Prof. Wael Adi

1979:Ph.D. Degree in computer engineering Technical University of Braunschweig-Germany.
1980–1986: Postdoctoral research on database machines and industrial consultant in VLSI for error correction coding for SIEMENS memory systems.
1988:Habilitation degree (Ass. Prof.) in “computer engineering”, Tech. Univ. Braunschweig.
1988-till now: Teaching Cryptography and Systems Security, digital design, Wireless Communication, Digital Networks, Coding Theory, VLSI Design.
1986 – 1996: (10 years industrial leave) at the industrial/governmental “Institute for Applied Microelectronics” IAM as director of the applied research in VLSI design for coding, security industrial applications.
1996-2001: back from industry to the institute for computer and communication network engineering at Braunschweig University. Founded a research group for mobile security and channel coding. Conducting research with Bosch Telecom, German Telecom and Siemens producing proposals for the 3rd generation mobile system standardization (3GPP).
2002 :Obtained the academic rank “Ausserplanmäsige Professor” (equivalent to UK “Professor with Personal Chair”) at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany.
2002-2005: Visiting professor at Telecom University College at Sharjah UAE, till July 2005
July 2005 : Staff member at “Institute for computer and Communication Network Engineering”, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
Prof. Adi was co-advisor for three PhD dissertations (2 Germany + 1 Australia) and advisor for more than 75 Master thesis. Is currently advisor for 3 PhD students. Was active contributor at the EE-Dept in founding a new International Masters-Degree program at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany from 1999-2001.
Was technical consultant in the last 25 years for leading companies as Siemens, Bosch Telecom, German Telecom, Phlips/Valvo, Volkswagen etc.. Managed own research funds from German research council and industrial sources with a volume around 1 Milion Euro in the last 7 years. Published more than 42 conference/journal papers. Is an inventor in 13 European/US patents/applications (other 3 patents are currently in processing). Had 8 contribution papers to the 3rd Generation ETSI-European mobile standardization for security and physical layer working groups. Contributions fields were on mobile security and channel coding.
Current research activities: Mobile commerce and e-money, IPR protection mechanisms for VLSI design cores, Secured Robot identification and genetics, VLSI for error correction coding.
Academic interests and views: Building local and European academic/industrial research activities on security technology, e-money and mobile commerce. Acting on international education links.