Associate Professor
Ph. D.: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering
University of Houston, Texas, USA
Room: 2220, Building 31
E-mail: Bbenyoussef AT ksu DOT edu DOT sa
Research Interests:
Computational Tissue Engineering and Visualization, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Image and Signal Processing, Spatial Thinking in Learning and Design
Teaching Interests:
Computer Architecture, Parallel Computing, Computer Arithmetic, Scientific Visualization, Digital Signal Processing, Distributed Systems, Digital Image Processing, Prabibility and Random Processes
Recent Publications:
B. Ben Youssef and B. Berry, “Learning to Think Spatially in an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Computational Design Context – A Case Study”. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. Published online first, 14 January 2011, DOI: <10.1007/s10798-010-9151-3>. This is an ISI-indexed journal from Springer.
Parallel Computing
رمز المقرر:
CEN 628
وصف المقرر:
With the rise of multi-core architectures, parallel computing is an increasingly important topic for engineers, scientists, software developers, and computer system designers. This course focuses on the underlying principles and techniques of parallel computation, explains the various phenomena, and explores why these phenomena represent opportunities or barriers to successful use of parallelism. As stated in [1], “the continued drive for higher- and higher-performance systems … leads us to one simple conclusion: the future is parallel”. Further, many experts in the high-tech sector advocate that developers need to “think parallel” by learning how to best leverage the power of parallelism to develop new applications that can accommodate multicore and many-core CPUs.
[1] M. J. Flynn and K. W. Rudd (March 1996), Parallel Architectures, ACM Computing Surveys, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 67-70.
Advanced Computer Architecture
رمز المقرر:
CEN 521
وصف المقرر:
This course focuses on advanced architecture topics for systems such as personal computers, servers, and embedded or portable devices. It covers topics such as cache hierarchies, memory systems, pipelining, clusters and multiprocessors, and low power design. At the completion of the course, you will understand basic principles such as locality, coarse-grain parallelism, overlapping communication and computation, performance/power trade-offs, and reliability. Overall, you will understand how computer systems are organized and, more importantly, why they are organized that way. CEN521 discusses the characteristics of modern processors that affect system architecture, but does not provide detailed coverage of their internal micro-architecture. The prerequisite course is CEN316 or equivalent.
Computer Arithmetic
رمز المقرر:
CEN 416
وصف المقرر:
Students will be introduced to several computer arithmetic topics at an advanced level. Topics include: Standard and unconventional number representations, sequential algorthms for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. This is followed by the design of fast two-operand and multi-operand adders, high-speed multiplication and division algorithms, floating-point numbers, and their related algorithms.
Dr. Belgacem Ben Youssef
Personal Information | المعلومات الشخصية:
Associate Professor
Ph.D.: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cullen College of Engineering
University of Houston, Texas, USA
Research Interests:
Computational Tissue Engineering and Visualization, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Image and Signal Processing, Spatial Thinking in Learning and Design
Teaching Interests:
Computer Architecture, Parallel Computing, Computer Arithmetic, Scientific Visualization, Digital Signal Processing
Recent Publications:
- B. Ben Youssef and B. Berry, “Learning to Think Spatially in an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Computational Design Context – A Case Study”. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. Published online first, 14 January 2011, DOI: <10.1007/s10798-010-9151-3>, an ISI-indexed journal from Springer
Contact Information | معلومات التواصل:
Room 2220, Building 31
Tel: 46 73178
E-mail: Bbenyoussef AT ksu dot edu dot sa
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Dr. Belgacem Ben Youssef
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
CCIS @ KSU
Ext: 73-178, Room 2220
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College of Computer and Information Sciences
Department of Computer Engineering
Building No. : 31
Phone : +(966) 1 46 73178
E-mail: Bbenyoussef AT ksu dot edu dot sa
