About the Internet Society 

Board of Trustees

2004 Board Election

Candidates

Farouk Kamoun, Organisational Member

1. Professional background

I received a French engineering degree in 1970, a Master's and a PhD degree from the UCLA Computer Science Department. My PhD work , undertaken under the supervision of Dr Leonard Kleinrock, a pioneer in the area of networking, was related to the design consideration of large computer networks. We were among the first to introduce and evaluate cluster based hierarchical routing. Results obtained then, are still very relevant and have recently inspired considerable work in the area of Ad Hoc Networking.

Upon my return to Tunisia, In 1976, I was given the task to create and chair the first Computer Science Department of the country. During my term as chairman, 1976-1982, and as a professor since then, I taught the first course, ever, in Tunisia, on computer networks. I also launched the first research group on networking. My research work on network flow control based on buffer management is precursor of the now famous selective reject algorithms used in the Internet . My former students are, now, leaders in this field, in Tunisia, whether in academia or in the professional sector.
I also promoted the field of networking, in Tunisia, through the organization of several national conferences and workshops dealing with networks.

From 1982 till 1993, I chaired the CNI, Centre National de l'Informatique, a Government Office in charge of IT policies and strategic development.
As chairman of the board and CEO of CNI , I chaired several IT strategic and planning committees and supervised the development of major government software. I also launched several advanced pilot projects in the field of networking and software engineering.

One such pilot project dealt with the installation and operation, in the mid 80's, of the first packet switching network. This Pilot network enabled Tunisia to acquire know-how in the field and paved the way for the acquisition of a full fledged commercial Packet Switching Network. We also established the first connections to Bitnet, UUCP and later the Internet.

As chairman of CNI, I represented Tunisia at the general assembly and executive board meetings of the Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics (IBI) in Rome, in the 80's , as well as those of the UNESCO IT Intergovernmental Committee. Issues related to the developing countries where at the heart of our concerns

From 1993 till 1999, I served as Dean of ENSI, Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique , a School of Engineering dedicated to the training of computer engineers .

As Dean and Professor , I introduced new courses on networking and sat up an Intranet and a connection to the Internet. ENSI was the first University School in Tunisia to be connected to the Internet.. I also launched a strong graduate program leading to the PhD degree, with a major field in networking. ENSI is now recognized as the best school for training network and Internet engineers in Tunisia. It enjoys an excellent reputation outside of Tunisia. Many of our former students have accomplished outstanding work during their PhD studies abroad.

I am currently Professor of Computer Sc. at ENSI and Director of a research laboratory, that I founded in 1999, "CRISTAL". Our Research work is focussed on the field of multimedia networking and Image processing. As regards networking, we deal with the QoS and multimedia communications for the Internet, Security, Mobility, Wi-Fi and Ad Hoc networks as well as e-commerce..

I am author and co-author of over 100 scientific publications, technical and strategic reports ( a list of scientific publications is provided).

I am member of the International Council for Computer Communications (ICCC), the IFIP Technical Committee 6 and The Internet Society and the editorial board of 2 scientific journals.
As governor of ICCC (since 1984), I chaired the developing countries working group.

I co-chaired the program committees and organized in Tunisia, 3 joint ICCC Computer Communication Conference for Development Countries CCDC and IFIP TC6 Africom conference in 1986, 1991 and 1998. In parallel with the CCDC-Africom conferences, I organized the regular ICCC annual Board of Governors and Executive Board meetings as well as the IFIP-TC6 meetings.
I also organized several workshops and conferences on Internet and recently on Ad-Hoc networks (june 2003).

Besides my University work, I have been IT advisor to the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, for the last ten years. In that position, I chaired numerous committees and advised the Ministry on several issues such as: the development of the Internet within the university system, Information Technology and the "School of Tomorrow"( a ten year strategic plan till the year 2010), the development of training in IT, the development of a national strategy plan for R&D in ICT and I had also been involved with the planning of the Tunisian Virtual University..

2. Country of residency

I am Tunisian and live and work in Tunisia. Tunisia is a small country of 10 million people located in North Africa. It is at the heart of the Mediterranean region and at the crossroad between the north and the south, the East and the West. Tunisia is a member of the Maghreb Union, the Arab league, The African Union and is very active in fostering the development of strong relationships between the north and the south.

