Dr. Mohamed Watfa, Associate Professor

BOOKS (Total Count: 3)

1.      Watfa M., “Coverage Strategies in Wireless Sensor Networks", VDM  Publishers, ISBN 978-3-639-17335-2 (2009)

2.      Watfa M., “Advances in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks: Developments and Challenges”, IGI Global Publishers, www.igi-global.com, ISBN-10: 1615209131; ISBN-13: 978-1615209132 (2010)

3.      Watfa M., “E-Healthcare: Developments and Challenges”, IGI Global Publishers, www.igi-global.com, ISBN13: 9781613501238; ISBN10: 1613501234 (2011)

NOTE: For completeness, each journal published is followed by its ranking (A,B,C or NR) according to Australian Research Council ERA 2010 Institutional and National reports http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_2010.htm

PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS   (Total Count: 21, # of A Journals: 5, # of B Journals: 6, # of C Journals: 6 )

1.     Watfa M., Tala Nsouli, Maya Al-Ayache and Omar Ayyash, “Reactive Localization in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks with Self Healing".  International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (IJISTA), (INDERSCIENCE Publishers), Volume: X, Issue: X, Page(s): X, (in press 2012). ERA Journal Ranking: B

2.  Alaa Al Tahan, Watfa M., “A position-based routing algorithm in 3D sensor networks”, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Wiley Publishers, ISSN: 1530-8669), (Impact Factor:1.83) Volume: 12, No: 1, Page(s): 33-52, DOI: 10.1002/wcm.888). 2012. ERA Journal Ranking: A

3.     Watfa M., Samir Selman, Haitham Al Hassaneih “Multi-Hop Wireless Energy Transfer in WSNs”, IEEE Communication Letters, (IEEE Publishers), (Impact Factor: 1.3) Volume: 15, No: 12, Page(s): 1275-1277, 2011. ERA Journal Ranking: A

4.     Watfa M., Manprabhjot Kaur, Rashida Firoz Daruwala, “An Intelligent RFID System".  International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (IJISTA), (INDERSCIENCE Publishers), Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Page(s): 377-395, 2011. ERA Journal Ranking: B

5.     Watfa M., Samir Selman, Hovig Denkilkian “A Battery Aware High-Throughput MAC Layer Protocol in Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, (Taylor & Francis Publishers), Vol. 2010, Article ID 259809, Pages: 1-13 , 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/259809, 2010. ERA Journal Ranking: C

6.     Watfa M., Mohamed Moubarak, Ali Keshani “Operating System Designs in Future Wireless Sensor Networks.” Journal of Networks, (Academic Publishers) SJR Factor=0.075 Volume: 10, No: 1, Page(s): 1201-1214, 2010. ERA Journal Ranking: A

7.     Watfa M., Samir Salman, Hovig Denkilkian “UW-MAC: An Underwater Sensor Network MAC Protocol”, International Journal of Communication Systems, (Wiley Publishers), (Impact Factor: 0.3) Volume:23, No:4, Page(s):485-506, 2010. ERA Journal Ranking: B

8.     Watfa M., L.Yaghi, “An Efficient Online Battery Aware Geographical Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Communication Systems, (Wiley Publishers), (Impact Factor: 0.3) Volume: 23, No: 1, Page(s): 41-61, 2010. ERA Journal Ranking: B

9.     Watfa M., J.Kawtharani, O. Mirza, “BARC: A Battery Aware Reliable Sensor Network Clustering Algorithm.” Journal of network and Computer Applications, (Elsevier Publishers), (Impact Factor: 1.7. SJR: 0.053.) Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 1183-1193, 2009. ERA Journal Ranking: A

10.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Self Organization of Sensor Networks for Energy-Efficient Border Coverage”, IEEE Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), (IEEE publishers) Volume: 11, No: 1, Page(s): 57-71, (Impact Factor: 0.46. SJR: 0.047), 2009. ERA Journal Ranking: B

11.  Watfa M., M.Ghali, H.Halabi, “A Hybrid Security Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (IJCNDS), (INDERSCIENCE Publishers), Volume: 3, No: 2, Page(s): 116-145, 2009. ERA Journal Ranking: NR

12.  Watfa M., W. Daher, H. Azaar, “A Sensor Network Data Aggregation Technique.” International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering (IJCTE) (Academy Publishers) Volume: 3, No: 1, Page(s): 19-26, 2009. ERA Journal Ranking: NR

13.  Rawad Abu Assi, Watfa M., “DEFACTO: Distributed Event ClassiFicATiOn in Wireless Sensor Networks”, International journal of Engineering and Technology, (Academy Publishers) Volume: 1, No: 1, Page(s): 40-45, 2009. ERA Journal Ranking: NR

