Al-Ahliyya Amman University
Prof. Dr. Mosleh Abu Alhaj
Professor
Major: Networks and Cybersecurity
Department: Networks and Cybersecurity Department
Faculty: Faculty of Information Technology
Email:
Extention: 2294
Profiles:
COURSES TAUGHT
- Computer Skills 1
- Computer Architectur
- Object Oriented Programming (Java)
- Building Web Application
- Computer Skills2 (VB.Net)
- Computer Programming1 (C++)
- Visual Programming (VB.Net)
- Database Lab (SQL Server)
- Computer Networks
- Computer Networks Lab
- Advanced Internet Protocols
- Advanced Internet Protocols Lab
- Networks Management and Documentation
- Networks Simulation and Modeling
- Wireless and Mobile Networks
- Networks Security
- Networks Security Lab
- Digital Logic Design
- Information Security & Privacy
- Introduction to Programming (Java)
- Introduction to Linux System
- Computer Networks Design
- Advanced Topics in Networks Security
- Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity
- Networks and Cybersecurity Essentials
ACADEMIC RANKS
| Rank | University | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | Jordan | 2020 |
| Associate Professor | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | Jordan | 2017 |
| Assistant Professor | Middle East University | Jordan | 2012 |
QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Specialization | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ماجستير | The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences | Computer Information Systems | الأردن | July / 2007 |
| دكتوراة | University Sains Malaysia (USM) | Computer Science- Multimedia Networks Protocols | ماليزيا | December / 2011 |
| بكالوريوس | Philadelphia University | Computer and Computer Information Systems | الأردن | July / 2004 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Job Title | Institute | Time Period |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | AlAhliyya Amman University | September / 2025 - January / Present |
| Vise Dean for Academic Affairs | AlAhliyya Amman University | September / 2023 - August / 2025 |
| Professor | AlAhliyya Amman University | September / 2022 - August / 2023 |
| Head of Networks and Cybersecurity Department | AlAhliyya Amman University | September / 2017 - August / 2022 |
| Associate Professor | AlAhliyya Amman University | September / 2013 - August / 2017 |
| Assistant Professor | Middle East University, Faculty of Information Technology | February / 2012 - August / 2013 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- VoIP
- Cybersecurity
RESEARCHES AND PUBLICATIONS
- Abualhaj, Mosleh M.; Abdurrazaq, Ali; Almomani, Omar; Anbar, Mohammed (2025) Optimized Feature Selection for Enhanced Network Attack Detection Using Bat Algorithm 2025 15th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, ICEENG 2025, 1-5
- Mosleh M Abualhaj, Hani Al-Mimi, Ali Al-Allawee, Qusai Y Shambour, Mohammed Anbar (2025) Enhancing Intrusion Detection System Performance Using a Hybrid of Harris Hawks and Whale Optimization Algorithms 2025 5th International Conference on Emerging Smart Technologies and Applications (eSmarTA), 2025
- Mosleh M Abualhaj, Sumaya Al-Khatib, Alhamza Alalousi, Mohammad O Hiari, Mahran Al Zyoud (2025) Phishing Attack Detection Using Whale Optimization Algorithm-Based Feature Selection 2025 5th International Conference on Emerging Smart Technologies and Applications (eSmarTA), 2025
- Adeeb Alsaaidah, Hani Al-Mimi, Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha, Mosleh M Abualhaj, Mahran Al Zyoud (2025) Spam Feature Selection Using Harris Hawks Optimization Algorithm 2025 5th International Conference on Emerging Smart Technologies and Applications (eSmarTA), 2025
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha, Sumaya Nabil Alkhatib, Qusai Y. Shambour, Adeeb M. Alsaaidah (2025) Detecting spam using Harris Hawks optimizer as a feature selection algorithm Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 14,3,2025