3. Involvement with the Internet to date

My first involvement, with networking, was during my PhD work at UCLA during the 70's where I got quite involved with the Arpanet. Then upon my return to Tunisia, and as mentioned above, I have been the main driving force in the introduction of packet switching networks and in particular the Internet in Tunisia. I established the first international connections , launched the first network pilot project, and trained the first engineers in the field. My school, ENSI, was the first university institution to be connected to the Internet.

I chaired a team that devised the first deployment plan connecting 30000 students, faculty and staff to the Internet within the university system in Tunisia, the plan has been adopted by the ministry and put to execution.
I also chaired a team that devised and convinced the ministry in charge of education (elementary and high school) to deploy the Internet throughout the high school system and to introduce a mandatory course on the Internet and multimedia at the K12 level, the plan has been approved and executed.
I also chaired a technical committee on "IT and the school of tomorrow" whose objectives were to study the impact of IT and the Internet on education, we devised a 10 year plan , 2000-2010, that has been approved by the government of Tunisia and is being executed.

Lately I got involved in Distance Education through some expertise I provided to the Tunisian Virtual University and through some research activities related networking infrastructures and protocols for distance education.
Finally as a professor in the field , I have been training a great number of students on the Internet technology.

4. Involvement with the Internet Society to date

I have been member of ISOC for the last 10 years. I participated to an ISOC meeting in France and have been pushing for the creation of a chapter in Tunisia.

5. Strengths, unique features and expected contributions

My leadership in the networking field is well established in Tunisia as well as abroad. I have a unique experience as Academician to develop training and research on the Internet and as a former head of a government agency to build national strategies and pilot projects to create know how and enable transfer of technology . My understanding of the interplay between education and the needs of society, particularly in the developing world, is I believe unique. I can bring my experience to ISOC in dealing with issues related to the Internet and developing countries, such as: Internet deployment, governance, legal issues, training, advanced internet applications, e-commerce, e-learning, e-government. Moreover, I can relay ISOC philosophy and message to the developing world.
My experience with international bodies such as IFIP and ICCC as well as UNESCO will be quite valuable for my work within the ISOC board of trustees
.
Being trilingual (French, English and Arabic) and having lived in North America, Europe and now in North Africa are strong assets for a better understanding of developing countries specific needs and requirements and moreover, to foster a constructive dialogue between the developing and the developed countries.

My contributions will be to bring my insights and experience to the board , help foster ISOC activities in Tunisia and throughout the region (Africa and the Arab world). This will be done through the organization of seminars, workshops and conferences to foster the understanding of the Internet and its social and economic impact. I will also help launch pilot projects, and develop show cases in order to create and build new regional know how.

Furthermore, Tunisia will host the 2d phase of the World summit on information society in 2005, I could serve as a bridge between ISOC and the Organizers. I would like to organize an ISOC workshop in Tunisia in 2005, to deal with topics related to the world summit. Our Recommendations could then be channelled to the Summit.

6. Time to devote to the Board's Activities.

Being a university professor, I have quite a bit of flexibility in managing my time. Therefore, and according to my interests and depending on the importance of the actions to be undertaken, I'll devote the required time.
As a matter of fact I have been involved with similar activities in the past and I have succeeded in accomplishing a great deal.

7. Funds Raising

As mentioned above, through the organization of numerous national and international seminars, workshops and conferences, I acquired a very good experience in fund raising. My previous government appointments and my actual position as advisor to the ministry of higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, gives me access to a network of colleagues and institutional support. I also have a good network of former students who lead private companies and important government institutions : such as the Internet Agency, the Agency for IT security. I also have a good experience raising funds through International bodies such as: UNESCO, EU, ALECSO, UNDP, the World Bank… I plan to use this experience to raise funds to foster ISOC activities and projects in Tunisia and throughout the region.

