Education

 

University Habilitation (Decision Support Systems), ISG (Institut Supérieur de Gestion [Higher Institute of Management]), University of Tunis, Tunis, TUNISIA, April, 2006.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, May, 1990.

Thesis Advisor: Jeff R. Wright
Thesis: Allocation Models in Spatial Optimization

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (M.S.C.E), Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, May, 1987.
Thesis Advisor: Julio A. Ramirez
Thesis: Computer Graphics in Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Members Using Truss Models

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E), Ohio State University, School of Civil Engineering, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 1985.

 

 

SALAH BENABDALLAH

a. Present Position

  • Dean of Tunis Business School, Tunis University, Tunisia. October 2010 – Present.

  • Associate Professor, SUP'COM (Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis
    [School of Engineering in Telecommunications]), University of 7th of November at
    Carthage, Tunisia, October 2009 – Present.

b. Past Positions

  • Director of ISET’COM (Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques en
    Communications de Tunis [Institute of Technology in Telecommunications at Tunis] ), August 2004 – August 2010.

    Director of PKI and Certification, ANCE (Agence Nationale de Certification Electronique [The Root Certification Authority in Tunisia]), February 2001 – August 2004.

  • Chairman and Executive Director, IRSIT sa (Institution de Recherche en Sciences Informatiques et Télécommunications), Tunis, TUNISIA, August 1998 – October 2000.

  • Executive Director, Institut Régional des Sciences Informatiques et Télécommunications (IRSIT, Regional Institute in Computer Sciences and Telecommunications), Tunis, TUNISIA, March 1997 – December 1998.

  • Head of the Decision Support Systems Department, IRSIT, Tunis, TUNISIA, July, 1991 – Mars, 1997.

  • Visiting Scholar, Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Summer, 1995.

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA , August, 1990 - June, 1991.

  • Instructor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, August, 1989 - June, 1990.

  • Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, School of Civil Engineering and School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, January, 1987 - June, 1990.

Recent Publications

  1. Fessi, B.A., S. Benabdallah, M. Hamdi, S. Rekhis, N. Boudriga, “Data Collection for Information Security System”. The Second nternational Conference on Engineering Systems Management & Applications (ICESMA 2010), “Solutions for Regional and Global Challenges”, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, March 30 –April 1, 2010. IEEE xplore, Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-6520-0, INSPEC Accession Number: 11466974.

  2. Hajjem, L., S. Benabdallah, F. Benabdelaziz, “A Dynamic Resource Allocation Decision Model for IT Security”, The Second International Conference on Engineering Systems Management & Applications (ICESMA 2010), “Solutions for Regional and Global Challenges”, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, March 30 –April 1, 2010. IEEE xplore, Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-6520-0, INSPEC Accession Number: 11466975.

  3. Jeridi, W., S. Benabdallah, M. Hamdi , , N. Boudriga, "Dynamic expert weighing for Security Risk Analysis team synergy”, The Second International Conference on Engineering Systems Management & Applications (ICESMA 2010), “Solutions for Regional and Global Challenges”, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, March 30 –April 1, 2010. IEEE xplore, Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-6520-0, INSPEC Accession Number: 11466970.

  4. Fessi, B.A., S. Benabdallah, M. Hamdi, N. Boudriga, ”A New Genetic Algorithm Approach for Intrusion Response System in Computer Networks”. The 14th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC'09), Sousse, Tunisia, July 5-8, 2009, Pages 342 – 347, ISSN: 1530-1346, Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-4672- 8, INSPEC Accession Number: 10840027, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ISCC.2009.5202379.

  5. Fessi, B.A., S. Benabdallah, M. Hamdi, N. Boudriga, “Automated Intrusion Response System: Surveys and Analysis”, Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'08), WORLDCOMP’08, July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. pp 149-155, ISBN: 1-60132-085-X.

  6. Jeridi, W., S. Benabdallah, M. Hamdi , , N. Boudriga, "Distributed Quantitative Proactive Risk Analysis", INFORMS annual conference, November 5-8, 2006, Pittsburg, USA.

  7. Fessi, B.A., M. Hamdi, S. Benabdallah, N. Boudriga, "Decision Support Models for Automated Intrusion Response System", Meta heuristics 2006, November 2-4, 2006, Hammamet, Tunisia.

  8. Jeridi, W., M. Hamdi, S. Benabdallah, N. Boudriga, "A Cognitive Map-Based Model for Quantitative Proactive Risk Analysis", The IEEE 4th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Application, August 26-28, 2004, Budapest, Hungry.

  9. Fessi, B.A., M. Hamdi , S. Benabdallah , N. Boudriga, "A Decisional Framework System for Computer Network Intrusion Detection", The 6th International Multi- Objective Programming and Goal programming conference : "New Trends and Applications", MOPGP’04. April 14-16, 2004, Hammamet, Tunisia.

  10. Sadok, M., S Benabdallah, H. Lesca, "Apports Différentiels de l’Internet pour la Veille Anticipative : Application au cas de Réponse aux Atteintes à la Sécurité des Réseaux d’Entreprise", 8e Colloque de l’Association Information et Management, May 22-23, 2003, Grenoble, France.

  11. Benabdallah, S., S. Guemara el Fatmi, N. Boudriga, " Security Issues in E- Government Models: What Governments Should do ?", Proceedings of 2002 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Bridging the Digital Divide, Cyber-Development, Human Progress, Peace and Prosperity. IEEE Catalog number: 02CH37349C. ISBN: 0-7803-7438-X. October 6-9, 2002, Hammamet, Tunisia.

  12. Ennaifer, L., H. Smaoui, S. Benabdallah, "Optimisation de la Décision Relative à l’Ajout de Services de Transport Routier Interurbain en Tunisie", Proceedings des Deuxièmes Journées Francophones de Recherche Opérationnelle, 1999.

  13. Khalfallah, M., S. Benabdallah, N. Chemam, R. M’hadhbi, “A GIS Land Management”, Proceedings of the ASCE Eighth Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 1992, pp. 929-933. ISBN 0-87262-869-8

  14. Karwowski, W., E. Kosiba, S. Benabdallah and G. Salvendy, "Fuzzy Data and Communication in Human-Computer Interaction: for Bad or for Good," In G. Salvendy and M.J. Smith (Editors), Designing and Using Human-Computer Interfaces and Knowledge Based Systems, pp. 402-409, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, 1989.

SALAH BENABDALLAH

Dr. Benabdallah research interests focus currently on developing decision support systems in information technology, specially related to e-security and e-government. 

The development of decision support systems has been his main R&D activity regardless of application domains. He has a number of publications in this area.

He has been co-principal investigator in a number of national, European, and international research projects.

Contact: nab@supcom.rnu.tn