- Mosleh M Abualhaj, Sumaya N Al-Khatib, Mahran Al Zyoud, Iyas Qaddara, Mohammed Anbar (2025) Enhancing Intrusion Detection System Performance Using a Hybrid of Harris Hawks and Whale Optimization Algorithms Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 4,15,2025
- Yousef Sanjalawe, Salam Al-E’mari, Mosleh Abualhaj, Sharif Naser Makhadmeh, Mohammad A Alsharaiah, Duaa H Hijazi (2025) Recent advances in secretary bird optimization algorithm, its variants and applications Evolutionary Intelligence, 3, 18, 2025
- Saleh Abualhaj, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Lina Alshadfan, Anas As’ad, Mohamad Kharashgah, Tayseer A. Al-tawarah, Abed Alazeez Alkhatib, Mohammad Aljaidi (2025) Finger replantation in Jordan: evaluating the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers among doctors and medical students Future Science OA, 1,11,2025
- Yousef Sanjalawe, Salam Al-E'mari, Mosleh Abualhaj, Sharif Makhadmeh, Emran Alzubi, (2025) A Review of 6G and AI Convergence: Enhancing Communication Networks With Artificial Intelligence IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 1,1,2025
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha, Sumaya Nabil Al-Khatib, Adeeb M. Alsaaidah, Mohammed Anbar (2025) Improving Firewall Performance Using Hybrid of Optimization Algorithms and Decision Trees Classifier International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI), 4,15,2025,
- Abualhaj, Mosleh M. Al-Khatib, Sumaya N. Al-Zyoud, Mahran Qaddara, Iyas Hiari, Mohammad O. Aldossary, Sultan Mesfer A (2025) Enhanced Network Communication Security Through Hybrid Dragonfly-Bat Feature Selection for Intrusion Detection Journal of Communications, 5,20,2025,607 - 618
- Saleh Abualhaj, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Mohd Said Dawod, Maher Alkhateeb, Eyad Alqarqaz, Mohammed Jaber, Rasha Al-Ebbini, Mohammad Alananzh & Lina alshadfan (2025) Reverse sural artery flap for lower extremity reconstruction: a multicenter retrospective analysis of success and failure patterns Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 6,14,2025
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Sumaya Al-Khatib, Mohammad O. Hiari, Qusai Y. Shambour (2025) Enhancing Spam Detection Using Hybrid of Harris Hawks and Firefly Optimization Algorithms Journal of Soft Computing and Data Mining, 2, 5, 2024
- Mohammad Al-Mousa, Waleed Amer, Mosleh Abualhaj, Sultan Albilasi, Ola Nasir, Ghassan Samara (2025) Agile Proactive Cybercrime Evidence Analysis Model for Digital Forensics The International Arab Journal of Information Technology, 22,3,2025
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Sumaya N. Al-Khatib, Ali Al-Allaweem, Alhamza Munther, and Mohammed Anbar (2024) Enhancing Intrusion Detection Systems: A Comparative Study using Whale Optimization Algorithm and Hawks Optimization Algorithm 2024 11th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ICEEE 2024, 1,1,2024
- Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Ali Al-Allaweem, Alhamza Munther, and Mohammed Anbar (2024) Enhancing Malware Detection with Firefly and Grey Wolf Optimization Algorithms 2024 11th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ICEEE 2024, 1,1,2024
- Taief Alaa Al-Amiedy, Mohammed Anbar, Bahari Belaton, Abdullah Ahmed Bahashwan, Mosleh M. Abualha (2024) Towards a Lightweight Detection System Leveraging Ranking Techniques with Wrapper Feature Selection Algorithm for Selective Forwarding Attacks in Low power and Lossy Networks of IoTs 2024 4th International Conference on Emerging Smart Technologies and Applications (eSmarTA), 4,2024
- Yahya Alhaj Maz, Mohamad Anbar, Selvakumar Manickam, Mosleh M. Abualhaj (2024) Transfer Learning Approach for Detecting Keylogging Attack on the Internet of Things 2024 4th International Conference on Emerging Smart Technologies and Applications (eSmarTA), 4,2024
- Abualhaj, Mosleh M; Al-Khatib, Sumaya N; Al-Allawee, Ali; Munther, Alhamza; Anbar, Mohammed (2024) Enhancing spyware detection by utilizing decision trees with hyperparameter optimization Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 5, 13, 2024
