College of Information Technology

Overview
Dean's Message
Mission, Goals and Objectives
Industry Partners
Community Engagement
Faculty
Research
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The College of Information Technology at University of Fujairah was founded in order to keep up with the rising and growing developments in the field of information technology. The college offers currently a bachelor degree in Networking and Security. The College of Information Technology came to contribute at the local level in supplying the labor market of qualified and professional graduates, who are able to a) keep pace with the mounting requirements in the field of information technology; b) advance in various disciplines of information technology and Networking and Security; and c) direct the track of scientific research towards serving the local and regional community. The College has a number of qualified teaching staff with experience in applied and research fields, who can improve the educational process and the service level of the university.

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the College of Information Technology at the University of Fujairah. Our college offers a bachelor’s degree in information technology (BIT) with a specialization in Networking and Security.

Information Technology is a rapidly growing field that plays an integral role in the modern world. As we continue to move towards an increasingly digital society, the demand for IT professionals continues to rise. Our college recognizes this need and strives to provide our students with the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in this dynamic industry.

Our BIT program in Networking and Security has been designed to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the latest technological advances in the field. Through a combination of theoretical and practical coursework, our students gain hands-on experience in network design, maintenance, and security. This program prepares graduates for a variety of career paths, including network administration, cybersecurity, and systems engineering.

At the College of Information Technology, we are committed to providing a supportive learning environment that fosters creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Our experienced faculty members are dedicated to helping students achieve their full potential and provide personalized attention to ensure success.

We are excited to welcome you to our college and invite you to explore the opportunities that await you in the field of Information Technology. Our faculty and staff are here to support you every step of the way, and we look forward to seeing you succeed.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh
Dean, College of Information Technology
University of Fujairah, UAE

Mission

The mission of the CIT is to fulfill the needs of the job market of qualified technical personnel and professionals who are capable of advancement and creativity in various disciplines of information technology directing the track of scientific research towards serving the local and regional community.

Goals

Provide students with the opportunity to prepare themselves for entry level jobs in the information technology environment.
Provide flexible and ladderize degrees in Associate of Arts (AA) in Information Technology and Bachelor of Information Technology.
Deliver IT curricular programs for cutting-edge technologies and informatics.

Objectives

The CIT intends to:

Equip and prepare highly qualified graduates in the field of network technology through employing educational curriculum and teaching methods of modern international standards.
Rely on interaction, integration and specialization in building and preparing qualified and capable professionals in the fields of information technology.
Encourage and support specialized scientific research and practical studies in the field of computer networks and data security for the local society and UAE alike.
Encourage and support specialized scientific research and practical studies in the field of Internet & Ecommerce and providing professional solutions for the local business markets.
Utilize and develop the methods of blended learning, education technology resources, and use the latest references and equipment

