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ASSOC. PROF. DR. SALHA M.

ALZAHRANI

Building 10 - Floor 1 - Taif University Female Campus

+966-509806111

s.zahrani@tu.edu.sa

salha-m-alzahrani

www.c2learn.com

@SalhaAlzahrani

Research Interests Administrative Positions

Total Publications

Awards

Citations

Cumulative Impact Factor

Academic Contributions Voluntary Works

Computational Linguistics

Data Mining

Information Retrieval

Internet of Things

Vice-Dean

(Deanship)

Vice-Dean

(College)

Department

Head

College

Committee

Coordinator

University

Committee

Chair

30

4

14

Total Publications ISI Scopus

2

6 6

Local Award International Award Research Prize

Total Publications

Conference Participation

Conference Chair/Organizer

Keynote Speaker

30

18

10

3

27

21

28

33

1

1

Delivering Talks & Workshops

Training Certificates

Professional Certificates

Capstone Project Supervision

MSc Supervision - External

PhD Supervision - External

5

10

3

Voluntary Campaigns

School Colloquims

Apps Development for Charity

Citations 496

h-index 9

Impact Factor: 5.775

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ASSOC. PROF. DR. SALHA M.

ALZAHRANI

Building 10 - Floor 1 - Taif University Female Campus

+966-509806111

s.zahrani@tu.edu.sa

salha-m-alzahrani

www.c2learn.com

@SalhaAlzahrani

PERSONAL INFORMATION Full Name Alzahrani, Salha Mohammed M.

Address P.O. Box 21944, Taif, 4161 Saudi Arabia

Affiliation College of Computers and Information Technology (CIT), Taif University, KSA

Material Status Married

Nationality Saudi

Languages Arabic (Native), English (Fluent)

EDUCATION 2009-2012 Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science) from the University of Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Johor Bahru,

Malaysia, Viva-voce: Passed with Merit Thesis: Plagiarism Screening in Scientific Publications Using Structural Information and Fuzzy Semantic Similarity.

2011

D.Phil Recognised Student at the University of Oxford, UK

2007-2009 Master of Science (Computer Science) with Excellent Pass from the University of Technology (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia GPA: 4/4, Honours: Among the top-10 students in UTM Thesis: Plagiarism Auto-Detection in Arabic Scripts using Statement-Based Fingerprints Matching and Fuzzy-Set Information Retrieval Approaches.

2000-2004 Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia GPA: 3.96/4 Honours: “Excellent” with first honours degree Graduation Project: Design of a Simple Robot

1997-2000 High School (Science), Taif, Saudi Arabia Avg. Percentage: 99.67% Honours: First Rank Student in Taif

ADMINSTRATIVE POSITIONS 2017-now Vice-Dean, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Taif University, KSA

2014-2016 Vice-Dean, College of Computers and Information Technology (CIT), Taif University, KSA

2013-2015 Chair of Computer Engineering Dept., Girls Campus, College of Computers and Information Technology (CIT), Taif University, KSA

2013-2015 Coordinator of Computer Labs at Female Campus, College of Computers and Information Technology (CIT), Taif University, KSA

2013 Chair of Criteria 11’s Committee of NCAAA , Girls Campus, Taif University, KSA

2012-2013 Coordinator of “Computers & IT” Course, Preparatory Year, Taif University, KSA

2013-now Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Computer Science, College of Computers and Information Technology (CIT), Taif University, KSA

2004-2006 Teaching Assistant, Dept. Of Computer Science, Taif University, KSA

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RESEARCH INTERESTS ▪ Internet of Things

▪ Big Data ▪ Data Mining ▪ Plagiarism Detection ▪ Computational Linguistics ▪ Natural Language Processing ▪ Soft Information Retrieval

GOOGLE SCHOLAR CITATION Total citations received is 496 till November 2018, some have been published in impact-factor journals.

PATENTS & COPYRIGHTS Patents:

▪ Industrial Model from KACST (under investigation) entitled “Daily Water Reminder Bottle for Adults and

Pregnant Women Using IoT Technology”

▪ Method and System for Plagiarism Detection of Arabic Documents, Malaysian Patent Application Number:

PI 201000422. 2010.

▪ A method for plagiarism screening in scientific publications using structural information and citation

evidence. Patent Filling, Malaysia. 2012.

▪ A method to detect obfuscated cases using fuzzy semantic-based similarity model. Patent Filling,

Malaysia. 2012.