Tunis, January 15 2003

Dr Farouk Kamoun
Professor, Head of CRISTAL Research Laboratory
Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique, ENSI
University of Manouba
Manouba, 2010, Tunisia
Tel +216 98 32 80 83
Email: frk.kamoun@planet.tn

CURRICULUM VITAE

FIRST NAME : KAMOUN
NAME : Farouk
BIRTHDATE : 20/10/1946, Sfax, Tunisia

ADDRESS :

Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique, ENSI
University of Manouba
Campus Universitaire de Manouba
2010 Manouba, Tunisia

EMAIL: frk.kamoun@planet.tn

DIPLOMAS:

1970 Engineering Degree, Ecole Supérieure d' Electricité, Paris, France
Major: Informatics

1972 Master's Degree in Computer Sc., University of California
Los Angeles (UCLA)

1976 PhD in Computer Sc., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

PROFESSIONAL CARRIER

Since 1999-

Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique (ENSI)
University of Manouba, Tunisia

• Professor of Computer Science
• Director of CRISTAL Research Laboratory ( Networking, Image processing…)
• Chairman of the Master's degree committee (1999-2003)
• Advisor to the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, in charge of Information Technology.

From 1993-1999 :

Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique, ENSI

• Director of the "Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique" 1993-1999
• Director of a joint ENSI-FST graduate studies program, 1994 -1997
• Chairman of the Master's degree committee, 1994 -1997
• Chairman of the PhD committee 1997-1999.
• Chairman of the Special Program to train trainers (Formation de Formateurs Technologues) in Informatics, 1993-1999
• Founder of the Research Laboratory: " CRISTAL", 1999.
• Founder and Director of the Software Engineering Research Unit, (PGL), 1987-99
• - Founder and Director of the Networking and Distributed Systems Research Unit (RSR), 1980-1999.
• - Professor in charge of:
  Courses : Modeling and performance evaluation of computer systems and networks
  Discrete event Simulation
  Advanced network technologies
  Multimedia Networks

Other Activities

• Chairman of a Technical Committee that devised the first Internet deployment plan for the Higher Education System in Tunisia (1998-2002).
• Chairman of a Technical Committee on IT and Education, "School of Tomorrow", that developed a 10 year plan for the period: 2000-2010.
• - Chairman of a National Committee of Experts in Charge of developing the national IT plan for the period of 1997-2001

From 1982-93

Centre National de l'Informatique, 1er Ministère
(National Informatics Center, Prime Ministry)

1982-93 Chairman and CEO of the Centre National de l'Informatique (CNI)
Professor at the Faculté des Sciences de Tunis

1989-93 Secretary and member of the National Council for Informatics and Telecommunications, chaired by the Prime Minister

1989-93 Chairman of the Permanent National Committee for "informatics, office automation and telecommunications".

Chairman of several committees dealing with IT and government (Administrative Reforms).

Tunisian Delegate at the Steering Board and the General Assembly of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Program for Informatics.

1982-87 Tunisian Delegate at the Steering Board and the General Assembly of
the Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics, IBI (Rome).

1982-87 Secretary and member of the National Informatics Committee

Chairman of the Technical Committees in charge of devising the first three national 5-year informatics development plan for the periods: 1982-1986, 1987-1991, 1992-1996, included in the Tunisian Economic and Social 5-year Development Plans.

From 1976-1982 :
Faculté des Sciences de Tunis
Ministry of Hihger Education

1976-82 Chairman of the Computer Sc. Training and Research Unit,
Faculté des Sciences de Tunis

1976-80 Associate Professor, in charge of courses on networking, performance
evaluation, queuing theory and computer operating systems.

Feb. 1981, Aug. 81 Visiting Professor, UCLA

1980… Full Professor, first full professor in Informatics in Tunisia

From 1972-1976 Research Assistant, Computer Sc. Dpt., UCLA

Activities in Scientific Organizations

Since 1986 Governor of the International Computer
Communication Council (ICCC)

1990-92 Vice President of the International Computer
Communication Council (ICCC)

1992-96 Chairman of the ICCC Developing Country Committee

Since 1982 Member of the IFIP (International Federation for Information
Processing) Technical Committee 6 in charge of Networking

Since 1996 Member of ISOC

Since 1976 Participation in Numerous International Scientific Conference
Program Committees
Organized and chaired program committees of 3 Africom-CCDC
Conferences and several workshops related to Internet and networking

Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Journals.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

