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Ali Al-Dulaimi

About Me

I received a B.Sc. degree from the Electronics and Communications Engineering Department at the University of Baghdad in 1998, an M.Sc. degree from the same department in 2001. In 2016 I obtained a master of engineering in quality systems engineering from CIISE at Concordia University- Canada, and recently (2020) I completed my Ph.D. degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Concordia University- Canada.

As for my professional experience, I have been in the educational domain since 1998 where I have worked as Lab instructor at Baghdad University in Iraq, head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) department and teacher of computer science at International Academic School in Abu Dhabi-UAE. And as an ICT lead at Institute of Applied Technology in Abu Dhabi- UAE, and recently as teaching assistant and graduate research assistant at Concordia university in Canada, as well as, lead instructor for the community Initiative program offered by blue berry wallet inc. also in Canada.

I have had extensive experience teaching a variety of engineering courses, such as; Systems Engineering Maintenance Management, System Reliability, Introduction to discrete mathematics, neural networks, and almost all the courses related to quality in engineering.

The nature of my experience has prepared me to foster the transition from a strict reliance on traditional lecturing to a combination of critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and research abilities in every aspect of my teaching.

I am a member of different prestigious and reputed organizations such as; IEEE, IISE, ASQ, AAAI, and Microsoft.

Research

Research Summary:

In the era of smart manufacturing and industrial internet of things (IoT), there is a high global demand and strategic urgency for development of novel and innovative smart and reliable prognostic health management (PHM) technologies to cope with maintenance development tasks of complex industrial and safety-critical systems.
Prognostic health management is an enabling discipline in industrial engineering that monitors the reliability of complex engineering infrastructure with the objective of improving maintenance effectiveness, safe operability, and enhanced performance. The focus of the PHM is centered on two core dimensions; the first is taking into account the behavior and the evolution over time of a fault once it occurs, while the second one aims at estimating/predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) during which a device can perform its intended function.
My research has spanned several areas with the goal of developing new theories and methodologies for PHM algorithms, strategies, and techniques. Degradation modeling and RUL estimation algorithms along with machine learning form the mainstream of my research. Recent catastrophic incidents, such as the collapse of Morandi bridge and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, occurred mainly due to a lack of proper PHM considerations resulting in considerable loss of human lives as well as serious/major environmental damages. Such accidents and many others could have been prevented if proper maintenance procedures were implemented. All those events coupled with aging critical infrastructures call for an urgent quest to design advanced and innovative prognostic solutions to efficiently utilize multi-sensor streaming data sources

 

 Interests:

- Machine Learning and its applications in PHM
- Degradation Modeling
- Prognostics and RUL Estimation Algorithms of an asset.
- Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) and its applications
- Fault Diagnosis and Failure Prognosis of a dynamical system
- Predictive Analytics

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Experience

15 Years of Experience
May 2016 - Present

Intelligent Signal & Information Processing Lab

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Graduate Research Assistant

Sep 2016 -Dec 2019

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Teaching Assistant (For Undergraduate & Postgraduate students)
- Introduction to discrete mathematics (COEN231), UG.
- Systems Engineering Maintenance Management (INSE6310), PG.
- Project and Report I (ENGR6971), PG.

May 2018 - Apr 2020

Community Initiatives Support Program.

Blueberry Wallet Group, Toronto, Canada.

Instructor

- Introduction to Six Sigma (INDU6321), UG & PG.
- Systems Engineering Maintenance Management (INSE6310), PG.
- Principles of Systems Engineering (INSE6400), PG.
- Quality Assurance for System Engineering (INSE6280), PG.
- Advanced Quality control (INDU6331), PG.
- Neural Networks (COEN6331), PG.
- Probability and Statistics (ENGR371), UG.

Aug 2006 - Jul 2013

Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)

Institute of Applied Technology – ATHS, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

ICT Lead:
- Supervising the implementation of the curriculum syllabi provided
by the Academic Services (AS) and feedback the related issues to the
subject curriculum developer in AS.
- Participating in the development of standards-based curriculum,
instruction, and assessment plans.
- Initiating and participating in teachers’ professional development
activities including orientation and training of new teachers.
- Coordinating communication and planning among all learning
communities.
Curriculum Lead of IT Essentials (Cisco)
IC3 Administrator
Cyber C3 Coordinator
ICT-Teacher – Grade 11 & 12
IT Steering Committee – Member
IT Operation Committee – Member

Feb 2003-Jul 2006

International Academic School, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Coordinator of the Computer department

Computer Teacher of grade (12)

Nov 1998- Feb 2001

Electronics & Communications Engineering- Computer Center.

Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq.

Tutor

- Basics of Computer and Information Technology.

- Networks essentials.

Academic Services

Reviewer:  Reliability Engineering and System Safety (- ELSEVIER, since 2019.

Reviewer: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE)- Springer, since 2019.

Reviewer: The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Journal, since 2020

Reviewer: IEEE Global Conference on Signal & Information Processing (GlobalSIP), 2019.

Reviewer: Data Technologies and Applications Journal, 2021.

Honorary Rosalind Member: London Journals Press, 2021.

TPC Member: International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management, 2021.

Organizing Team Member: IEEE GlobalSIP Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2017.

Organizing Team Member:  IEEE SPS Winter School, Concordia University, Canada, 2016

Awards & Scholarships

2020                     Best Academic Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management (ICPHM 2020), USA.

2019                     The Prediction Era Award, Berries market as part of the community initiative program. Canada.

2018                     The Most Demanded Instructor Award, Blueberry Wallet group, Canada.

2009 & 2012       The best ICT Teacher, Institute of Applied Technology, UAE.

2011                     The best ICT Teacher for supporting SAPET [Saturday] program, Institute of Applied Technology, UAE.

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Contact Me

Office: (514) 848-2424 - ext. 7140

Montreal, QC, Canada, 1515 Rue Ste-Catherine, H3G-2W1. My office is located in EV005.218

aliknf@gmail.com ald_a@encs.concordia.ca ali@AliAlDulaimi.info