Master in Web Sciences (MWS)

About the program
Program rules
Program courses
Program director
Academic staff

The master of Web Science (MWS) program is suitable for all IT specialists to pursue their higher education. As a result of this program, the University grant the degree of Master of Postgraduate Studies in Web Science. The holder of this degree has a systematic and critical understanding of current knowledge and techniques applied in the field of web science. He/She will be able to deal with complex issues systematically and creatively.

Registration

It is required to have a university degree with at least a “good” graduation average from a public or private university recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education or universities accepted by the Council of Scientific Affairs and approved by the University Council in one of the following disciplines: Information Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering specialization, Computer and Informatics Engineering, Information and Communication Technology Engineering (IT), Information and Communication Engineering (Information Systems, Software), Software Engineering and Information Systems, Sciences (Informatics Specialization, Applied Mathematics and Information) Information Technology, Technology of Information, Information Technology BIT/SVU , Applied College, Information Technology Engineering (Technology of Information), The Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology Diploma (Information Technology, Informatics, Computer Systems Engineering), Computer Sciences, Computer Systems Engineering, Information Systems, Information Systems and Technology Management (HIBA-MIS) Bachelor in Information, UOG - Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (Computer Engineering / University Degree), Assad Academy of Military Engineering (Computer Specialization).

Passing a placement test in English conducted by the Virtual University, with not less than 60% average or equivalence certificate according to the following schedule:

SVU PT	TOEFL Paper	TOEFL CBT	TOEFL IBT	IELTS
60 %	473	150	52	4.0

After the student passes the placement test, he/she must pass the Specialized Admission Test in order for the University to learn about the skills and experience of the applicant.

Studying duration

The duration of studying master's degree in " Web Sciences" is two years (four semesters) minimum and four years (eight semesters) maximum.

Costs and Fees

Fees	Amount Due
Fees	SYP	(€)	($)
Registration fees	3500	70	80
Annual Fees	7500	150	160
Graduation Fees	5000	100	110
Examination Fess for each course	1000	-	-
Transcript	2500 * copies number	20	25
Course fees	22000	140	150
Final Project	150000	1000	1100
Notes	20% of the tuition fees is deducted for members of the and their sons. This discount does not include fees and exam costs. 50% of the tuition fees is deducted for military personnel, whether they are military personnel or in compulsory or reserve service in the army and the armed forces. The cost of the Placement Test and the Admission test is paid for Dubai students at the University's Access Center in Dubai (cash in AED). The cost of the Placement test and the Admission test is paid for students in (Jordan / Egypt / Lebanon / Turkey / Bahrain / Erbil / Sultanate of Oman) at the University's access points in Amman / Cairo / Beirut / Istanbul / Manama / (Cash in USD.) The cost of the Placement test and the Admission test is paid for students in ) at the University's access points in (Cash in ) The fees payment and tuition feesfor students in / Dubai - Saudi Arabia - Jordan - Lebanon - Egypt - Kuwait - Turkey - Bahrain, Oman, Erbil are paidin EURat one ofthe Commercial Bank of Syria branches(after final acceptance and registration) After admission and final registration, students in (Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Bahrain, Erbil, Sultanate of Oman) have to pay an additional amount of 30 USD at the University's access points in Amman / Cairo / Beirut / Manama / Erbil / For each course concerning the services of the Center and the cost of examinations. After admission and final registration, students in Dubai have to pay an additional amount of (250AED) at the University's Access Center (Dubai) For each course concerning the services of the Center and the cost of examinations. After admission and final registration, students in Kuwait have to pay an additional amount of (15KD). Also students in Turkey have to pay an additional amount of ( 40 US), Students in Germany have to pay an additional amount of (40 EURO ) at the University's Access Centers in Kuwait / Turkey / Germany, for each course concerning the services of the Center and the cost of examinations.

Success and graduation conditions

A student is considered passed in the course if he obtains a final result equal to or greater than (60%) of the grade.
The student is considered passed in the practical projects - the practical scientific research (second year) if he obtains a 60% grade by the supervisor, after conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the research report / training, its content and the practical benefit derived from it.
The student is considered passed in the graduation project / thesis (second year) if he obtains a 60% grade by the committee on judging the master thesis, after the student presents his project to the committee and discusses the scientific content and the added value.

A student is considered graduated if all the following conditions were met:

Success in all mandatory courses of the program within the specified period of time.
Students should not fail in any course more than three times.
Success in the research project.
The SVU Presidency issues graduation decisions at the end of each semester.

