Academic Profile

Outline Biography

I am a PhD holder in Computer Sciences and my PhD thesis was finished in 2015 entitled ( Exploiting Similarities between Secret and Cover Images for Improved Embedding Efficiency and Security in Digital Steganography). I got my PhD from Applied Computing Department at the University of Buckingham in United Kingdom. 

I also obtained MSc. degree in 2008 in Computer Sciences from Applied Computing Department at the University of Buckingham in United Kingdom. My MSc. thesis was entitled (Wavelet based Analysis for Video Packet Switching and Compression). 

My BSc. degree was obtained in 2004 from Statistics and Computer department- College of Commerce- University of Sulaimani.

I am an Editorial Board at the SCIREA Journal of Computer, and I am reviewer at the following International Journals:

1- Journal of International Security and Applications (JISA).

2- International Journal of Medical Imaging (IJMI).

3- International Journal of Image Mining (IJIM).

4- IEEE Access

5- IET Image Processing  

6- Multimedia Tools and Applications - Springer

I obtained the best paper award from the SPIE Organization in USA in 2013.

Research Interests

My research interest includes the following fields:

1. Image Processing

2. Image / Video Compression

3. Image Coding

4. Multimedia Security and Information hiding (Steganography and Watermarking)

5. Biometrics Authentication Systems

6. Image De-hazing

7- Image Inpainting

8- Medical Image Processing

9- Content-based Image Retrieval (CBIR)