Education

Positions and Employment

2005 - present Professor of Computer Engineering, Jackson State University
1998 - 2004  Professor of Computer Engineering Technology and Program Coordinator, University of Southern Mississippi .
2001 - 2003  Professor/Director of Computer System Engineering Program, College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University (on leave of absence from USM).
1998 - 2000  Professor of Electrical Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE (on leave of absence from USM).
1990 - 1998  Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Technology, University of Southern Mississippi.

Awards and Honors

• ORISE Summer Fellowship, APG, ARL, Aberdeen MD. 2006
• AKL Endowment for Faculty Excellence, 1996
• ASEE NAVY Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1996

Consultancies

Publications (selected) and Presentations

• "Computer Networks," presented at the Ministry of Education’s Workshop on Networking, Ras Al-Khaima State, UAE, February 2000.
• "Interactive Learning," presented at the Interactive Learning Workshop, UAEU, November 1999.
• "Microprocessor Based Systems Design," presented at the UNESCO’s Microprocessors Workshop Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, May 1999.
• "E-Commerce," Kamal S. Ali, organized by Fortune Business Management, Le Meridian Hotel, Dubai, November 28, 1998.
• "Computers of the Future, Social and Economic Impact," Kamal S. Ali, presented at the Information Technology in Support of Economic Development Conference, Khartoum Sudan, December 1, 1990.
• "Online Advising Assistant," Kamal S. Ali, ASEE 2004 Conference, Auburn, AL, March 2004.
• "Classification of HRV for clinical screening of DM and CHD," Ali, K, Jacobson, M, 4th Annual Research Conference, Research Affairs of the United Arab Emirates University, April 2003.
• "A Neural Networks Classification of Heart Rate Variability," Kamal Ali, Michael Jacobson, Neural, Parallel & Scientific Computations & Intelligent Sys. Design & Applications, Atlanta GA, August 2002.
• "Engineering Education in the United Arab Emirates," Kamal S. Ali, ASEE 2001 Conference, Citadel SC, May 2001.
• "Combination of a Processor with a Reconfigurable Coprocessor," Shahram Rahimi, Kamal S. Ali, Dia L. Ali, Chicago IL, 2000.
• "PC Based System for Heart Rate Variability Analysis," Kamal S. Ali, Michael Jacobson, Isam Taha, CATA 2000, New Orleans LA, March 2000.
• "An Evaluation of Performance Improvement of a Modified Carry-Lookahead Adder," Kamal S. Ali, Shahram Rahimi, IEMS '99, Cocoa Beach FL, pp 116-121, 1999.
• "Distance Learning," Shelton L. Houston, Kamal S. Ali, IEMS '98, Cocoa Beach FL, pp 52-54, 1998.
• "Neural Network Approach to Digital Control," Kamal S. Ali, Dia L. Ali, SPIE 12th International Symposium on Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation and Controls, Vol 3390, No 25. Orlando FL, April 1998.
• "Stabilization Techniques for a High Frequency Acoustics Platform" Kamal S. Ali, Adel L. Ali, Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing; an International Journal, Vol 8. 1997.
• "Shallow Water Acoustics Instrumentation," Kamal S. Ali, Robert A. Brown, Ronald T. Miles, Richard Smith, IEMS 97’, Cocoa Beach FL, March 10-12, 1997.

Research Support

• High Frequency Communication Laboratory: NSF (MRI) $211,000 (Funded)
• RF Channel Characterization: Army Research Office, $46,000 (Funded)
• The Dependence of Auditory Vigilance on Bandwidth: $23,000 (DH 85,000). (Funded)
• Neural Networks in HRV Analysis: Proposal submitted to UAEU for $6,900 (DH 25,000). (Funded)
• Neural Networks in HRV Analysis: Proposal submitted to UAEU for $5,500 (DH 20,000). (Funded)
• Heart Rate Variability: Proposal funded by UAEU for $2,250 (DH10,000). (Funded)
• Foundation (FPGA) Equipment: Multiple proposals funded by Xilinx for $42,000. (Funded)
• Field Programmable Gate Arrays: Proposal funded by a donation from Xilinx Corporation for $8,935.00. (Funded)
• Xilinx Annual Support: Funded by a donation from Xilinx for $1,300. (Funded)
• Office Automation: Multiple grants with the United Nations for $243,000 in a period of three years. (Funded)

Research Activities

• UAV/UGV research (in collaboration with ARL) (May 2006 to present)
• High frequency RF channel Characterization (In collaboration with ARL) (May 2005 to present)
• The Dependence of Auditory Vigilance on Bandwidth. Research conducted in collaboration with the Psychology Department of UAEU (2001 to 2004).
• Heart Rate Variability. Instrumentation for the acquisition and analysis of heart rate (QRS) signals in frequency domain. Analysis carried out using conventional techniques, Wavelets, as well as Neural Networks (1999 to present).
• High Frequency Acoustics. The design of data acquisition systems for shallow water studies. Research in collaboration with the US Navy, NRL code 7170 (1996-98).