Curriculum Vitae

ABIR QASEM

Address: 1417 Chapin St NW, Unit 205

Washington DC 20009

Phone: +1 (202) 299-0140

Email: abir.qasem@gmail.com

Web: www.cse.lehigh.edu/~abq2

 

 

 

Employment

2003-Present

Research Assistant (2004 – present), Teaching Assistant (2003-2004), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, USA

1999-2003

Partner, Java Emporium, USA

2001-2002

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Embry Riddle University, Florida, USA

1999-1999

Software Developer, Space Systems Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

1998-1999

Visiting Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Embry Riddle University, Florida, USA

1995-1998

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1992-1994

Teaching and Research Assistant, School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

 

Education

 

2003-2009

Ph.D. in Computer Science, August 2009 (expected)

 

Lehigh University

 

Dissertation: Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries

 

Research assistant on Department of Energy grant

 

 

1996-1997

MS in Computer and Information Science , 1997

 

University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

 

GPA 3.92/4.00

 

Research assistant on Department of Defense grant

 

Published in regional ACM conference.

 

 

1988-1992

BS in Computer and Information Science, 1992

 

University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

 

GPA 3.74/4.00

 

Magna cum laude

 

Most Outstanding CIS Student 1989-1990

 

Maintained 4.0 GPA for 9 semesters

 

Phi Kappa Phi membership.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refereed Publications

  1. A. Qasem, D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. Goal Node Search for Semantic Web Source Selection. In WI 08: Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Intelligence. IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE (c), 2008.
  2. A. Qasem, D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. ISENS: A Multi-ontology Query System for the Semantic Deep Web . A Workshop on The Semantic Web meets the Deep Web, In Proc. of IEEE CEC'08 and EEE'08, Washington DC, IEEE (c), 2008. pp. 396-399
  3. A. Qasem,  D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin.  Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries . In ICSC 08: Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing. IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE (c), 2008. pp. 245-252
  4. Z. Pan, A. Qasem, S. Kanitkar, F. Prabhakar and J. Heflin.  Hawkeye: A Practical Large Scale Demonstration of SemanticWeb Integration.  In Proc. of the 3rd International Workshop on Scalable Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems (SSWS'07). Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, Nov 27, 2007.
  5. A. Qasem,  D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin.  Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries . In Proc. of Workshop on New forms of reasoning for the Semantic Web: scaleable, tolerant and dynamic, ISWC 07,  Busan, Korea, 2007.
  6. A. Chitnis, A. Qasem and J. Heflin. Benchmarking Reasoners for Multi-Ontology Applications. In Proc. of Workshop on Evaluation of Ontologies and Ontology-Based Tools, ISWC 07, Busan, Korea, 2007.
  7. Y. Guo, A. Qasem, Z. Pan and J. Heflin.  A Requirements Driven Framework for Benchmarking Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems. In IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering: Special Issue: Knowledge and Data Engineering in the Semantic Web Era, February 2007 (Vol. 19, No. 2) pp. 297-309
  8. D. A. Dimitrov, J. Heflin, A. Qasem, N. Wang. Information Integration via an End-to-End Distributed Semantic Web System. In Proc. of the 5th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2006), Athens, Georgia, USA, 2006. pp. 764-777
  9. Z. Pan, A. Qasem and J. Heflin.  An Investigation into the Feasibility of the Semantic Web. Technical Report LU-CSE-06-025, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 2006.
  10. Z. Pan, A. Qasem, J. Heflin. An Investigation into the Feasibility of the Semantic Web. In Proc. of the Twenty First  National Conference on Artificial Intelligence  (AAAI 2006), Boston, USA, 2006. pp. 1394-1399
  11. Y. Guo, A. Qasem, J. Heflin. Large Scale Knowledge Base Systems: An Empirical Evaluation Perspective. In Proc. of the Twenty First  National Conference on Artificial Intelligence  (AAAI 2006), Boston, USA, 2006. pp. 1617-1620
  12. S. Wang, Y. Guo, A. Qasem, and J. Heflin. Rapid Benchmarking for Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems. In Proc. of the 4th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2005), LNCS 3729, Galway, Ireland, 2005, pp. 758-772.
  13. A. Qasem, J. Heflin and H. Muñoz-Avila. Efficient Source Discovery and Service Composition for Ubiquitous Computing Environments. In Workshop on Semantic Web Technology for Mobile and Ubiquitous Applications, ISWC 2004.
  14. A.Qasem and J. Heflin, Efficient Knowledge Management by Extending the Semantic Web with Local Completeness Reasoning. AIS SIGSEMIS Bulletin, 1(2), July 2004, pp. 25-28.
  15. A. Qasem, A Prototype DAML+OIL Ontology IDE, International Semantic Web Working Symposium, Stanford, 2001
  16. T. Gupta and A. Qasem, Reduction of price dispersion through Semantic E-commerce: A Position Paper, Workshop at WWW20002 International Workshop on the Semantic Web, Hawaii, May 7, 20002
  17. T. Hilburn, I. Hirmanpour, S. Khajenoori, R. Turner, A. Qasem, Software Engineering Body of Knowledge Version 1.0, 1999, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Technical Report, SEI-TR-99-004
  18. T. Gupta, A. Qasem, IT Diffusion: National Best Practices, 1999, Proceedings of Information Research Management Association International Conference, 1999
  19. G. Carrithers, R. Brown, A. Qasem, Worlic++: Learning Tool, 1994,  Proceedings of ACM Southeast Regional Conference, 1994

 

Non-Refereed Publications

  1. A. Qasem, D. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries . Technical Report LU-CSE-08-006, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, 2007.
  2. A. Qasem, D. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. An Efficient and Complete Distributed Query Answering System for Semantic Web Data. Technical Report LU-CSE-07-007, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, 2007.
  3. Z. Pan, A. Qasem, S. Kanitkar, F. Prabhakar, and J. Heflin. Hawkeye: A Practical Large Scale Demonstration of Semantic Web Integration. Technical Report LU-CSE-07-006, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, 2007.
  4. S. Wang, Y. Guo, A. Qasem, and J. Heflin. Rapid Benchmarking for Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems. Technical Report LU-CSE-05-026. CSE Department, Lehigh University, 2005.

 

 

 

Selected Courses Taught as a full time faculty member

 

Course

Level

Year

University

Introduction to Programming in Java

CS Freshmen

2001

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Introduction to Programming in Perl

Non CS Engineering Freshmen

2001

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Introduction to Programming in ADA

CS Freshmen

1998

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Introduction to Scientific programming in C

Non CS Engineering Freshmen

1998

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Advanced Unix and C

Non CS Engineering Juniors

1998

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Comparative Programming Languages

CS Juniors/Seniors

1997

North South University, Bangladesh

Software Engineering

CS Juniors/Seniors

1997

North South University, Bangladesh

Compiler Construction

CS Juniors/Seniors

1996

North South University, Bangladesh

 

 

References:

  1. Jeff Heflin, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, PhD. Adviser, (610) 758-6533, heflin@cse.lehigh.edu
  2. Tom Hilburn, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Colleague, (386) 672-0622, hilburn@erau.edu
  3. Massood Towhidnejad, Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, (386) 226-6891 towhid@erau.edu