Copyrights:

▪ Taxonomy of Plagiarism

▪ UTM Cross-Language Anti Plagiarism System

▪ Arabic Plagiarism Detection System (APD)

AWARDS & HONOUERS 2013-2015 Researcher Prize, Taif University, KSA

2011 Certificate of Completion (Recognised Student), University of Oxford, UK.

2011 GOLD Medal, Pecipta’11 Malaysia Award, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia.

2010 GOLD Medal - i-INOVA'10 (Ekspo Inovasi Islam, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia).

2010 SILVER Medal Award, INATEX’10, Research Management Centre (RMC), University of Technology Malaysia.

2009 Pro-Chancellor’s Award from the Vice Chancellor of the University of Technology Malaysia, based on excellent academic achievement in conjunction with the 43rd convocation.

2009 Best Student Award, 43rd convocation from School of Graduate Studies (SPS), University of Technology Malaysia.

2009 Merit Award from Dean of Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Technology Malaysia.

2008-2010 Award of Excellence from the Royale Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission Division) in Malaysia for excellent students in Malaysia

2006 King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation Prize for Talent and Creativity in its second year, 1427 April 26, 2006

2001-2004 Award of Excellence for First Rank Student in the Faculty of Science – Computer Science Dept. for the years 2001-2002-2003-2004

2000 His Excellency the Governor of Taif Award, Fahd bin Abdul Aziz bin Muammar for top students in Taif high schools in 2000.

FELLOWSHIPS & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES September 2018

UK Higher Education Fellow (FHEA) (UK Higher Education Academy)

30th May – 11th July 2017 (6 weeks)

Data Science: Data into Insights

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Professional Education Online, USA)

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April 2017 (4 weeks)

Programming for the Internet of Things Project , Grade 99.4% (University of California Irvine, USA)

Feb 2017 (4 weeks)

Interfacing with Raspberry Pi (University of California Irvine, USA)

Jan 2017 (4 weeks)

The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi (University of California Irvine, USA)

Feb 2016 (4 weeks)

Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems (University of California Irvine, USA)

March 2016 (4 weeks)

Interfacing with the Arduino (University of California Irvine, USA)

April 2016 (4 weeks)

The Arduino Platform and C Programming (University of California Irvine, USA)

3rd Feb – 17th March 2015 (20 hours)

Tackling the Challenges of Big Data (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Professional Education Online, USA)

8th June – 6th July 2015 (4 weeks = 40 hours)

Programming Mastery Badge - Text Mining and Analytics course (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

17th July 2015 Text Mining Programming Competition Leader Badge - Text Mining and Analytics (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)

10th – 11th Nov 2014 (6 hours)

Mobile Virtual Classrooms Through Hangouts (ELC – Ministry of Higher Education – KSA)

3rd – 4th Dec 2013 (6 hours)

Cloud Computing Applications in Learning (ELC – Ministry of Higher Education – KSA)

12th – 11th Nov 2013 (6 hours)

Using Facebook and Twitter in Education (ELC – Ministry of Higher Education – KSA)

14th – 15th Apr 2012 (8 hours)

Virtual Classes Tools in JUSUR – Online (ELC – Ministry of Higher Education – KSA)

7th Jun 2011 (Full day)

Programming Concepts by Dave Baker (IT Learning Program, OUCS, University of Oxford)

6th Jun 2011 (3 hours)

Programming MySQL Introduction, by N David Brown (IT Learning Program, OUCS, University of Oxford)

31st May 2011 (Half day)

Plagiarism: WebLearn and Turnitin by Jill Fresen (IT Learning Program, OUCS, University of Oxford)

10th – 12th Jan 2011 (16 hours)

Online Learning and Assessment in JUSUR – Making the most of your online system (ELC – Ministry of Higher Education – KSA)

22nd Sept 2010 (10 days, 52 hours)

Advanced E-Learning Management Program, The National Centre of E-Learning and Distance Learning at Saudi Arabia, and METEOR Group of Companies.

19th May 2008 (10 weeks)

CCNA Exploration: Routing Protocols and Concepts Certificate Cisco Networking Academy, UTM

27th –28th Jan 2008 (16 hours)

Java Programming with Object Oriented (UTM Degree++)

17th Oct 2007 (10 weeks)

Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA)-1: Networking Basics Certificate Cisco Networking Academy, UTM

17th Oct 2007 Certificate from John Chambers (President and CEO, Cisco Systems Inc.)

4th – 5th Aug 2007 (16 hours)

MATLAB 7 for Beginners (UTM Degree++)

28th – 29th July 2007 (16 hours)

Java Programming (UTM Degree++)

17th April 2006 International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) Certificate

MEMBERSHIPS / ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES Professional Memberships:

2014-now : Active Membership in Saudi Computer Society (No. 1052051289).