Courses description

Courses list:

Project or graduation thesis

The registered students on the graduation project should follow the following steps:

The student applies by e-mail to the program director to confirm the project title and the name of the supervisor and the aim of the research during the first two months from the beginning of the registration semester on the project.
The student gets the approval of the Council of Scientific Affairs on the title and the university informs the student of the approval on the title.
The student must provide a research plan to the program management within three months from the date of approval by the Council of Scientific Affairs on the title.
The student has the right to defend the project after one year from the date of approval on the research plan by the Scientific Affairs Council.
After the student has completed his project, taking into account item 4, the student’s supervisor sends the final copy of the project to the program director in order to form a committee of judgment.

Name : Bassel Alkhatib
PH. D. In In Artificial Intelligence
Email : basselk@scs-net.org ; t_balkhatib@svuonline.org

EDUCATION & Diploma
1990/93	Ph.D. in Computer Science from l'Université Bordeaux I (FRANCE) " Etude et réalisation d'un système d'exploitation des connaissances, Application au domaine de l'Automatique" " Knowledge-Based System for Control Systems Design"
1988/89	Master in Computer Science from INPG-ENSIMAG (FRANCE)
1982/87	B.Sc. in Computer Science from HIAST (SYRIA)

ACADEMIC TEACHING & TRAINING EXPERIENCES and POSITIONS
2008 - 2017	Web Master Director at the Syrian Virtual University-SVU
2007-2017	Associated Professor at the Faculty of Information Technology Engineering -Damascus University
2011-2015	Head of the Artificial Intelligence department at the Faculty of Information Technology Engineering - Damascus University
2007-2017	Information Technology Center Director- Damascus
2014-2017	Tutor at the Private Arab International University-AIU-Syria
2011-2014	Tutor at Yarmouk Private University-YPU-Syria
2008-2011	Head of Information Technology department at the International University of Science and technology-IUST-Syria
2005-2017	Tutor at SVU
2006-2008	Tutor at AIU
2002-2017	Tutor at the Higher Institute of Business Administration- HIBA-Damascus
2001-2006	Senior Researcher at Studies and Scientific Research Center -SSRC
1993-2007	Tutor at the Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology -HIAST-Damascus
2003	UNDP Project National Consultant
2003-2004	Head of Information Department at the SSRC -Damascus
1993-2003	Head of Decision Making Systems group at the SSRC -Damascus

ACADEMIC & TRAINING COURSES TAUGHT

Programming Languages.

Web Design.

Web Programming.

Mobile Programming.

Databases.

Information Retrieval.

Data Mining.

Visual Programming.

Algorithms and Data Structures.

Artificial Intelligence.

Expert Systems.

Intelligent Search Algorithms.

Knowledge-Based Systems.

Formal Languages and Automata Theory.

Compiler Design.

GIS

Research Papers

(1) B. AlKhatib, M. Kawas, A. Alnahhas, R. Bondok, R. Kannous: Building an Assistant Mobile Application for Teaching Arabic Pronunciation Using a new

Approach for Arabic Speech Recognition, (2017) Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology (JATIT), 95(3). http://www.jatit.org/volumes/Vol95No3/3Vol95No3.pdf

(2) B. AlKhatib, O. Suleiman, M. Kawas: Using Geospatial Technologies in Building User-Friendly Interactive Marketing Platform, (2016) International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS), 11(8).

http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=irecos&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=19096

(3) B. Najeeb, B. AlKhatib: Integration Electronic Patients’ Records with Open Life Sciences Datasets Using Semantic Web Tools, (2016) International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS), 11(5).

http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=irecos&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=18872

(4) K. Omar, B. Alkhatib, M. Dashash, F. Alhassan: The Implementation of using Medical Ontologies in Plagiarism Detection, (2016) International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS), 11(3).

http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=irecos&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=18693

(5) Issa Alkaht, Bassel ALKHATIB : Filtering SPAM Using Several Stages Neural Networks, (2016) International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS), 11(2), pp. 123-132.

http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=irecos&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=18437

(6) Bassel ALKHATIB, Eyad FAKHANEE: Content Management in Semantic Web. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science & Technology (IJARCST 2015). Vol. 3, Issue 1 (Jan. - Mar. 2015).

http://ijarcst.com/doc/vol3issue1/ver1/efakhanee.pdf

(7) Aidmar WAINAKH, Ahmad WABBI, Bassel ALKHATIB: Design & Develop Misconfiguration Vulnerabilities Scanner for Web Applications. International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS) 2014 (Vol. 9 N. 10).

http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=irecos&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=16367

(8) Bassel ALKHATIB, Mohammad Wahab ALMOUQDAD: User Adaptive E-Learning System. DOI: 10.5176/2251-1814_EeL14.28. 4th Annual International Conference on Education and e-Learning (EeL 2014).

