Manal Houri

Doctorate degree, Computer Science, 2014, Southern Methodist University, United States of America.
Master's degree, Computer Science, 2004, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 2001, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.

Areas of expertise

Expertise:

Innovation and Tech
Corporate Technical Training
Learning Consulting
Power Management
Data Centers
Software Testing

Languages:

Arabic
English
French

Work history

Jobs:

Innovation Architect, January 2018- present, Facebook
Adjunct Professor, January 2015-present, Southern Methodist University.
Technical Training & Portfolio Manager, May 2014- January 2018, Ericsson Inc.
Learning Consultant, March 2013-April 2014, Ericsson Inc.
Technical Instructor, January 2011-February 2013, Ericsson Inc.
Teaching Assistant, August 2008-December 2010, Southern Methodist University.
Research Assistant, August 2005-July 2008, Southern Methodist University.

Honorary office and memberships

Student representative at the Southern Methodist University (SMU), Lyle School of Engineering, Graduate Student Council, 2009-2010.

Vice Chair at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Computer Science and Engineering Student Advisory Board, 2005-2007.

Productions

Publications highlights:

Manal Houri, “Immersive Learning Combo,” The Trainer’s Blended Content Cookbook, MIMEO, December 2017. [Link]
Manal Houri, “Uberized Learning in the Age of IoT,” MIMEO blog, September 15, 2016. [Link]
Houri, M. & Szygenda, S. (2015, March). Wide area power management: A clique partitioning algorithm for power management in geo-distributed data centers. Paper presented at the Computers and their Applications (CATA) conference. Honoloulu, USA.
Houri, M., Khargharia, B., Hariri, S., Kdouh, W., El-Rewini, H. & Yousif, M. (2008, April). Autonomic power and performance management of high-performance servers. Paper presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing. Miami, Florida. DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536418
Mansour N., Haraty, R. Daher, W., & Houri, M. (2008, July). An auto-indexing method for Arabic text. Information Processing and Management, 44, 1538-1545.
Houri, M. and Mansour, N. (2008). Testing web applications. Information and software technology, 48 (1), 31-42.
Houri, M., Khargharia, B., Hariri, S., Szidarovszky, F., El-Rewini, H., Khan, S., Ahmad, I. & Yousif, M. (2007, March). Autonomic power and performance management for large scale data centers. Paper presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing. Long Beach, California. DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2007.370510
Houri, M., Ramadan, R., Abdelghany, K., & El-Rewini, H. (2007). Impact of heterogeneity on the deployment of sensor networks. WICON '07 proceedings of the 3rd international conference on wireless internet (article no. 27). Brussels: Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Retrieved from http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1460047

Exhibitions, lectures & performances:

Speaker, “Learning Amidst the Internet of Things,” Learning 2017, Orlando, Florida, 2017.
Kick-off Speaker, Summer Intern Program kick-off, Ericsson, Plano, TX, 2017.
Speaker, 5G Use Cases, Engineers’ Week, University of Texas in Dallas, Richardson, TX, 2017.
Speaker, “Uberized Learning in the Age of IoT”, Learning 2016, Orlando, Florida, 2016.
Speaker, Promoting Computer Science to undecided major class, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2016.
Speaker, Promoting new Learning Services Solutions: gaming and multimedia, Verizon User Group, Frisco, TX, 2016.
Speaker, “Wearable Learning,” Training Conference & Expo, Orlando, Florida, 2016.
Speaker, “Technology for Good,” Ericsson University Relations Intern Fall event, Plano, TX, 2015.
Speaker, “Generation Z in the Workplace,” Learning 2015, Orlando, Florida, 2015.
Speaker and Session Chair, Computers and their Applications (CATA), International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), 2015
Lecture, "Like a Millennial in a "Candy Crush" Store", presented at the Learning 2014, Orlando, Florida, 2014.

Lecture, "Game on! Learning Gets Personal", presented at the Learning 2013, Orlando, Florida, 2013.

Lecture, "Workload Characterization for Power-Award Application Placement in Large Scale Data Centers", presented at the Computer Science and Engineering Department Colloquium, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 2010.

Lecture, "Compatibility-Dependent Application Placement for Energy-Efficient Data Centers", presented at the Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 2008.

Awards and Distinctions

Awards:

Received the Ericsson Learning Services Innovation Recognition Award for innovating a new virtual learning model in the corporate setting, January 2012.

Received the Outstanding Performance Award from the Graduate Student Council at Southern Methodist University for her service on the graduate student council, April 2010.