised DIT Metric to Redesgin an OO Design”,
in Journal of Object Technology, vol. 2, no. 3, May-June 2003, pp. 127-134.
http://www.jot.fm/issues/issue_2003_05/article3.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. “Automated Testing Assistant to Enforce Method Coverage
in Testing OOP.” Mid-South Association of Business Disciplines, Feb 2003,
Mississippi.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi G., and Totaro, M. "Effects of Information Technology on
Business."HSM Journal, Issue: Volume 22, Number 3 / 2003, pp. 99 – 103.

Selected Refereed Conference Publications
Alkadi, G., Beaubouef, T. “Are Software Engineering Books a Thing of the Past?”
CCSC-MS (2012) “Pending Approval”.
Beaubouef, T., Zhang, W., Alkadi, G., Yang. K. “Beyond the CS Curriculum:
Empowering Students for Success.” CCSC-SC, Huntsville, TX April 2011.
Alkadi, G., Beaubouef, T., Patton, E., Brown, S. “Virtualization of Our University
for the Recruitment and Orientation of Future Students.” CCSC-SC, Huntsville, TX
April 2011.
Zhang W., Yang, K., Beaubouef, T, Chou, J., and Alkadi, G., “Spatial Database
Case Study: A GIS Based Metal Contamination Application.” CCSC-SC, Austin, TX
April, 2010.
Grimes, S., Beaubouef, T, Alkadi, G., “Computer Science and Math: A Precise Mix
for Uncertain Database Applications.” CCSC-SC, Austin, TX April, 2010.
Alkadi, G., Beaubouef, T. “Virtualization of Southeastern Louisiana University for
the Recruitment and Orientation of Future Students.” HCI International
Conference, San Diego, CA July 18-24, 2009, Accepted.
Grimes, S., Alkadi, G., Beaubouef, T. “Design and Implementation of the Rough
Relational Database System” CCSC-SC, Hammond, LA April, 2009.
Alkadi G., Beaubouef T., Sen F. “Students Internships: Developing Real World
Skills for Real World Problem Solutions,” The Journal of Computing Sciences in
Colleges, CCSC: South Central Conference, Volume 23, No. 6, pp 97-103, June
2008.
Alkadi G., Beaubouef T. “An Experimental Group For Researching And
Developing Software.” The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, CCSC:
South Central Conference, Volume 23, No. 6, pp 104-109, June 2008.
Alkadi G., Yang, K. “Software Engineering Projects in Our Department.”
Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering
Research & Practice (SERP 2007), Las Vegas, Nevada, June, 2007, 525 – 529.
Yang, K., Alkadi, G. “A Modern Hardware Kit for Computer Science.” Proceedings
of the 2007 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES 2007), Las
Vegas, Nevada, June, 2007, 68 – 73.

Yang, K., Alkadi, G., Asoodeh, M., and Bonnette, J. “Developing a Hardware
Laboratory for Computer Science.” Proceedings of the 5th Journal of Computing
Sciences in Colleges (CCSC) Mid South Conference, Monroe, Louisiana, March,
2007, 92 – 93.
Alkadi I., Alkadi G., “Biometrics.” The Review of Business Information Systems,
Volume 10, Number 3, (Third Quarter 2006).
Alkadi I., Alkadi, G. “Spyware Revealed." The 9th World Multiconference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2005) Orlando, USA, July 10-13,
2005, http://www.iiisci.org/sci2005.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. "Effects of Information Technology on the Business World."
The 3rd International Conference on Education and Information Systems,
Technologies and Applications (EISTA 2005).
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. “Effects of Spam on Internet Technology." The 9th World
Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, July 10-13, 2005 -
Orlando, Florida, USA, http://www.iiisci.org/sci2005.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. “How E-Commerce Has Changed the Business World." The
International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines, Dallas,
Texas, May, 2005.
Alkadi, G., Alkadi, I., Larkins, T. “Application of a revised NOC Metric to Redesign
an OO Design.” International Conference on Computing, Communications and
Control Technologies: CCCT04, Austin, Texas, Aug. 2004.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi G. and Totaro, M. "Effects of Information Technology on
Business." IC03, Las Vegas, June 2003, International Conference on Internet
Computing, http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi G. "Enhancing the Process of Testing Object Oriented Systems."
IASTED September 2003, Marina Del Rey, USA, www.iasted.org.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. Etheridge, H. “Automated Testing Assistant Which Enforces
Method Coverage In Testing Object Oriented Programs.” IEEE Aerospace
Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2003.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. “To C++ Or To Java, That Is The Question.” IEEE Aerospace
Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2002.

