User:Ghassan Al-Qaimari

Dr. Ghassan Al-Qaimari is a Professor of Computer Science and Information Technology and the founding President of Fujairah College, which was established in 2006. Prior to that, he served as Head of the Faculty of Information Technology, and Head of the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Wollongong in Dubai (2004-06). Dr. Al-Qaimari had taught at RMIT University in Melbourne for eight years (1995-2003). He was also a visiting professor at a number of universities including the Australian National University, Birzeit University, and Al-Quds University.

Dr. Al-Qaimari is an active researcher and a leader. He has established and led the Human-Computer Communication (HCC) research group at RMIT University for several years. He received a number of research grants and supervised many Master and PhD theses and dissertation students. His research interests and accomplishments are focused in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Usability Engineering and Software Engineering. He has published academic articles extensively in refereed journals and international conferences. Furthermore, he served as member of different program committees in various capacities for a number of international forums and conferences.

Dr. Al-Qaimari has over 20 years of experience in public and private sector organizations in the Middle East, Europe and Australia, and he is been actively involved, with major industry players, such as IBM, Telstra and Daimler-Chrysler.

Dr. Al-Qaimari has a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master Degree in Computer Engineering from University of Detroit, and he received his PhD in Computer Science from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.