PhD Dissertations: over 10 PhD's have been accomplished under my supervision, mostly in the field of networking.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

F. KAMOUN, Proceedings of the first IFIP Africom Conference, Tunis may 1984, North Holland

F. KAMOUN, L. POUZIN ; Proceedings of the third IFIP-ICCC Africom - CCDC (Computer Communications for Developing Countries) Conference, Tunis may 1991, North Holland
,

F. KAMOUN, L. POUZIN Proceeding of the fifth IFIP-ICCC CDC-Africom Conference, " Internet and Global Networking " Tunis, October 1998

PAPERS

F. Kamoun, Multicomputer Data Communication for On-Line Neurophysiological Experiments, Master's Thesis, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles ; Dec. 1972.

F. Kamoun
Design Consideration for Large Computer Communication Networks, PhD Dissertation, Computer Science Department, University of California, Los Angeles ; March 1976.

L. Kleinrock and F. Kamoun
Data Communication Through large Packet-Switching Networks, Proceeding of the International Teletraffic Congress-Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 1976

F. Kamoun and L. Kleinrock
Analysis of Shared Storage in a Computer Network Environment , proceedings of the Ninth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 88-92, Honolulu, Hawaii ; January 1976.

L. Kleinrock and F. Kamoun
Hierarchical Routing for Large Networks Performance Evaluation and Optimization, Computer Networks, Vol 1, pp. 155-174 ; 1977.

L. Kleinrock and F. Kamoun
Hierarchical design for Large Computer Communication Networks, Network 1979.

F. Kamoun and L. Kleinrock
Stochastic Performance Evaluation of Hierarchical Routing for Large Computer Networks, Volume 3, pp. 337-553 ; Nov 1979.

F. Kamoun; and L. Kleinrock
Analysis of Shared Storage in a Computer Network Environment : A General Case, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. Com-28, pp. 992-1003 ; July 1980.

F. Kamoun, J.L. Grange and A. Belguith
Congestion Control with a Buffet Management Strategy Based on Traffic Priorities, Proceeding of the International Computer Communication Conference; Atlanta; U.S.A. ; October 1980.

F. Kamoun
The Drop and Throttle Flow Control Policy for Computer Networks, Proceeding 9th International Teletraffic Congress, Spain, October 1979.
Invited paper, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Special Issue on Congestion Control ; Vol Com-29, April 1981.

F. Kamoun, L. Kleinrock and R. Muntz
Queueing Analysis of the Ordering Issue in a Distributed Database Concurrency Control Mechanism , proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ; France, April 1981.

F. Kamoun, N. Ben Djerad and G. Le Lann
Queuing Analysis of the Ordering Issue in a Distributed Database Concurrency Control Mechanism : A General Case, proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ; Florida ; Oct. 1982.

F. Kamoun, L. Azouz, H. Youssef, C. Huitema
Performance Evaluation of Nadir Bulk Data Transmission Protocol for a Point to Point Satellite Link, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Satellite and Computer Communications ; Paris France ; April 1983.

F. Kamoun, L. Azouz, H. Youssef, C. Huitema
Performance Evaluation of Nadir Bulk Data Transmission Protocol for a Multipoint Satellite Link, 2nd International Conference on Performance of Computer Communication Systems, Zurich Switzerland ; March 1984.

F. Kamoun, M. Ben Sassi, H. Ben Ayed
AFRIMAIL Project, Proceedings-2nd International Symposium Computer Message Systems ; Washington DC; Sept. 1985.

F. Kamoun, M. Ben Sassi, H. Ben Ayed
Messaging System for African Countries : AFRIMAIL Project, Proceedings of the International Conference an Computer Communications ICCC 86 ; Munich ; Sept. 1986.

F. Kamoun, M. Ben Sassi
Tunisia's Experience in the Promotion of Teleprocessing, ICCC-CCDC 87 ; India ; Oct. 1987.

F. Kamoun
Present and Future Trends in the Field of Informatics, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on New Technologies and Development of the Muslim World ; Kuwait ; December 1989.

F. Kamoun
Impact of EDP on Intellectual Property Laws in Arab an African Countries- WIPO Conference on the Impact of New Technologies on the Intellectual Property laws in the Arab and African World; Cairo; May 1989.

