Address

Phone

Work: 613.520.2600 ext. 1943, Cell: 613.866.5087

Facsimile

613.520.5727

Email

arami@sce.carleton.ca

Research and teaching assistance, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2001 - Present

Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

An opportunity in the field of digital signal processing (DSP), or telecommunication technologies.

Strong background in digital signal processing, electronics, and telecommunications engineering. Have skills on some of the most popular DSP, VLSI design simulator tools and good knowledge of their underlying methodology. Invented new family of algorithms for audio signal classification.

Creative scientific logical thinking, self-motivating and dedicated hardworking.

Research Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2003 - Present

• Department of Systems and Computer Engineering (Digital Signal Processing)
• Funded through Ontario graduate scholarship in science and technology (OGSST) and  Ontario graduate scholarship (OGS)
• Research for Ph.D. to enhance audio signal classification in variable environments such as reverberant and noisy environments.
• Generated 5 refereed conference publications, one winner poster from Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), and 1 refereed journal publication.

Research Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada (M.A.Sc.)

2001 - 2003

• Department of Systems and Computer Engineering (Digital Signal Processing)
• Funded through Ontario graduate scholarship in science and technology (OGSST).
• Research for M.A.Sc. to develop robust audio classification system for security applications using audio signals and microphone arrays.
• Generated 1 refereed conference publication.

Teaching Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2001 - 2008

• Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
• SYSC 3006 – Computer Organization (Fall 2001-2003)
  • Lab instructor
  • Assignment marker
  • Head Teaching Assistance (responsible for 4 teaching assistance)
  • Midterm exam marker
  • Delivered tutorials
• SYSC 3503 – Communication Theory II (Winter 2002 - 2008)
  • Lab instructor
  • Assignment marker
  • Modify lab manual
  • Modify Matlab Modules (software lab experiments)
  • Delivered tutorials Midterm exam marker
• SYSC 4604 – Digital Communication Theory (Fall 2004 - 2005)
  • Lab instructor
  • Assignment marker
  • Modify Matlab Modules (software lab experiments)
  • Delivered tutorials Midterm exam marker
• SYSC 4600 – Digital Communication (Fall 2006 - 2007)
  • Lab instructor
  • Assignment marker
  • Modify lab manual
  • Modify Matlab Modules (software lab experiments)
  • Delivered tutorials

Development and Quality Assurance Engineer, Mentor Graphics (A leading electronic design automation (EDA) solutions, Cairo, Egypt and Wilsonville, OR, USA

May 2000- July 2001

• Migrated the analog mixed signal simulator department from Oregon, USA to Cairo Egypt.
• Performed software quality assurance for Accusim™, and Quntinuum™ products.
• Created the test bench for products testing.
• Assigned the product defects reports to the developers.
• Created test cases for the defect reports.
• Worked with UNIX environment.
• Built the product.
• Developed shell scripts for the quality assurance process.

System Engineer, GlaxoSmithKline (A leading multi-national Pharmaceutical Co.)

July 1998 - May 2000

• Provided desktop support for specialized hardware and software systems.
• Installed and configured windows operating systems and all the work related applications.
• Built LAN servers and workstation;.
• Supported Windows 95,98,NT and 2000. Also supported IBM AS/400 (user end).
• Performed regular backup, maintenance, and archival for the users data.
• Trained users to utilize shared server resources.
• Configured routers, firewalls, domain name services, and e-mail server.
• Managed local area network, servers, and communications connection.
• Configured network servers and trained remote sites administrators on standard network procedures including security measures.
• Standardized a documentation procedure for the workflow of the systems engineering department.

• Project management for academic research

Ontario - Canada

02/2005

• Java programming             

Oregon – US

03/2001

• VHDL (Synopsis tools)

Oregon - US

02/2001

• Unix Shell programming

Cairo – Egypt

11/2000

• Presentation Skills

Cairo – Egypt

10/2000

• Time Management (seven habits)

Cairo – Egypt

10/2000

• Design Methodologies: DSP, Digital, and Analog circuits.

• Abstract Modeling: C/C++, MatLab™.

• Behavioral Modeling: Simulink, VHDL, VHDL-A

• Functional Simulators:

o  MatLab™/Simulink™ from Mathworks

o  Mentor Graphics tools

• HTML programming.

• UNIX™/LINUX™/MS-Windows™/MS-Office™.

• Signal processing

• Pattern classification

• Microphone arrays

• Audio classification

• Audio environmental sensors

Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2003 - Present

• Department of Systems and Computer Engineering (Digital signal processing)
• Thesis: Audio Signal Classification in Variable Environments
• Supervisors: R. A. Goubran, A.D.C. Chan

Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2001 - 2003

• Department of Systems and Computer Engineering (Digital signal processing) 
• Thesis: Feature Extraction for Audio Classification
• Supervisors: R. A. Goubran

Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

1993 - 1998

• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering.
• Major: Microwave and Telecommunications.
• Project: Feed Horn for Television Receiver Only Satellite.
• Degree: Distinction [A] with honor.

• Departmental Scholarship

Carleton University

2001-2008

• Edward Bower Carty; tuition fees scholarship

Carleton University

2003-2008

• Ontario Centers of Excellence (OCE), first place poster winner

Ontario Government

2005

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

Ontario Government

2007-2008

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST)

Ontario Government

2001-2005

• Egypt Scholarship

Egypt Government

1993-1998

• Grad Student Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)

2001 - Present

[1]     A.R. Abu-El-Quran, R.A. Goubran , and A.D.C. Chan , "Security Instrument using Talker Identification and Microphone Arrays in Variable Noisy Environments," Accepted in IEEE proc. International  Instrumentation, and Measurement Technology Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, May. 2008.

[2]     A.R. Abu-El-Quran, J.S. Gammal, R.A. Goubran, and A.D.C. Chan, "Talker Identification Using Reverberation Sensing System ," in IEEE Proc., International Conference on Sensors, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Oct. 2007

[3]     AR Abu-El-Quran , RA Goubran , and A.D.C. Chan , "Adaptive Feature Selection for Speech/Music Classification," in IEEE Proc., International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, Victoria, BC, Canada, Oct. 2006, pp. 212-216.

[4]     AR Abu-El-Quran, R.A .Goubran ,  A.D.C. Chan , "Security-monitoring using microphone arrays and audio classification," IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 55, no. 4, pp.1025-1032, Jun. 2006.

[5]     A.R Abu-El-Quran, R.A Goubran , and A.D.C. Chan ,"Audio Classification Using Microphone Arrays," Ontario Centers for Excellence, Toronto, Canada, Feb. 2006. Competition WINNER poster from OCE

[6]     A.R. Abu-El-Quran, and R.A Goubran, "Security-Monitoring using Microphone Arrays and Audio Classification," in IEEE proc., Instrumentation, and Measurement Technology Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, , May. 2005, pp.1144-1148.

[7]     A.R. Abu-El-Quran, and R.A Goubran, "Adaptive Pitch-Based Speech Detection for Hands-Free Applications," in IEEE Proc., International Conference Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Philadelphia, PN, USA, Vol. 3, Mar. 2005, pp. 305-308.

[8]     A.R. Abu-El-Quran, and R.A Goubran, "Pitch-Based Feature Extraction for Audio Classification," in IEEE Proc., International Workshop Haptic, Audio, Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, ON, Canada, , Sept. 2003, pp. 43-47.

[9]     I.A. Salem, A.G. Nouh, A.R. Abu-El-Quran, O.H. Tarraf and R.M. Afify, “Feed horn for television receiver only satellite,” 16th National Radio Science Conference, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 1-8, Feb. 1999.