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IEEE SMCS TC Coordinator:

2010-2013 : Web Activities Coordinator of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Soft Computing, IEEE SMC Society.

Program Chair – International Conference:

IEEE SMC-2012: Special Session on Soft Computing – general chair, 2012.

WICT-2012: “Academic Integrity, Plagiarism Detection and Software Misuse”, World Congress in Information and Communication Technologies, Mumbai, India, 2011.

Program Committee–International Conference:

International Conference on Teaching and Learning (AI) -2018: Effat University.

CIMA-2014: The 4th International Workshop on COMBINATIONS of INTELLIGENT METHODS and APPLICATIONS in conjunction with 26th IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOOLS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ICTAI 2014), Limassol, Cyprus, 10-11 November, 2014.

ICTAI-2013: IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI, Washington DC, USA, 2013.

CAMP’10: The International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 2010.

ICADIWT’09: The Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT), London Metropolitan University, UK, 2009.

Program Committee– Local Conference:

Fifth Scientific Conference of Higher Education Students in KSA : Examiner and Evaluator of Documentary Films, Taif University, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia

Fifth Scientific Conference of Higher Education Students in KSA : Examiner and Evaluator of Invention Proposals, CIT, Taif University, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia

SC4MOHE: Reviewer and Session Chair for the Fourth Science Conference, Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia

PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles (ISI Impact Factor):

[1] Alzahrani, S. M., Palade, V., Salim, N., and Abraham, A. (2012). “Using Structural Information and Citation Evidence to Detect Significant Plagiarism Cases”. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 63(2), 286-312. (ISI & Scopus indexed, Impact Factor: 2.452)

[2] Alzahrani, S. M., N. Salim, and Abraham, A. (2012). “Understanding Plagiarism Linguistic Patterns, Textual Features and Detection Methods”. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews. 42(2), 133-149. (ISI & Scopus indexed, Impact Factor: 2.171)

[3] Eisa, T. A. E., Salim, N., and Alzahrani, S. (2015). “Existing plagiarism detection techniques: . A systematic mapping of the scholarly literature”. Online Information Review, 39(3), 383-400. doi: doi:10.1108/OIR-12-2014-0315. (WOS & Scopus indexed, Impact Factor: 1.152)

[4] Alzahrani, Salha M., Salim, Naomie, & Palade, Vasile. (2015). “Uncovering Highly Obfuscated Plagiarism Cases Using Fuzzy Semantic-Based Similarity Model”. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Elsevier, 27(3), 248-268. (ISI & Scopus indexed)

Journal Articles:

[5] Alzahrani, S. M. (2016). Parallel programming approaches for natural language processing of big data. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (ISSN 1947 5500), 14(10), 618-635.

[6] Alzahrani, Salha M. (2016). “Cross-Language Semantic Similarity of Arabic-English Short Phrases and Sentences”. Journal of Computer Science, 12(1), 1-18. doi: DOI: 10.3844/jcssp.2016.1.18.

[7] Alzahrani, Salha M., Salim, Naomie, & Palade, Vasile. (2016). “Framework for Plagiarism Detection Using Logical Tree-Structured Features and Multi-Layer Clustering”. Journal of Contemporary Management, Academic Research Centre of Canada, 27-35.

[8] Alzahrani, S.M. (2016). “Spatial Role Labelling in Arabic Using Probabilistic Classifiers”. Paper accepted at the International Journal of Intelligent Information Processing (ISSN: 2093-1964).

[9] Alzahrani, S.M. (2017). “Framework and Implementation of Online Arabic Anti-Plagiarism Software for Academia”. Paper Accepted at the International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology. ISSN : 2005-8039 (Print) ISSN : 2233-9337 (Online). 2016

[10] Al-Malki, M., Alzahrani, S.M., Al-Azwari, A., and Kabi, M. (2016). ‘The impact of using data mining on social games development’. Paper accepted at the International Journal for Infonomics (IJI). (ISSN 1742-4712). 2017.

[11] Taiseer A. E. Eisa, Naomie Salim, and Alzahrani, S. M. (2013). “Ontology Learning and Mapping to Detect Idea Plagiarism”. International Journal of Advances in Management, Technology and Engineering Sciences. 2(12), 68-73.

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Conference Papers:

[12] Alzahrani, S. M. (2018). Development of IoT mining machine for Twitter sentiment analysis: Mining in the cloud and results on the mirror. Paper presented at the 2018 15th Learning and Technology Conference (L&T).

[13] Alzahrani, S. M. (2017). Sensing for the Internet of Things and Its Applications. Paper presented at the The IEEE 5th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud. Prague, Czech Republic.

