Faculty C.V. 1. Name and date of birth

Iyad Abu Doush, 2-March-1979

2. Academic Rank Professor of Computer Science– Full time

3. Degrees

Ph.D., Computer Science, New Mexico State University, USA, 2009 M.Sc., Computer Science and Information Systems, Yarmouk University, Jordan,

2003 B.Sc., Computer Science, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 2001

4. Service at this Institution

5 years and 3 months, date of appointment: 18-Aug-2016

5. Professional Experience

Professor in Computer Science, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,

American University of Kuwait, Oct, 2021 – Now. Director of the Office of Research and Grants, 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. Visiting Associate Professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, US, 22-Jun-

2018 to 22-Aug-2018. 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. Visiting Researcher, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, 13-Aug-2013 - 12-Sep-

2013. Visiting Researcher, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (University of Science,

Malaysia), School of Computer Sciences, Penang, Malaysia, 10-Aug-2012 - 10-Sep-2012.

Department Head, YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, Department of Computer Science, Irbid, Jordan, Sep, 2011 – Sep-2012.

Research Assistant, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, Computer Science Department, Las Cruces, USA, Sep 2007 – November 2009.

Research Assistant, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Distance Education, Las Cruces, USA, August 2005 – Sep 2007.

Teaching Assistant, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Computer Science, Las Cruces, USA, August 2005 – December 2008.

Instructor, YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, Department of Computer Information Systems, Irbid, Jordan, 2003 – 2005.

6. Consulting Experience

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 specialist in assistive technologies for a USAID funded project titled “AccessTech: Accessible E-services and Computers in Yarmouk University for People with Disabilities”, 1-Feb-2016 to 10-Aug- 2016.

7. Professional Registration

N/A

8. Publications

a) Refereed Journals.

1. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Zaid AbdiAlkareem Alyasseri, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Iyad Abu-Doush. Coronavirus Herd Immunity Optimizer. Neural Computing and Applications (Impact factor 4.774) (Accepted).

2. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Iyad Abu Doush (2020). Binary B-Hill Climbing Optimizer with S-shape Transfer Function for Feature Selection. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (Impact Factor 1.598) (Accepted).

3. Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Majdi Mafarja, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Iyad Abu-Doush (2020). An Improved Dragonfly Algorithm for Feature Selection. Knowledge-Based Systems (Impact Factor 5.358) (Accepted).

4. Mohammed A. Awadallah, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Asaju La'aro Bolaji, Iyad Abu Doush, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Majdi Mafarja (2020). Island Artificial Bee Colony for Global Optimization. Soft Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-020-04760-8 (Impact Factor 2.784)

5. Iyad Abu Doush and Ayah Sawalha (2020). Automatic music composition using genetic algorithm and neural networks. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 33 (1), 35-51 (Impact Factor 0.60 ).

6. Faisal Alkhateeb, Ra'ed M. Al-Khatib , and Iyad Abu Doush (2020). Applications and variants of nature-inspired immune search algorithm: a survey. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology 63 (4), 354-370.

7. Mustafa Hammad, Mohammad Alnabhan, Iyad Abu Doush, Gheed Alsalem, Fatima Al-Alem, Mouhammd Al-awadi (2020). Evaluating Usability and Content Accessibility for e-Learning Websites in the Middle East. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 16 (1), 54-62.

8. Iyad Abu Doush and Eugene Santos (2020). Best Polynomial Harmony Search with Best ꞵ-Hill Climbing Algorithm. Journal of Intelligent Systems 30(1), 1-17.

9. Iyad Abu Doush, Wea’am Alrashdan, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, and Mohammed A. Awadallah (2020). Multi-objective Bat Algorithm for Community Detection. International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimization 10 (2), 123- 140.

10. Mustafa Hammad, Mohammad Alnabhan, Iyad Abu Doush, Gheed Alsalem, Fatima Al-Alem, Mouhammd Al-awadi (2020). Evaluating Usability and Content Accessibility for e-Learning Websites in the Middle East. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction 16 (1), 54-62.

11. Iyad Abu-Doush, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Eugene Santos, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Majdi Mafarjeh, and Zainab AlMeraj (2019). Flow Shop Scheduling with Blocking using Modified Harmony Search Algorithm with Neighboring Heuristics Methods. Applied Soft Computing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2019.105861 (Accepted) (Impact Factor 4.87 ).

12. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Iyad Abu Doush, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Majdi Mafarjeh, and Zaid AbdiAlkareem Alyasseri (2019). Island flower pollination algorithm for global optimization. The Journal of Supercomputing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-019-02776-y (Impact Factor 1.532).