- Mosleh M Abualhaj, Sumaya N Al-Khatib, Ali Al-Allawee, Alhamza Munther, Mohammed Anbar (2024) Enhancing Network Intrusion Detection Systems Through Dimensionality Reduction International Conference on Soft Computing and Data Mining, 6,2024
- Mosleh M Abualhaj, Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha, Ali Al-Allawee, Alhamza Munther, Mohammed Anbar (2024) Performance Evaluation of Whale and Harris Hawks Optimization Algorithms with Intrusion Prevention Systems International Conference on Soft Computing and Data Mining, 6,2024
- Alhamza Munther1 , Mosleh M. Abualhaj2 , Alabass Alalousi3 , Hilal A. Fadhil4 (2024) A significant features vector for internet traffic classification based on multi-features selection techniques and ranker, voting filters International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 6,14,2024
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Mohammad O. Hiari, Adeeb Alsaaidah, Mahran Al-Zyoud (2024) Comparative analysis of whale and Harris Hawks optimization for feature selection in intrusion detection Journal of Applied Data Sciences, 4,5,2024
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Sumaya N. Al-Khatib, Mohammad A. Alsharaiah, Mohammad O. Hiari (2024) Performance Comparison of Whale and Harris Hawks Optimizers with Network Intrusion Prevention Systems Journal of Applied Data Sciences, 4,5,2024
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Mohammad O. Hiari, Adeeb Alsaaidah, Mahran Al-Zyoud, Sumaya Al-Khatib (2024) Spam Feature Selection Using Firefly Metaheuristic Algorithm Journal of Applied Data Sciences, 4,5,2024
- Yousef Sanjalawe, Salam Al-E’mari, Salam Fraihat, Mosleh Abualhaj, Emran Alzubi (2024) A deep learning-driven multi-layered steganographic approach for enhanced data security Scientific Reports, 1,15,2025
- Mwaffaq Abu AlHija Abdelrahman H. Hussein, Manjur Kolhar (2020) Survey and Analysis of VoIP Frame Aggregation Methods over A-MSDU IEEE 802.11n Wireless Networks Computers, Materials & Continua, 66 / 1283-1300
- Sumaya N Al-Khatib, Qusai Y Shambour (2020) PS-PC An Effective Method to Improve VoIP Technology Bandwidth Utilization over ITTP Protocol Cybernetics and Information Technologies, 20 /147-158
- Fadi Al-Turjman, Abdalla Alameen, Mosleh M Abualhaj (2020) A three layered decentralized IoT biometric architecture for city lockdown during COVID-19 outbreak IEEE Access, 8 / 163608-163617
- Sumaya N. Alkhatib, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Yousef Alrabanah (2020) Effective Voice Frame Shrinking Method to Enhance VoIP Bandwidth Exploitation International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), 11 /313-319
- Sumaya N. Al-Khatib , Mosleh Abulhaj , Yousef Alraba'nah (2020) ITTP-PG: A Novel Grouping Technique to Enhance VoIP Service Bandwidth Utilization International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), 11 / 186-192
- Mosleh M Abu-Alhaj, Mayy M Al-Tahrawi (2020) A hybrid collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm for requirements elicitation International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 63 / 135-146
- Qusai Y Shambour, AbdelRahman H Hussein (2020) Effective packet multiplexing method to improve bandwidth utilisation International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 63 / 327-336
- MOSLEH M ABUALHAJ, QUSAI Y SHAMBOUR (2020) SPAM E-MAIL FILTERING USING POLYNOMIAL NEURAL NETWORKS Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 15 / 2090-2109
- Sumaya N Al-Khatib, Manjur Kolhar, Alhamza Munther, Yousef Alraba'nah (2020) Effective Voice Frame Pruning Method to Increase VoIP Call Capacity TEM Journal, 9 / 48‐54
- Mosleh Abualhaj, Sumaya Al-Khatib (2020) Polynomial Neural Networks Versus Other Spam Email Filters: An Empirical Study TEM Journal, 9 / 136‐143
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Sumaya N. Al-Khatib, Manjur Kolhar, Alhamza Munther, Yousef Alraba'nah (2020) Effective Voice Frame Pruning Method to Increase VoIP Call Capacity TEM JOURNAL - Technology, Education, Management, Informatics, 48‐54
