Profile

Nader Kesserwan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science (Engineering)
kesserwan@rmu.edu
412-397-4037 phone (M)
John Jay 2ND


Educational Background

  • Master of Science, Computer Science, McGill, 1999
  • Ph.D., System Engineering, Concordia, 2020

Professional Background

  • 15 years Experience in Teaching software engineering courses at several universities. 7 years of industrial experience in research and testing avionics systems

Area of Expertise/Research

  • Model-driven testing (MDT), Software Engineering, IOT and Networking

Publications

  • Kesserwan, N., Al-Jaroodi, J., Mohamed, N., & Jawhar, I. (2023, July). Propagation of Software Requirements to Executable Test. In 8th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOEN2023).
  • Kesserwan, N., Al-Jaroodi, J., Mohamed, N., & Jawhar, I. (2023, July). Transforming Software Requirements into Test Cases via Model Transformation. In International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications 2023.
  • Al-Jaroodi, J., Mohamed, N., Kesserwan, N., & Jawhar, I. (2023, April). Human Factors Affecting the Adoption of Healthcare 4.0. In 2023 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
  • Mohamed, N., Al-Jaroodi, J., Jawhar, I., & Kesserwan, N. (2023, April). How Healthcare Systems Engineering can Benefit from Digital Twins?. In 2023 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  • Mohamed, N., & Al-Jaroodi, J. (2023, June). Security Applications of Edge Intelligence. In 2023 IEEE World AI IoT Congress (AIIoT) (pp. 0508-0512). IEEE.
  • Kesserwan, N., Al-Jaroodi, J., Mohamed, N., & Jawhar, I. (2022, May). Automatic Detection of Interaction Errors. In 2022 IEEE/ACIS 20th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA) (pp. 47-53). IEEE.
  • Mohamed, N., Al-Jaroodi, J., Jawhar, I., & Kesserwan, N. (2023). Leveraging Digital Twins for Healthcare Systems Engineering. IEEE Access.
  • Al-Jaroodi, J., Mohamed, N., Kesserwan, N., & Jawhar, I. (2022, April). Healthcare 4.0–Managing a Holistic Transformation. In 2022 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
  • Jawhar, I., Mohamed, N., Kesserwan, N., & Al-Jaroodi, J. (2022, April). Networking Architectures and Protocols for Multi-Robot Systems in Agriculture 4.0. In 2022 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  • Mohamed, N., Al-Jaroodi, J., Jawhar, I., & Kesserwan, N. (2022, April). Understanding Risks in Smart City Projects. In 2022 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
  • Kesserwan, N., & Al-Jaroodi, J. (2021). Model-driven Framework for Requirement Traceability. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications12(2).
  • Mohamed, N., Al-Jaroodi, J., Jawhar, I., & Kesserwan, N. (2020). Data-driven security for smart city systems: Carving a trail. IEEE Access8, 147211-147230.
  • Kesserwan, N. (2020). Automated Testing: Requirements Propagation via Model Transformation in Embedded Software (Doctoral dissertation, Concordia University).
  • Kesserwan, N., Dssouli, R., Bentahar, J., Stepien, B., & Labrèche, P. (2019). From use case maps to executable test procedures: a scenario-based approach. Software & Systems Modeling18(2), 1543-1570.
  • Kesserwan, N., Dssouli, R., & Bentahar, J. (2017, March). Modernization of Legacy Software Tests to Model-Driven Testing. In International Conference on Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries (pp. 140-156). Springer, Cham.
  • Jawhar, I., Mohamed, N., Shuaib, K., & Kesserwan, N. (2009). An Efficient Framework and Networking Protocol for Linear Wireless Sensor Networks. Ad Hoc Sens. Wirel. Networks7(1-2), 3-21.
  • Jawhar, I., Mohamed, N., Shuaib, K., & Kesserwan, N. (2008, July). Monitoring linear infrastructures using wireless sensor networks. In IFIP Conference on Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks (pp. 185-196). Springer, Boston, MA.
  • Kesserwan, N. (1999). Flight simulation.

Presentations

  • 2021 - "TDL-Based Automatic Detection of Interaction Errors" - Nader Kesserwan (https://vimeo.com/623654367/9c8bef3fef )
  • 2021 - Traceability Links among UCM, TDL and TTCN-3 - Nader Kesserwan (https://vimeo.com/623654367/9c8bef3fef)