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Hessah Alsaaran

Assistant Professor

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College of Computer and Information Sciences
Building 6, Floor 3, Office 100.
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Research Interests: Computer Vision, Image and Video Analysis and Understanding, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence.
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Personal Information

Name : Hessah Alsaaran

Languages: Arabic and English

Job: Assistant Professor

Institution: Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University 

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

E-mail Address: halsaaran@ksu.edu.sa

Web Site: fac.ksu.edu.sa/halsaaran



Education

2015  Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
2009  Master degree, with excellent grade, in Computer Sciences, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2006  Bachelor degree, with excellent grade and first honor, in Computer Applications, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 



Employment

 

2015  Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2009 Lecturer, Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2007  Teacher Assistant, Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 



Supervised Graduation Projects

  • MS Graduation Projects
    • Computer Vision Based Assistant for Physical Therapy
      • Student: Manal Alshareef
    • Automatic Arabic Letters Recognition in Saudi Vehicle License Plates
      • Student: Ebtehal Al Taleb
    • Audio and Motion Based Game for Visually Impaired Children
      • Student: Rawan Alhalwan
    • Personalized Photo Description for the Assistance of Visually Impaired People
      • Student: Lamia Abdulaziz Bin Husainan
  • BS Graduation Projects
    • واثق: A platform for job seekers that recommends jobs and facilitates job interview practice through artificial intelligence.  
      • Students: Shouq Alyousef, Sarah Alhamdi, Ragad Alhindi, Alhanouf Alsaif, Danah Alshathri
    • حلقة: A platform that facilitates communication between school and home
      • Students: Reema AlShabibi, Reema AlSinaidi, Ghadeer Almuhaini, Njoud Alfahad
    • iSugar: A mobile application for daily diabetes management for children
      • Students: Dalal Alhallaf, Dina Albarqi, Raneem Alghamdi
    • Draw with Me: Automatic digital tracing evaluation for learning drawing drawing by tracing
      • Students: Latifa Alhamoudi, Areej Alageeli, Alhnouf Alfayez, Arwa Alquhayz
    • ريالي : A financial assistant to aid in saving money
      • Students: Dana Alessa, Majd Almansour, Basma Alhejji, Shahad Alaskar
    • وين الوجهة؟ : Automatic summarization of restaurant reviews to represent opinions
      • Students: Waad Alowain, Duaa Aldress, Shahad Almadhi, Wadha Alqahtani
    • وش الغدا؟ : A cooking assistant for searching recipes
      • Students: Safa Mohammad Ali, Rawan Alharbi, Zenah Alqahtani, Mona Mohammed, Ghada Alajaji
    • لون تصويرك : A children's coloring application that transforms a taken photo into a coloring page
      • Students: Ahad Almohanna, Reem Alotaibi, Leena Alhosan, Alhanouf Alwehaiby
    • Gate: A mobile social application for socializing and meeting similar people
      • Students: Ohoud Alqhatani, Nouf Alamer, Bdour Alqaraawi, Nouf Alkharashi

 



Taught Courses

 

  • IT597: Project - 2
  • IT596: Project - 1
  • IT497: Project - 2
  • IT496: Project - 1
  • IT553: Virtual Reality Technologies
  • IT326: Data Mining
  • IT472: Cybercrime and Digital Forensics
  • IT312: Web Applications Engineering
  • IT329: Advanced Web Technologies
  • IT443: Advanced Human Computer Interaction
  • IT454: Computer Forensics
  • IT341: Advanced Web Technologies
  • IT434: Data Warehousing and Data Mining
  • CSC111: Java - 1
  • IT325: Operating Systems