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):

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 14 Life Below Water
SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Irfan Ahmad
- Department of Information and Computer Science - Associate Professor
- SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center for Artificial Intelligence - Research Scholar
Person: Researcher
20102025
Nuha Albadi
- Department of Information and Computer Science - Assistant Professor
- SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center for Artificial Intelligence - Research Scholar
Person: Researcher, Academic
20192024
Waleed Al-Gobi
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Intelligent Secure Systems - Research Scholar
- Department of Information and Computer Science - Assistant Professor
Person: Researcher, Academic
20132025

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
Scalable Green Hydrogen Production using Polyaniline and NiFeS-Coated 3D Nickel Foam Catalysts
Usman, M. (PI), Khan, S. (CoI), Al-Betar, A. (CoI), Khan, N. A. (CoI), Ahmed, U. (CoI), Nadar Khan, S. K. (CoI), Behzad, M. (CoI) & Saeed, M. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Developing Automated Honeypot Framework for Enhancing Cyber-Physical Systems Security
Al-Gobi, W. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research

16787 Citations
62 h-index
587 Article
457 Conference contribution
89 Editorial
52 Conference article
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A Blockchain-Enabled Zero-Trust Security Architecture for Securing Internet of Energy Systems
Hammoudeh, M., Unal, D., Laouid, A. & Azzedin, F., 2026, In: IEEE Network. 40, 1, p. 44-51 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
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
1 Scopus citations
AI-Driven EMG Monitoring and Decision Support Framework
Khan, S., Anwar, U., Khurshid, K., Ullah, R., Arslan, T. & Ahmed, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Sensors Journal.
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
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Early Career Research Award 2019
Saleh, T. (Recipient), Antar, M. (Recipient), Bahlouli, H. (Recipient), Zummo, S. (Recipient), Alshayeb, M. (Recipient) & Baroudi, U. (Recipient), 2019
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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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