F. Kamoun ,H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, Y. Jamoussi,
Démarche orientée objet pour la conception d'un outil d'aide à Merise, 3ème Journées Internationales de Génie Logiciel ; Toulouse France ; Décembre 1990.

F. Kamoun, L. Pouzin, H. Ben Ayed
Development and Standardization of a Bilingual (Arabic/Latin) X400 Messaging System. Proceedings of the International Computer Communication Conference, India 1990.

F. Kamoun, M.B.Sassi
" Computer Communication for Developing Countries "
Proceedings of the IFIP, world congress Hambourg 1994.

H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, Y. Jamoussi, F. Kamoun
MEMO, une methode orientée objet basée sur la reutilisation et le envois de messages entre objets, ses apports dans le développement d'outils CASE. Proceedings of The third Maghrebian Conference on Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, Rabat ; April 1994.

H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, F. Kamoun
"A Reuse Approach Based on Object Orientation. Its Contribution to the Development of Case Tools" Symposium on Software Reusability (SSR'95), ACM-SIGSOFT ; Seattle, Washington ; April 1995.

L.Ben Azzouz, F. Kamoun
" Comparaison entre le protocole TEDECO et le protocole Pedi "
AFCET95, Octobre 95, Toulouse, France

L.B.Azzouz, H.Jamoussi, F. Kamoun
" Emulation d'une messagerie EDI autour d'une messagerie IPM(X420) "
Colloque Francophone de l'Ingénierie des Protocoles (CFIP96), Octobre 96, Rabat,
Morocco.

Y. Jamoussi, H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, F. Kamoun
"A Multi-Method Environment that Integrates a Methodological Information Base"
8th Conference on Software Engineering Environments (SEE'97), organised by IEEE, Cottbus, Germany, March 1997.

S. Ayachi Ghannouchi, H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, F. Kamoun
"Une approche de rétro-conception de données générique, offrant le guidage de processus", INFORSID'97 ; Toulouse ; Juin 1997.

L. Ben Azzouz, H. Ben Ayed, F. Kamoun
" Problematic of EDI transport mechanisms"
In the proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Computer Communication ICCC'97, France, November 97

S. Mettali Gammar, F. Kamoun
" A comparison of scheduling algorithms for distributed transactional systems "
The 6th IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems FTDCS'97, October 97, Tunisia.

S.Mettali Gammar, L. George, F. Kamoun
" Simulation d'algorithmes d'ordonnancement pour des systèmes transactionnels répartis temps réel " NOTERE'97 (premier colloque international sur les NOuvelles TEchnologies de la Répartition) Novembre 97 ,Pau, France.

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
"Performance Evaluation of Scheduling Algorithms in a Real-time Distributed Transactional" System-FTDCS'97 - IEEE Future Trends of Distributed Computing systems- Tunis -Tunisia, October 97.

S. Ayachi Ghannouchi, H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, F. Kamoun
" A Generic Approach for Data Reverse Engineering Taking into account Application Domain Knowledge ", CSMR'98 ; Lyon, France, April 1998.

S. Mettali Gammar, F. Kamoun
" Scheduling algorithms for distributed transactional systems : a Performance Evaluation " PDPTA'98 (1998 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications) July 98, Las Vegas.

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
"Performance Evaluation of Scheduling Algorithms in a Real-time Fault Tolerant Distributed" Transactional System- ISAS'98 - International conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis- Orlando - USA - July 98

I. Lengliz, F. Kamoun
"A Rate-based Flow Control Method for ABR Service in ATM Networks", Proceedings of the Six IFIP Workshop on performance modelling and evaluation of ATM Networks, 20-22 July 1998, Ilkley, UK.

H.Tounsi, L.Toutain, F. Kamoun
" Best Effort Amélioré ". Journée Doctorale Informatique et Réseaux JDIR' 98, Versailles, France

H. Tounsi, L. Toutain & F. Kamoun
" Router queue management for multimedia traffic in the Internet ", MMNS'98 (Second IFIP/IEEE International Conference On Management of Multimedia Networks and Services '98), Versailles- France, 16-18 Nov. 1998. Selected for publication in NIS (Networking Information System) journal.

