Theme 3: Information and Communication Technologies

Recent Submissions

  • Virtual Reality Module Depicting Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection as Educational Tool to Reduce Antibiotic Resistant Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Infections 

    Mekki, Yosra M; Mekki, Mohamed M; Hamammi, Mohamed; Zughaier, Susu ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Introduction: Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are used as simulation models in student-patient interactive medical education and shown to enhance learning outcomes. The rise in global burden of infectious ...

  • How to Attack a Disconnected Computer 

    Fezooni, Abdulhady younes; Ghannoum, Ehab Ahmad; Ayesh, Malek Ahmad; Malluhi, Qutaibah ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    This poster presents how a disconnected computer, that has no network access, can be attacked to retrieve data. Air-gapped devices are thought to be an impenetrable setup because the device is disconnected from the network ...

  • Investigating the use of a lecture capture system within pharmacy education: Lessons from an internationally accredited undergraduate pharmacy program 

    Hussain, Farhat Naz; Al-Mannai, Reem; Diab, Mohammad Issam; Agouni, Abdelali ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Introduction: Video lecture capture has been introduced to support students learning and assist with grasping difficult concepts. A variety of benefits is offered through the Echo360 system introduced at our institution ...

  • Improved Road Safety at Work Zones Using Advanced Traveler Information Systems 

    Almallah, Mustafa Suhail; Hussain, Qinaat; Alhajyaseen, Wael K. M; Brijs, Tom ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Work zones are road sections where road construction or maintenance activities take place. These work zones usually have different alignment and furniture than the original road and thus temporary lower speeds are adopted ...

  • RF Based Anti-Drone System 

    Abunada, Abdulrahman Hasan; Osman, Ahmed Yousif ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    The anti-drone system blocks drones from entering a protected area. This aim of this project is to design a drone detection mechanism using the RF control signal exchanged between the drone and its remote controller. The ...

  • IEEE 802.11 based Medium Access Design for Wireless IoT-Blockchain Networks 

    Zamanyzadeh Abyaneh, Arezou; Zorba, Nizar ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Communication is a very basic essence of the blockchain network and must be carefully planned while integrating with IoT, where an extremely large number of devices are interconnected. In this work, blockchain nodes are ...

  • Impact of Countdown ground LED lights on traffic flow efficiency at signalized intersections: a driving simulator study 

    Hussain, Qinaat; Alhajyaseen, Wael K. M.; Brijs, Kris; Pirdavani, Ali; Brijs, Tom ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Unnecessary stopping at signalized intersections during yellow interval reduces traffic flow efficiency. The aim of this driving simulator study was to investigate the impact of an advanced countdown system on traffic flow ...

  • The Use of Artificial Intelligence for The Detection Covert Channels Attacks in New Generation Internet Protocol IPv6 

    AlSenaid, Felwa Rashed ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Being instrumental to the Qatar national vision 2030 activities and following up with "Achieving Security, stability and maintaining public safety" objectives, the present paper aims to safeguard the information and monitor ...

  • Submarine Cables, the Internet Backbone, and the Trade in Services 

    El-Sahli, Zouheir ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Submarine cables are undersea digital bridges that allow ideas and information to move across space. Submarine cables are expensive infrastructure investments and their high costs raise the question about their economic ...

  • SafeDrive: A Reliable and Secure Distributed Cloud Storage 

    Mansour, Watheq Ahmad; Malluhi, Qutaibah M. ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    SafeDrive is an efficient, reliable, and secure multi-cloudfile storage system that keeps data safe and accessible even if you do not fully trust the service provider, whose systems can be compromised or become unavailable. ...

  • AI-powered Motion Interaction for 3D Cultural Heritage 

    Belhi, Abdelhak; Bouras, Abdelaziz ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Museums and cultural institutions, in general, are in a constant challenge of adding more value to their collections. The attractiveness of assets is practically tightly related to their value obeying the offer and demand ...

  • NMR Spectroscopy Database and Searching System 

    Su, Haw-Lih; Teng, Huei-Wen Winsome; Lee, Jeff Cheng-Lung; Shkoor, Mohammed; Ibrahim, Mohammad Ibrahim Ahmad; ... more authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    NMR spectroscopy is the most important analytical technology for organic compounds and plays the key role for the chemical characterizations and identifications in chemistry, pharmacy, materials science, environments, ...

  • Mega Events and Crowd Evacuation at Tourist Attractions: A Case Study of Souq Waqif using Pedestride Crowd Simulation Tool 

    Abdelaal, Ali; Dias, Charitha; Sarvi, Majid; Alhajyaseen, Wael; Tarlochan, Faris ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Evacuating individuals at large gathering places can be achieved safely and efficiently through the detailed understanding of crowd dynamics within a certain location. Souq Waqif is a major tourist attraction in Qatar that ...

  • Drones for Agriculture 

    Ellithy, Noor Khaled; Balaawi, Orob Kifah; Alnakeeb, Alaa Khaled ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Taking measurements for agriculture purposes is a challenge that this project tackles. A UAV and some sensors are being used to monitor a big field. The target of this project is to design a fully autonomous system that ...

  • Face recognition and summarization for surveillance video sequences 

    maadeed, Somaya; AlMaadeed, Noor; elharrouss, omar ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Face recognition and video summarization represent chal- lenging tasks for several computer vision applications including video surveil- lance, criminal investigations, and sports applications'. For long videos, it is ...

  • Effectiveness of the pedestrian detection strategies and pavement markings: A driving simulator study 

    Hussain, Qinaat; Alhajyaseen, Wael K. M.; Pirdavani, Ali; Brijs, Kris; Shaaban, Khaled; ... more authors ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Pedestrians are the most vulnerable group in the traffic and accounts for about 40,000 deaths each year worldwide. One of the main reasons is that drivers usually do not yield to pedestrian which creates serious conflicts ...

  • Private Function Evaluation Using Intel's SGX 

    Abdurahiman, Nihal; Qadeib alban, Ahmad; shikfa, abdullatif; Malluhi, Qutaibah ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Private Function Evaluation (PFE) is the problem of evalu- ating one party's private data using a private function owned by another party. Several techniques were presented to tackle PFE by running universal circuits in ...

  • Crowd density estimation for crowd management at event entrance 

    Elharrouss, Omar; Al-Maadeed, Somaya; Abualsaud, Khalid ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    Crowd management is an essential tasks to ensure the safety and smoothness of any events. Using the novel technologies including surveillance cameras, communication technics between security agents, the control of the crowd ...

  • Cyber-Physical Industrial Control System Testbed A Cyber-Security Solution 

    Nourizadeh, Mohammad; Shakerpour, Mohammad; Meskin, Nader; Unal, Devrim ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
    In this project , the hybr id testbed architecture is selected for the development of ICS testbed where the Tennessee Eastman (TE) plant is simulated inside PC and the remaining components are implemented using real indust ...