About
Engineering Faculty
Bio
Dr. Nizar Al Bassam is an IEEE Senior Member with internationally recognized contributions to communications engineering, including an Honorable Mention from IEEE ComSoc-USA and multiple externally funded research grants. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at San Francisco Bay University and American River College, where he teaches courses in computer science and electronics relevant to computing and computer engineering curricula.
His research interests include chaos-based communication systems, Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and wireless sensor networks, with applications to smart healthcare and advanced communication technologies. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and a co-authored book, with publications appearing in reputable international journals and conferences. He has also led and contributed to several funded research projects.
Dr. Al Bassam holds a Ph.D. in Modern Communications Engineering from Al-Nahrain University and an M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Al-Mustansiriyah University.
Degree & Academic Institution:
- PhD, Communications Engineering
Al-Nahrain University
Courses Taught:
- CS 571 - Cloud Computing Infrastructure
- CS 200 - Discrete Logic
- CS 477 - Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
Publications:
Books
- Shaik Asif Hussain, J. Chinna Babu Jyothi, Nizar Albassam, Wearable and Implantable Electrocardiography for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases, IGI, (Book).
- Nizar Al Bassam, Vidhyalavanya Ramachandran, Sumesh Eratt Parameswaran, Wavelet Theory and Application in Communication and Signal Processing, IntechOpen, Jan 21, 2021 (Book Chapter).
- Amer Zayegh, Nizar Al Bassam, Neural Network Principles and Applications, IntechOpen, Nov 5, 2018 (Book Chapter).
- Nizar Al Bassam, Amer Zayegh, Chaos-Based Communication Systems, IntechOpen, Mar 28, 2018 (Book Chapter).
- Oday D. Jerew, Nizar Al Bassam, Energy Saving in Wireless Sensor Networks, Advances in Energy Research, Nova Science Publisher, 2018 (Book Chapter).
Journal Articles / Research Papers
- Shaik Asif Hussain, Nizar Al Bassam, et al., Prediction and Evaluation of Healthy and Unhealthy Status of COVID-19 Patients Using Wearable Device Prototype Data, MethodsX (Elsevier), 2022, 101618.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Oday Al-Jerew, A New Scheme to Enhance the Performance of Permutation Index-Differential Chaos Shift Keying Communications System, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Springer), 2021.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Oday Al-Jerew, Design and Implementation of Enhanced Permutation Index Differential Chaos Shift Keying System, Physical Communication (Elsevier), Vol. 46, 2021.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Shaik Asif Hussain, et al., IoT Based Wearable Device to Monitor the Signs of Quarantined Remote Patients of COVID-19, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (Elsevier, Top Cited Paper 2023), Vol. 24, 2021.
- Oday Al-Jerew, Nizar Al Bassam, Delay Tolerance and Energy Saving in Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Wiley-Hindawi), 2019, Article ID 3929876.
- N. Al Bassam, O. Al-Jerew, Design of Enhanced Permutation Differential Chaos Shift System Using Signal Reference with Dual Modulation, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 111915–111924, 2021.
- Nizar Albassam, Design of DCSK Based on Modified Time Reversal Technique, Cogent Engineering, Vol. 4(1), 1365576, 2017.
- Nizar Albassam, Oday D. Jerew, Analysis and Design of an Energy Efficient Differential Coherent Chaos Based System in Additive White Gaussian Noise Environment, Journal of Engineering, 2017, Article ID 7404197.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Oday Jerew, Design and Implementation of a Chaotic Scheme in Additive White Gaussian Noise Channel, Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, 2016, Article ID 5976282.
- Nizar N. Al-Bassam, Reference Flipped-Differential Chaos Shift Keying Scheme for Chaos-Based Communications, International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2015.
- Nizar N. Al Bassam, Sumesh Eratt Parameswaran, Vidhya Lavanya Ramachandran, A Threshold Enhancement Technique for Chaotic On-Off Keying Scheme, SPIJ of Signal Processing, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2015.
