IZZAT M AL SMADI

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Information Systems
Faculty of Computer & Information Technology
Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
 (Office) 962-(0)2-2710000 ext. 2499
 (Home) 962-(0)2-7103253
 (Cell) 0776904711
E-mail: ialsmadi@yu.edu.jo
Website: http://faculty.yu.edu.jo\izzat

Personal Data
Date of Birth: June 1st, 1972
Citizenship: Jordanian
Marital Status: Married
Language Proficiency: Arabic and English

Education

• 2008 Ph.D., Software Engineering, North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA.
• 2005 M.S. Software Engineering, North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA.
• 2003 M.S. Computer Information Systems, University of Phoenix, USA.
• 1994 B. Sc., Telecommunication Engineering/ Mut’ah University, Alkarak, Jordan.
Certificates, Awards, and Memberships

• Microsoft graduate fellowship award, $15,000 stipend, Fargo, ND, USA, 2006. <
http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/news/state/ihas/2006/ihas.12062006.pdf>.
• Member of Formal methods Europe committee on education (FME). <
www.di.uminho.pt/FME-SoE/index.html>, < www.di.uminho.pt/tfm09>,
• Member of Jordan Engineering Association.
• Member of NDSU honored graduate students.
• Cisco Certified network associate CCNA .

Selected Published Papers

1. “The introduction of several GUI structural metrics to make test automation more
effective”. Izzat Alsmadi, and Mohammed Al-Kabi, (accepted for publication) Open Software
Engineering Journal, 2009.
2. "A General-Domain Application for implementing the Case-Based Reasoning", Hassan
Najadat, Mohammed Aref Diab, Izzat Alsmadi, Proceedings of International Conference of
Software Engineering & Computer Systems 2009 (ICSECS '09). 19 - 21 October 2009, Pahang,
Malaysia.
3. “Using Virtual Instrumentations and software agents for teaching students of
Engineering majors. Izzat Mahmoud Alsmadi and Mahmoud Ali Deiry, rev2009, University of
Bridgeport, USA.
4. “GUI structural metrics”, Izzat Alsmadi, and Mohammed Al-Kabi, ( accepted for
publication), IAJET Journal, 2009.
5. “Using XML Files to Document the User Interfaces of Applications”. Mohammad
Tubishat, Izzat Alsmadi, and Mohammed Al-Kabi, IEEEGCC 2009. Kuwait, 2009.
6. “The Development of Several Algorithms to Improve Test Case Generation”. Izzat
Alsmadi, and Mohammed Al-Kabi, ISTA 2009. Kuwait, 2009.
7. “Using a model checker for the verification of the GUI implementation”, Izzat Alsmadi
and Farouq Al-omari, ICCCP09, Oman, 2009.
8. “The state of on line exams in Jordan universities”. Izzat Alsmadi, IMCL 2009, PSU,
Amman, Jordan 2009.
9. “Jordan E-Government Challenges and Progresses”. Izzat Alsmadi and Muhannad Al-
Shboul, IMCL 2009, PSU, Amman, Jordan 2009.
10. “Challenges of Utilizing E-Learning Systems in Public Universities in Jordan”.
Muhannad Al-Shboul, and Izzat Alsmadi, IMCL 2009, PSU, Amman, Jordan 2009.
11. “Using metrics to evaluate user interfaces automatically”, ”, Izzat Alsmadi, and
Mohammed Al-Kabi, SMEF 2009, Italy, 2009.
12. “Using XML Trees to Represent GUI States”. Izzat Alsmadi, and Hassan
Najadat. SERP 08. USA.
13. “Using user sessions for test case generation and execution”. Izzat Alsmadi
and Kenneth Magel. IMECS 2008. Hong Kong.
14. “The Utilization of User Sessions in Testing”. Izzat Alsmadi. In Proceedings
of the Seventh IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information
Science (ICIS 2008). Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and ACIS. May 2008,
Portland, Oregon. USA.
15. “Open source evolution analysis”. Izzat Alsmadi and Kenneth Magel. 22nd IEEE
International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM'06).
16. “Lightweight software cost estimation model”. Izzat Alsmadi. MICS 2008.
17. The University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. 2008.
“Software Complexity Analysis using Open Source Projects”. Izzat Alsmadi and Kenneth
Magel. ICOSST 2007. Pakistan. 2007.
18. Model Checking Aspect-Oriented Design Specification. Dianxiang Xu, Izzat Alsmadi, and
Weifeng Xu, , Proc. of the 31st IEEE International Computer Software and
Applications Conference (COMPSAC'07), Beijing, July 2007.
19. “Generating test cases from the GUI model”. Izzat Alsmadi and Kenneth Magel. World
Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. WSEAS.
http://www.wseas.org/propose/project/wseas-projects.htm.
20. An Object Oriented Framework for User Interface Test Automation
Izzat Alsmadi and Kenneth Magel, North Dakota State University. MICS2007.
http://www.micsymposium.org/mics_2007/proceedings.pdf
21. GUI test automation framework. Izzat Alsmadi and Kenneth Magel. SERP07, Vegas
2007. http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp07.
22. GUI Path Oriented Test Generation. Izzat Alsmadi and Kenneth Magel. SETP07,
Orlando, Florida. 2007. http://www.promoteresearch.org/2007/setp/index.html.
Books:
• Building a GUI Test Automation Framework Using the Data Model, VDM Verlag,
ISBN-10: 3639043472, ISBN-13: 978-3639043471.
• Software Metrics; Toward building proxy models, VDM Verlag, ISBN-10:
3639088514, ISBN-13: 978-3639088519
• Software Engineering, Separation of concerns, VDM Verlag, ISBN (978-3-639-
17547-9).
• A textbook in Arabic for CIS 101 course [ with several other authors].
Summary of Previous Work experience:
1. Telecommunication and Computer center-Jordan. June 1994- Dec. 1998. IT engineer
2. ComNet-Jordan. Network engineer. 1998-1999
3. Internet Time - Computer center - 1999-2000. Instructor and owner: (Part Time)
4. First Computer – San Francisco, USA – 2000-2001. Technical Support
5. PC-all computer services – Hayward – California, USA 2002, Technical Support.
6. Computer and IT Faculty – Yarmouk University – Jordan – 2003, Lecturer.
7. NDSU, USA. 2004-2007, Teaching and Research assistant.
9. Ecliptic Technologies, Fargo, ND, USA Summer 2006, Software Developer.
10. Feed Management System, Fargo, ND, USA 2006-2008, Software Engineer and
Software Quality Analyst .
11. Lecturer and Research Assistant , NDSU, 2004-2008.
12. Assistant professor, CIS department, Yarmouk University.