13. Sawsan Alshatnawi, Iyad Abu Doush, and Anas Alsobeh (2019). Personal Tour Schedule Construction using Artificial Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm for an Electronic Tourist Guide Systems. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 97 (17), 4565 - 4578.

14. Iyad Abu Doush and Zainab AlMeraj (2019). Evaluating the Accessibility of Kuwaiti E-government Websites. Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology (JJCIT), 05 (03), 152 – 169.

15. Iyad Abu Doush, Sanaa Ismail Jarrah (2019). Accessible Interface for Context Awareness in Mobile Devices for Users with Memory Impairment. International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Engineering (IJBCE), 8 (2), 1-30.

16. Emad Ali, Iyad Abu Doush, Gheed Mufied Alsalem, Wea'am Alrashdan. Evaluating the Web Accessibility of University Online Registration System: case study Jordan (2019). International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology (IJAST), 13 (3): 1-16.

17. Iyad Abu Doush and Ayah Sawalha (2018). Automatic music composition using genetic algorithm and neural networks. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science (Impact Factor 0.60 ) (Accepted).

18. Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, and Anwar Gharaibeh (2018). A Novel Arabic OCR Post-Processing Using Rule Based and Word Context Techniques.

International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR), 21(1–2), 77–89 (Impact Factor 0.902).

19. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Iyad Abu Doush, Emad Al-Sukhni, Habes AL-khraisat (2018). A Non-convex Economic Dispatch Problem with Valve Loading Effect Using a New Modified β-Hill Climbing Local Search Algorithm. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3098-1 (Impact Factor 0.865).

20. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammed I. Al-Saleh (2017). Can Genetic Algorithms Help Virus Writers Reshape their Creations and Avoid Detection?. Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 29 (6): 1297-1310 (Impact Factor 1.703 ).

21. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Ra'ed M. Al-Khatib, Saba ElMustafa (2018). Harmony Search Algorithm for Patient Admission Scheduling Problem. Journal of Intelligent Systems.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2018-0094.

22. Gheed Mufied Alsalem and Iyad Abu Doush (2018). Access education: What is needed to have accessible higher education for students with disabilities in Jordan?. International Journal of Special Education, 33(3): 541-561.

23. Iyad Abu Doush and Ikdam Alhami (2018). Evaluating the accessibility of computer laboratories, libraries, and web sites in Jordanian universities and colleges. International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), 9 (2): 44-60.

24. Raed Z. Al-Abdallah , Ameera S. Jaradat, Iyad Abu Doush, and Yazan A. Jaradat (2017). A Binary Classifier Based On Firefly Algorithm. Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology 3(3):172-185.

25. Emad Al-Sukhni, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Iyad Abu Doush (2017). Multiple-Reservoir Scheduling using B-Hill Climbing Algorithm. Journal of Intelligent Systems DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2017-0159.

26. Osama Alshareet, Awni Itradat, Iyad Abu Doush, Ahmad Quttoum (2017). Incorporation of ISO 25010 with Machine Learning to develop a Novel Quality in Use Prediction System (QiUPS). International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 9 (2): 344–353.

27. Iyad Abu Doush, Amal Quran, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, and Mohammed A. Awadallah (2017). MAX-SAT problem using hybrid harmony search algorithm. Journal of Intelligent Systems DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2016-0129.

28. Faisal Alkhateeb, Iyad Abu Doush, and Abdelraouf Albsoul (2017). Arabic Optical Character Recognition Software: A Review. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis 27(4): 763–776.

29. Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, Abdelraouf Albsoul (2017). AraDaisy: A system for automatic generation of Arabic DAISY books. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 55(4): 322-333.

30. Saba ElMustafa, Ameera Jaradat, Iyad Abu Doush, Nahed Mansour (2016). Community Detection Using Intelligent WaterDrops Optimization Algorithm. International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems, 9 (1): 52-65.

31. Osama Alshareet, Awni Itradat, Iyad Abu Doush, Ahmad Quttoum (2016). A Novel Software Quality Prediction System Based on Incorporating ISO 9126

with Machine Learning. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 94(2), 283 - 293.

32. Iyad Abu Doush and Sahar AL-Btoush (2016). Currency Recognition Using A Smartphone: Comparison Between Color SIFT AND Gray Scale SIFT Algorithms. Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.jksuci.2016.06.003

33. Iyad Abu Doush, Sawsan Alshatnawi, Abdel-Karim Al-Tamimi, Bushra Alhasan, SafaaHamasha (2016). ISAB: Integrated Indoor Navigation System for the Blind. Interacting with Computers, 29 (2): 181-202 (Impact Factor 1.233).

34. Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, Abdelraouf Albsoul (2015). What we have and what is needed, how to evaluate Arabic Speech Synthesizer?. International Journal of Speech Technology, 19(2), 415–432.

35. Iyad Abu Doush, Ahmed Al-trad (2015). Improving Post-Processing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Documents with Arabic Language Using Spelling Error Detection and Correction. International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems, 8 (3-4): 91-103.

36. Iyad Abu Doush, Sawsan Alshatnawi, Malek Barhoush (2015). Non-visual Navigation Interface for Completing Tasks with a Predefined Order Using Mobile Phone. International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, 6(1), 1 - 13.

37. Amal AbuNaser, Iyad Abu Doush, Nahed Mansour, and Sawsan Alshatnawi (2015). Underwater Image Enhancement Using Particle Swarm Optimization. Journal of Intelligent Systems, 24(1), 99-115, DOI 10.1515/jisys-2014-0012.

38. Iyad Abu Doush, Basima Hani F. Hasan, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar ,Eslam Al Maghayreh, Faisal Alkhateeb , Mohammad Hamdan. (2014). Artificial Bee Colony with Different Mutation Schemes: Acomparative study. Computer Science Journal of Moldova 22 (1), 77-98.

39. Basima Hani F. Hasan ,Iyad Abu Doush, Eslam Al Maghayreh , Faisal Alkhateeb , Mohammad Hamdan (2014). Hybridizing Harmony Search Algorithm with Different Mutation Operators for Continuous Problems. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 232: 1166–1182. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2013.12.139") (Impact Factor 1.317).

40. Zakaria Al-Qudah, Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, Eslam Al Maghayreh, and Osama Al-Khaleel (2014) .Utilizing Mobile Devices’ Tactile Feedback for Presenting Braille Characters: An Optimized Approach for Fast Reading and Long Battery Life. Interacting with Computers 26(1): 63-74 (Impact Factor 1.233).

41. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, AhamadTajudinKhader, and Iyad Abu Doush (2014). Memetic Techniques for Examination Timetabling. Annals of Operations Research Journal published by Springer 218(1): 23-50 (Impact Factor 1.029).

42. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, AhamadTajudinKhader, Zong Woo Geem, Iyad Abu Doush, and Mohammed A. Awadallah (2013). An Analysis of Selection Methods in Memory Consideration for Harmony Search . Applied Mathematics and Computation 219(22): 10753-10767, (Impact Factor 1.317).

43. Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, Eslam Al Maghayreh, and Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar. (2013). The Design of RIA Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Advances in Engineering Software, 57: 1–7, (Impact Factor 1.092).

44. Iyad Abu Doush and Enrico Pontelli (2013). Non-visual navigation of spreadsheets: Enhancing accessibility of Microsoft Excel.. Universal Access in the Information SocietyTechnology, 12(2): 143-159 (Impact Factor 0.333).

45. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Iyad Abu Doush, AhamadTajudinKhader, and Mohammed A. Awadallah (2012). Novel selection schemes for harmony search. Applied Mathematics and Computation 218 (10): 6095–6117, (Impact Factor 1.317).

46. Iyad Abu Doush, Ashraf Bany Mohammed, Emad Ali, and Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar. (2013) Towards a More Accessible E-government in Jordan: An evaluation Study of Visually Impaired Users and Web Developers. Behaviour& Information Technology Journal, 32(3): 273-293 (Impact Factor 1.011).

47. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, AhamadTajudinKhader, and Mohammed A. Awadallah, and , Ashraf Bany Mohammed (2013). Analysis of Takeover Time and Convergence Rate for Harmony Search with Novel Selection Methods. International Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation, 4(4), 305-322.

48. Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, Eslam Al Maghayreh, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar (2013). Hybridizing Harmony Search Algorithm with Multi-Parent Crossover to Solve Real World Optimization Problems. International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing, 4(3), 1-14.

49. Eslam Al Maghayreh, Iyad Abu Doush, and Faisal Alkhateeb. (2013). Detecting Distributed Predicates Using Genetic Algorithms. International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (IJIIT), 9 (1).

50. Iyad Abu Doush andSondos Al-Badarneh (2013). Automatic Semantic Generation and Arabic Translation of Mathematical Expressions on the Web. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) 8 (1) : 1-16.

b) Conferences

1. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar. Web Accessibility of Palestinian Universities: can we access higher education information during COVID-19. 4th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA), 5-6 Nov, 2020 [online].

2. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Abdelaziz I. Hammouri, Mohammed El-Abd. Island-based Modified Harmony Search Algorithm with Neighboring Heuristics Methods for FlowShop Scheduling with Blocking. 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, 1-4 December, 2020, Canberra Australia [online].

3. Iyad Abu Doush and Eugene Santos (2019). A Sensitivity Analysis for Harmony Search with Multi-Parent Crossover Algorithm. Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) 2019, 5-6 September 2019, London, United Kingdom.

4. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammad Qasem Bataineh, and Mohammed El-Abd (2019). On Different Stopping Criteria for Multi-Objective Harmony Search Algorithms. 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics & Swarm Intelligence (ISMSI 2019), 23-24 March, 2019, Male, Maldives.

5. Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, and Anwar Gharaibeh. Yarmouk Arabic OCR Dataset. The 8th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT 2018), July 11 – 12, 2018, Amman, Jordan.

6. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammad Qasem Bataineh, and Mohammed El-Abd (2017). The Hybrid Framework for Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization Based On Harmony Search Algorithm. The 2nd International Conference on Real Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2017), 18-20 Oct, 2017, Casablanca, Morocco.

7. Iyad Abu Doush, Mohammad QasemBataineh (2015). Hybedrized NSGA-II and MOEA/D with Harmony Search Algorithm to Solve Multi-objective Optimization Problems. 22nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2015), Istanbul, Turkey.

8. Iyad Abu Doush, Faisal Alkhateeb, and Abed Al RaoofBsoul (2014). Semi-Automatic Generation of Arabic Digital Talking Books. 3rd International conference on User Science and Engineering, Selangor, Malaysia.

9. Zaid El Omari, Samer khamiseh, Iyad Abu Doush, Eslam Al Maghayreh (2013). Using A Mobile Phone To Control Movable Lego Robot Supported By Simple Robotic Arm. The 6th International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT 2013), Amman, Jordan.

10. Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Ahamad TajudinKhader, Phuah Chea Woon, Iyad Abu Doush (2013). A Modified Harmony Search for Office Space Allocation. The 6th International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT 2013), Amman, Jordan.

11. Iyad Abu Doush (2012). Harmony Search with Multi-Parent Crossover for Solving IEEE-CEC2011 Competition Problems.19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP2012), Doha, Qatar.

c) Books

Book

1. Iyad Abu Doush (2020). Learn Simply: Android Mobile Application Development using Kotlin, ISBN-13: 979-8640493658, Leanpub.

2. Iyad Abu Doush (2020). تعلم من خلال التطبيق: خوارزميات تعلم الآلة. ISBN: 9781785825040, Leanpub. Book Chapter

3. Fatma Hussain, Issam Damaj, and Iyad Abu Doush (2020). ChildPOPS: Child Pocket Monitoring and Protection System. Book Title: Smart Technologies and Smart Cities: Advances and Recent Trends, Springer.

4. Iyad Abu Doush, Issam Damaj, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed A. Awadallah, Ra'ed M. Al-khatib, Alaa Eddin Alchalabi, Asaju L. Bolaji (2020). A Survey on Accessible Context-Aware Systems. Book Title: Technological Trends in Improved Mobility of the Visually Impaired, Springer.

5. Iyad Abu Doush (2014). Web Accessibility for Persons with Motor Limitations, Book Title: Assistive Technologies, Disability Informatics and Computer Access

for Motor Limitations, Editor: Georgios Kouroupetroglou, IGI Global (DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4442-7.ch007).

9. Membership in Professional Societies

N/A

10. Patents, Honors and awards

Scholarships

2001 Awarded a scholarship from Yarmouk University to study M.Sc. in computer science and information.

2005 Awarded a scholarship from Yarmouk University to study Ph.D. in computer science.

Research Awards

Selected for staff mobility visit through the EPIC program sponsored by the EU Erasmus Mundus to visit Vilnius University in Lithuania, Aug 2013.

April-2009 Awarded Merit-based Enhancement fellowship from graduate school for outstanding service to New Mexico State University as teaching and research assistant.

IT Students Contests Awards

Won with two teams the second and third place of the ACM Kuwaiti Collegiate Programming Contest (KCPC) 2017 and qualified to 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 to The ACM Arab Collegiate Programming Contest, Applied Sciences University, 1/11/2014.

Won with a team of three undergraduate students the Sumo Competition (out of

15 teams from different universities) in the Universities Robotics Competition, Jordan University, 27-28/2/2013.

