Electrical and Computer Engineering

Academic Staff

Oct. 25, 2026, 1:48 p.m.
Adnan Ismail Hussein
Adnan Ismail Hussein (PhD)
Lecturer
Lecturer in Electrical Engineering - Electronics

Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Duhok
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  • 2019 Ph.D. in communication Engineering (split site), University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan region, Iraq.
  • 1998 M.Sc. in Electrical and communication Engineering, College of engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.
  • 1995 B.Sc. in Electrical and communication Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.

Dr. Adnan Ismail Al-Sulaifanie received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and his M.Sc. in Communication Engineering in 1998, both from the University of Mosul, Iraq. He earned his Ph.D. in Communication Engineering from the University of Duhok in 2019.
Since 2002, he has served as a faculty member in the Colleges of Science and Engineering. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. His research interests include communication systems, wireless sensor networks, image coding, artificial intelligence, and embedded systems.

  • Electronic Circuits – Second-Year Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Communication Systems – Third-Year Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Artificial Intelligence – Third-Year Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Microcontrollers – Third-Year Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Microprocessors – Second-Year Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Physical Electronics – First-Year Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Embedded Systems – Higher Diploma Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Artificial Intelligence – M.Sc. Students, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Research

  1. Abdullah, H. H., & Hussien, A. I. (2025). Plant disease detection using a simple, lightweight and efficient machine learning system. Zanin Journal of Science and Engineering, 1(4), 13–25.
  2. Abdulghani, B. A., Al-Sulaifanie, A. I., & Mohammed, A. K. (2025). A robust deep learning framework for multi-class fruit and vegetable classification using optimized AlexNet. Traitement du Signal, 42(6), 3345.
  3. Israel, N. B., Al-Sulaifanie, A. I., & Al-Sulaifanie, A. K. (2024). A recognition and classification of fruit images using texture feature extraction and machine learning algorithms. Academic Journal of Nawroz University, 13(1).
  4. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I., Al-Sulaifanie, B. K., & Biswas, S. (2022). Recent trends in clustering algorithms for wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive review. Computer Communications, 191, 395–424.
  5. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I., & Al-Sulaifanie, B. K. (2021). Hybrid access and adaptive duty cycle clustering protocol for ultra-low power wireless sensor networks. IET Communications, 15(9), 1158–1173.
  6. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I. (2019). Adaptive hierarchical MAC protocol for ultra-low power wireless sensor network applications [Doctoral dissertation, University of Duhok].
  7. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I., Biswas, S., & Al-Sulaifanie, B. K. (2017). AH-MAC: Adaptive hierarchical MAC protocol for low-rate wireless sensor network applications. Journal of Sensors, 2017(1), Article 8105954.
  8. Al-Khayali, R. S., & Al-Sulaifanie, A. I. (2014). Digital fundamental courses for electrical and computer engineering education. Special Issue for Selected Papers from the First Engineering Education Conference.
  9. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I. (2008). Multi rate audio coding based on combining wavelet with DCT transform. Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal, 16(5).
  10. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I. (2007). New algorithm for audio compression base on multiple zone coding with non-uniform quantizer. Journal of Duhok University, 10(2).
  11. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I. (1999). Wavelet-based image compression. In The Third International Conference on Computational Aspects and Their Applications.
  12. Al-Sulaifanie, A. I. (1998). Digital image compression using wavelet transform [Master's thesis, Mosul University].

Wireless sensor networks, image coding

Supervises M.Sc. and Ph.D. students