[14] Taiseer A. E. Eisa, N. S., and Alzahrani, S. (2017). Figure Plagiarism Detection based on Textual Features. Paper presented at the 6th International Student Project Conference (ICT-ISPC 2017), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.

[15] Alqethami, M., Alqahtani, A, Aloufi, R., & Alzahrani, Salha M. (2017). Intelligent Tutor Application to Learn Python. Paper presented at the 3rd RTC Undergraduate Forum, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh.

[16] Eisa, T., Salim, N., and Alzahrani, S. (2016). Figure Plagiarism Detection Using Content-Based Features. In S. Patnaik & F. Popentiu-Vladicescu (Eds.), Recent Developments in Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices: Proceedings of ICCD (pp. 17-20). Singapore: Springer Singapore.

[17] Alzahrani, Salha M. (2015). Arabic Plagiarism Detection Using Word Correlation in N-Grams with K-Overlapping Approach, Working Notes for PAN-AraPlagDet at FIRE 2015 Paper presented at the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation, DAIICT , Gandhinagar, India.

[18] Alzahrani, Salha M. (2015). Feedback on Using Virtual Classrooms for Teaching Blended Computer Science and Information Technology Courses at Taif University. To be presented at the The 4th International Conference of E-Learning and Distance Education, March 2-5. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[19] Alzahrani, Salha M., Althopity, Afnan, Alghamdi, Ashwag, Alshehri, Boushra, & Aljuaid, Suheer. (2014). An Overview of Data Mining Techniques Applied for Heart Disease Diagnosis and Prediction. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Information Communication and Management (ICICM 2014), Geneva, Switzerland

[20] Alzahrani, Salha M. (2013). Building, Profiling, Analysing and Publishing an Arabic News Corpus Based on Google News RSS Feeds. In R. Banchs, F. Silvestri, T.-Y. Liu, M. Zhang, S. Gao & J. Lang (Eds.), Information Retrieval Technology (Vol. 8281, pp. 488-499): Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

[21] Alzahrani, S. M., N. Salim, et al. (2011). iPlag: Intelligent Plagiarism Reasoner in Scientific Publications. Proceedings of the World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2011). December 11-14. Mumbai, India, IEEE, 1-6.

[22] Alzahrani, S., Salim, N., and Kent., C. K. (2010). The Development of Cross-Language Plagiarism Detection Tool Utilising Fuzzy Swarm-Based Summarisation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA). December 20-23. Cairo, Egypt, 86-90.

[23] Alzahrani, S., and Salim, N. (2010). Fuzzy Semantic-Based String Similarity for Extrinsic Plagiarism Detection: Lab Report for PAN at CLEF 2010. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Uncovering Plagiarism, Authorship, and Social Software Misuse (PAN-10) in conjunction with CLEF'10. September 20-23. Padua, Italy.

[24] Alzahrani, S. M., and Salim, N. (2009). On the Use of Fuzzy Information Retrieval for Gauging Similarity of Arabic Documents. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2009). 4-6 Aug. London Metropolitan University, UK, 539-544.

[25] Alzahrani, S. M., Salim, N., and Alsofyani, M. M. (2009). Work in Progress: Developing Arabic Plagiarism Detection Tool for E-Learning Systems. Proceedings of the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology - Spring Conference, (IACSIT-SC 2009). 17-20 April, Singapore, 105-109.

[26] Alzahrani, S. M., and Salim, N. (2009). Statement-Based Fuzzy-Set IR versus Fingerprints Matching for Plagiarism Detection in Arabic Documents. Proceedings of the 5th Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS09). Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 267-268.

[27] Alzahrani, S. M., and Salim, N. (2009). On the Use of Fuzzy Information Retrieval for Gauging Similarity of Arabic Documents. Proceedings of the 5th Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar (PARS09). Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 256-260.

[28] Alzahrani, S. M., Salim, N., and Alsofyani, M. (2009). Arabic Plagiarism Detection Tool for E-Learning Systems. Proceedings of the First International Conference of E-Learning and Distance Learning. March 16-18. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[29] Alzahrani, S. M., and Salim, N. (2008). Plagiarism Detection In Arabic Scripts Using Fuzzy Information Retrieval. Proceedings of the 2008 Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD 2008). November 26-27. Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Book Chapters: [30] Alzahrani, S. M., and Salim, N. (2009). “Plagiarism Detection Techniques”. In A. Z. AbuBakar, R. Ibrahim and N. Zakaria (Eds.), Database and Text Processing Application (pp. 39-71): UTM Press.

