Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Engineering University of Aleppo, Syria 2021
• Master of Science, Computer Engineering University of Aleppo, Syria 2016
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering University of Aleppo, Syria 2011
• High School Diploma 2006

Research Experience

• Graduate Research Fellow University of Aleppo, Syria 2017 – 2021
  
  • Advisors: Dr. Zakaria Mahrousa (Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria); Dr. Dima Mufti Alchawafa (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria)
  • Dissertation Title: “Processing Big Data to Design Hybrid Recommendation System Based on Constrained Clustering Algorithm and Finding Association Rules”
• Graduate Research Fellow University of Aleppo, Syria 2012 – 2016
  
  • Advisors: Dr. Mahmoud Shaar (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria); Dr. Mahmoud Rahhal (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria)
  • Dissertation Title: “Two Layer-Based Watermarking Algorithm for Copyright Protection of Multilanguage Text Documents”
• Undergraduate Research Fellow University of Aleppo, Syria 2006 – 2011
  
  • Advisor: Dr. Ammar Aljer (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria)
  • Dissertation Title: “Website to Exchange E-learning Services”

Professional Experiences

• Dean of the College of Engineering Cordoba Private University, Syria 2025 – Present (full-time)
• Vice Dean of the College of Engineering for Administrative Affairs Cordoba Private University, Syria 2024 – 2025 (full-time)
• Head of the Communications Engineering Department Cordoba Private University, Syria 2023 – 2024 (full-time)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Communications Engineering Cordoba Private University, Syria 2021 – Present (full-time)
• Instructor, Department of Computer and Communications Engineering Cordoba Private University, Syria 2015 – 2021 (full-time)
• Lecturer, Department of Computer Engineering University of Aleppo, Syria 2014 – 2021 (part-time)
• Research Assistant University of Aleppo, Syria 2012 – 2021
• Instructor, Computer Engineering Aleppo Computer Technology Institute (ACTI), University of Aleppo, Syria 2012 – 2016 (full-time)

Publications

• 2025: Kadid L., Kazzaz H., Issa M.A. “Integration of Industrial and Surgical Robotic Systems: A Case Study of Combining the SCARA Robot with the Da Vinci Robot.” The Arab Institute of Science and Research Publishing. DOI: 10.26389/AJSRP.N180725.
• 2020: Mahrousa Z., Alchawafa D. M., Kazzaz H. “A Dynamic Sliding Window Based Balanced Parallel Frequent Itemset Mining Algorithm in Data Stream.” International Journal of Computer Applications IJCA, New York, USA, September 2020 Edition. ISBN: 973-9380901-33-5.
• 2020: Kazzaz H., Alchawafa D. M., Mahrousa Z. “Balanced Parallel Algorithm for Mining Frequent Pattern from Data Stream.” Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies – Engineering Sciences Series Vol. (24) No. (3) 2020. Print ISSN: 2079-3081, Online ISSN: 2663-4279.
• 2020: Kazzaz H., Alchawafa D. M., Mahrousa Z. “Balanced Parallel Algorithm for Mining Association Rule Based on MapReduce Technique.” Aleppo University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies – Electromechanical and Informatics Engineering Series No. (155) of 2020.
• 2020: Kazzaz H., Alchawafa D. M., Mahrousa Z. “Frequent Itemset Mining Based on Development of FP-growth Algorithm and Use MapReduce Technique.” Association of Arab Universities Journal of Engineering Sciences (2020), No. (328) 2020.
• 2019: Kazzaz H., Alchawafa D. M., Mahrousa Z. “Designing a Directed Graph-Based Algorithm for Finding Sets of Frequent Item to Mining Association Rules.” Aleppo University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies – Engineering Sciences Series (2) No. (148) of 2019.
• 2016: Kazzaz H., Shaar M. “Two Layer-Based Watermarking Algorithm for Copyright Protection of Multi-Language Text Documents.” Aleppo University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies – Engineering Sciences Series (2) No. (131) of 2016.
• 2016: Kazzaz H., Shaar M. “Designing of Watermarking Algorithm for Authentication and Protection of Text Documents.” Aleppo University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies – Engineering Sciences Series (2) No. (129) of 2016.

Topics of Interest

• Artificial intelligence (especially machine learning, classification algorithms and clustering algorithms)
• Data mining algorithms
• Deep learning