Essia Hamouda
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Dr. Essia Hamouda is an Associate Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at California State University, San Bernardino. and the director of the Master in Business and Data Analytics Program. Since graduating with a Ph.D. in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California Riverside, she held a postdoctoral fellow at INRIA France, a faculty at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at University of California-Riverside, and a faculty at the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Chico State University.
Dr. Hamouda has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate courses in Information Systems and Technology, Business Analytics, and Supply Chain Management at California State University, San Bernardino. Her great passion towards empowering and attracting students and especially women to the technical field, led her to founding the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) chapter at CSUSB in 2018.
She is the recipient of the 2020 Outstanding Service Award and 2021 Outstanding Teaching Award, of the College of Business at California State University, San Bernardino. She is also the recipient of two external grants - a NIH grant and a USDA grant (Project DA-FANH), which main objectives is to enrich the quality of education and research in under-represented communities.
Dr. Hamouda’s research interests include resource optimization in sensor networks, network security, data driven decision making, and system performance evaluation with interest in applying analytical modeling techniques to practical problems in computer systems and operations management. She has authored many articles in prestigious journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, the Journal of Stochastic Analysis and Applications and the International Journal of Communication Systems. She has presented her research in national and international conferences and has been member of steering and program committees of many international conferences. She has served on Editorial Boards of numerous journals, both as a member and as a reviewer.
She has hosted numerous workshops in data analytics and programming at CSUSB. She is the coordinator of the Data Analytics Working Group.
Education
- B.S in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Ohio State University
- M.S in Industrial and Systems Engineering. University of Florida
- M.S in Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs
- Ph.D in Computer Science. University of California Riverside
Research and Teaching Interests
Teaching Interest:
- Computer Networks & Security
- Information System & Technology
- Data Science & Analytics
- Decision Making
- Programming (Python, R, Matlab, C, C++)
Research Interest
- Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Mitigate Cyber Attacks
- DDoS Reflection Amplification Attack in Software Defined Network
- Decision-Making under Uncertainty
- Computer Network Performance Evaluation & Modeling
- Blockchain
- Queuing Models, MDP
- Supply Chain
Intellectual Contributions
- Elijil, K., Hamouda, E., Nait-Abdesselam, F. "Initial Coin Offerings Success Prediction Using Social Media and Large Language Models." Journal of Advances In Information Technology, Vol. 16, No. 1, pages 12-20, 2025.
- Hamouda, E., ElHafsi M., Son, J., Securing Network Resilience: Leveraging Node Centrality for Cyberattack Mitigation and Robustness Enhancement. Information Systems Frontiers, Springer Nature, 2024.
- Hamouda, E. A Critical Node-Centric Approach to Enhancing Network Security. Dynamics of Information Systems. DIS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14321, pages 116–130, Cham, 2023. Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Razzazi, H., Nait-Abdesselam, F., Hamouda, E. Detecting CAM Flooding Attacks in Vehicular Networks Using Online K-means Algorithm. IEEE Global Communications Conference, 4–8 December 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Elijil, K., Nait-Abdesselam, F., Hamouda, E., Hamdi, M. "Enhancing Sentiment Analysis on Social Media with Novel Preprocessing Techniques." Journal of Advances In Information Technology, Vol. 14, Number 6, pages 1206-1213, 2023.
- Elhafsi M., Fang F., Hamouda E.†, ”Optimal Production and Inventory Control of Multi-Class Mixed Backorder and Lost Sales Demand Class Models.” European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 291, Number 1, pages 147-161, 2021.
- Hamouda E., ”An Optimal Flow Admission and Routing Control Policy for Resource Constrained Networks." Sensor Networks Journal 20 (22), 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20226566.
- Elhafsi M., Fang F., Hamouda E., "A Novel Decomposition-Based Method for Solving GeneralProduct Structure Assemble-to-Order Systems.", European Journal of Operational Research. Elsevier, vol. 286(1), pages 233-249, 2020.
- Elhafsi M., Fang F., Hamouda E., "Managing an integrated production and inventory system selling to a dual market: Long-term and walk-in," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 268(1), pages 215-230, 2018.
