I am an Associate Professor and the vice-chair of the Computer Science Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences (CCIS), King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I first joined KSU as a Teaching Assistant in 1990.

I received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, with highest honors, from The American University in Cairo, 1990. I have an MSc in Computer Science from The American University in Cairo, 2000. I received my PhD in Computer Science from Cardiff School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, UK, 2010.

I am a member in ACM, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, the Saudi Computer Society, and the EATCS (European Association for Theoretical Computer Science). I am also a senior member in The International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT) and a member of the review board of the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, the official journal of the HETL (Higher Education in Teaching and LEarning) association.

I have an extensive teaching experience in many Computer Science subjects, such as Pascal, C, C++, Java, Assembly, Data Structures, Databases, Computer Graphics, Computer Medical Applications and Research Methods. I supervised several graduate and undergraduate projects. I am a qualified and skilled researcher and have many publications in well recognized conferences and journals.