Department of Information and Computer Science

Organization profile

The vision of the ICS department is to be a regional leader that is recognized worldwide in education, research and professional development in the areas of Computer Science and Software Engineering.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Shadi Abudalfa
- Department of Information and Computer Science
- SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center for Artificial Intelligence - Research Engineer III
Person: Researcher, Academic
20132025
Irfan Ahmad
- Department of Information and Computer Science - Associate Professor
- SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center for Artificial Intelligence - Research Scholar
Person: Researcher
20102025
Adel Ahmed
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Communication Systems and Sensing - Research Scholar
- Department of Information and Computer Science - Assistant Professor
Person: Academic
20112026

16 Active
77 Finished

Advancing Intelligent Systems: Large-Scale Vision-Language Models for 3D/4D Facial and Micro-Expression Recognition
Behzad, M. (PI)
1/02/25 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
Developing Automated Honeypot Framework for Enhancing Cyber-Physical Systems Security
Al-Gobi, W. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Assuring Trustworthiness of Multi-Fidelity Digital Twins: State-Based Approach
Azzedin, F. (PI), Rahman, M. M. (CoI) & Al-Gobi, W. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research

15845 Citations
59 h-index
573 Article
432 Conference contribution
76 Editorial
49 Conference article
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A Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network-Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Approach for PPG-Based Stress Monitoring from Wrist Worn Wearables
Ali, M. S., Motin, M. A., El-Alfy, E. S. M. & Mahmud, M., 2026, Neural Information Processing - 32nd International Conference, ICONIP 2025, Proceedings. Taniguchi, T., Leung, C. S. A., Kozuno, T., Yoshimoto, J., Mahmud, M., Doborjeh, M. & Doya, K. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 474-489 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16312 LNCS).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Classifying Depressed and Healthy Individuals Using Wearable Sensor Data: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches
Guerrache, F., Brown, D. J. & Mahmud, M., 2026, Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science - 1st Global Conference, AAIDS 2024, Proceedings. Mahmud, M., Pillay, N. & Kaiser, M. S. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 141-162 22 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2601 CCIS).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Cyber-attacks: Securing ship navigation systems using multi-layer cross-validation defense
Vasan, D., Hammoudeh, M., Ahmed, A. F. & Naeem, H., Jan 2026, In: Computers and Security. 160, 104706.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Early Career Research Award 2014
Messauodi, S. (Recipient), Shuja, S. (Recipient), Alshayeb, M. (Recipient), Al-Kuhaili, M. (Recipient), Baroudi, U. (Recipient), Mekid, S. (Recipient) & Mohammad, F. (Recipient), 2014
Prize
Early Career Research Award 2019
Saleh, T. (Recipient), Antar, M. (Recipient), Bahlouli, H. (Recipient), Zummo, S. (Recipient), Alshayeb, M. (Recipient) & Baroudi, U. (Recipient), 2019
Prize
Excellence in Research Award 2014
Messauodi, S. (Recipient), Shuja, S. (Recipient), Alshayeb, M. (Recipient), Al-Kuhaili, M. (Recipient), Baroudi, U. (Recipient), Mekid, S. (Recipient) & Azzedin, F. (Recipient), 2014
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