College of Economics and Political Science > Academics > Departments > Information Systems

Dr. Jamil Darwish Al-Shaqsi
Title: Assistant Professor & Head of the Department
Office No. 2015
Ext. 2848
Email: alshaqsi@squ.edu.om
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. Kamla Ali Al Busaidi
Title: Professor
Office No. 2013
Ext. 2931
Email: kamlaa@squ.edu.om
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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Prof. Saqib Ali
Title: Professor & Assistant Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research
Office No. 2010
Ext. 1858
Email: saqib@squ.edu.om
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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Dr. Taisira Hazeem Al-Balushi
Title: Associate Professor
Office No. 2008
Ext. 1849
Email: taisira@squ.edu.om
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
Email: alitarhini@squ.edu.om
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. Abdul Khalique Shaikh
Title: Associate Professor
Office No. 2006
Ext. 2974
Email: shaikh@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Artificial Intelligence , Big Data Analytics, Data Science, Data Governance, Data Security and Data Risk Management, Knowledge Management, E-Participation, Semantic Network, Relational Analysis, Blockchain Technology, Social Network Analytics, 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. Aqdas Malik
Title: Associate Professor
Office No. 1976
Ext. 2928
Email: a.malik@squ.edu.om
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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Dr. Waqas Aman
Title: Assistant Professor & Director of Postgraduate Studies
Office No. 2011
Ext. 2928
Email: waqas@squ.edu.om
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. Rami S. Alkhawaldeh
Title: Assistant Professor
Office No. 2014
Ext. 6711
Email: r.alkhawaldeh@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Deep learning, Transfer learning, Data mining, Data Science, Big data Analytics, Information Retrieval, VoIP, Peer to peer networks, Optimization.
Education:
- PhD in Computing Science (The University of Glasgow, UK)
- Masters in Information Systems (The University of Jordan, Jordan)
- Bachelor of Computer Information System (Yarmouk University, Jordan)
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Sumaiya Mohammed Al-Siyabi
Title: Coordination & Follow-Up & Archive Specialist
Office No. 2009
Ext. 1867
Email: sumaiyas@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:
Education:
- M.sc Information systems (Sultan Qaboos University)
- B.sc Electronic Business Administration (Higher College of Technology)

Nasser Saif Al Yarabi
Title: Technician & Webmaster
Office No. 2016 - C
Ext. 1970
Email: n.alyarabi1@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:
Education:
- B.Sc. Information Systems (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
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Dr. Jamil Darwish Al-Shaqsi