- Mayy Al-Tahrawi, Mosleh Abualhaj, Sumaya Al-Khatib (2020) Polynomial Neural Networks Versus Other Spam Email Filters: An Empirical Study TEM JOURNAL - Technology, Education, Management, Informatics, 136‐143
- (2019) A New Method to Improve Voice over IP (VoIP) Bandwidth Utilization over Internet Telephony Transport Protocol (ITTP) 8th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering,
- Kefaya S Qaddoum, Nameer N El Emam, Mosleh A Abualhaj (2019) Elastic neural network method for load prediction in cloud computing grid International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9/1201
- Mosleh M Abualhaj (2019) CA-ITTP: AN EFFICIENT METHOD TO AGGREGATE VOIP PACKETS OVER ITTP PROTOCOL International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC), 15, 1067–1077
- MOSLEH M ABUALHAJ, MAYY M AL-TAHRAWI, SUMAYA N AL-KHATIB (2019) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF VoIP SYSTEMS IN CLOUD COMPUTING Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 3, 1398-1405
- (2018) MULTIPLEXING VOIP PACKETS OVER INTERNET TELEPHONY TRANSPORT PROTOCOL (ITTP) 5th International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science & Technology (CST 2018),
- MAHMOUD BAKLIZI, JAFAR ABABNEH, MOSLEH M. ABUALHAJ, NIBRAS ABDULLAH, ROSNI ABDULLAH (2018) MARKOV-MODULATED BERNOULLI DYNAMIC GENTLE RANDOM EARLY DETECTION Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 96, 6688-6698
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha, Mayy M. Al-Tahrawi (2018) FLRED: an efficient fuzzy logic based network congestion control method Neural Computing and Applications, Vol 27
- Manjur Kolhar, Mosleh M Abu-Alhaj, Saied M Abd El-atty (2017) Cloud data auditing techniques with a focus on privacy and security IEEE Security & Privacy, 15 / 1, 42-51
- Alhamza Alalousi, Rozmie Razif, Mosleh AbuAlhaj, Mohammed Anbar, Shahrul Nizam (2016) "A Preliminary Performance Evaluation of K-means, KNN and EM Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods for Network Flow Classification International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), Vol 6 - Pages: 778-784
- Kolhar, Manjur, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, and Faiza Rizwan (2016) QoS Design Consideration for Enterprise and Provider’s Network at Ingress and Egress Router for VoIP protocols International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), Vol 6 - Pages: 235-241
- Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Manjur Kolhar, Kefaya Qaddoum, and Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha (2016) Multiplexing VoIP Packets over Wireless Mesh Networks: A Survey KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, Vol 10 - Pages 3728-3752
- Mosleh M. Abu-Alhaj (2015) ITTP-Mux: An Efficient Multiplexing Mechanism to Improve VoIP Applications Bandwidth Utilization International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC), Vol 11 - Pages: 2063 - 2073
- Baklizi, Mahmoud, Hussein Abdel-Jaber, Ahmad Adel Abu-Shareha, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, and Sureswaran Ramadass (2014) Fuzzy logic controller of gentle random early detection based on average queue length and delay rate International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Vol 16 Pages: 9-19
- Munther, Alhamza, Rozmie R. Othman, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Mohammed Anbar, Shahrul Nizam, and Israa Alalousi (2014) P2P-MCS-S: A New Technique to Improve MCS Conferencing System Bandwidth Utilization Journal of Convergence Information Technology, Vol 9 - Pages: 1113-1126
- Ahmad Kayed, Mosleh M. Abualhaj, Mohammad Alharibat (2013) Performance Comparison of IAX and ITTP VoIP Protocols International Journal of Academic Research, Vol.5- P-7
- Baklizi, Mahmoud, Hussein Abdel-Jaber, Mosleh M. Abu-Alhaj, Nibras Abdullah, Sureswaran Ramadass, and Ammar ALmomani (2013) Dynamic stochastic early discovery: a new congestion control technique to improve networks performance International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC), Vol 9- Pages: 1113-1126
