Tech lead | life long learner
Current positions
June 2019 - Present
CCIS Vice-Dean Assistant for Grad Studies and Scientific Research
At the Grad Studies and Scientific Research (GSSR) division in the CCIS female branch, I manage three units, one for graduate students, the other for the college's demonstrators and those in scholarships abroad. The third unit is dedicated to scientific research. At the office, we focus on facilitating the communication between the college's departments and the Deanship of Graduate Studies and the Deanship of Scientific Research. We also, plan, organise and manage different events (talks and workshops) and gatherings that aim to enrich our faculty and graduate students with the skills, knowledge and exposure needed to excel in scientific research.
Oct. 2018 - Present
Assistant Professor
Information Technology Department, CCIS, King Saud University
Feb. 2019 - Present
Member of the CCIS Strategic Partnerships Program Committee
CCIS, King Saud University
2013 - 2018
Education
PhD in Computer Science: University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Thesis: Investigating Cascades in Social Networks: Structural and Temporal Aspects
The thesis topic falls under the intersection between data science, web science and network science. Precisely it looks into analysing the way information spreads on social networks, often recognised as an information diffusion process. The thesis studies cascades - the manifestation of the information diffusion process- from two different perspectives structural and temporal. The thesis also looks into analysing social network platforms’ functionality.
2009 - 2011
MSc in Computer Science: King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Dissertation: Building an Ontological Model Using Arabic Wikipedia
2003 - 2007
BSc in Information Technology: King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Graduation project: Medical Record eXchanger (MRX)
Academic Activities
Nov. 2018 - April 2019
Information Technology Department Representative in the Business Center, CCIS, King Saud University
Sept. 2018 - April 2019
Academic Advisor, Information Technology department, CCIS, King Saud University
Feb. 2016 - Jan. 2018
Demonstrating: Computational Thinking module for Web Science MSc. students, Web Design module for Electronics and Computer Science first year students and Computer Application module for Engineering foundation year.
Mentoring: The Science of Online Social Networks for Web Science MSc. students.
University of Southampton
Feb. 2015 - May. 2015
Demonstrating: Computational Thinking module for Web Science iPhD students
Other Activities
Nov. 2018
Program Committee member in the 5th International conference Internet Science (INSCI'2018).
April 2016, Nov. 2016, May 2017
Member of the facilitation team for the Power of Social Media MOOC provided by the University via FutureLearn website, University of Southampton
June 2015
Sub-reviewer in the ACM Web Science 2015 Conference (WebSci’15).
Nov. 2013, Feb. 2014, Oct. 2014
Member of the facilitation team for the Web Science MOOC provided by the University via FutureLearn website, University of Southampton
June 2012
Member of the organising committee: CS4HS@KSU workshop, sponsored by Google Inc., 16th - 20th Jun., King Saud University
Sept. 2011
Member of the organising committee: CS4HS@KSU workshop, sponsored by Google Inc., 5th - 7th Sept., King Saud University