- Elhafsi M., Hamouda E., "Managing an assemble-to-order system with after sales market for components” European Journal of Operations Research. Vol. 242, Number 3, pages 828-841, 2015.
- Hamouda E., Gerdes J. "Business challenges in Mobile Networks.” Book chapter. Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks -From Topology Control to Communication Aspects (ISBN: 978- 981-4551-33-5), 2014.
- Gouvy N., Hamouda E., Mitton N., Simplot-Ryl D. "Minimizing Energy Consumption through Mobility with Connectivity Preservation in Wireless Networks." International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, Vol. 27, Number 6, pages 521-540, 2012.
- Hamouda E., Mitton N., Pavkovic B., Simplot-Ryl D. "Energy-aware Georouting with Guaranteed Delivery in Wireless Sensor Networks with Obstacles." International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, Vol. 16, issue 3, pages 142-153, 2009.
- Hamouda E., Molle M., Manjunath D. "On the Application of Forking Nodes to Product-Form Queueing Networks. ", International Journal of Communication Systems, Vol. 21, number 2, pages 135-165, 2008.
- Hamouda E., Molle M. "On the Solution to QBD Processes with Finite State Space. " Journal of Stochastic Analysis and Application, Vol. 25, issue 4, pages 763-779, 2007.
- Gouvy N., Hamouda E., Zorbas D., Mitton N. "Energy Efficient Multi-Flow Routing in Mobile Sensor Networks. " IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, April 2013, China.
- Hamouda E., Nathalie Mitton, David Simplot-Ryl “An Optimal Scheduling Policy for a Two- Flow Priority Queue with Alternate Paths.” International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, pages 1-8, July 2012, Genoa, Italy.
- Hamouda E., Mitton N., Simplot-Ryl D. "Energy Efficient Mobile Routing in Actuator and Sensor Networks with Connectivity preservation. " 10th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (AdHocNow), July 2011, Padderborn, Germany. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6811, pages 15-28, 2011. Springer-Verlag.
- Hamouda E., Mitton N., Simplot-Ryl D. "Reader Anti-Collision in Dense RFID Networks with Mobile Tags, " IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technologies and Applications, pages 327-334, September 2011, Barcelona, Spain.
- Hamouda E., Mitton N., Simplot-Ryl D. "EtE: End-to-End Energy Efficient Geographic Routing Path Discovery with Guaranteed Delivery in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks. " The 19th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications. Pages 1-5, September 2008, Cannes, France.
- Hamouda E., Simplot-Ryl D. "Flattening the Gap between Source-Destination pairs for Energy Efficient Georouting in Wireless Sensor Networks. " The 3rd International Conference on Mobile and Sensor Networks, December 2007. Beijing, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4864, pages 56-65, 2007. Springer-Verlag.
- Hamouda E., Simplot-Ryl D. "Source Based Localized Load Balancing for Globally Efficient Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks." MOBIHOC, September 2007. Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Hamouda E., Mitton N., Simplot-Ryl D. "Cost over Progress Based Energy-efficient Routing over Virtual Coordinates in Wireless Sensor Networks. " In Proc. IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, pages 1-6, April 2007. Helsinki, Finland.
- Hamouda E.; Molle M. "Optimal Routing between Alternate Paths with Different Network Transit Delays." Proc. IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM, November 2006, San Francisco, California.
- Hamouda E.; Molle M. "Exact Solution using Matrix Geometric Techniques for a Per-flow Queueing Node with Threshold Routing." Proc. International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, August 2006, Calgary Canada.
- Hamouda E.; Molle M.; Manjunath D. "Can We Use Product-Form Solution Techniques for Networks with Alternate Paths?" Proc. International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, July 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
- Negahban B., Fony C., Bogess W., Jones J., Campbell K., Kiker G., Hamouda E., Flaig E., Lal. H. "A GIS-Based Decision Support System for Regional Environmental Planning. Effective Management of Natural Resources. " Proceedings of ASAE International Symposium on Application of Advanced Information Technologies: Effective Management of Natural Resources. ASAE Publication 04-93. St. Joseph, Michigan, pages 169-178.