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269203288_User_Adaptive_E-Learning_System

(9) Bassel ALKHATIB , Ammar ALNAHHAS, Firas ALBADAWI: A New Method for Measuring Text Similarity in Learning Management Systems Using WordNet. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 9(2), 1-13, April-June 2014 1.

http://www.igi-global.com/article/a-new-method-for-measuring-text-similarity-in-learning-management-systems-using-wordnet/113269

(10) Bassel ALKHATIB , Mouhamad KAWAS: Best Practices to Increase the Performance of Web-Based Applications. International Journal on Information Technology (IREIT) ـJuly 2013 (Vol. 1 N. 4).

http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=ireit&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=13457

(11) Bassel ALKHATIB , Ammar ALNAHHAS, Hadi EZZIDEEN: Building Automatic Web Customer Profiling Service. International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS) June 2013 (Vol. 8 N. 6).

http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=irecos&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=12977

(12) Khaled OMAR, Bassel ALKHATIB, Maison DASHASH: The Implementation of Plagiarism Detection System in Health Sciences Publications in Arabic and English Languages. International Review on Computers and Software (IRECOS)
http://www.praiseworthyprize.org/jsm/index.php?journal=irecos&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=12311

(13) Bassel ALKHATIB, Ammar ALNAHHAS: Decision Support System For Crisis Management Using Temporal Fuzzy Logic. 2012 6th International Conference on APPLICATION of INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (AICT) AICT2012. 17-19 October 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia. , Appeared in IEEExplore Digital Library: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6398525&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D6398525

(14) Bassel ALKHATIB, Mouhamad KAWAS, Wajdi BSHARA, Mhd. Talal KALLAS: Ontology-Based Semantic Context Framework (OBSC) For Arabic Web Contents. Third International Symposium on Web Services, Dubai, UAE (2010).

www.zu.ac.ae/wss/presentations/Al-Khateb-OBSC.docx

(15) Bassel ALKHATIB , Ali Rekmani, Michel Al-Maqdissi : ALISAR : an Auto Learning Intelligent System for Archaeological Recognition, XII International Conference on Systems Science,Vol. III pp. 323-330 Wroclaw- Poland (1995).

www.gbv.de/dms/tib-ub-hannover/213889137.pdf

(16) Bassel ALKHATIB, B. Bergeon, JL. Ermine, CM. Falinower, M. Monsion : Knowledge Based System for Control Law Design : Proceeding of the Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, Cairo-Egypt (1995).

(17) Bassel ALKHATIB, B. Bergeon, JL. Ermine, CM. Falinower, M. Monsion : SECOA: Système d'Exploitation des Connaissances en Automatique, 9ème congrès Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle (RFIA'94), Vol. 2, Paris (1994).

(18) Bassel ALKHATIB, B. Bergeon, JL. Ermine, CM. Falinower, M. Monsion : A second generation expert system for control design, 12th world congress International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC'93), Vol.4, pp. 375-379, Sydney, Australia (1993).

(19) Bassel ALKHATIB, B. Bergeon, JL. Ermine, CM. Falinower, M. Monsion : Generic Knowledge Based System for Design Analysis of Control Law for Industrial Process, 4th symposium on Expert Systems Applications to Power systems (ESAP'93), Melborne, Australia (1993).

(20) Bassel ALKHATIB, B. Bergeon, JL. Ermine, CM. Falinower, M. Monsion : Generic Expert System for Control Design, 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems Applications (EXPERSYS'92), Paris, Technology Transfer Series, A.Niku-Lari Editor, pp.273-278. (1992)

Books

- Web Application Development (2015, SVU).

- Mobile Programming (2015, SVU).

- Events Driven Programming (2015, SVU).

- Object Oriented Programming (2015, SVU).

- Procedural Programming (2015, SVU).

- Computer Skills (2015, SVU).

- Career Preparation (2015, SVU).

- Web Applications (2008, SVU)

- Visual Programming (2008, SVU)

- Web Programming (2007, SVU).

- Networks Programming Applications (2007, SVU)