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YOUCEF DERBAL B.Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D. (ECE, Queen's University). Office: TRS 2-036 Youcef Derbal is an Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management. He received a Doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Queen's University. Prior to joining Ryerson University in 2003, Dr. Derbal worked in robotics & automation, telecommunications, and software & computing industries. He teaches a variety of topics in information technology, including computer-enabled problem solving, system analysis and design, computer programming, and database design. Dr. Derbal served on the Ryerson University Senate and chaired many school committees, including the Departmental Hiring Committee, the Departmental Evaluation Committee, and the School Curriculum Committee. During the academic years starting from 2009 to 2014, he led the development and deployment of the new Business Technology Management curriculum. He served as the ITM School Director and the School Associate Director during the 2013/2014 and 2019/2021 academic years, respectively. Dr. Derbal research interests include mathematical/computational modeling of complex adaptive systems and cancer evolutionary dynamics. Dr. Derbal is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB).
Teaching Business Information Systems I ( ITM102), Fundamentals of Programming ( ITM200), Computer-Enabled Problem Solving ( ITM207), System Analysis and Design (ITM305), System Design & Implementation (ITM430), Data and Information Management (ITM500), Client Server Applications (ITM605), Graduation Project (ITM 90A/B), Advanced Project Management ( MT8220).
Research Interests The study of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS), including complex diseases such as Cancer. The goal is to develop system modeling and simulation frameworks capable of integrating multiple views of knowledge about the structure, processes, and mechanisms of complex adaptive systems.
Selected Publications Derbal, Y., Adaptive Control of Tumor Growth. Cancer Control, 2024;31. https://doi.org/10.1177/107327482412308
Derbal, Y., Cell Adaptive Fitness and Cancer Evolutionary Dynamics. Cancer Informatics, 2023;22. https://doi.org/10.1177/11769351231154679
Derbal, Y., Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Cancer Treatments? Health Informatics Journal, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/14604582221102314 PDF
Derbal, Y., On Signaling Dysregulation in Cancer, The 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI21), Las Vegas, December 15-17, 2021. PDF https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCI54926.2021.00126
Derbal, Y., Towards machine learning decision support systems for oncology, F1000Research 2020, 9(ISCB Comm J):987 doi: 10.7490/f1000research.1118248.1
Derbal, Y., "Modeling Cancer Dynamics," 42nd IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Montreal, July 20-24, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175155 PDF
Derbal, Y., "Agent-Based Model of Cell Signaling in Cancer," IEEE CCECE Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE2020), London, August 20-24, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/CCECE47787.2020.9255675
Derbal, Y., "Towards Machine Learning Decision Support Systems for Oncology," 28th Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2020), Montreal, July 13-16, 2020
Derbal, Y., "Modeling the Recruitment of Tumor-Infiltrating T Lymphocytes," International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science (AMMCS 2019), Waterloo, August 18-23, 2019. PDF
Derbal, Y., "The Adaptive Complexity of Cancer," BioMed Research International, vol. 2018, Article ID 5837235, 14 pages, Dec 5 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5837235. PDF
Derbal, Y., "Perspective on the Dynamics of Cancer", BMC Theoretical Biology and Medical Modeling , vol. 14, no. 1, p. 18, Oct 03 2017, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12976-017-0066-5. PDF
Derbal, Y., "Experimental Profile Modeling of Metabolism", Int. Journal of Computational Bioscience, Vol 4 (1) , 2014.
Derbal, Y., "State Machine Modeling of MAPK Signaling Pathways", 2014 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Chicago, Michigan, 2014. PDF
Derbal, Y., "Computational Modeling of Estrogen Metabolism", 2013 IASTED Conference on Modeling & Simulation, Banff, Canada, July 2013.
Derbal, Y., "Exploring Model Integration using Quantized Information Flow " , IEEE - 39th Northeast Annual Bioengineering Conference, Syracuse, New York, April 2013. PDF
Derbal, Y., "On Modeling of Living Organisms Using Hierarchical Coarse-Grained Abstractions of Knowledge" , J. Biol. Syst. 21, 1350008 (2013) . PDF
Derbal, Y., "Control Theoretic Modeling of a Genetic Switch" Proceedings of the IEEE 20th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE2011), Niagara Falls, Ontario, May, 2011.
Derbal, Y. "Midland: a service oriented cluster computing infrastructure." Springer / Journal of Service Oriented Computing and Applications, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 109-125, June 2009, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11761-009-0042-y. PDF
Derbal, Y., "Confidence-based Grid Service Discovery", International Journal of Web and Grid Services, (2008), Issue 2, Vol. 4, pp. 189-210, https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWGS.2008.018887 . PDF
Derbal, Y., "A Model of Grid Service Capacity", Journal of Computer Science and Technology, (2007), Issue 4, Vol. 22, pp. 505-514, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11390-007-9074-y . PDF
Derbal, Y., "Towards a Grid Simulation Platform for Dynamical Systems" Proceedings of The 18th IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (MS-07), Montreal, Quebec, May 30- June 1, 2007
Derbal, Y., "Grid Architecture for High Performance Computing" Proceedings of the IEEE 20th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE07), Vancouver, British Colombia, April 22-26, 2007
Derbal, Y., "A New Fault-Tolerance Framework for Grid Computing", Multiagent and Grid Systems- An International Journal, (2006), Issue 2, Vol. 2, pp. 115-133. PDF
Derbal, Y., "A Probabilistic Scheduling Heuristic for Computational Grids." Multiagent and Grid Systems - An International Journal, (2006), Issue 2, Vol. 1, pp. 45-59.
Derbal, Y., "Entropic Grid Scheduling." Grid Computing Journal, (2006), Issue 4, Vol. 4, pp. 373-394. PDF
Derbal, Y., "Decentralized Probabilistic Grid Scheduling: Application to Computational Grids" Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Toronto, Canada, ( 2005)
Derbal, Y., "Service Oriented Grid Resource Modeling and Management" Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST 2005), Miami, Florida, (May 26-28, 2005)
Derbal, Y., "Probabilistic Resource State Estimation in Networked Environments: The Case of Computational Grids" Third Annual Conference on Communication Networks and Services Research (CNSR2005) Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 16-18, 2005
Derbal, Y., "A Service Discovery Model for Computational Grids ", IEEE 18th Annual Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE05), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 1-4, 2005.
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