"and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve
to wrong and depart from justice. Be just"
  From the Noble Qura'n translation, Chapter Al Ma’idah, phrase8

 

HASSAN I. MATHKOUR

 

ADDRESS:                 P.O. Box 92014

Riyadh 11653

                                Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Phone:                      (966) 1-467-6575, 467-0797

Email:                       mathkour@ccis.ksu.edu.sa

                       

EDUCATION:

                            Ph.D. in Computer Science

                            The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 
                            Iowa, USA

                            M.S. in Computer Science

                            The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 
                            Iowa, USA

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

 

2004-Present      Director of  the Research Center, College of Computer & Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1996-2004          Chairman, Department of Computer Science, College of Computer & Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1988-1990         Chairman, Department of Computer Science, College of Computer & Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

  additional administrative Experience

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

            1986-Present         Faculty Member 

                                       Department of Computer Science

                                       College of Computer and   
                                       Information Sciences

                                        King Saud University

                                        Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

            1984-1986             Research Assistant

                                        Computer Science Department

                                        The University of Iowa

                                        Iowa City, IA, USA

            1982-1984             Teaching Assistant

                                        Computer Science Department

                                        The University of Iowa

                                        Iowa City, Iowa, USA

            1979-1980             Instructor

                                        Department of Mathematics

                                        King Saud University

                                        Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.    

TEACHING:

            Master Theses and Graduation Projects Supervision:

               I have supervised and/or co-supervised several master theses to completion and graduation. Copies are available in the College of Computer and information Sciences. Some of the theses should be available in the main library and other public libraries.

            Courses taught at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and abroad:

Ø               Project Management

Ø              Database Systems: Design and Management

Ø               Knowledge Engineering and Expert Systems

Ø               Artificial Intelligence

Ø               Research Methods

Ø               Social Issues in Computing

Ø               Software Engineering

Ø               Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Ø               AI Languages

Ø               Compiler: Design and Development

Ø               Data Structures

Ø               Discrete Structures

Ø               Programming and Methodologies

Ø               Programming Languages and Compiler
          Construction

Ø             Specific Programming languages, such as  Pascal,FORTRAN, LISP, C, C++,  PROLOG, etc.

Ø               Research Methodologies

Ø               Various selected topics in Computer Science



List of Projets Involved In

Community Services  

                             Justice Department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

                                        A member of a project team to study the feasibility and propose hardware and software to automate their daily tasks in a networked environment. The work also included the development of a strategic plan for the ministry and its regional offices.  The project, including the development of the strategic plan and automation of the ministry and its departments in Riyadh, was successfully completed.

               Presidency for Girls Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

                               Member of a project team responsible for developing a strategic plan for computerizing the presidency and all its departments and schools across the nation. The plan also includes the development of training and educational programs for the presidency. Alrashed Accounting Firm, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Evaluated several information systems for their usability, reliability, customization, and reuse.

                                   

                           Ministry of Economics and Planning

                                                                                   ·   Overseeing  their computing   infrastructure

                                                                                             ·   Participates in various committees

                                                                                   ·   Participates in upgrading  and assessing applications

                                                                                   ·   Selection of suitable training programs and courses for the staff. This includes arrangement with international training entities, such as the Learning Tree, to provide appropriate set of courses to achieve the overall objective of the ministry.                                   

                           Ministry of Higher Education

    Preparation of an American College directory for the Ministry of Higher Education

    The work involved researching, recognized accrediting agencies nationally and regionally as well as accrediting    professional bodies for American universities, and understanding their procedures and criteria. Published documents, catalogues and materials, for those agencies and the respective universities, were examined. Own procedures and criteria were then developed to prepare a complete directory of the American universities that are suitable for Saudi students on all levels and for every major. 

                                    Notary Public

                             Member of a project team to automate their process. This included understanding the workflow of all associated tasks, writing an RFP, and evaluating tenders. The project was successful and operational. The outcome was felt and pleasantly received by the public. 

                           Imam M.S. University          

     I participated in the development of complete B.S. programs in Computer and Information Sciences for the Imam University in Riyadh. The development included the review of similar national and international programs, the design, structure, and philosophy of the programs as well as complete course details. 