L. Ben Azzouz, H. Ben Ayed, F. Kamoun
" Emulation of an EDI User Agent around the Internet Mail"
The fifth joint IFP-TC6 & ICCC Conference on Computer Communications AFRICOM-CCDC'98, October 98, Tunis.

L. Ben Azzouz, H. Ben Ayed, F. Kamoun
"OSI EDI Messaging Vs IETF-EDI Approach"
The Fist International Conference on Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce ICTEC'98 , November 1998, Nashville, USA.

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
" Modelling and Performance Evaluation of the Circulating Multisequencer Scheduling Algorithm in a Real-time Distributed Transactional System " Proceedings of CNDS'99- Computer Networks and Distributed Systems Modeling and Analysis - San Francisco, USA, January 1999

I. Lengliz, F. Kamoun
"Un mécanisme de contrôle de flux explicite pour le service ABR dans les réseaux ATM : Etude de performance", actes du Colloque Francophone sur l'Ingénierie des protocoles CFIP'99, April 26-29, 1999, Nancy, France.

S. Boucetta, H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, F. Kamoun
" Application d'une démarche descendante et ascendante pour la reconstitution de l'architecture d'un système légataire large " The Many Facets of Process Engineering, MFPE'99 ; Gammarth ; Mai 1999.

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
"Performance Evaluation and Management of the Consensus Algorithm in a Real-time" Distributed Transactional System - ISCC'99 - IEEE Symposium on Computer Communications, Egypt, July 99.

S. Boucetta, H. Hadjami Ben Ghezala, F. Kamoun
"Architectural Recovery and Evolution of Large Legacy Systems, International Workshop on the Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE'99), 16-17 July 1999, Fukuoka, Japan

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
"Modélisation et évaluation des performances d'algorithmes d'ordonnancement dans un système transactionnel réparti temps réel"- MOSIM'99- MOdélisation et SIMulation.- Annecy - France - Octobre 99

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
Modelling and Performance Evaluation of the Multi-tokens and the Circulating Multisequencer Scheduling Algorithms in a Real-time Distributed Transactional System, Performance evaluation. international journal.(n° 36-37(1999) 429-456).NH Elsevier.

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
Modelling and Performance Evaluation of the Multi-tokens and the Circulating Multisequencer Scheduling Algorithms in a Real-time Distributed Transactional System, Performance' 99 Istanbul - Turkey , October 99.

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
Modelling and Performance Evaluation of the Circulating Multisequencer and the Consensus Algorithms in a Real-time Distributed Transactional System, 18th IEEE Symposium on Real time Distributed Systems.- SRDS'99, Lausanne -Suisse, octobre 99.

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
Comparison of the Circulating Multisequencer, the Multi-tokens and the Consensus Algorithms in a Real-time Distributed Transactional System -CNDS'2000 - Communication Networks and Distributed Systems modeling and analysis - San Diego, USA, January 2000.

L.Ben Azzouz, H.Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun
"An EDI User Agent Over Internet". Revue NIS, Edition Hermes, January, 2000.

S. Mettali Gammar, F. Kamoun
"Evaluation de Performances d'algorithmes d'ordonnancement pour les systèmes transactionnels répartis temps réel à base de jetons " Conference Proceedings, NOTERE Nov 2000 and RERIR Journal.

F. Kamoun, H. Ben Ayed,
"The Internet : the point of view of the academy", IAS conference, Tunis, September 2000

H. Ben Ayed, L. Ben Azzouz, F. Kamoun,
"A Prototype of an EDI User agent for the Internet" Thirteenth Bled Electronic Commerce Conference Bled'2000, Bled 2000

L. Azzouz Saidane, F. Kamoun
Comparison of the Circulating Multisequencer, the Multi-tokens and the Consensus Scheduling Algorithms in a Real-time Distributed Transactional System, The journal of the Foundations of Computer Science. Special Issue on Scheduling Algorithms: Theory and Applications, 2001.

H.Kaffel Ben Ayed, S. Kaabi Chihi, F. Kamoun,
" Electronic Negotiation: Characteristics and requirements" accepted for the IFIP TC8 Working Conference on E-commerce/ E-business in Salzburg June 22-23 2001.