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SEMINAR PRESENTER / WORKSHOPS TRAINER Keynote Speaker [1] Title of the talk: “Making Sense of your Unstructured Data: Insights from MIT Data Science

Course”, at Women in Data Science, KACST in Collaboration with Stanford University, Riyadh, 5 March 2018.

*Certificate of thanks

[2] Title of the talk: “Seven Fields with Rainbow Colours for the Internet of Things in Taif University”, at Makers Day, KACST, Riyadh, 1 April 2017.

*Certificate of thanks

[3] Title of the talk: “The Challenges of Big Data”, at The International Conference of Cloud Computing (ICCC15). PNU, Riyadh, April 2015.

*Certificate of thanks

29th October 2018 10:00am – 3:00pm

[4] Workshop on “Using EndNote for Managing Your References”, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

24th April 2018 10:00am – 12:00pm

[5] Workshop on “Tackling the Challenges of Big Data with Real Applications”, Scientific Committee in the College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. *Certificate

1st April 2018 10:00am – 3:00pm

[6] Workshop on “Using EndNote for Managing Your References”, Deanship of Graduate Studies, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

29th March 2017 10:00am – 11:00am

[7] Colloquium on “Safe Use of Cloud Services”, Turaba Branch, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. *Certificate

27th March 2017 6:00pm – 9:30pm

[8] Colloquium on “Future Graduate Studies for Undergraduate Students”, Deanship of Student Affairs, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. *Certificate

25th March 2017 10:00am – 11:00am

[9] Colloquium on “Effects of Voluntary Works on Students and University Society”, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

7th March 2017 10:30am – 11:30am

[10] Colloquium on “Making Use of Inventions and Software: Managing and promoting your software projects”, Deanship of Scientific Research, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. *Certificate

21st – 22nd April 2016 1:30pm – 5:30pm

[11] Training Course on “IoT Basics and Applications”, Sawanid, College of Computing, Umm AlquraUniversity (UQU), Makkah. *Certificate

22th August 2016 5:30pm – 7:30pm

[12] Colloquium on “Digital Crimes”, Yakazah Chairty and Community Institute, Taif. *Certificate

28th April 2016 5:30pm – 9:00pm

[13] Workshop on “Designing Questionnaire and Statistical Skills”, Research Serving Society Exhibition, Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh. *Certificate

6th May 2015 9:00am – 11:00am

[14] Seminar entitled “Women’s’ awareness of digital crimes”, Technical College for Girls, Taif, Saudi Arabia. *Certificate

30 April 2015 9:00am – 11:00am

[15] Seminar entitled “E-Crimes Awareness for Girls”, 1st Intermediate School for Quran, Taif, Saudi Arabia. *Certificate

21 April 2015 10:00am – 12:00pm

[16] Talk entitled “Your way towards effective scholarship and postgraduate studies”, organized by Students Affairs Deanship, Taif University, Saudi Arabia.

14th April 2015 4:30pm – 7:00pm

[17] Workshop on “Become A Research Giant”, Research Serving Society Exhibition, Prince Sultan University (PSU), Riyadh. *Certificate

7th April 2015 [18] Workshop on “Safe Use of Cloud Technology”, presented to public audience from schools and university during E-Crimes Awareness Campaign, Taif University.

18 March 2015 [19] Workshop on “Effective use of Google Drive Cloud for sharing big files”, presented to female staff and professors, Hawiah campus, Taif University.

3 March 2015, 6:30pm – 8:00pm

[20] Seminar entitled “Using plagiarism detection techniques in educational institutions and future challenges in KSA”, Saudi Computer Society, Badir incubator, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. *Certificate

2 March 2015 1:30 pm- 4:30 pm

[21] Workshop on “Using Parallel Computing for Natural Language Processing”, presented to IWAN research group, King Saud University, 2nd March. *Certificate

30 April 2014 [22] Seminar entitled “My Path to Computing”, presented to students in scientific path of preparatory year, Taif University. *Certificate

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22nd Oct. 2013 Full day

[23] Workshop on “Become A Research Giant”, presented to CIT Faculty Members, Taif University.

12th Nov. 2013 Two days

[24] Workshop on “Writing Research Papers and publishing your work in journals and conferences”, presented to the College of Health Sciences, Taif University.

18th March 2013 Half day

[25] Workshop on “ABET Course Assessment File”, presented to CIT Faculty Members, Taif University.