                                    Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

                                The work involved technical evaluation and comparative study of the performance and suitability of five different Database Management Systems and several associated development tools along with appropriate CASE tools. A cost/benefit  methodology was developed and applied for the selection and evaluation process

                                    Alrashed Accounting Firm, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

                                           A member of a consulting team tasked
                               to evaluate several information 
                               systems for their usability, reliability,
                               customization, and reuse. The project
                               was successful. The mission was
                               accomplished fruitfully.

                        Community Colleges

                        Developed complete B.S. and Diploma programs in computer science and information systems for the College of Science in Al-Qasseem and Al-Jouf, Branchs of King Saud University and for Gizan Community College.   It included design, structure and philosophy of the programs as well as full details of all courses. 

                        Developed several programs leading to an associated two and a half      years degree (Diploma) in various computing disciplines and their        applications for Al-Aalamia Institute. This included program design, structure and philosophy as well as full details of all courses. Participated in the development of complete B.S. programs in Computer and Information Sciences for the Imam University in Riyadh. The development included the review of similar national and international programs, the design, structure, and philosophy of the programs as well as complete course details. 

Consultation and Practical Experience: 

·        Participated in the development of the complete B.S program in computer science and information systems for Al-Maaref college, a private college in Saudi Arabia.

·        Served as a member of a consulting team for the International Computing Academy, Saudi Arabia.

·        A Senior System Engineering Consultant, Norconsult Telematics                  

·        Performed Verification and Validation of the specification of a joint Command and Control system. This involved understanding of the overall architecture of the system and possible solution, the associated tasks and their automation, project management aspects, system and software engineering issues, training concept and conduct, and associated logistic support.                       

·        Reshaping the requirements and specifications of the system to meet the clients’ objectives and to provide for the rapidly changing technology. The work involves deeper and more detailed understanding of the system to ascertain an integrated view of the system, its solutions and its various constituents.

·        International System Engineering (ISE), an offset Saudi company. As a consulting body, I indulged in understanding four sophisticated IT projects being developed by McDonnell Douglas IT Department.  A comprehensive report was written and presented with possible future endeavor for the company in those projects. Later I participated in writing a proposal for the company to compete for parts of these projects. Participation of the company provides opportunities for the company to solidify its standing in training in cutting edge technologies.  

HONORS: 

First class honors for the B.Sc. degree and a scholarship to higher studies from King Saud University. 

            Dean's List, University of Riyadh                 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 

            Member, Association of Computer Machinery (ACM)

            Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

 

Publications:

 