Huawei Partners – Huawei Academy

Cisco Partners- Cisco Academy

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – MOU

Louisville University – MOU

Community Engagement Achievement

*KEY RESULT AREAS*
Title of Community Engagement, Skills Development and Extension Programs Conducted	Recipients-Beneficiaries of Skills Development and Community Engagement Programs	Faculty-Implementer	Date of Delivery/Implementation and Accomplishment (as per Action Plan)
Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh accompanied students for a trip of CoIT to the GITEX Global 2022 in Dubai.	UoF students who attending the event	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	13 October 2022
TV interview on Fujairah TV - about UOF latest Activities (Celebrating the pioneers of UOF graduates).	Local community of Fujairah	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	18 November 2022
Technophilia	UoF students	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	24 November 2022
Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh participated in preparing the application for renewal of BIT program accreditation.	UoF	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	Fall 2022
Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh participated in preparing the application for the ABET accreditation of BIT program.	UoF	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	Fall 2022
Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh serves as a chair of students Investigation and Disciplinary Committee (SIDC).	UoF	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	22 September 2022
Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh will deliver a workshop about “ Using and utilizing advanced Microsoft Excel for Academics (zero to hero).”	UoF Academics Staff	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	Late March 2023
Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh will deliver a workshop about “ Using and utilizing advanced Microsoft Excel for Administrative Staff (zero to hero).”	UoF Administrative Staff	Dr. Sufian Khwaldeh	Late March 2023
Seminar on “Metaverse”	100 12^th grade Students of St. Mary’s School Fujairah	Dr Sangheethaa S	14 January 2023 10am to 11 30 am
For services to UAE, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa acted as contact person with the *Digital Automation Technology FZCo - authorized distributor of National Instruments (NI)* in the UAE to introduce new cost-effective series of Lab Teaching & Research Platforms as well as to get a Technical & Financial proposal for the Innovation Centre at University of Fujairah.	UoF students and other entrepreneurs	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	12 September 2022
For services to UAE, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa acted as contact person with the Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship company to have University of Fujairah as a community partner for *NASA Space Apps* *Challenge* in Fujairah	UoF students who attending the event	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	13 September 2022
For services to UoF, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa accompanied students’ trip of CoIT to the *GITEX Global 2022* in Dubai.	UoF students who attending the event	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	13 October 2022
For services to UoF, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa participated in preparing the application for renewal of BIT program accreditation.	UoF	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	Fall 2022
For services to UoF, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa as a member of the *University Assessment* committee participated in preparing a comprehensive Reference Manual for the final assessment at UOF and the Final Assessment: Guidelines for Student Misconduct Management.	UoF students	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	Fall 2022
For services to UoF, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa as a chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee prepared a draft for an Innovation Hub proposal.	UoF students and other entrepreneurs	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	8 December 2022
For services to UAE, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa as a manager of Cisco Networking Academy in the UoF prepared a proposal for delivering the *Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) training course* during the spring semester 2022-2023. He cooperated with the Consultative Center for Continuing Education, Science, and Technology to advertise this course to the target audience.	UoF students and other trainees	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	28 December 2022
For services to UoF, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa as a member of Graduation Ceremony committee participated in arrangements for the *graduation ceremony (Khalifa Cohort 2022)* and received an honor certificate from the UoF.	UoF graduate students and their families	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	20 November 2022
For services to UAE, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa will deliver a workshop about *“Applying innovation concepts in Undergraduates’ Graduation project*”, in the educational forum for innovation in the Emirate of Fujairah.	Undergraduate Students	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	20 February 2023
For services to UoF, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa as a chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee arrange and take action to have an active participation in the *educational forum for innovation in the Emirate of Fujairah*, with college of Information Technology Innovative projects.	UoF students	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	20 February 2023
For services to UoF, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa as a chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee arrange and take action to have an active participation with the UoF’s innovative projects in the *Innovation Land 2023 exhibition*.	UoF students	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	February 23-25, 2023
For services to UAE, Dr. Ahmed Khalifa acted as contact person with the Hackathon team as a chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee arrange and take action to have an active participation in the *Hackathon UAE 6.0* and to have University of Fujairah as a academic partner for *Hackathon UAE 6.0* in Fujairah.	Students, employees and academic members of UoF	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa	February 22-23, 2023
Technophilia	UoF students	Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh	24 November 2022
Fujairah’s Dana Innovation Initiative	UoF students	Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh	14 Feb 2023
Fujairah’s Dana Innovation Initiative	UoF students	Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh	21 Feb 2023
Fujairah Forum for Educational Innovation	UoF Faculties and students	Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh	20 Feb 2023
Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh participated in *GITEX Global 2022* in Dubai.	UoF students who attending the event	Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh	10 October 2022
For services to UOF, Dr. Korhan is ICT Admin for Huawei	UoF Students	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	22 August 2022
For services to UOF, Dr. Korhan managed the workshop for ICT Competition 2022	UoF Students	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	02.11.2022
Dr. Korhan Cengiz will deliver a workshop about “5G Communications.	UoF Academics Staff	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	End of April
For services to UoF, Dr. Korhan Cengiz participated in preparing the application for renewal of BIT program accreditation.	UoF	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	Fall 2022
For services to UoF, Dr. Korhan Cengiz was the research committee chair of the University.	UoF	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	Fall 2022
For services to UoF, Dr. Korhan Cengiz was the research committee chair of the college.	UoF	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	Fall 2022
Dr. Korhan Cengiz is started to generate the IEEE Student Branch of the College of IT	UoF Students	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	Fall 2022
Dr. Korhan Cengiz is started to generate a student club for innovation with the IT students	UoF Students	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	Fall 2022
Dr. Korhan Cengiz joined as keynote speaker for the conference in India	International	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	19 Feb 2023
Dr. Korhan Cengiz will join as a keynote speaker for the conference AEECA 2023 in China	International	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	18 Aug 2023
Dr. Korhan Cengiz joined as a keynote speaker for the conference AEECA 2022 in China	International	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	18 Aug 2022
Dr. Korhan Cengiz joined as a keynote speaker for the conference IEEE ICETEMS 2022, India	International	Dr. Korhan Cengiz	18 Nov 2022

	Dr. Sufian Khawaldeh Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and E-learning system requirements for deaf users Associate Professor / Dean, College of Information Technology ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3221-5503 Email ID: Sufian.Khwaldeh@uof.ac.ae
	Dr. Ahmed Khalifa Ph.D. in Computer Engineering Assistant Professor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8142-3520 Email: akhalifa@uof.ac.ae
	Dr. Korhan Cengiz Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering Assistant Professor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6594-8861 Email: korhancengiz@uof.ac.ae
	Dr. Sangheethaa Sukumran Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering Associate Professor ORCCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0005-8216 Email: sangheethaa@uof.ac
	Dr. Yousef Kamel Qawqzeh Ph.D. in the Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Smart Systems Engineering. Assistant Professor ORCIDID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7774-062X E.mail ID : Yousef.Qawqzeh@uof.ac.ae

