AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

INTRODUCTION – SYLLABUS
Advanced Computer Networking
CSI 446
AUST – 2024

Dr. Gaby Abou Haidar

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Instructor Biography
Dr. Gaby Abou Haidar is the Coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering – and
the I.T. Manager at the American University of Science and Technology -
AUST- Zahlé. He is a member of the IEEE Communications Society and a
member of the Order of Engineers and Architects –Lebanon. He is a CISCO
certified instructor in Routing and Switching Essentials and in CISCO Security.
Moreover, Dr. Abou Haidar is a holder of the MCSE - Microsoft Certified
System Engineer and the HCIA_AI Huawei Artificial Intelligence Instructor
Certificate. He teaches Digital Systems Lab, Circuit Analysis I Lab, Circuit
Analysis II Lab, Communications Systems Lab, Microprocessors Lab, Micro-
controller lab, Digital Communications Systems Lab, Control Systems Lab,
Electronics Lab, and Networking Lab. In addition, he teaches the Digital
Communications, Embedded Systems, Virtual Instrumentation Systems,
Computer Networking , and Advanced Computer Networking courses. His
Research interests are in Digital Communications, Networking, Fractional
Calculus, Embedded Systems, Control systems, Machine Learning, and Neural
Networks.
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Degrees and Certifications

- University of Bordeaux- IMS Laboratory- France - Ph.D. July 2021
“Application of Fractional Order System in the Acoustics Domain:
Modeling and Synthesis of a Wind Instrument”

- Work Ready Now- USAID (WRN) December 2020

- Huawei Routing and Switching Certificate (HCIA_R&S) October 2020
- Blackboard Certified Associate August 2020
- Huawei 5G Certificate (HCIA_5G) June 2020
- Instructor Certified Huawei Artificial Intelligence (HCIA_AI) March 2020
- European Computer Driving License (ECDL) April 2016
- National Instruments - Instructor Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) September 2014
- Lebanese University - Cisco (IT Essentials) Instructor Certification April 2014
- Lebanese American University, Jbeil, Lebanon - Cisco Security Instructor Certification (CCNA-S) June 2013
- UPAZ, Zahle, Lebanon - Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) December 2010
- AUST, Beirut, Lebanon - Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer and Communications Engineering (CCE) July 2008
- University of Michigan - Proficiency in English (ECPE) January 2006
- New Horizons, Beirut - Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) December 2005
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Recent Research
- Gaby Abou Haidar, Nouhad Hachem, Mohammad Awwad,” Smart Device Waiter Using AI Image and Voice Recognition with an IPS Navigation System.” published in the IEEE
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Systems – ICAIS 2021 - March 25-27, 2021 at JCT College of Engineering and Technology - Coimbatore – India.
CFP21OAB-DVD; ISBN: 978-1-7281-8381-7

- Gaby Abou Haidar, Xavier Moreau, Roy Abi Zeid Daou,” Modelling, Implementation and Control of a Wind Musical Instrument.” published in the 21st IFAC World Congress-
IFAC-2020 - July 12-17, 2020 at IFAC-20- Berlin – Germany.

- Gaby Abou Haidar, Georgio Abou Saad, Abbas Chalhoub, Hasan Moussawy,” Robotic Feeder for Disabled People.” published in the fifth International Conference on Advances
in Biomedical Engineering – ICABME -2019- October 17-19, 2019 at LU – Lebanon, pp. 1-4.

- G. Abou Haidar, R. Achkar, D. Salhab, A. Sayyah, F. Jobran, “Sign Language Translator using the Back Propagation Algorithm of an MLP” published in the 7th International
Workshop on Mobile Applications – MobiApps 2019. August 26-28, 2019 Turky- Istanbul.