1. W. Al-Sanie, H. Mathkour, and A. Touir, " On Arabic Text Segmentation Techniques", iiwas, 2007.
2. Hatim A. Aboalsamh, Sami A. Dokheekh, Hassan I. Mathkour, Ghazy M. Assassa. “Breaking the F5 Algorithm: An Improved Approach”, Egyptian Computer Science Journal Vol.29 No 1. January 2007, pp 1-9.
3. Waleed Al-Sanie, Ameur Touir, Hassan Mathkour: “A Pattern-Oriented Framework for Text Processing and Summarization”, iiWAS, Yogyakarta, December 2006.
4. Assassa, G., H. Mathkour, and B. Al-Ghafees, “Automated Software Testing in Educational Environment: A Design of Testing Framework for Extreme Programming”, First National IT Symposium (NITS2006), Bridging the Digital Divide: Challenges and Solutions, February, 2006.
5. Assassa, G., H. Mathkour, and H. Al Dossari, “Extreme Programming: A Course Study in Software Engineering Course”, First National IT Symposium (NITS2006), Bridging the Digital Divide: Challenges and Solutions, February, 2006.
6. Waleed Al-Sanie, Amir Touir, Hassan Mathkour. “Towards a Rhetorical Parsing of Arabic Text”, CIMCA/IAWTIC 2005: 1086-1091
7. Amal Seif, Hassan Mathkour, Ameur Touir. “An RST Computational Tool for the Arabic Language”,  iiWAS 2005,pp.  527-534
8. Hassan Mathkour, Ameur Touir, Waleed Al-Sanie: “Automatic Information Classifier Using Rhetorical Structure Theory”, Intelligent Information Systems 2005, pp. 229-236.
9. Waleed Al-Sanie, Ameur Touir, Hassan Mathkour, “Towards a Suitable Rhetorical Representation for Arabic Text Summarization”,. iiWAS 2005, pp. 535-542.
10. Waleed Al Sanie, Ameur Touir, Hassan Mathkour "Handling Data Dissemination and Consistency in a Mobile Database Environment”, MOMM 2004, September 2004, Bali, Indonesia.
11. Ameur Touir, Hassan Mathkour, Tariq Al-Naeem, “BizArk: A Reusable E-Business Architecture based on Pattern-Oriented Technology”, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, (AICCSA'03), Tunis, Tunisia, July 14-18, 2003.
12. Hassan Mathkour, Ameur Touir,  “An Intelligent Mediator for Heterogeneous Data Sources”, Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, APCC2003, Malaysia, September 2003.
13. Hassan Mathkour, Abad Shah: NIE: An Approach for Extracting Information from Narrative Web Information Sources. iiWAS 2003.
14. Ameur Touir, Hassan Mathkour: An E-Business-Oriented Pattern Language. Egyptian Computer Science Journal 25(2): (2003)
15. Hassan Mathkour and Abad Shah: Framework for the Development of Web Applications. ISAS-SCI (1) 2001, pp.: 480-485.
16. A. Shah and H. Mathkour, “SELF Programming Langauge as an Implementation Tool”,  the 16th NCC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2001.
17. Shah A., and Mathour, H.. “Transforming an Imperative Design into an Object-Oriented Design,” the Journal of King Saud University, Computer and Information Sciences, 2000.
18. Jawed, M., Shah, A., and Mathkour, H., “Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) - An Overview,” Symposium of Saudi Computer Society on Computer Networking and Distributed Databases, March, 1998, Pp 143-151.
19. Mathkour, H. “An Integrated Expert System Shell and its Applications", The International Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing, 1997, USA.
20. Mathkour H. “The Development of a Fuzzy Expert System Shell Using Possibility Theory and AO*”, the Journal of IEEEP, 1996.
21. Shah A., and Mathkour, H., “Developing an Application Using SELF Programming Language,” ECOOP'96 Workshop WS14, Linz, Austria, July 9, 1996.
22. A. Al-Khudair, Abad Shah, and H. Mathkour, "Issues in Management of Class-History in Object-Oriented Databases", Intelligent Systems, Vol. II, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Netherlands), 1995.
23.  H. Mathkour, A. Shah, “Development of a Class-History Management System For Object-Oriented Databases", Proc. of  the 10th Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing, Boston, USA, 1995.
24.  T. S. Zakzouk, H. Mathkour, and A. Shah, “Design of the Plan Manager For the STDT,” IASTED International  Conference on Modeling and Simulation, July 26-28, 1995, Sri Lanka.
25. A. Shah, H. Mathkour, & J. Agrawal, “Performance Study of Inheritance and Delegation Mechanisms,” IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation,  July 26-28, 1995, Sri Lanka
26.  Zafar Singhera, Jagdish Agrawal, Abad Shah, Joseph E. Martin, Jacob Adeniyi, and Hassan Mathkour, “Should IS be Split into Two Independent Disciplines?” World Wide IS Educators Conference (WISE’95),             World Wide, Denver, Colorado, USA, June 10-14, 1995.