6th March 2013 Full day

[26] Workshop on “How to find viable research topic and how to get your work published in high impact journals”, presented to CIT students, Taif University. *Certificate

12th March 2010 Half day

[27] Workshop on “How to get your work published in high impact factor journals: personal experience”, presented to Saudi students, Saudi Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. *Certificate

COLLOQUIUMS/WORKSHOPS (ATTENDANCE) 20 July - 22 July 2017 (3 days)

““Qiyadat” Program for uncovering leadership talents in young women ” by The Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Misk Foundation, KSA *Certificate of attendance

19 April - 1 March 2017 (9 days)

“Preparation and Development of Academic Programs ” by UK Higher Education Academy and Taif University, KSA *Certificate of attendance

28 Feb - 2 March 2017 3 days (8:30 am- 4:30 pm)

“Women Leadership Forum ” by Academic Leadership Centre, Ministry of Education at Intercontinental Hotel, Jeddah, KSA *Certificate of attendance

21 Feb 2017

Attendance of “Third RTC Undergraduate Research Forum ” by Research and Translation Centre at Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, KSA *Certificate of attendance as supervisor of 5 accepted papers and 1 poster.

3 March 2015 1:30 pm- 5:30 pm

A Workshop on “Partnership and collaboration and quality issues in transnational education” by Dr. Margaret Noble at eLi4 conference, Riyadh, KSA *Certificate of attendance

4th – 5th Dec 2012 4 pm- 9 pm

A Workshop on “Strategic Planning for the Quality in Academic Institutions” by The National Organization for Assessment and Accreditation at Intercontinental hotel, Taif.

13th March 2012 9 am- 12 pm

A Workshop on “The Future is Called the Sensor Web” by Prof. Alan Smeaton, School of Computing, Dublin City Univ., Ireland at CAMP’12, Putrajaya, Malaysia *Certificate of attendance

13th March 2012 2 pm- 5 pm

A Workshop on “Distributed Information Retrieval” by Prof. Fabio Crestani, University of Lugano, Switzerland at CAMP’12, Putrajaya, Malaysia *Certificate of attendance

30th July 2010 A Workshop on “Publishing Journal Articles: An Insider Speaks” by Dr. Niamh O’Connor from the Royal Society of Chemistry at Viewing Room, Level 3, PSZ UTM Library, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

3rd March 2010 A Workshop on “Publish in High-Impact Factor Journals” by Dr Mark Sanderson, University of Sheffield, UK at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

25th Feb & 1st March 2010 A Workshop on “Research Methods in Computer Science” by Dr Mark Sanderson, University of Sheffield, UK at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

22nd –24th Feb 2010 A Short Course on “Information Retrieval and IR Research” by Dr Mark Sanderson, University of Sheffield, UK at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

4th –8th Aug 2009 The Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies. Technical co-sponsorship by: IEEE UK & RI, London Metropolitan University, UK.

15th – 18th June 2009 PARS’09: The 5th Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar Organized by School of Postgraduate Studies SPS and Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems, UTM, Johor, Malaysia. *Certificate of attendance and presentation

17th – 20th April 2009 IACSIT SC 2009: The IACSIT Spring Conference at Riverview, Singapore.

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16th – 18th March 2009 eLi 2009: The First International Conference of E-Learning and Distance Learning – Creating Learning for the Future, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

24th Feb 2009 A Workshop on “Intelligence Data Fusion” by Professor Pierre Loonis, Universite de Bourgogne, France at Bistari Room1, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

17th – 18th Feb 2009 A Colloquium on “Soft Computing: Research Challenges and Perspectives” by Pof. Dr. Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Sci and Techno, Norway at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

26th – 27th Nov 2008 SCOReD 2008: The IEEE 6th Regional Student Conference on Research and Development, Block P16, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE), UTM, Johor, Malaysia. *Certificate of presentation

20th – 24th July 2008 The 31st Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference at Grand-Copthorn Hotel, Singapore *Certificate of attendance

14th – 16th July 2008 A Workshop on “Cross-language Information Retrieval” by Prof. Kalervo Jarvelin, University of Tampere, Finland at Seminar Room, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

20th Feb 2008 A Research Colloquium “Outstanding Research Center Requirement: An Experience in Los Alamos Research Center & Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee - Current research trend and opportunities in related-area” by Prof. Houssain Kettani, from Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR), US. at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

14th Feb 2008 A Tutorial on “Statistical Method on Self-Similar Model/Fractal/Chaotic Model and Their Applications” by Prof. Houssain Kettani, from Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR), US. at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

13th Feb 2008 A Research Colloquium “A guideline: How to produce a quality scientific research paper for conference/journal/technical report (Writing/Reviewing/Publishing)” by Prof. Houssain Kettani, from Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR), US. at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

17th Jan 2008 A Tutorial on “Fuzzy Classifier for Imbalance Data” by Prof. Anca Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, USA. at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia *Certificate of attendance

