📖 Teaching & Mentorship

👨‍🏫 Lecturer

Computer Science Department, Aalto University, Finland

[Fall 2025, Fall 2026]: CS-E4265 Multimedia Systems Course

Designed and delivered graduate-level course on multimedia systems, covering adaptive streaming, video encoding, and QoE optimization.

Division of Integrative Systems and Design, HK University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

[March 2024]: Guest Lecturer for Extended Reality: Systems, Principles and Design

Invited lecture on XR streaming architectures, cloud rendering and streaming challenges, and future directions in immersive systems.

Arab International University, Syria

[Feb 2016 – Jan 2017]: Introduction to Computer Systems Course

Developed undergraduate course materials, taught lectures, tutorials, and lab sessions, covering computer organization, operating systems fundamentals, and microsoft office.

🧑‍🏫 Teaching Assistant

Computer Science Department, HK University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

[Fall 2018 - Spring 2021]: Java Programming (Spring 2021) · Database Management Systems (Spring 2020) · Mobile App Development (Spring 2019) · Intro to Computing with Excel VBA (Fall 2018)

Conducted tutorials, designed coursework, graded assignments, and held office hours for core CS courses.

Arab International University, Syria

[Fall 2015-Fall 2017]: Information System Security (Fall 2015) · Computer Networks (Fall 2015) · Computer Systems (Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Fall 2017)

Conducted lab sessions, designed coursework, evaluated student performance, and demonstrated network simulations and security protocols.

Faculty of Informatic Engineering, Damascus University

[Fall 2013 - Fall 2016]: Programming Languages (Fall 2013), Information System Security (Fall 2014), Network Security (Spring 2013,2014,2015)

Conducted lab sessions, designed coursework, evaluated student performance, and demonstrated network simulations and security protocols.

🎓 Advisory & Mentorship

PhD Thesis

[HKUST, Hong Kong]: LAM Kit Yung (Embodied Human Interaction in XR), CHEUNG Clarence (Deception in VR), YANG Liang (Interoperability in Metaverse), WANG Xuetong (VR Sketching), WU Ze (Network-aware Streaming for VR Gaming), TSUI Yuk Hang (ML & Computer Vision in VR), Simin YANG (Generative AI for Generated Spaces)

Master's Thesis

[Aalto University, Finland]: Marko Pekkola (streamable 3D scenes), Huang Yaojun (distributed renderering)

MPhil Thesis

[HKUST, Hong Kong]: PARK Chun Ho (Visual Localization), SON Juhyung (VR Lab)

UROP projects and Interns

[HKUST, Hong Kong]: WU Ze (Real-time streaming in Cloud VR), HAN Yoonseo (Crowd as cloud), Kriti Agrawal (Intern)

Final Year Projects (FYP)

[HKUST, Hong Kong]: CHAN Kei Chi (Cloud Computing on Smartphones)
[Damascus University]: Advisory of +9 student groups on Network Security and Network Applications projects