Hoda Mokbel

Hoda Mokbel, PhD

Chair, Department of Computer and Communication Engineering

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Université La Sagesse – Faculty of Engineering P.O. Box 50501, Furn El Chebbak, Lebanon
hoda.mokbel@uls.edu.lb
Job Title / Responsibilities

Hoda Abi-Akl Mokbel is an Associate Professor and Head of the Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Department at Université La Sagesse. She holds a Ph.D. in Signal Processing and Telecommunications from the University of Rennes I, France, and an Engineering Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Lebanese University. She has extensive experience in telecommunications, wireless security, and engineering education. She is actively involved in accreditation efforts, including ABET and ZEVA, supporting curriculum development and quality assurance. Her research focuses on wireless communication security, Artificial Intelligence, and applied signal processing.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Signal Processing and Telecommunications (1998), University of Rennes I, Rennes, France.
  • DEA (Master) in Signal, Telecommunications, Image and Radar (STIR) (1995), University of Rennes I, Rennes, France.
  • Currently, Associate Professor and Head of the Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Department at Université La Sagesse (ULS) (2022-Present).

Professional Experience

R&D Engineer

IDIAP (Institut Dalle Molle pour l’Intelligence Artificielle Perceptive) – Martigny, Switzerland.

December 1998 – September 1999

  • Responsible of a task in the European project PICASSO dealing with automatic speaker verification based on his voice.
  • Supervision of Engineers and PhD students.

Teaching interests

  • Signal and Image Processing
  • Analog and Digital Communication
  • Electric Circuits

Research interests

  • Signal and Image Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Publications

  • Halabi, M., & Mokbel, H. (2023), “Dirty-Paper Coding for Secret-Key Agreement Using the Linear Deterministic Model”, IEEE EUROCON 2023, July, 2023.
  • Halabi, M., & Mokbel, H. (2021), “Physical-Layer Security for 5G Wireless Networks: Sharing Non-Causal CSI with the Eavesdropper”, IEEE EUROCON 2021, July 06, 2021.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EUROCON52738.2021.9535634

  • Blouet, R., Mokbel, C., Mokbel, H., Soto, E.S., Chollet, G., & Greige, H. (2004), “BECARS: A Free Software for Speaker Verification,” Proceedings of ODYSSEY04, Toledo, May-June, 2004.

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=197f8e56be16fbd3dc829246b82d8468cbd86900

  • Mokbel, C., Abi Akl, H., & Greige, H. (2002), “Automatic Speech Recognition of Arabic Digits over the Telephone Network,” Proc. RTST, 2002.
  • Bimbot, F., Blomberg, M., Boves, L., Chollet, G., Jaboulet, C., Koolwaaij, J., Lindberg, J., Mariethoz, J., Mokbel, C., & Mokbel, H. (1999), “Robust approaches to speaker verification on the telephone: an overview of the PICASSO project activities,’’ Proc. EuroSpeech, 1999.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221478891_An_overview_of_the_PICASSO_project_research_activities_in_speaker_verification_for_telephone_applications

  • Mokbel, H., & Jouvet, D. (1998), ‘‘Derivation of the optimal phonetic transcription set for a word from its acoustic realizations,’’ ESCA Workshop on Modeling Pronunciation Variation for ASR, pp. 73-78, 1998.

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6393(99)00021-7

  • Mokbel, H., & Jouvet, D. (1997), ‘‘Automatic derivation of multiple variants of phonetic transcriptions from acoustic signals,’’ EuroSpeech, pp. 1619-1622, 1997.

https://www.isca-archive.org/eurospeech_1997/mokbel97b_eurospeech.pdf

  • Mokbel, H., et Jouvet, D., (1997) ‘‘Détermination automatique de transcriptions phonétiques à partir du signal acoustique,’’ Séminaire GDR-PRC Lexique et Communication Parlée, pp. 11-20, Toulouse 1997.

Community Services

  • Member of the Quality Assurance committee at ULS.
  • Member of the steering committee for ZEVA accreditation.
  • Member of the steering committee for ABET accreditation.
  • Extensive experience as Coordinator, Projects supervisor, and Researcher at American University of Sciences and Technology (AUST) from 2001 to 2022.
  • Participated in a program evaluation committee for an external university (2025).
  • Served as a jury member for Final Year Projects Evaluation (ULS) or Thesis Evaluation (Lebanese University, faculty of Sciences).