Bassel Arafeh

Bassel Arafeh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), located at the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center. His academic career spans over four decades, with expertise in computer science and electrical engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University (1986), an M.E. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M (1980), and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University (1974).

Dr. Arafeh's research focuses on wireless sensor networks, mobile cloud computing, and ad-hoc networks. He has extensively studied routing protocols, energy efficiency, and fault-tolerant systems. Key areas include underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSN), grid-based routing, and mobile cloud task offloading. His work emphasizes practical solutions for network reliability, path optimization, and resource management in dynamic environments.

His research also extends to scheduling algorithms for parallel computing and network-on-chip (NoC) architectures. Notable contributions include protocols like GARP (Grid-Based Adaptive Routing) and EMGGR (Energy-Efficient Multipath Geographic Routing), designed to enhance underwater communication efficiency. He has explored broadcasting algorithms in MANETs and techniques for reducing latency and improving throughput in distributed systems.

Arafeh's broader contributions include load-balancing strategies for grid computing and fault-tolerant communication schemes in interconnection networks. His work bridges theoretical computer science with practical applications, addressing challenges in both hardware and software systems.