Leadership

Academic leadership and project management

Leadership in externally funded higher-education initiatives, international academic cooperation, academic coordination, and institutional development.

Leadership profile

Strategic academic roles

Full Professor of Computer Science at the German Jordanian University with research expertise in privacy-enhancing technologies, cybersecurity, distributed systems, blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, Internet of Things, and systems of systems. Extensive experience in EU- and DAAD-funded higher education projects, including grant acquisition, international academic cooperation, scholarship management, capacity building, and institutional development. Principal Investigator, Grant Holder, and Co-Principal Investigator in externally funded projects exceeding EUR 38 million, including EDU-SYRIA and SyrIA - Syrian Innovation in Academia.

At a glance

Leadership emphasis

Programme managementLong-term leadership of EDU-SYRIA and related scholarship, capacity-building, and higher-education initiatives.
International cooperationProject development and implementation with the European Union, DAAD, Erasmus+, DFG, and related international partners.
Academic coordinationOngoing exchange coordination, grant stewardship, reporting, stakeholder dialogue, and institutional liaison work.

Current and continuing roles

Leadership appointments

December 2015–present

Project Manager / Principal Investigator / Grant Holder

EDU-SYRIA Project

Management of large-scale EU-funded higher education scholarship and capacity-building programmes supporting Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanian youth. Project website: edu-syria.eu.

2026–present

Co-Principal Investigator

SyrIA - Syrian Innovation in Academia

DAAD-funded €800,000 pilot project implemented by the German Jordanian University to support evidence-based renewal, strategic dialogue, capacity building, digitalization, and international connectivity in Syrian higher education. Project website: syria.edu-all.org.

February 2017–present

Exchange Coordinator

School of Computing, German Jordanian University

Coordination of student mobility, German Year preparation, partner-university communication, and academic exchange processes for the School of Computing.

Funding and grants

External funding portfolio

Selected grants and project funding from a broader externally funded portfolio exceeding €38 million+.

Project	Role	Funder	Amount
SyrIA - Syrian Innovation in Academia	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€800,000
German-MENA Collaborative IoT Partnership for Academic, Industrial, Entrepreneurship, and Managerial Excellence - GERMENAIOT	Principal Investigator	DAAD	€39,997
Support to Higher Education for Refugees and Vulnerable Host Youths - EDU-SYRIA IV	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€4,000,000
German-Jordanian-Tunisian Cooperative Partnership Enabling Academic and Industrial Networking in the Field of Internet of Things Supporting Scientific, Teaching, and Management Competencies - GJTNET	Principal Investigator	DAAD	€40,000
Project Innovation Hub (PIH) - Collaborative Learning Platform for Students from MENA Crisis Regions to Participate in International Project Cooperation and Research	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€194,070
Bringing Data Literacy to Jordan - BDL2JO	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€37,137.17
Cooperative Project “Digitalization of Cultural Heritage”	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€39,362.57
Introducing Data Literacy at the German Jordanian University - IDL@GJU	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€38,156.5
Higher Education Support to Syrian Refugees and Underprivileged Jordanian Youths of Host Communities - EDU-SYRIA III	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€15,000,000
International Master of Science on Cyber-Physical Systems	Co-Principal Investigator	European Union	€950,005.3
Deutsche IT-Woche	Co-Principal Investigator	DAAD	€17,201
Vocational Education and Training & Higher Education Programme for Vulnerable Syrian Youth - EDU-SYRIA II, Additional Scholarships	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€2,600,000
Vocational Education and Training & Higher Education Programme for Vulnerable Syrian Youth - EDU-SYRIA II	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€11,000,000
Higher Education for Young Syrians and Jordanians - A Scholarship Program - EDU-SYRIA	Grant Holder and Principal Investigator	European Union	€4,000,000
Architecture for Safe, Adaptive and Robust IoT	Principal Investigator	European Union	€2,500
Examining an Adaptive Context-Aware Security Framework for Enterprise Ubiquitous Environments	Principal Investigator	DFG	€12,000
Exporting Master Programme in Enterprise Systems Engineering to Jordan, Syria, Tunisia and Egypt	Co-Principal Investigator	European Union	€1,001,639.48
A Privacy Framework for Mobile Applications	Principal Investigator	DFG	€9,200

Academic service

Editorial and review work

Editorial boards

Co-Editor: The Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin (QRP)
Guest Editor: Special Issue “Communication, Sensing and Computing for Intelligent Internet of Things Enabled Applications”, Electronics

Journal reviews

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
IEEE Systems Journal
Elsevier Internet of Things
MDPI Sensors

Academic service

Programme committee memberships

ICNC 2026 – International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (AI & Applications)
ISDIA 2023 – International Conference on Information System Design and Intelligent Applications
OL2A 2023 – International Conference on Optimization, Learning Algorithms and Applications
IEEE WETICE 2017 – International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises
IEEE TrustCom 2015 – International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications
IEEE TrustCom 2012 and 2011, FGCT 2012, and related workshops on interaction design and information-systems education

Additional programme committee service in earlier years includes workshops and conferences in privacy, trust, security, interaction design, and information-systems education.