Dany MEZHER

Professor
Délégué du Recteur - Informatique - Rector's Office

School of Engineering of Beirut
Faculty of Medicine
National Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics

dany.mezher@usj.edu.lb

Dr. Dany Mezher is a distinguished professor with a rich academic and professional background. Holding an Electrical Engineering degree from USJ, a DEA in Applied Mathematics, and a PhD in High Performance Engineering from Université de Rennes 1, France (2001), Dr. Mezher has been a dedicated educator at USJ since 1992. Starting as a lab assistant, Dr. Mezher's career at USJ has seen a steady rise, culminating in a tenured professorship. Over the years, Dr. Mezher has held several key positions, including Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department, Director of the National Institution for Telecommunication and Informatics, and since 2019, Rector's Delegate for IT Affairs. Dr. Mezher's research interests are focused on High Performance Computing and Cybersecurity. Beyond academia, Dr. Mezher is a partner at Potech Consulting, where they lead the R&D team, and a founding partner of its development arm, ObSoft. Additionally, Dr. Mezher serves as the Head of Technology at Siren Analytics.

Education

Degree University Country Year
Doctorat - Informatique Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 2001
D.E.A - Modélisation numérique et ingénierie du logiciel Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 1997
Diplôme d'ingénieur - Informatique Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Liban 1992

Publications and communications

 Yassin, M., Lahoud, S., Ibrahim, M., Khawam, K., Mezher, D., & Cousin, B. Cooperative resource management and power allocation for multiuser ofdma networks. IET Communications, 11(16), 2552–2559, 2017.Yassin, M., Aboulhassan, M. A., Lahoud, S., Ibrahim, M., Mezher, D., & Cousin, B., et al. Survey of icic techniques in lte networks under various mobile environment parameters. Wireless Networks, 23(2), 403–418, 2017.Yassin, M., Lahoud, S., Khawam, K., Ibrahim, M., Mezher, D., & Cousin, B. Centralized versus decentralized multi-cell resource and power allocation for multiuser ofdma networks. Computer Communications, 107, 112–124, 2017.El Helou, M., Lahoud, S., Ibrahim, M., Khawam, K., Cousin, B., & Mezher, D. A hybrid approach for radio access technology selection in heterogeneous wireless networks. Wireless Personal Communications, 86(2), 789–834, 2016.     Yassin, M., Lahoud, S., Ibrahim, M., Khawam, K., Mezher, D., & Cousin, B. 2016, Centralized multi-cell resource and power allocation for multiuser ofdma networks. Paper presented at 2016 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking) and Workshops, IFIP Networking 2016.      El Helou, M., Ibrahim, M., Lahoud, S., Khawam, K., Mezher, D., & Cousin, B. A network-assisted approach for rat selection in heterogeneous cellular networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 33(6), 1055–1067, 2015.HREICH, A. J., Mezher, D., Claude, B., A., D., E., S., & NAJEM, W. Parallel processing for a better understanding of equifinality in hydrological methods. Paper presented at Environmental Modelling and Software, 2002.Mezher, D., & Philippe, B. Parallel computation of pseudospectra of large sparse matrices. Parallel Computing, 28(2), 199–221, 2002.Mezher, D., & Philippe, B. A reliable path-following algorithm. numerical algorithms. Numerical Algorithms, 2002.Mezher, D. A graphical tool for driving the parallel computation of pseudospectra. Paper presented at Proceedings of the International Conference on Supercomputing, 2001.