Zakarea Alshara ☕️

Zakarea Alshara

Associate Professor of Software Engineering

Jordan University of Science and Technology

I hold the esteemed position of Associate Professor within the Software Engineering department at Jordan University of Science and Technology. My academic journey culminated in a PhD in Software Engineering from the University of Montpellier (UM-LIRMM / CNRS) in 2016, where I focused on the modernization and migration of Object-oriented applications to Component-based (CBSE) and Service-oriented Architecture (SOA). Following my doctoral studies, I enriched my expertise during a postdoctoral tenure at IMT Atlantique & INRIA, dedicating my efforts to the CoMe4ACloud project (Constraints and Model Engineering for Autonomic Clouds). This endeavor aimed to furnish comprehensive solutions for autonomic Cloud services. Subsequently, I transitioned to a permanent role at Berger-Levrault as a Research and Development Engineer. Here, my focus centered on the modernization of web applications to Software as a Service (SaaS). Throughout my career, I have contributed significantly to academia and industry, evidenced by numerous high-impact publications spanning software engineering, software security, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing domains. My professional journey extends beyond academia, encompassing over six years of immersive experience in software development and programming. Proficient in Java and Android development, I possess versatile skills across a spectrum of languages and technologies, including Qiskit, Python, Angular, C++, Xtext, and CSS. My portfolio boasts a diverse array of applications, ranging from mobile to desktop and server platforms.

Interest

Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Software Security
Cloud Computing
Quantum Computing

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Jordan University of Science and Technology,
Associate Professor of Software Engineering
September 2023 – Present Jordan

Responsibilities include:

  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Supervision
 
 
 
 
 
Jordan University of Science and Technology,
Assistant Professor of Software Engineering
September 2018 – September 2023 Jordan

Responsibilities include:

  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Supervision
 
 
 
 
 
Information Technology and Communication Center
Deputy Director
Information Technology and Communication Center
September 2022 – Present Jordan
Jordan University of Science and Technology.
 
 
 
 
 
Berger-Levrault
Research and Development
September 2017 – June 2018 France
Develop transformation models to transform legacy services into modern ones.
 
 
 
 
 
IMT Atlantique,
Post-Doctoral
September 2016 – September 2017 France
ASCOLA Research Group/Inria Research Centres, CoMe4ACloud funded project.
 
 
 
 
 
LIRMM/CNRS
Senior researcher
June 2013 – September 2016 France
MAREL team.
 
 
 
 
 
OTS Inc.
Mobile Team Leader
OTS Inc.
February 2010 – June 2013 Jordan
 
 
 
 
 
Maysalward
Mobile Game developer
July 2007 – February 2010 Jordan

Accomplish­ments

Basics of quantum information
Quantum computing has become a global conversation, and whether in media or movies, fact or fiction, the excitement for quantum is growing every day. This free course covers quantum information at a detailed mathematical level. Join John Watrous as you explore quantum information, quantum algorithms, and how to understand and mitigate noise.
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Web Application Development using Angular
Formulated informed blockchain models, hypotheses, and use cases.
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Projects

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CoMe4ACloud
CoMe4ACloud is an Atlanstic2020 funded project whose objective is to provide an end-to-end solution for autonomic Cloud services. To that end, we rely on techniques of Constraint Programming so as a decision-making tool and Model-driven Engineering to ease the automatic generation of the so-called autonomic managers as well as their communication with the managed system. For further information, please read the project description.
CoMe4ACloud
CERN/CMS Data Curation
Extracting the metadata (in particular the provenance chain) long after the data production has happened, can be problematic because of changes in the different storage systems and their interfaces.
CERN/CMS Data Curation

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Recent Publications

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(2023). RSA cryptanalysis — Fermat factorization exact bound and the role of integer sequences in factorization problem. Journal of Information Security and Applications.

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(2023). ML-Augmented Automation for Recovering Links between Pull-Requests and Issues on GitHub. IEEE Access.

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(2023). PI-Link: A Ground-Truth Dataset of Links Between Pull-Requests and Issues in GitHub. IEEE Access.

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(2022). An Evaluation of the RSA Private Keys and the Presence of Weak Keys. Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences & Cryptography.

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