Resume/CV
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Education
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA. Ph.D. in Computer Science, November 2009.
Yarmouk University, Jordan, graduated September 2003. Master of Information and Computer Sciences.
Yarmouk University, Jordan, graduated in August 2001. Bachelor of Computer Science.
Honors & Awards
The undergraduate capstone project I supervise won the best project "FitKit - a mobile application for sports with AR" by the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences for the CS and IS at the American University in Kuwait, AY 2021-2022. The project demo is in the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMnGjNLJ0G4&feature=youtu.be
Won with two teams the second and third place in the ACM Kuwaiti Collegiate Programming Contest (KCPC) 2017 and qualified for the ACM Arab Collegiate Programming Contest 2017.
Won with a team of three undergraduate students the ACM Jordanian Collegiate Programming Contest (JCPC) 2014 (out of 96 teams from 19 different Jordanian universities) and qualified for The ACM Arab Collegiate Programming Contest, Applied Sciences University, 1/11/2014.
Won with a team of three undergraduate students the Sumo Robot Competition (out of 15 teams from different universities) in the Universities Robotics Competition, Jordan University, 27-28/2/2013.
Awarded Merit-based Enhancement fellowship from graduate school for outstanding service to New Mexico State University as a teaching and research assistant, in April 2009.
Awarded a sponsorship from Yarmouk University to study Ph.D. in computer science, 2005.
Awarded a sponsorship from Yarmouk University to study M.Sc. in computer science and information, 2001.
Consulting
Worked as an expert in web accessibility and assistive technologies for a USAID-funded project titled "Improving the Right of people with Disabilities in accessing information in higher education", 30/9/2012 to 15/6/2013.
Worked as an expert in web accessibility and assistive technologies for a Microsoft-funded project titled "Improving the Accessibility of E-government Websites in Jordan". This project is proposed to the Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities, 1/8/2012 to 1/9/2013.
Worked as a project manager and technology accessibility specialist for a USAID Civic Society Fund Grants Programs (USAID-CIS) funded project titled “AccessTech: Accessible E-services and Computers in Yarmouk University for People with Disabilities”, 1-Feb-2016 to 15-Aug- 2016.
Employment History
I. Permanent Positions
Professor in Computer Science, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, American University of Kuwait, Oct 2021 – Now.
Founder and Director of the Office of Research and Grants (ORG), American University of Kuwait, July 2021 – Now.
Associate Professor, American University of Kuwait, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Salmiya, Kuwait, Aug 2016 - Sep 2021.
Associate Professor, Yarmouk University, Department of Computer Science, Irbid, Jordan, May 2014 – Aug 2016.
Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University, Department of Computer Science, Irbid, Jordan, Jan 2010 to May-2014.
Department Head, YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, Department of Computer Science, Irbid, Jordan, Sep 2011 – Sep-2012.
Instructor, YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, Department of Computer Information Systems, Irbed, Jordan, 2003 – 2005. (2 Years)
II. Visiting and Intern Positions
Visiting Associate Professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, US, 22-Jun-2018 to 22-Aug-2018. Pursue research in optimization using evolutionary algorithms during the summer of 2018 in collaboration with Dr. Eugene Santos, Jr., Professor of Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering.
Visiting Researcher, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 13-Aug-2013 to 12-Sep-2013.
Visiting Researcher, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (University of Science, Malaysia), School of Computer Sciences, Penang, Malaysia, 10-Aug-2012 to 10-Sep-2012.
Research Assistant, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, Computer Science Department, Las Cruces, USA, Sep 2007 – November 2009. (2 Years)
Research Assistant, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Distance Education, Las Cruces, USA, August 2005 – Sep 2007. (2 Years)
Teaching Assistant, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Computer Science, Las Cruces, USA, August 2005 – December 2008. (3 Years 5 Months)
Web Master, USDA-ARS, JORNADA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, NM, USA, (May-August) 2005. (4 Months)
Funded Projects
1. Ahmad R. Alsaber (PI), Adeeba Al-Herz, Maryam S Almazedi, Iyad Abu Doush (CO-PI), Afsah Abdullah, Dhary S. Alkandary, Ahmad T Al-Sultan, Parul Setiya, Jiazhu Pan. Assessing the relationship between air pollutants on rheumatoid arthritis activity score. KFAS 2023 second call, 9,750 KD.
2. Marwa Sharawi, Iyad Abu Doush, Abdulaziz Althekair, Mohanned Odeh, and Mohammad AlBayya (2023). Mobile Brain Computer Interface Motor Imagery. Internal AUK grant 776 KD.
3. Iyad Abu Doush, Khalid Sultana, Ahmad Alsaber, and Dhari Alkandari (2022). Air Quality Prediction Using Neural Network Enhanced with Gray Wolf Optimizer During COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study from Kuwait. Internal AUK grant 500 KD.
4. Awarded Dartmouth-AUK Fellowship at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, US to pursue research during the summer of 2018 in collaboration with Dr. Eugene Santos, Jr., Professor of Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering.
5. Selected for staff mobility visit through the EPIC program sponsored by the EU Erasmus Mundus to visit Vilnius University in Lithuania, Aug 2013.
6. Iyad Abu Doush (PI), Eslam Al Maghayreh, Zaid Alomari, and Samer Khamaiseh. Developing an Interface to Control Mobility Disabled Peoples’ Assistant Robot. King Abdullah II Design & Development Bureau (KADDB). 1/11/2011 to 1/5/2013, Amount (3140 JD), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ458RoJgxU
7. Iyad Abu Doush (PI), Ashraf Bany Mohammed, Emad Ali. Microsoft funded project titled "Improving the Accessibility of E-government Websites in Jordan". This project is proposed to the Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities, 1/8/2012 to 1/9/2013 (Amount 29,000 JD).
8. Iyad Abu Doush (PI), Faisal Alkhateeb, Abdelraouf Albsoul . Semi-Automatic Generation of Arabic Digital Talking Books. Jordanian Scientific Research Support Fund (Amount 16,500 JD), 21-Jan-2013 to 21-Jan 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1WJASTfKVM&feature=youtu.be
9. Iyad Abu Doush (PI), Sawsan Alshatnawi, Abdelkarim Altamimi . Using Integrated Techniques for Developing Indoor Navigation Systems to Allow the Blind and Visually Impaired People to Reach Precise Objects. Deanship of Research & Graduate Studies - Yarmouk University (Amount 6,990 JD), 15-Sep-2013 to 15-Sep- 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hN6kXXkUpI&feature=youtu.be
10. Iyad Abu Doush (PI). AccessTech: Accessible E-services and Computers in Yarmouk University for People with Disabilities. USAID Civic Initiatives Support Program (Amount 89,022 JD), 1-Feb-2016 to 31-Jan- 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKa2JGSx_zc .