Dr. Safaa Hriez | Spatio-Temporal Analysis | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Safaa Hriez | Spatio-Temporal Analysis | Research Excellence Award

Al Hussein Technical University | Jordan

Dr. SAFAA HRIEZ is an experienced academic professional working as an Assistant Professor with expertise in Security, Secure Coding, Computing Research, Networking, Forensics, Data Structures, Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Database Systems, Operating Systems, and Deep Learning. She has delivered both theoretical and practical courses across multiple universities and training programs, consistently achieving high student evaluations. Her teaching experience spans on-campus and online platforms including Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and she has contributed to various institutional committees such as ABET, Scientific Research and Conferences, Graduation Projects, Practical Training, and Library Committees. She is proficient in multiple programming languages including Python, C, C++, C#, Java, MATLAB, PHP, Android, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Visual Basic, Oracle, and MySQL, with hands-on experience in Linux and Windows operating systems. Her data science profile includes working with TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Pandas, Matplotlib, and Numpy, alongside practical knowledge of machine learning fundamentals, linear and logistic regression, clustering, ensemble methods, probabilistic models, neural networks, CNNs, and RNNs for real-world applications. She is also certified in AI and possesses strong digital security expertise with tools such as FTK, Autopsy, Wireshark, Metasploit, and Immunity Debugger, covering offensive and defensive security techniques, network forensics, database security, memory corruption, web application attacks, and automation of security tasks. Her technical strengths also extend to data analysis techniques, including spatio-temporal analysis.

Hriez, S., & Hmidan, M. (2025). Energy-saving potentials in high-temperature data centers: A spatio-temporal analysis. Results in Engineering, 108–138.

Hriez, S. (2025). Face swap detection: A systematic literature review. IEEE Access.

Hriez, S., & Hmidan, M. (2025). Temperature forecasting for high-temperature data centers: Enhancing energy efficiency through predictive modeling. In 2025 12th International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT).

Hriez, S., Almajali, S., Elgala, H., Ayyash, M., & Salameh, H. B. (2021). A novel trust-aware and energy-aware clustering method that uses stochastic fractal search in IoT-enabled wireless sensor networks. IEEE Systems Journal.

Al Gharaibeh, R. S., Ali, M. Z., Daoud, M. I., Alazrai, R., AbdelNabi, H., Hriez, S., & Suganthan, P. N. (2021). Real parameter constrained optimization using enhanced quality-based cultural algorithm with novel influence and selection schemes. Information Sciences.

Prof. Dr. Andras Bardossy | Spatial Statistics | Excellence in Research Award

Prof. Dr. Andras Bardossy | Spatial Statistics | Excellence in Research Award

University of Stuttgart | Germany

Prof. Dr. András Bardossy is a distinguished expert in hydrology with research contributions spanning stochastic hydrology, geostatistics, surface and subsurface hydrology, hydroclimatology, climate change, and fuzzy computations. His professional career includes leading academic and research roles in prominent international institutions, focusing on hydrology, geohydrology, and water management. He has conducted extensive research in precipitation modeling, GCM downscaling, regionalization of hydrological models and parameters, groundwater and soil moisture evaluation, infiltration modeling, and environmental decision-making under uncertainty. His work further covers groundwater pollution modeling, multivariate statistical modeling, sediment transport, water quality analysis, and geostatistical investigation of environmental systems. Prof. Bardossy has held honorary and invited professorships at several globally recognized universities and has supervised 56 PhD scholars, with a strong publication record comprising 231 scientific papers. His core expertise also includes spatial statistics and advanced data analysis techniques.

Baste, S., Klotz, D., Acuña Espinoza, E., Bardossy, A., & Loritz, R. (2025). Unveiling the limits of deep learning models in hydrological extrapolation tasks. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 29(21), 5871–5891.

Zhang, Q., Zhang, K., Bárdossy, A., Li, Y., & Wu, N. (2025). Improving representation of hydrological process heterogeneity in grid-Xin’anjiang model through a stepwise approach. Journal of Hydrology, 655, 132897.

El Hachem, A., Seidel, J., & Bárdossy, A. (2025). Probabilistic downscaling of EURO-CORDEX precipitation data for the assessment of future areal precipitation extremes for hourly to daily durations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

Hörning, S., & Bárdossy, A. (2025). Simulation of conditional non-Gaussian random fields with directional asymmetry. Spatial Statistics, 65, 100872.

El Hachem, A., Seidel, J., O'Hara, T., Villalobos Herrera, R., Overeem, A., Uijlenhoet, R., Bárdossy, A., & de Vos, L. (2024). Technical note: A guide to using three open-source quality control algorithms for rainfall data from personal weather stations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.