14.  Watfa M. William Daher, Hisham al Azaar, “An Energy Aware Sensor Network Query Processing System.” INFOCOMP Journal, (INFOCOMP Publishers), Volume: 8, No: 1, Page(s): 37-44, 2009. ERA Journal Ranking: C

15.  Watfa M., F.Shahla, “''Energy-efficient scheduling in WMSNs''” INFOCOMP Journal, (INFOCOMP Publishers), Volume: 8, No: 1, Page(s): 45-54, 2009. ERA Journal Ranking: C

16.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “An Energy Efficient and Self-Healing 3-Dimensional Sensor Cover”, International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAHUC), (INDERSCIENCE Publishers), Volume: 3, Issue: 1,Page(s): 33-47, 2008. ERA Journal Ranking: B

17.  Watfa  M., W.Daher, H.Azaar, “ Energy Efficient Indexed Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks.” Journal of Computer Science (IJCS), Vol 3, No 4, Page(s): 234-245, 2008. ERA Journal Ranking: NR

18.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Boundary Coverage & Coverage Boundary Problems in Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Sensor Networks, IJSNET, (INDERSCIENCE Publishers), Special issue on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects in Sensor Networks, vol. 2, nos. 3/4, Page(s): 275-285, 2007. ERA Journal Ranking: C

19.  Watfa  M. “Practical Applications and Connectivity Algorithms in Future Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Information Technology, Volume 4, Number: 1, Page(s): 18-28, 2007. ERA Journal Ranking: C

20.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “An Energy Efficient Approach to Dynamic Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Journal of Networks (JNW) (Academic Publishers), Volume: 1, Issue: 4, Page(s): 10-20. (Impact Factor: 0.2), 2006. ERA Journal Ranking: A

21.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Coverage Strategies in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, (Taylor & Francis Publishers), Volume: 2, Issue: 4, Page(s): 333-353, (Impact Factor: 0.4. SJR Factor=0.042), 2006. ERA Journal Rank C

1.     Watfa  M., Safa H., “Security in Wireless LANs (Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11)”, Unlicensed Mobile Access Technology: Protocols, Architectures, Security, Standards and Applications, published by Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Publishers, J. Ma, L. Yang & Y. Zhang (eds), ISBN-10: 1420055372, Pages: 207-226, 2009.

2.     Safa H., Watfa M. “Quality of Service in Wireless Local and Metropolitan Area Networks”, Unlicensed Mobile Access Technology: Protocols, Architectures, Security, Standards and Applications, published by Auerbach Publications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Publishers, J. Ma, L. Yang & Y. Zhang (eds), ISBN-10: 1420055372, Pages: 164-185, 2009.

3.     Mubarak M., Watfa M., “Embedded Operating Systems in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Guide to Wireless Sensor Networks, Computer Communications and Networks, Springer Publishers (London), S. Misra, S. Misra & I. Woungang (eds), ISBN-13: 9781848822177, Pages: 323-346, 2009.

4.   Watfa M., Kaur M., Daruwala R., “RFID Applications in E-Healthcare”, “E-Healthcare: Developments and Challenges”, IGI Global Publishers, www.igi-global.com, M.Watfa (ed.), ISBN13: 9781613501238; ISBN10: 1613501234, 2011

5.   Watfa M., Majeed H., Salahuddin T., “Healthcare Applications for Clinicians”,                 “E-Healthcare: Developments and Challenges”, IGI Global Publishers, www.igi-global.com, M.Watfa (ed.), ISBN13: 9781613501238; ISBN10: 1613501234, 2011

6.   Watfa M., Rawad Abu Assi , “DAIM: A Distributed Algorithm for Isolating Malfunctioning Nodes". Advances in Education and Management, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer Publishers, 2011, Volume 211, Mark Zhou (editor), ISBN: 978-3-642-23062-2, Pages: 523-530, 2011

7.   Watfa M., Manprabhjot Kaur, Rashida Firoz Daruwala, “IPURSE: An Innovative RFID Application ".  Advances in Education and Management, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer Publishers, 2011, Volume 211, Mark Zhou (editor), ISBN: 978-3-642-23062-2, Pages: 531-538, 2011.

1.     Diana Audi, Watfa M., “A Technology Friendly Mathematics Teaching Methodology ". The 16th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics, (ATCM 2011), Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey, Pages: 449-458, September 2011.

2.     Watfa M., Manprabhjot Kaur, Rashida Firoz Daruwala, “IPURSE: An Innovative RFID Application ". Proceedings of the International Symposium, ISAEBD 2011, Dalian, China, Pages: 531-538, August 2011.