Research Outputs Achievement

Participation and Attendance at International Research Conferences; Research Papers Presented in the

International Conference; Research Papers Published in Conference Proceedings and Peer-Reviewed Research Journals

Chairmanship and Attendance to International Research Conference

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023
Title of International Research Conferences Attended	Role	Name of Faculty Member
Chairperson [✔]	Participant [✔]
4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART SENSORS AND APPLICATION - Reviewer (ICSSA 2022) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia			Dr Sangheethaa S
International Virtual Conference on Internet of Things (IVCIT) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 11 -12 February, 2023.		[✔]	Dr Sangheethaa S
2023 12th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2023). Kuantan - Malaysia. Data Network and Intelligent Communication System. Chaired by: Assoc. Prof. Yousef Qawqzeh, Fujairah University, UAE	Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh		Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh
Computer Systems Science and Engineering Journal. ISSN: 0267-6192. CSSE-Computer Systems Science and Engineering \| An Open Access Journal from Tech Science Press	Reviewer		Dr. Yousef Qawqzeh

Research Paper Presented in International Conference/s

ACADEMIC 2022-2023
Yousef K. Qawqzeh and Mahawish Ashraf	A Fraud Detection System Using Decision Tree Classification	12th international conference on software and computer applications. ICSCA 2023, Malaysia

Research Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023
Name of Faculty Researcher and Co-Researcher/s	Research Title Presented	Name of Research Conference Proceedings and Date of Publication

Research Papers Published in Peer Reviewed Research Journal

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023
Name of Faculty Researcher and Co-Researcher/s	Research Title Presented	Name of Referred Journals and Date of Publication
Mohammed Mubarak Mustafa, Ahmed Abelmonem Khalifa, Korhan Cengiz, and Nikola Ivković	IEPA: An Energy-Efficient Protocol for Internet of Things Based Wireless Sensor Network	CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, in special issue Artificial Intelligence-based Smart Sensors for Industrial IoT Applications , Tech Science Press, accepted in 2022.
Yousef K. Qawqzeh , Abdullah Al Oraini , and Sameh Ghwanmeh	An Improved Breast Cancer Classification Method using an Enhanced AdaBoost Classifier	International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA) - Volume 14 No 1 January 2023
Evon M Abu-Taieh, Issam AlHadid, Ra’ed Masa’deh, Rami S Alkhawaldeh, Sufian Khwaldeh, Ala’aldin Alrowwad	Factors Affecting the Use of Social Networks and Its Effect on Anxiety and Depression among Parents and Their Children: Predictors Using ML, SEM and Extended TAM	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22 October 2022. Scopus (Q1)
Evon M Abu-Taieh, Issam AlHadid, Rami S Alkhawaldeh, Sufian Khwaldeh, Ra’ed Masa’deh, Ala’Aldin Alrowwad, Rabah Al-Eidie	An Empirical Study of Factors Influencing the Perceived Usefulness and Effectiveness of Integrating E-Learning Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using SEM and ML: A Case Study in Jordan	Sustainability, 18 October 2022 Scopus (Q1)
Evon M Abu-Taieh, Issam AlHadid, Khalid Kaabneh, Rami S Alkhawaldeh, Sufian Khwaldeh, Ra’ed Masa’deh, Ala’Aldin Alrowwad	Predictors of Smartphone Addiction and Social Isolation among Jordanian Children and Adolescents Using SEM and ML	Big Data and Cognitive Computing. 2 September 2022 Scopus (Q1)

IT College Students’ Visit to Cisco Grove in Expo 2020

IT College Students’ Visit to Cisco Grove in Expo 2020

The Head of department Dr. Bassem Mokhtar along with the faculty member Dr. Ahmed Khalifa cooperated with the IT student council and the IEEE student branch at the University of Fujairah to make a visit to the Cisco Grove in Expo Dubai 2020 on Friday 18th February 2022.

Industrial visits are very important aspect of the curriculum. Cisco was chosen as a prestigious company in networking, security and other IT domains that is credible and will suffice to depict what the industry is like in its work-mode.

Conducting a Cisco visit for students is beneficial because students can learn about how a company operates.

During the visit, the students attended sessions on Cisco technologies, new trends, and DevNet as Cisco's developer program to write applications and develop integrations with Cisco products, platforms, and APIs. Cisco team also held a Cisco Grove tour showed the students latest implemented technologies.

The visit was useful and helpful in learning more about the technology trends which will help students to shape their academic knowledge and career.