16th Jan 2008 A Tutorial on “Fuzzy Hamming Distance” by Prof. Anca Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, USA. at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia *Certificate of attendance

15th Jan 2008 A Colloquium on “Fuzzy Sets Based Soft Computing” by Prof. Anca Ralescu, University of Cincinnati, USA. at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia *Certificate of attendance

12th Sept 2007 A Seminar on “Model-Driven Architecture MDA” by Pof. Dr. Robert M. Colomb, University of Queensland, Australia, and Adjunct Professor in University of Technology Malaysia at Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia *Recommendation letter

2nd – 5th July 2007 PARS’07: The 3rd Postgraduate Annual Research Seminar Organized by School of Postgraduate Studies SPS and Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

5th July 2007 A Workshop on “Critical Reading of Research Papers in Information Technology” by Pof. Dr. Robert M. Colomb, University of Queensland, Australia, and Adjunct Professor in University of Technology Malaysia at PARS’07, Seminar Hall, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

Thursdays Aug – Sept, 2007

Informal Classes on “Metamodeling and Model-Driven Architecture” by Pof. Dr. Robert M. Colomb. at Bistari Room 3, Block D07, FSKSM, UTM, Johor, Malaysia

*Referee letter

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CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION Saudi Embassy in Malaysia

▪ Certificate of thanks and appreciation from the Saudi Embassy (Saudi Cultural Mission Division) in

Malaysia for excellent students in Malaysia, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012.

Taif University ▪ Certificate of thanks from the Dean of Graduate Studies in Taif University, Dr. Khalid Alswat.

▪ Certificate of thanks from the Dean of Undergraduate Studies in Taif University, Dr. Samira Kurdi.

▪ Certificate of thanks and appreciation from His Excellency the President of Taif University, Prof. Dr.

Abdel-Ellah Banagh on winning the prize of King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Talent

and Creativity. ▪

▪ Certificate of thanks and appreciation from His Excellency the Vice- President, Dr. Al-Abbadi on winning

the prize of King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Talent and Creativity. ▪

▪ Certificate of thanks and appreciation from the dean of university studies, Dr. Samirah Kurdi (Ladies

Section) on winning the prize of King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Talent and

Creativity.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Teaching Courses:

Fall 2016/2017: Algorithms Analysis and Design Spring 2013/2014: Web Systems Fall 2013/2014: Computing Ethics Spring 2012/2013: Neural Networks Fall 2013/2014 & Spring 2012/2013: Elective-2 (Data Mining) 2006/2007: Compilers and Programming Languages

Laboratory Courses:

Pattern Recognition and Image Processing - Laboratory Artificial Intelligence - Laboratory Computer Graphics - Laboratory Object Oriented Programming (Java,C++,C#) - Laboratory Computer Networks - Laboratory Applications on Computer Networks - Laboratory Algorithms and Data Structures - Laboratory Structured Programming - Laboratory Visual Programming - Laboratory System Analysis and Design - Lectures Introduction to Computer Science - Lectures & Laboratory

Programming Languages and Software

Python MATLAB (Image Processing, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Genetic algorithms toolboxes) C#, Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2000/2003/2005/2008/2010 Releases PHP, MySQL, Apatche Server LISP, Prolog OpenGL Library with C,C++, and C# C/C++ , Turbo C++ Compiler Java , Java Builder, Java Creator Visual Basic , Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Microsoft Access VBA 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010

Academic Advising

Academic Advising Coordinator, CIT, Taif University, 2013-2015 Academic supervision for registrars, 2004 -2005. Admission forms entry for the Dept. of Islamic Studies (over working hours), 2005 Grades Entry for Computer Science Dept., 2005 Coordinator of Course Equivalence Panel (Ladies branch), 2005

SUPERVISION PhD [1] “DETECTION OF PLAGIARISED DIAGRAMS IN SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS”, University of Technology

Malaysia.

MSc [2] “A SOCIAL DATA ANALYSIS AS PARTICIPATORY SENSING SYSTEMS TO PREDICT THE POPULARITY OF A

VENUE”, King Saud University.

Capstone Projects [3] “A 3D Printed Quadruped Robot Controlled via the Internet of Things Technology”. Dept. of Computer

Engineering, Taif University.

[4] “IoT-Based Underground Cable Fault Detection System”. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Taif University.

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[5] “A 3D-Printed IoT Fire Extinguisher Drone using Navio Controller”. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Taif

University.

[6] “IoT Motion Detection System Connected to an Alert Smart Mirror”. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Taif

University.

[7] “A 3D Printed Robotic Arm with Hand Gesture Controller using Arduino”. Dept. of Computer Engineering,

Taif University.

