About

Hello! My name is Paul Akiki, and I'm a Christian and a computer scientist from the Land of the Cedars, Lebanon. I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Notre Dame University – Louaize. I teach a variety of computer science courses, which are listed here.


I hold a PhD degree from the School of Computing and Communications at The Open University in the United Kingdom. My research work is in the field of Software Engineering, with a focus on adaptive software systems. My research publications are listed here.


I have a diverse set of skills and experience in designing and developing desktop, web, and mobile applications. A set of selected software projects that I've worked on are listed here. My mother tongue is Lebanese (Arabic). I'm primarily English-educated, and French is my second foreign language.

Resume

Education

2023

PhD in Computer Science

2023
The Open University, United Kingdom
2011

Master of Science in Computer Science

2011
Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon
2008

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

2008
Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon

Experience

2023 – Present

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

2023 – Present
Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon
2011 – 2019, 2023

Computer Science Instructor

2011 – 2019, 2023
Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon
2009 – 2011

Software Developer

2009 – 2011
SoftMachine, Lebanon

Academia: Teaching

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  • Junior
  • Senior

Program Design and Data Abstraction I - II

These two courses introduce the fundamentals of computer programming as well as software design and development from an object-oriented perspective using the C++ language.

Computer Programming I - II

These two courses introduce the fundamentals of computer programming as well as software design and development from an object-oriented perspective using the VB.NET language.

Introduction to Databases

This course covers fundamental concepts related to designing and implementing databases (tables, relationships, and queries) using the SQL Server database management system.

Data structures

This course covers different data structures with an emphasis on complexity analysis. Topics include algorithm analysis, linked lists, stack, queue, trees, heaps, hashing, sorting, and graph algorithms.

System Analysis and Design

This course provides a comprehensive coverage of traditional structured analysis, object-oriented concepts, and agile methods approach of systems analysis and design.

Web Design and Internet Computing

These two courses cover building web applications using both client-side (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, Bootstrap) and server-side (SQL Server and ASP.NET using C#) technologies.

Parallel and Distributed Computing

This course introduce the fundamentals of parallel and distributed computing. Topics include concurrency, asynchrony, parallel programming, GPU programming, MPI, and Apache Spark.

Introduction to Image Processing

This course introduces the fundamentals of image processing. Topics include image enhancement, color models, image and video compression, morphological processing, and segmentation.

Academia: Publications

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  • Journal
  • Conference
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  • Book Chapter
2023

Modelling Software Tasks for Supporting Resource-Driven Adaptation

Paul Akiki, Andrea Zisman, and Amel Bennaceur

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP), Springer

2022

SERIES: A Task Modelling Notation for Resource-driven Adaptation

Paul Akiki, Andrea Zisman, and Amel Bennaceur

International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS)

2021

Work With What You've Got: An Approach for Resource-driven Adaptation

Paul Akiki, Andrea Zisman, and Amel Bennaceur

IEEE Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems Companion (ACSOS-C)

2021

Towards an Approach for Resource-Driven Adaptation

Paul Akiki

ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE)

2020

EUD-MARS: End-user Development of Model-driven Adaptive Robotics Software Systems

Pierre Akiki, Paul Akiki, Arosha Bandara, and Yijun Yu

Science of Computer Programming, Elsevier

2014

A Real-Time Merging Process for Multi-view Video Coding

Paul Akiki and Hoda Maalouf

IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)

2011

A Two-Stage Encoding Scheme for Holographic Data Transmission

Paul Akiki and Hoda Maalouf

IEEE FTRA International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE)

Industry: Skills

Programming Languages

C#, C++, VB.NET, JavaScript, Java, Python

Frameworks

.NET, .NET Framework, Bootstrap

Integrated Development Environment

Visual Studio, Android Studio, PyCharm

Markup and Style Languages

XAML, HTML5, CSS3, XML

Database Management Systems

SQL Server, SQLite, Access

Query Languages

SQL, LINQ

Libraries

jQuery, AJAX

Modeling Languages

UML

Reporting Tools

Crystal Reports

Industry: Selected Software Projects

2018

Aliment Plus (Nutrition Management)

This software application supports dietitians in managing their daily clinical activities, as well as generating diets with balanced values of the nutrients.

2017

Jasmine (Cash Flow Management)

This software application offers an innovative UI and reports for allowing an enterprise to manage its cash flow.

2011

Argus (ERP System)

This ERP system manages various enterprise activities by offering modules such as Accounting, Inventory, Sales, Purchases, Payables, and Receivables.

2011

DenPro (Dental Practice Management)

This software application supports dentists in managing their daily dental practice activities.

Contact

Location:

Notre Dame University – Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

Call:

+961 9 218950 (ext. 2083)

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Bible passage of the day

The Great Catch of Fish (Luke 5 : 1 - 11)

1On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." 5And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." 6And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. 7They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. 8But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." 9For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, 10and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." 11And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.