Department Faculty
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  • Dr. Jamil Darwish Al-Shaqsi

  • Title: Assistant Professor & Head of the Department
  • Office No. 2015
  • Ext. 2848
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  • Field of Interest: Machine Learning - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. - Clustering Techniques and Algorithms. - Clustering Ensembles. - Mining DNA micro-array data for clustering cancers
  • Education: 
    • B.Sc. Information Systems (SQU, Oman)
    • M.Sc. Applied Information Technology (Monash University, Australia)
    • Ph.D. Computing Sciences (University of East Anglia, UK)

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  • Prof. Saqib Ali

  • Title: Professor & Assistant Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research
  • Office No. 2010
  • Ext. 1858
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  • Field of Interest: Information Systems Security - Cyber Security for Cyber Physical Systems - Industrial Informatics - Business Processes and Automation
  • Education: 
    • Ph.D. Computer Science (La Trobe, Melbourne, Australia)
    • M.Sc. Information Systems (La Trobe, Melbourne, Australia)
    • B. Engineering (Computer Software) (SYICT Shenyang, P.R. China)

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  • Prof. Kamla Ali Al Busaidi

  • Title: Professor
  • Office No. 2013
  • Ext. 2931
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  • Field of Interest: Knowledge Management Systems - Knowledge Economy - ICT investments- Electronic Learning - Information Systems Acceptance - Information Systems deployment in the Middle East
  • Education: 
    • Ph.D. Management of Information Systems (Claremont Graduate University, USA)
    • M.Sc. Information Systems Management (Duquesne University, USA)
    • B.Sc. Information Systems (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

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  • Dr. Hafedh Ibrahim Al-Shihi

  • Title: Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Training and Community Services
  • Office No. 2006
  • Ext. 2974
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  • Field of Interest: Electronic Government & Electronic Commerce - Mobile Government and Mobile Commerce - Research Process in Information Systems - Technology/Innovation Adoption and Dissemination - Communication Skills
  • Education: 
    • Ph.D. E-Government (Victoria University, Australia)
    • M.Sc. Computer and Information Systems (University of Detroit, USA)
    • B.Sc. Information Systems (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

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  • Dr. Taisira Hazeem Al-Balushi

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2008
  • Ext. 1849
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  • Field of Interest: Software Engineering - Requirements Engineering - Software Quality - Ontologies - Quality Metrics - Business Process Modelling
  • Education: 
    • B.Sc. Information Systems (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
    • M.Sc. Computer and Information Systems (University of Detroit, USA)
    • Ph.D. Software Quality (University of Manchester, UK)

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  • Dr. Ali Tarhini

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2018
  • Ext. 2911
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  • Field of Interest: Big Data, Cloud Computing, IoT, Knowledge Management, Cross-Cultural Issues in Information Systems, Consumer Behavior, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Customers Service, Digital Education, E-business and Technology Adoption.
  • Education: 
    • Ph.D. Information Systems (Brunel University London, UK)
    • M.Sc. E-Commerce (University of Essex, UK)
    • B.Sc. Computer Science (American University of Culture & Education, Lebanon)

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  • Dr. Md Mahbubur Rahim

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2014
  • Ext. 6711
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  • Field of Interest: eBusiness, ICT enabled sustainability, ICT adoption, e-government, social media, cloud computing systems, research methodology
  • Education: 
    • PhD in Information Systems (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
    • Masters in Computer Science (University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)
    • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BUET, Bangladesh)

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  • Dr. Abdul Khalique Shaikh

  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Office No. 2012
  • Ext. 1976
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  • Field of Interest: Social Network Analytics, Big Data Analytics, Data Science, Data Governance, Data Security and Data Risk Management, Knowledge Management, E-Participation, Semantic Network, Relational Analysis, Blockchain Technology, Grid/Cloud Computing.
  • Education: 
    • Ph.D. Information Technology (Monash University Australia)
    • M.Sc. Computer & Information Systems (University of Detroit Mercy USA)
    • B.Sc. Engineering (Electronics) (NED University of Engg. & Tech. Karachi)

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  • Dr. Waqas Aman

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • Office No. 2016-B
  • Ext. 2965
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  • Field of Interest: Security in IoT-based Smart Critical Infrastructure, Security Architecture and Design, Security and Privacy Concerns in Big Data, Runtime Ontologies, Software Security Testing and Assurance, Information Security Education and Awareness, Adaptive Security and Risk Management.
  • Education: 
    • Ph.D. Information Security – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
    • M.S. Information Security – National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
    • B.S. Computer Science – University of Peshawar, Pakistan

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  • Dr. Aqdas Malik

  • Title: Assistant Professor & Director of Postgraduate Studies
  • Office No. 2011
  • Ext. 2928
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  • Field of Interest: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Interface Design and Evaluation, Social Media Analytics, Social Informatics, Computer Mediated Communication
  • Education: 
    • Ph.D. Human-Computer Interaction (Aalto University, Finland)
    • M.Sc. Advanced Information Systems (Hanken School of Economics, Finland)

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  • Sumaiya Mohammed Al-Siyabi

  • Title: Coordination & Follow-Up & Archive Specialist
  • Office No. 2009
  • Ext. 1867
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  • Education: 
    • M.sc Information systems (Sultan Qaboos University)
    • B.sc Electronic Business Administration (Higher College of Technology)
 
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  • Nasser Saif Al-Yarobi

  • Title: Technician & Webmaster
  • Office No. 2016 - C
  • Ext. 1970
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  • Field of Interest: 
  • Education: 
    • B.Sc. Information Systems (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)

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