Bio
Dr. Nizar Al Bassam is an IEEE Senior Member with internationally recognized contributions to communications engineering, including an Honorable Mention from IEEE ComSoc-USA and multiple externally funded research grants. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member at San Francisco Bay University and American River College, where he teaches courses in computer science and electronics relevant to computing and computer engineering curricula.
His research interests include chaos-based communication systems, Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and wireless sensor networks, with applications to smart healthcare and advanced communication technologies. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and a co-authored book, with publications appearing in reputable international journals and conferences. He has also led and contributed to several funded research projects.
Dr. Al Bassam holds a Ph.D. in Modern Communications Engineering from Al-Nahrain University and an M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Al-Mustansiriyah University.
Degree & Academic Institution:
- PhD, Communications Engineering
Al-Nahrain University
Courses Taught:
- CS 571 - Cloud Computing Infrastructure
- CS 200 - Discrete Logic
- CS 477 - Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
Publications:
Books
- Shaik Asif Hussain, J. Chinna Babu Jyothi, Nizar Albassam, Wearable and Implantable Electrocardiography for Early Detection of Cardiovascular Diseases, IGI, (Book).
- Nizar Al Bassam, Vidhyalavanya Ramachandran, Sumesh Eratt Parameswaran, Wavelet Theory and Application in Communication and Signal Processing, IntechOpen, Jan 21, 2021 (Book Chapter).
- Amer Zayegh, Nizar Al Bassam, Neural Network Principles and Applications, IntechOpen, Nov 5, 2018 (Book Chapter).
- Nizar Al Bassam, Amer Zayegh, Chaos-Based Communication Systems, IntechOpen, Mar 28, 2018 (Book Chapter).
- Oday D. Jerew, Nizar Al Bassam, Energy Saving in Wireless Sensor Networks, Advances in Energy Research, Nova Science Publisher, 2018 (Book Chapter).
Journal Articles / Research Papers
- Shaik Asif Hussain, Nizar Al Bassam, et al., Prediction and Evaluation of Healthy and Unhealthy Status of COVID-19 Patients Using Wearable Device Prototype Data, MethodsX (Elsevier), 2022, 101618.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Oday Al-Jerew, A New Scheme to Enhance the Performance of Permutation Index-Differential Chaos Shift Keying Communications System, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Springer), 2021.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Oday Al-Jerew, Design and Implementation of Enhanced Permutation Index Differential Chaos Shift Keying System, Physical Communication (Elsevier), Vol. 46, 2021.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Shaik Asif Hussain, et al., IoT Based Wearable Device to Monitor the Signs of Quarantined Remote Patients of COVID-19, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (Elsevier, Top Cited Paper 2023), Vol. 24, 2021.
- Oday Al-Jerew, Nizar Al Bassam, Delay Tolerance and Energy Saving in Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (Wiley-Hindawi), 2019, Article ID 3929876.
- N. Al Bassam, O. Al-Jerew, Design of Enhanced Permutation Differential Chaos Shift System Using Signal Reference with Dual Modulation, IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp. 111915–111924, 2021.
- Nizar Albassam, Design of DCSK Based on Modified Time Reversal Technique, Cogent Engineering, Vol. 4(1), 1365576, 2017.
- Nizar Albassam, Oday D. Jerew, Analysis and Design of an Energy Efficient Differential Coherent Chaos Based System in Additive White Gaussian Noise Environment, Journal of Engineering, 2017, Article ID 7404197.
- Nizar Al Bassam, Oday Jerew, Design and Implementation of a Chaotic Scheme in Additive White Gaussian Noise Channel, Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, 2016, Article ID 5976282.
- Nizar N. Al-Bassam, Reference Flipped-Differential Chaos Shift Keying Scheme for Chaos-Based Communications, International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2015.
- Nizar N. Al Bassam, Sumesh Eratt Parameswaran, Vidhya Lavanya Ramachandran, A Threshold Enhancement Technique for Chaotic On-Off Keying Scheme, SPIJ of Signal Processing, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2015.