[8] “Smart Carrier with Obstacle Avoidance, Light and Line Follower using the Internet of Things”. Dept. of

Computer Engineering, Taif University.

[9] “A 3D Printed Multi-Task Drone with Embedded Controller using the Internet of Things”. Dept. of

Computer Engineering, Taif University.

[10] “Water and Gas Leakage Detector and Temperature Sensor Connected to Monitoring Mirror via the

Internet of Things”. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Taif University.

[11] “Human-Glove Sensors for Sign Language Translation Using Arduino”. Dept. of Computer Engineering,

Taif University.

[12] “Humanoid Robot for Home Services Controlled by IoT”. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Taif University.

[13] “Smart Irrigation using the Internet-of-Things Technology”. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Taif

University.

[14] “Smart Blood Bank Refrigerators using the Internet-of-Things Technology”. Dept. of Computer

Engineering, Taif University.

[15] “Smart Water Bottle using the Internet-of-Things”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif University.

[16] “Smart notifier and announcer using the Internet-of-Things Technology”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif

University.

[17] “Smart golf car finder and navigator using the Internet-of-Things Technology”. Dept. of Computer

Science, Taif University.

[18] “Smart Classroom Communication Facilitator”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif University.

[19] “Intelligent Tutor App to Learn Python”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif University.

[20] “Web-Based Subscription and Announcement System for CIT”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif

University.

[21] “Arabic Text Summarization Techniques”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif University.

[22] “Intelligent Tutor App for Computing Ethics”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif University.

[23] “Advisor for Psychological and Social counseling”. Dept. of Computer Science, Taif University.

[24] “Smart Phone Application for Library Services and Management in Taif University”. Dept. of Information

Technology, Taif University.

[25] “Mobile application for Startups and Small Business Support”. Dept. of Information Technology, Taif

University.

[26] “Chemical Liquids Management in Scientific Labs Using IoT”. Dept. of Information Technology, Taif

University.

[27] “Prayers and Food Alert System for Patients Using IoT”. Dept. of Information Technology, Taif University.

[28] “Smart Luggage Passing System in Airports using QR Code”. Dept. of Information Technology, Taif

University.

[29] “Deaf Alarm System in Emergency Cases using the Internet of Things”. Dept. of Information Technology,

Taif University.

[30] “Electronic Academic Advising System for Universities”. Dept. of Information Technology, Taif University.

[31] “Interactive Video Game to Learn the Internet-of-Things for Children”. Dept. of Information Technology,

Taif University.

[32] “Smart Identification and Recognition of Missing and Unidentified Persons Using Biometric Measures”.

Dept. of Information Technology, Taif University.

[33] “Automatic Attendance for University Students using Dynamic QR Code and Fingerprint Identifier”. Dept.

of Information Technology, Taif University.

[34] “Smart Lost-Device Tracker using the Internet-of-Things Technology”. Dept. of Information Technology,

Taif University.

[35] “Smart Pharmacy and Medication Reminder using IoT”. Dept. of Information Technology, Taif University.

COMMUNITY WORKS Voluntary Campaigns

Leader of “E-Crimes Awareness Campaign for Women” in Taif University held at 2014, 2016 and 2017. *Certificate of appreciation

Member of organization committee of Taif University’s booth at “Souq Okaz” in 2016. *Certificate of appreciation

Leader of “Big Sister and Little Sister Campaign” in the College of Computing and Information Technology, Taif

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University. held at 2014 and 2015. *Certificate of appreciation

Software Development

Programming of Mobile App “CIT Girls”. College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University. 2015-2016.

Programming of Mobile App “TUGraduation”. Taif University. 2015-2016.

Programming of “Lockers Management System for Female Campus in Taif University” which effectively used by the Students Affairs Deanship. 2014. *Certificate of appreciation

Public Talks Delivering public lectures entitled “Girls Awareness for E-Crimes” in Taif Technical College. Taif. 2015.

Delivering public lectures entitled “Girls Awareness for E-Crimes” in Intermediate School of Quran. Taif. 2015.

Delivering public lectures entitled “Registration and Admission in Taif University, and Blackboard LMS” in several high schools at Taif . 2013-2014.

Community Service

Visit to the Senior centre and establishment of a website for its information, maps, and visits. 2012.

Teaching “Photoshop” training course for the College of Community Services & Continuing Education, Taif University. 2006.

Teaching “Text Editing” (Microsoft Word) training course for the College of Community Services & Continuing Education, Taif University. 2005

Teaching “Computer Networks” subject to the diploma degree of computer science under the Faculty of Community Services & Continuing Education, Taif University. 2004.