- Mosleh M. Abu-Alhaj, Manjur SK, Sureswaran, R., Tat-Chee Wan, and Ahmed M. Manasrah (2012) ITTP: A New Transport Protocol for VoIP Applications International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC), Vol 8 - Pages: 1-10
- Mosleh M Abu-Alhaj, Ahmed Manasrah, Mahmoud Baklizi, Nibras Abdullah, Lingeswari V Chandra (2011) Transport Layer Protocols Taxonomy from Voice over IP Perspective Advanced Computing: An International Journal ( ACIJ ), Vol 2
- Manjur S Kolhar, Mosleh Abu-Alhaj, Omar Abouabdalla, Tat-Chee Wan, Rahmat Budiarto and Ahmed M Manasrah (2011) Conference gateway for heterogeneous clients: Realtime switching clients and interasterisk exchange clients International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC), Vol 7 - Pages: 395-406
- (2010) Bias Child Node Association Avoidance Mechanism for Hierarchical Routing Protocol in 6LoWPAN Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT),
- (2010) Delta-Multiplexing: A Novel Technique to Improve VoIP Bandwidth Utilization between VoIP Gateways IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2010),
- Mosleh M. Abu-Alhaj, Halaiyqah M., Muhannad A. Abu-Hashem, Adnan A. Hnaif, Ahmed M. Manasrah (2010) An Innovative Platform To Improve The Performance Of Exact-Stringmatching Algorithms International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS), Vol 7
- Manjur S. Kolhar, Mosleh Abu-Alhaj, Omar Abouabdalla, Tat-Chee Wan and Ahmed M Manasrah (2010) Comparative evaluation and analysis of iax and rsw International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS), Vol 6
- (2009) MuxComp –A New Architecture To Improve VoIP Bandwidth Utilization International Conference on Future Networks (ICFN 2009),
- (2009) Multiplexing SIP Applications voice Packets between SWVG Gateways nternational Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications,
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
| Conference Title | Type of Participation | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering | Paper/Poster | Egypt - Cairo | April / 2019 |
| 5th International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science & Technology (CST 2018) | Paper/Poster | UAE- Dubai | January / 2018 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT) | Paper/Poster | Chengdu Convention Center Chengdu, China | July / 2010 |
| IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2010) | Paper/Poster | Bradford, UK | June / 2010 |
| nternational Conference on Computer Engineering and Applications | Paper/Poster | Manila, PHILIPPINES | June / 2009 |
| International Conference on Future Networks (ICFN 2009) | Paper/Poster | Bangkok, Thailand | March / 2009 |
THESIS SUPERVISION
| Title | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancing the Pigeon-Inspired Algorithm for DDoS Attack Detection | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2025 |
| Securing Domain Name System Against Cyberattacks Using an Improved Sailfish Algorithm | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2025 |
| Improved Intrusion Detection System Using a Modified African Vultures Algorithm | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2024 |
| Securing IoT Networks Against Cyber Threats Using an Improved Whale Optimizer | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2024 |
| Webs phishing Detection Using a Modified Spider Monkey Algorithm | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2024 |
| Android Malware Detection Using a Modified Dwarf Mongoose Algorithm | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2024 |
| This Thesis was submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Degree of Masters of Cybersecurity | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2023 |
| An Improved Intrusion Detection System With Dimension Reduction using an Improved Grey Wolf Optimizer for Feature Selection | AlAhliyya Amman University | 2023 |
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP
| Title | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Best Researcher Award among the Scientific Colleges | 2024 |
