Biography

Dr. Youssif B. Al-Nashif has held a joint appointment in the Computer Science Department and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department since August 2015. He served as the Academic Program Coordinator (APC) for the Department of Computer Science from September 2015 to December 2017 and the Department of Computer Science founding Department Chair from 2018 to 2020.

He came to Florida Polytechnic University from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia), where he was the founding director of the Center for Cyber-Security Education and Research. He also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion University.

Before that, he was an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona -Tucson for five years. He was the site research director for the NSF Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing (NSF-CAC) at the University of Arizona from 2009 to 2014. His industry experience includes serving as a Computer Research Scientist for AVIRTEK Inc., located in Tucson, Arizona.

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dec. 2008
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Dissertation title: “Design, Analysis, and Automation of a Multi-Level Network Behavior
Analysis Defense System”

M.Sc. in Electronic and Communication Engineering, September 2000.
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
Thesis title “Topology Transparent Transmission Method in Multi-Hop Packet Radio
Network Using Combinatorial Theory”

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Major, February 1999.
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
Graduation Project Title: “Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog TV converters”