- Gaby Abou Haidar, Roy Abi Zeid Daou, Xavier Moreau,” Modelling and Identification of the Musicians Blowing Part and the Flute Musical Instrument.” published in the Fourth
International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications - ACTEA-2019- July 3-5, 2019 at NDU – Lebanon, IEEE Explore, Pages:1-6

- Roger Achkar, Gaby Abou Haidar, “Ethnicity Recognition System using Back Propagation Algorithm of an MLP “ published in the Fourth International Conference on Advances
in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications ACTEA-2019- July 3-5, 2019 at NDU - Lebanon

- Gaby Abou Haidar, Roger Achkar, Hasan Dourgham, “Quality Verification of Audio and Image Modulation by the Simulation of PCM, DM and DPCM Systems”, published in the
International Journal of Information and Communication Sciences (IJICS). Vol. 3, No. 4, May 2019, NEW YORK, NY 10018 U.S.A, pp. 110-120. doi: 10.11648/j.ijics.20180304.11

- Gaby Abou Haidar, Roy Abi Zeid Daou, Xavier Moreau,” Modelling and Control of the Artificial Mouth of a Flute Wind Musical Instrument” published in the IEEE-IMCET
2018, IEEE International Multidisciplinary Conference on Engineering Technology (IMCET), Beirut, 2018, pp. 1-6.
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Contact Information

 Email: [email protected]

 Personal Phone: 961 3 412611

 Office Phone: 961 8 930894 - Ext. 117

Feel free to contact me ONLY during work hours.

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CSI 446 SYLLABUS

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CSI 446 Syllabus

INSTRUCTOR Gaby Abou Haidar
Email: [email protected]

LAB HOURS MW (SECTION – A) 09:30 am – 10:45 am

Room: CISCO Lab

OFFICE HOURS TH 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Otherwise by appointment
Room: Engineering Office
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Course Objectives
 This course adds to the knowledge acquired in CSI345 and covers advanced networking topics such as:
Virtual LANs, Spanning Tree Protocol , advanced interior routing protocols such as EIGRP and OSPF , WAN
protocols such as PPP and Frame Relay , securing your network with Access Control Lists…

 Students who successfully complete this course at AUST will earn automatically the CISCO-ICND1 Academic Certificate.

REQUIRED TEXTS

* Interactive Web Application from your CISCO account

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CSI 345 Grade Distribution

 Class and Lab Attendance/Participation ATT 05%
 Homework Assignments HWK 10%
 Drop Quizzes DQZ 10%
 Project PRJ 15%
 Midterm Exams
Midterm Exam 1 MID1 25%
Midterm Exam 2 MID2 25%
(The two exams will be counted. The highest grade obtained will constitute 70% of the exams
grade and the lowest 30%)
 Final Exam FEX 35%

CCNA-3 (Final exam of the ENSA Track)

CCNA-3 (Packet Tracer Final exam of the ENSA Track)
Both are requirements to get the CISCO Certification
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

1. Understand the concept of Single Area OSPF

2. Configure Single Area OSPF
3. Understand and configure the concept of Access Control Lists - ACLs
4. Understand and configure the concept of Network Address Translation - NAT
5. Understand and configure the concept Wide Area Network - WAN
6. Understand and configure the concept of Virtual Private Network - VPN
7. Understand and configure the Quality of Service concepts - QoS
8. Understand and configure Network Management concepts
9. Perform advanced network design with IPv4 and IPv6
10. Understand the concept of Network Troubleshooting
11. Understand the concept of Network Virtualization and Automation
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CISCO CCNA - V7 Track

CCNA-V7

ITN SRWE ENSA

CSI 345 CSI 446

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CISCO CCNA - V7 Track

- ITN : 17 Modules --------> Final online + Final Packet Tracer : Pass both to get a certificate

-SRWE: 16 Modules --------> Final online + Final Packet Tracer : Pass both to get a certificate

-ENSA: 14 Modules --------> Final online + Final Packet Tracer : Pass both to get a certificate
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CISCO Account and Packet Tracer

Step by step procedure:

1- Activate your AUST email

2- You will receive an email from CISCO, follow the steps and create your CISCO account.
3- Make sure to save your password
4- In your account, you will find yourself registered in the CISCO (ITN) class
5- Inside the class link you can access your course materials, do the chapter exams, and do the final
course and lab exams.
6- From the student recourses, download Packet Tracer (latest version). This will be the networking
simulator that we will use in the lab session