H. Tounsi, L. Toutain, F. Kamoun
" Small Packets Aggregation in an IP Domain ", 6th IEEE Symposium on Computers
and Communications ISCC'2001, Hammamet, Tunisia, July 2001.

H.Kaffel Ben Ayed, S. Kaabi Chihi, F. Kamoun
Electronic Negotiation :Characteristics and requirements", First IFIP TC8 Working Conference on E-commerce/ E-business, Salzburg June 22-23 2001.

H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun and Safa Kaâbi Chihi,
"Evaluation of HTTP, E-mail and NNTP with Regard to Negotiation Requirements in the Context of Electronic Commerce", 4th International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research, Dallas November 8-11, 2001,

Fethi Filali, Walid Dabbous, and Farouk Kamoun, "On the Planning of Multiservices GEO Satellite-Terrestrial Hybrid Networks", In the Proc. IEEE Softcom '2001, October 2001, Split, Dubrovnik (Croatia) Ancona, Bari (Italy)

Fethi Filali, Farouk Kamoun, et Walid Dabbous, " Efficient Planning of Satellite-Terrestrial Hybrid Networks for Multicast Applications", In the Proc. IEEE ICC'2001, June 2001, Helsinki, Finland.

Fourati, H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun,
"An approach for the deployment of SET over WAP mobile networks", accepted for the ICECR-5 conference on e-commerce, Montreal, Oct.2002

H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun and Safa Kaâbi
"Une analyse sur l'utilisation des brokers dans le commerce électronique", Médianet
Conference, Sousse, Tunisia, Juin 2002

A. Fourati, H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun " A security approach combining WTLS/TLS and SET for mobile commerce " Net-con conference, Paris Oct. 2002

A. Fourati, H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun, "W-SET: A security approach for the payment in mobile commerce", IEEE-LCN conference, Tampa-Florida, Oct.2002

Kaffel Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun and Safa Kaâbi , "Une analyse sur l'utilisation des brokers dans le commerce électronique", Médianet conférence, Sousse, June. 2002

S. Ouni, F. Kamoun
EDF Based Real Time Scheduling Protocol over Ethernet Networks" The 2002 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'02) " Las Vegas, USA,.

H. Tounsi, F. Kamoun
"Early Packet Discard ", Proceedings of IEEE-IFIP Net-Con 2002 Conference, Paris, October 2002

Ouni Sofiane, Farouk Kamoun, "Hard and Soft Scheduling Protocol on Ethernet Networks " IEEE transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Hammamet, Tunisia, October 2002.

Ouni Sofiane, Farouk Kamoun, "Protocole Asynchrone pour l'ordonnancement des messages temps réel critiques sur Ethernet", International conference SETIT 2003, Tunisie, 2003.

S. Kaabi Chihi, H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, F. Kamoun, "Evaluation of http and IRC with regard to auction requirements", Accepted for the DNAC workshop, Tozeur April 2003.
Hella Ben Ayed, Safa Kaabi Chihi, and Farouk Kamoun "Specification of a
Communication Protocol, based on IRC for Real Time Auctions", Proceedings of the Sixth International on Electronic Commerce Research, Dallas, October 2003.

Ikram Chabbouh, H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, M. Makpangou, "A mesurement system for e-market places", in proc. Of Sixth International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research (ICREC-6), Dallas, October 2003.

Chokri El Aoun, Hella Kaffel Ben Ayed, F. Kamoun, E. Aimeur, H. El Euch "A Model based on electric physics to predict the behavior of the stock market exchange", in proc. of Sixth International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research (ICREC-6), Dallas, October 2003.

I. Lengliz, H. Touati, F. Kamoun and M. Y. Sanadidi, "Experimentations
towards TCP Westwood application in ad-hoc mobile networks", Med-hoc Net
2003 (The 2nd Mediterranean Workshop on Ad-Hoc Networks), Mahdia, Tunisia, 25-27 June, 2003.
2003.

A. Fourati, H. Kaffel Ben Ayed, F.Kamoun, "Security Issues of M-commerce over Hotspot networks", accepted for publication in proc. of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Atlanta, March 2004