3.     Watfa M., Rawad Abu Assi , “DAIM: A Distributed Algorithm for Isolating Malfunctioning Nodes". Proceedings of the International Symposium, ISAEBD 2011, Dalian, China, Pages: 523-530, August 2011.

4.     Watfa M., Khaled Abdel Naby & Chetan Govind Bhatia, “NGN and WiMAX: Putting the Pieces Together". International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering, Italy, Pages: 1022-1027, April 2011.

5.     Abdelaziz Zitouni,  Asma Damankesh,  Foroogh Barakati,  Maha Atari,  Watfa M.,  Farhad Oroumchian, " Corpus-based Arabic Stemming using N-grams", The Sixth Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference (AIRS 2010), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Pages: 280-289, December 2010.

6.     Watfa M., Maya Al Ayyash, Tala Nsouli, “Reactive Localization in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks". IEEE International Conference on Computer and Network Technology (IEEE ICCNT 2010), Bangkok, Thailand, Pages: 244,248, April 2010.

7.     Watfa M., Mohamed Moubarak, “Building Performance Measurement Tools for Wireless Sensor Network Operating Systems”. ACM International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia (MOMM 2009), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Pages: 599-604. Dec. 2009.

8.     Watfa M., Samir Selman, Haitham Hassneieh, “The Road to Immortal Sensor Nodes”. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP 2008), Sydney, Australia, Pages: 523-528, Dec. 2008.

9.     Watfa M., J.Kawtharani, O. Mirza, “A Battery Aware Reliable Sensor Network Clustering Algorithm”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP 2008), Australia, Pages: 381-386, Dec. 2008.

10.  Watfa M., Marwa El Ghali, Hiba Halabi, “SHESP: Scalable, Hybrid, Energy-Efficient Security Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. The 2008 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'08), Las Vegas, 2008.

11.  Watfa M., Samir Salman, Hovig Denkilkian “SN-MAC: Cross Layer MAC/Routing Algorithm for High-Throughput, Low-Latency Constrained Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks.” International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'08), Las Vegas 2008.

12.  Watfa M., Alaa al Tahaan, “3D Geographical Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'08), Las Vegas 2008.

13.  Mohamad Moubarak, Watfa M., “Optimizing the Value of Preemption in Embedded Sensor Nodes,” International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'08), Las Vegas 2008.

14.  Watfa M., "Wireless Sensor Networks, Making a Difference Tomorrow", 4th International IEEE Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-07),  Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, Hong Kong, Pages: 599-609, 2007

15.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Energy efficient Approaches to Coverage Hole detection in Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, ISIC, Munich, Germany, 2006, Pages: 137-142.

16.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Optimal Sensor Placement for Border Perambulation”, IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, ISIC, Munich, Germany, 2006, Pages: 141-150.

17.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Power Conservation Approaches to the Border Coverage Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks”, International conference on Wireless Networks ICWN 06, Las Vegas, NV, 2006, Pages: 143-152.

18.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “A Reduced Cover Approach to Energy Efficient Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks”, International conference on Wireless Networks ICWN 06, Las Vegas, NV, 2006, Pages: 128-135.

19.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “The 3-Dimensional Wireless Sensor Network Coverage Problem”, 2006 IEEE International Conference On Networking, Sensing & Control, Florida,. 2006, Pages: 856-861.

20.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Sensor Selection for Border Covering a 3D Spherical Region”, 9th Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium (CNS'06), Huntsville, AL , 2006, Pages: 413-419.

21.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Sensor Border Patrol for Target Detection”, 9th Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium (CNS'06), Huntsville, AL , 2006, Pages: 442-425.

22.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “An Energy Efficient 3-Dimensional Sensor Cover”, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference(CCNC06), Las Vegas, 2006,  Pages: 959-963.

23.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Optimal 3-Dimensional Sensor Deployment Strategy”, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference(CCNC06), Las Vegas, 2006, Pages: 892-896.

24.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “Optimality Measures for Coverage in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Symposium On Wireless Pervasive Computing, Phuket, Thailand, 2006, Pages: 22-28.

25.  Watfa M., Commuri S., “A Coverage Algorithm in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks”, ISWPC, Phuket, Thailand, 2006, Pages: 10-16.

26.  Tmeng K., Zwu C., Watfa M., “MobiGame: A Platform for Mobile Gaming using GSM”, Workshop on Telecommunications, Romania, Bucharest, 2004, Pages: 152-158.

27.  Guragayin M., Attipalli S., Watfa M., “Development of Techniques for Autonomous Navigation in Real-World Environment”, International Symposium on Distributed Computing, Austria, 2003, Pages: 71-78.