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Academic
Prof.
Maitham H. Safar
Professor
Office Location:
S02D1149
Email:
Education
| Degree | Discipline | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D | Computer Science | University of Southern California, USA | 2000 |
| M.S. | Electrical Engineering | University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | 1995 |
| B.S. | Computer Engineering | Kuwait University, Kuwait | 1992 |
Research Interests
social networks, complex networks, location based services, and geographic information systems
Selected Publications
- 1 Geng Zhao, Kefeng Xuan, David Taniar, Maytham Safar, and Bala Srinivasan, Time Constraint Route Search over Multiple Locations. The Knowledge Engineering Review Journal (KER), Special Issue on Web and Mobile Information Services, Cambridge University Press, Volume 29, Issue 02, pp 217-233, 2014.
- Maytham Safar, Khaled Mahdi, Hisham Farahat, Saud Albehairy, Ali Kassem, Khalid Alenzi, Approximate Cycles Count in Undirected Graphs". International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems (IJCIS), Taylor & Francis, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 305-311, 2014.
- Sultan Alamri, David Taniar, and Maytham Safar,''A Taxonomy for Moving Object Queries in Spatial Databases''. Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), Elsevier, Vol. 37, pp. 232-242, 2014.
- Sultan Alamri, David Taniar, Maytham Safar, and Haidar Al-Khaldi, ``A Connectivity Index For Moving Objects in Indoor Cellular Space". Personal Ubiquitous and Computing (PUC), Springer, Vol 18, Issue 2, pp. 287-301, 2014.
- Sultan Alamri, David Taniar, Maytham Safar, Haidar Al-Khalidi, ``Tracking Moving Objects Using Topographical Indexing". Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Vol 27, Issue 8, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken NJ USA, pp. 1951-1965, 2015.
Work Experience
Academic Experience
| Institution | Designation | Year/Period |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait University | Laboratory Engineer | 1992/ 1 yr |
| Kuwait University | Scholarship Engineer | 1993/ 7 yrs |
| Kuwait University | Assistant Professor | 2000 - 2007 |
| Kuwait University | Associate Professor | 2007 - 2012 |
| Kuwait University | Professor | 2012/Present |
| Kuwait University | Acting Chairman | 2012/1W |
| Kuwait University | Acting Chairman | 2013/4W |
| Kuwait University | Professors' Representative in the Council | 2013/1Y |
| Kuwait University | Acting Chairman | 2014/1W |
| Kuwait University | Chairman | 2014-2018 |
Industry Experience
| Organization | Designation | Year/Period |
|---|---|---|
| His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics Award | Member of the Review Committee | 2006 - Present |
| Axis Solutions Co. for Computer Systems (K.S.C.C.) | Board Member | 2012/2Y |