Workshop
on
Research Leadership and
Creating Capacity in Research
12-13
October 2015
This workshop on Research Leadership and
Creating Capacity of Research will help attendants have a better understanding
of research issues. Subjects that will be covered include: How to become a
research leader, the art and science of doing research, creating a strong
research culture in Universities in the Arab World, how to maximise our chances
of producing strong research papers and research bids. In addition, the
workshop will cover a topic related to developing Key Performance Indicators
for Research. It will also address the development of research strategies and
how to deal with change. This is in addition to the principles of research
ethics and a structure within which these principles can be implemented.
This workshop is useful to senior and middle
managers who are dealing with research planning and management in Arab
Universities and other organisations that have a research budget and research
aspirations.
The
programme will be delivered under “Arab European Network for Higher Education –
ARELEN” in association with
·
Association of Arab Universities – Jordan
·
Applied Science University – Kingdom of Bahrain
·
Cardiff Metropolitan
University – United Kingdom
Registration
An online form is available for registration
from http://arelen.net/programmes/7/.
If you need any further information or assistance, please contact Prof. Zedan
(hussein.zedan@asu.edu.bh).
ARELEN
Workshop
on
Research
Leadership and Creating Capacity in Research
12-13
October 2015
Programme
12
October 2015
8.00
– 8:10 Welcome and Introduction
Prof.
Waheeb AlKhaja (Managing
Director of Board of Directors)
8:10
– 8:20 Welcome
Prof. Sultan Abu Orabi (Secretary
General of AArU)
8:20
– 8:30 Welcome
Mr. Aboubaker
Fathala (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
8:30 -9:30 Keynote Address: “The HEC Research Strategy”
Prof. Riyad Hamzah (Secretary General of the Higher Education
Council, Kingdom of Bahrain)
9:30 – 9:45 Coffee/Tea Break
9:45 – 10:45 The
Art and Science of Doing Research
Prof.
Ghassan Aouad (President of Applied Science University)
10:45 – 12:00 Workshop
I: Creating Research Capacity and Strategies
Prof.
Ghassan Aouad (President of Applied Science University)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:45 The Impact of Doing Research
Prof.
Hussein Zedan (Dean of Research and Graduate Studies)
13:45 – 15:00 Workshop II: Research Impact and Innovation: Principles and Implementation
Prof.
Hussein Zedan (Dean of Research and Graduate Studies)
19:00 – 23:00 Workshop
Reception and Dinner
13
October 2015
8.00
– 9:15 Workshop III: Research Publications
Prof. Ghassan
Aouad (President of Applied Science University)
9:15
– 10:30 Workshop IV: PhD Supervision
Prof. Ghassan
Aouad (President of Applied Science University)
10:30 – 10:45 Tea/Coffee
Break
10:45 -12:00 Workshop
VI: Funding, and the Costing of, Research
Prof. Hussein
Zedan (Dean of Research and Graduate Studies)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 -14:15 Workshop
VII: Building a Teaching-Research
Partnership
Prof. Hussein
Zedan (Dean of Research and Graduate Studies)
14:15 -15:30 Workshop
VIII: Research Ethics: Principles and Design
Prof. Hussein
Zedan (Dean of Research and Graduate Studies)
15:30
– 16:00 Closing Session and
the Way Forward
Prof. Ghassan
Aouad (President of Applied Science University
Workshop
Leaders
Professor Ghassan Aouad
President of Applied Science
University
Professor Ghassan Aouad is the President of the
University. Prior to this he was Vice President for Academic Affairs at Gulf
University for Science & Technology (GUST) based in Kuwait. Prior to
joining GUST he was the President of the University of Wollongong in Dubai
(UOWD). During his time at UOWD, he led the development of the Strategic Plan
2013-2018 and the preparation of the documentation for the institution
licensure renewal and the University achieved an increase of 13% in student
recruitment. Prior to his role at UOWD, he was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Research and Innovation and Dean of the College of Science and Technology at
the University of Salford in the UK.
During his time in Salford, Professor Aouad
successfully supervised 24 PhD students, externally examined 52 PhD students,
authored 3 major research books and co-authored one book, generated more than
£10M in research funding as Principal Investigator and £8M as Co-Investigator,
published 92 papers in top rated refereed journals, delivered more than 50
keynote speeches and invited lectures, and presented his work in more than 42
countries.
He joined the University of Salford in 1992 as a Research Fellow
and has progressed through to the role of Pro Vice Chancellor Research and
Innovation and Dean of the College of Science & Technology before he left
in December 2011.
Prior to joining Salford, he spent five years
in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering of Loughborough University
(sponsored by Hariri Foundation), where he obtained his MSc in Construction
(1987) and his PhD entitled Integrated Planning Systems for the Construction
Industry (1991).
Professor Aouad was appointed as Vice
President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in March 2010 and
became President in June 2014. The Chartered Institute of Building is the
world’s largest and most influential professional body for construction
management and leadership established in 1834 with a membership of 45,000 from
across the globe. Professor Aouad is the first ever president with a Middle
Eastern background.
Professor Aouad was named as one of the top
ten academic leaders shaping executive education in the Middle East by the
Middle East Economic Digest, please follow the below link to read full
article: http://www.uowdubai.ac.ae/news/index.php?action=view&id=696
Recently, he was appointed as International
Reviewer (ELIR: Enhanced Learning Institutional Review, QAA Scotland). In
addition he sat on the REF (Research Excellence Framework) sub-panel 16:
Architecture, Built Environment and Planning. REF is in charge of assessing
national research in the UK.
Professor
Hussein Zedan
Dean
of Research and Graduate Students
Professor Hussein Zedan
is the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at Applied Science University
(Kingdom of Bahrain) with over 30 years experience as an academic, consultant
and practitioner in Computer Science, and IT industry.
He
was graduated from Bristol University with a PhD in Mathematics and has worked
there as both a Research Scientist and a Lecturer. This is followed by academic
career in Oxford University (as a Research Fellow and University Lecturer), the
University of York (as a Reader, a Professor, HoD and a PVC-Research) and De
Montfort University where he set up one of the largest R&D institute, known
as Software Technology Research Laboratory as well as the Technical Director of
a University Technology Centre (UTC) in Software Evolution, which is funded by
Software Migration Ltd. (SML).
Prof.
Zedan’s work on the formal specification, verification, validation and analysis
of computing and information systems, in particular those used in (time,
safety, mission, financial)-critical applications, has gained him an excellent
national and international reputation in the field. He has published 4 books
and over 240 technical papers and articles in highly reputable journals and
international
conferences.
Prof.
Zedan’s long-term aim is to build a
coherent set of conceptual frameworks and methods for the engineering,
re-engineering and assessment of computing and information systems. Central to
his objective is to narrow the gap between theoreticians and pragmatic
practitioners by promoting and developing tools to assess the development of
such systems.
Professor
Zedan’s principal areas of technical expertise are: software engineering
techniques involving object technology; rapid application development (RAD) and
component-based development; Software testing and modelling (UML); business
process re-engineering and requirements engineering; IT strategy and
architecture (including Information Systems definitions and technical
specifications); client/server and distributed systems; database systems
(relational and object-oriented); formal Semantics, Compositionality Theory, Co-design
and Co-Simulation for real-time and critical systems; Grid technology;
(Service, feature)-based technology; Computer Security, Trust and Critical
Systems; Computational Creativity and Context Aware System.