27.   Jagdish Agrawal, Jacob Adeniyi, Zafar Singhera, Abad Shah, Hassan  Mathkour, and Joseph E. Martin, “Need for Special Industry-University Cooperative Programs,” World Wide IS Educators Conference (WISE’95),Denver, Colorado, USA, June 10-14, 1995.
28.  Joseph E. Martin, Jagdish Agrawal, Jacob Adeniyi, Zafar Singhera, Abad Shah, and Hassan Mathkour, “Bridging the Gap between Industry Experience and the Classroom,” World Wide IS Educators Conference (WISE’95), Colorado, USA, June 10-14, 1995.
29.  H. Mathkour, J. Agrawal. and A. Shah, “Complexity Measure For OOD Programs in Ada,” the 13th Annual National Conference on Ada Technology, Pennsylvania, USA, March 13-16, 1995.
30. T. S. Zakzouk, H. Mathkour, and A. Shah, “STDT: A Self Tuning Tool For Database Systems,” The Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligent Applications, Cairo, Egypt, January 4-7,1995.
31. T. S. Zakzouk, H. Mathkour, A. Shah, “Knowledge Engineering Issues in the Design of the Conceptual Hierarchy Manager of STDT,” the 10^th International Conference on Mathematical & Computer Modeling & Scientific Computing, Boston, USA, July 5-8, 1995.
32. A. Al-Khudair, A. Shah, and H. Mathkour, “Design of Class-History  Management System in Object-Oriented Databases,” The VIII International Symposium in Informatics Application (INFONOR’94), Antofagasta, Chile, November 21-25, 1994.
33. H. Mathkour and A. Shah, “Development of an Intelligent and Arabic SQL Query Processor,” The VIII International Symposium in Informatics Application (INFONOR’94), Antofagasta, Chile, November 21-25, 1994.
34. A. Shah, H. Mathkour, F. Fotouhi, and W. Grosky, “A Categorical Formalism For the TOS,” Proc. of the Tenth Conference on Applied Mathematics (CAM-94), Edmond, Oklahoma, USA, February 4-5, 1994, Pp 212-224.
35. Mathkour, H. “An Abstract Data Type Specification Mechanism,”  Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Applied Mathematics (CAM-94), February 4-5, 1994, Edmund, Oklahoma, USA.
36. H. Mathkour and A. Shah , “An Intelligent, and Arabic SQL Query Processor,” Proc. of the Second International Conference on AI Applications, Cairo, Egypt, January 22-24, 1994,  Pp 521-531.
37. Saud Al-Mathami and H. Mathkour, “Machine Learning Algorithms: A Case Study,” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference On AI applications, Cairo, Egypt, 1994.
38. Mathkour, H. “A Machine Learning Technique for Monitoring Database Systems,” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on  AI Applications, Cairo, Egypt, 1994.
39. S. Al-Harbi, A. Shah, and H. Mathkour, “The FTD-OOD Methodology With Case Study,” The VIII International Symposium in Informatics Application (INFONOR’94), Antofagasta, Chile, November 21-25, 1994.
40. T. S. Zakzouk, H. Mathkour, and A. Shah, “A Self Tuning Database Tool,” The VIII International Symposium in Informatics Application (INFONOR’94), Antofagasta, Chile, November 21-25, 1994.
41. S. Al-Harbi, A. Shah, and H. Mathkour, “Methodology to Convert a Traditional Design to an Object-Oriented Design,” The Third International Conference on        Intelligent Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 6-8, 1994, pp 833-842.
42. Mathkour, H “A Design Tool for Database Systems,”  the First International Conference on AI Applications, Cairo, Egypt, 1992.
43. Mathkour, H. “Expert System Shells: A Case Study,” the First International Conference on AI Applications, Cairo, Egypt, 1992.
44. Mathkour, H. “An Expert System For Selecting and Configuring Personal Computers,” the First International Conference on AI Applications, Cairo, Egypt, 1992.
45. H. Mathkour and K. Al-Sabti, "The Development of a Fuzzy Expert System Shell", Proc. of the 13th NCC, Riyadh, Nov. 1992. 
46. H. Mathkour, “Computer Curriculum for Girls Education in Saudi Arabia: From Primary School to College,” 13th National Computer Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1992.
47. H. Mathkour and M. Nekshabandi “An Expert System for Saudi Archeology”, The 11th National Computer Conference, Dharan, Saudi Arabia, 1989.
48. Mathkour, H.  “Data Abstraction and its Applications”, The 11th National Computer Conference, Dharan, Saudi Arabia, 1989.
49. H. Mathkour and A. Mahjoub“An Interactive Compiler for Arabic Pascal”, The 10th National Computer Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1988.
50. Mathkour, H., An Extended Abstract Data Type Specification Mechanism, A Technical Report No. 86-02, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.