Adel Fadhl Ahmed
Leadership | Consultancy | Technology | Higher Education
Dr. Adel Fadhl Ahmed earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 2008, following his M.S. in Computer Science from KFUPM in 2000 and his B.S. in Mathematics from King Saud University in 1995.
He served as the Chairman of the Information and Computer Science Department from 2010 to 2015. He later held the position of Dean of the College of Computer Science and Engineering from 2015 to 2021 and Dean of the College of Computing and Mathematics from 2021 to 2024. He has played a pivotal role in Saudi Arabia's national e-government and digital transformation initiatives. He actively contributes to developing and maintaining national higher education standards with the Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) and the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA). His work with ETEC includes contributing to the جاهزية initiative, which focuses on the standardization of university exit exams. Additionally, he played a key role in advancing Saudi Arabia's national AI strategy by establishing the SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center in Artificial Intelligence.
Dr. Ahmed has received numerous certificates of excellence and recognition from various government and private organizations. His research interests lie at the intersection of computer vision, computer graphics, and deep learning, focusing on 3D reconstruction, rendering, and scene synthesis applications.
Resume
Adel - CV - Complete - 05-MAY-2024.pdfCareer Highlights
As the Dean, Dr. Ahmed serves on the University Board and various key committees.
His leadership extends to e-government transformation and leadership roles in several academic departments.
Dr. Ahmed has pioneered digital transformation by integrating Digital and AI-enabler courses into the university curriculum.
He successfully secured ABET and NCAAA accreditations for academic programs.
Dr. Ahmed orchestrated the establishment of concentration and professional master's programs, enhancing academic excellence.
His leadership led to improved subject rankings in Computer Science.
Dr. Ahmed is also an entrepreneur, co-founding and serving as CTO of the micro-gifting start-up http://gifty.coÂ
He has attracted international funding for research projects and forged strategic partnerships with industry giants.
Dr. Ahmed initiated the establishment of the KFUPM-SDAIA Joint Research Center.
His advisory roles include advising CIOs and extensive involvement in IT, security, healthcare informatics, and philanthropy.
Dr. Ahmed's expertise in cybersecurity is evident through his certifications in Visual Analytics.
He excels in risk management, ensuring stability and quality assurance.
Philanthropy
Where the real fun stuff is
Engaging with the community. Helping the next generation in future planning and acquiring rescue skills to help those in need.
Publications
Pushing the boundary of knowledge
Reporting the results of my experience in academia, industry and government. Its all about data processing and visualization.
Skills
​Educator by profession. Programmer by passion
Vibrant skills spanning all levels. Starting from basic programming in the Java language, passing through app development framework using the Spring Framework all the way to using Industry-level software packages for predictive analytics.
Data Science
Tool of the age of Analytics
Guided Analytics by keeping experts in the loop
Automated AI and Machine Learning
Building, testing and optimizing hundreds of prediction models and produce measurable results.
Certifications
Keeping up-to-date with Industry
Certification areas span Leadership, Policy Making, Cyber Security, e-Government, Organizational Development, Black Hat ... and many more.
Activities
Personal interests
My plan for retirement. Got my PADI license for scuba diving. It was love-at-first-dive. Ever since my first dive, I realized that scuba diving would be my retirement activity.
Contribution
My contribution to the digital content.
Video Content
KFUPM Without Hesitation: A tribute to the University that shaped my life and career.
Coding
One of my early experiences on how to access CUDA from within a Java environment.
Language Proficiency
Arabic
English
Urdu
