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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Department of Computer Science is an important part of the College of Information Technology at the University of Bahrain. The department offers a BSc degree in Computer Science, where the program focuses on preparing students for working within the IT profession in areas such as computer programming, system analysis and design and software development; as well as preparing them to for research and graduate studies in the field of computing.
The Computer Science Department has been established in 1989, and the faculty is made up of 24 members and his staff consists of 20 employees. Research groups within the department focus mainly on areas such as software engineering, e-learning and artificial intelligence, as well as algorithms and applied big data analytics.
The Department of Computer Science is located at the College of Information Technology Building – S40 on the UOB campus in Sakhir. There are 9 general computer laboratories and one dedicated laboratory for senior projects’ students. Computer Science program includes an advanced set of curricula which are designed according to international standards (such as curricula ACM/IEEE 2013) and has been listed on the Bahraini National Qualifications Framework since 2015.
The BSc program in Computer Science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org.

OUR PROGRAMS

OUR FACULTY

As of 2020, there are 26 qualified and well-experienced faculty members. 22 of the faculty are PhD holders and 4 MSc holders who handle the lecture classes for the courses. The PhD holders include 1 full rank professor, 3 associate professors, and 18 assistant professors. In addition, the MSc holders include one lecturer and three research assistants who are currently on scholarship. All ranked faculty members have obtained their degrees in different Computer Science related fields from reputable academic institutions globally such as Australia, France, Canada, India, Malaysia, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Faculty specializations are diverse and many hold professional certifications in related IT Cloud Computing (AWS).
In addition to their academic load, the faculty conduct research that is at a regional, and global level, participate in the administrative duties as well as community services. The faculty are involved in many students’ extracurricular activities such as supervising hackathons and competitions, as well as mentoring the students. Senior faculty teach specialized courses at a Master’s and PhD level for college’s own postgraduate courses and in specific IT-based advanced courses for other colleges. All professorial ranked faculty supervise senior (capstone) projects in the undergraduate program, and several supervise MSc and PhD students.

Prof. Faisal Qaseem Alkhateeb
Professor

Prof. Nabil Mahmood Hewaihi
Professor

Dr. Fawzi Abdulaziz Albalooshi
Associate Professor

Dr. Mohsen Mohamed Rouached
Associate professor

Dr.Riadh Mohamed Ksantini
Associate professor

Dr. Abdel-Fattah Mahmood Salman
Assistant Professor

Dr. Abdulfattah Mahmood Salman
Assistant Professor

Dr. Abdulla Ahmed Al-Asaadi
Assistant Professor

Dr. Abdulla Khalifa Aldoseri
Assistant Professor

Dr. Abdulla Mohamed AlQaddoumi
Assistant Professor

Dr. Ahmed Yousif Fahad
Assistant Professor

Dr. Ali Hasan Alsaffar
Assistant Professor

Dr. Amal Saleh Ghanim
Assistant Professor

Dr. Amine Mohamed Mahjoub
Assistant Professor

Dr. Faisal Abdulhameed AlQaed
Assistant Professor

Dr. Hadeel Shawkat AlObaidy
Assistant Professor

Dr. Mohamed Mazen Almadhaeedi
Assistant Professor

Dr. Qasem Turki Obaidat
Assistant Professor

Dr. Taher Saleh Homeed
Assistant Professor

Dr. Youssef Bin mohammed Harrath
Assistant Professor

Mr. Yasser Suhail Alkhateeb
Lecturer

Mrs. Alia Sayed Alkameli
Research and Teaching Assistant

Mr. Abdulla Ebrahim Subah
Teaching Assistant