Conferences Attended
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G., and LeBlanc, M. “A Testing Framework for Object Oriented
Testing.” Trends in Software Engineering Process Management, Spring 2002,
http://www.tsepm.com/tsepm/spring02/spring02.htm .
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. “An Automated Testing Assistant Which Enforces Method
Coverage In Testing Object Oriented Program.” ACM HCI International 2001, 9 th
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, New Orleans, LA, 5-
10 August 2001, 311-313.
G. Alkadi, and I. Alkadi, “Applying A Revised RFC Metric to Redesign An OO
Design.” IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2001.
Alkadi, I., Alkadi, G. “Algorithms that compute the number of test drivers
needed in testing Object Oriented Programs” IEEE Aerospace Conference
Proceedings, Big Sky, MT, March 2001.
Alkadi, G., and Alkadi, I. “Applying A Revised CBO Metric To Redesign an OO
Design.”Proceedings of the Southern Conference on Computing, the University of
Southern Mississippi, October 26-28, 2000.
Alkadi, G., Carver, D. “Assessing the Quality of Object-Oriented Designs.” has
been accepted for the 1998 IEEE Aerospace Conference. The paper was
published in the IEEE Aerospace Proceedings, 1998.
Alkadi, G., Carver, D. “Application of Metrics to Object-Oriented Designs.” has
been accepted as a regular paper for presentation at the IASTED International
Conference on Software Engineering, held November 2 - 5, 1997.
Attended the NSF Regional Grant Development Conference at Louisiana State
University, March 2000
Attended Roadmap to opportunities sponsored by the Board of Regents and NSF
LA EPSCoR, April 2001
Attended LA EPSCoR 2002 state conference, “focus on Bio- & Information
Technologies”, April 10 – 11, 2002, Baton Rouge, La
Attended a Visual Basic introductory course sponsored by NSF at University of
Dayton, Ohio, June 2001
Attended a Computer Security introductory course sponsored by NSF at
University of Dayton, Ohio, May 2002

Honors
Service Activities
Departmental Service
College of Business Teaching Excellence award 2003
Assistantship at the System Network Computer Center at LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
1990-1993
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor society, 1985
Member of Gamma Beta Phi Honor society, 1985
Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Honor Society
Treasurer of Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Honor Society, 1985
Dean's list, Southeastern Louisiana University, five semesters, 1983-1985
Recipient of Departmental Scholarship at Southeastern Louisiana University,
1985
Foreign student of the year awarded by the Rotary Club, Hammond, LA, 1985
Southeastern Louisiana University
University Service
Serving as Assessment Committee Chair Aug 2010 - present
Serving in the Curriculum departmental committees Jan 2007 - present
Served as a proxy on the faculty senate Spring 2000
Member of the college graduate faculty credentials committee Jan 2004 -
present
Association for Computing Machinery Co-advisor
Microsoft .NET club advisor
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, computer science honor society Advisor, spring 2001 –
present
Southeastern Louisiana University
Faculty Senate 2011 – Present
Member of the Honors Committee 2011 – 2013
Member of Alumni Committee 2009 – 2011
Member of the Parking and Traffic Committee 2008 – 2009
Member of the Parking and Traffic Committee 2007 – 2008
Member of the University Honors Committee 2004 – 2006
The Webmaster of the departmental and the college of Business homepages
spring 2002
Member of the International Student Organization Committee

Community Service
Grants
Served as an Interpreter in a US Federal Court, Gulf Port, MS 2008 – 2009
Served as an Interpreter in a US Federal Court, Baton Rouge, LA 2009 – 20011
Served as an Interpreter in a US Federal Court, Lafayette, LA 2010
Awarded a Student Technology Fee Small Project Proposal for $5000.00 that
supplied our major’s lab with Apple Xserve G5 and 3 Mac minis (2004)
As Principal Investigator was awarded Louisiana Board of Regents grant to
establish a hardware lab and Robotics software $32,000.00 with Dr. Yang (2006)
As Principal Investigator applied for Board of Regents undergraduate
enhancement funding 0f $29000.00 with Dr. Beaubouef (2008) “Declined”
As Principal Investigator applied for Board of Regents undergraduate
enhancement funding 0f $88,000.00 with Dr. Yang (2011) “Pending Approval”
As Principal Investigator applied for an NSF funding of $195,000.00 with Dr. Yang
and Dr. Zhang in collaboration with Dr. Khosravi, Department Head of CS
department at Southern University (SU), and Dr. Salam at SU (2011) “Declined”