11. Courses taught a) Academic Courses

Fall 2020 - Computer Skills and Emerging Technologies (CSIS 101, 3 hours per week lectures,

day) - Systems Analysis and Design (CSIS 260, 3 hours per week lectures, day)

- Introduction to Operating Systems (CSIS 310, two sections, 6 hours per week lectures, day)

- Analysis of Algorithms (CSIS 405, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Web Technologies (CSIS 255, independent study)

Spring 2020

- Computer Skills and Emerging Technologies (CSIS 101, 3 hours per week lectures, day)

- Mobile Computing (CSIS 401, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Software Project Management (CSIS 440, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Capstone Project 2 (CSIS 491, supervised 4 students)

Summer 2020

- Data Structures and Algorithms (CSIS 210, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Software Project Management (CSIS 440, independent study) - Introduction to Operating Systems (CSIS 310, independent study)

Fall 2019

- Data Structures and Algorithms (CSIS 210, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Systems Analysis and Design (CSIS 260, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Introduction to Operating Systems (CSIS 310, two sections, 6 hours per week

lectures, day) - Analysis of Algorithms (CSIS 405, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Capstone Project 1 (CSIS 490, 3 hours per week lectures, day)

Spring 2019

- Computer Programming II (CSIS 130, 3 hours per week lectures, 2 hours per week lab , day)

- Web Technologies (CSIS 255, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Mobile Computing (CSIS 401, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Software Project Management (CSIS 440, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Capstone Project 2 (CSIS 491, supervised 3 students)

Summer 2019

- Data Structures and Algorithms (CSIS 210, 3 hours per week lectures, day)

Fall 2018 - Introduction to Operating Systems (CSIS 310, two sections, 6 hours per week

lectures, day) - Computer Programming II (CSIS 130, 3 hours per week lectures, 2 hours per week

lab , day) - Systems Analysis and Design (CSIS 260, 3 hours per week lectures, day) - Capstone Project 1 (CSIS 490, supervising 5 students)

b) Intensive professional short courses

Completed the following certificates online by John Hopkins University on Coursera:

o The Data Scientist’s Toolbox course certificate earned on 23 Oct, 2019. o R Programming course certificate earned on 20 Oct, 2019. o Getting and Cleaning Data certificate earned on 11 Nov 2019.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - The latest technology trends conducted by CISCO, AUK CSIS department, 24, April, 2018, American University of Kuwait.

White Hat Hacking for Educational Purposes, AUK CSIS department, 12-Dec, 2018, American University of Kuwait.

A practical approach to Deep Learning with MATLAB workshop conducted by MathWorks, AUK CSIS department, 28, Nov, 2018, American University of Kuwait.

Advanced Web Development, WTM GDG DevFest 2018, 27, Oct, 2018, American University of Kuwait.

Completed online ABET training to become a program evaluator (PEV) April 2018 and qualified to attend the face-to-face training in USA.

Institute for the development of excellence in assessment leadership (IDEAL) workshop by ABET, 9-12 Jan, 2017, New Orleans, LA.

Prepares and conducts the training course "e-government project management", delivered for National Information Center, 24-28 – Jan -2016, Alryad, Saudia Arabia.

Prepares and conducts one day workshop (28- May - 2014) in Yarmouk University titled "How to Make a Website Accessible".

Prepares and conducts a two weeks workshop (1- June – 2014 to 11-June-2014) in Yarmouk University titled " Introduction to Mobile Phone Programming using Android ". During this workshop I trained 15 students in the IT College and 10 faculty members on programming in Java and Android. The workshop was funded by a USAID project.

Prepares and conducts 3 workshops (16-18, Sep - 2013) for the Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities titled "Improving the Accessibility of Websites". During these workshops we trained web developers and IT manager from the government and the private sector on applying Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We train them on evaluating and improving the accessibility of their websites.

c) Community Service courses

Iyad Abu Doush (2019). User Experience Design Workshop. Computer Science and Information System Department, American University of Kuwait, 13th of March 2019, Kuwait.

Iyad Abu Doush (2017). IOT Applications for People with Disabilities. The Internet of Things Conference and Expo. 19th – 21st of December 2017 , Kuwait.

Established the Wednesday programming competition practice twice a month since 1-Feb-2107 at AUK which takes place is the CSIS lab in Wednesdays from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Iyad Abu Doush (2016). Publish and Flourish. "Participate with me" weekly workshop organized by the IT college in Yarmouk University.

Iyad Abu Doush (2016). Why Android? And What I need to learn?. The "Mobile Phone Applications – Skills and Requirements to get a Job " workshop organized by the IT college in Yarmouk University.

Iyad Abu Doush (2014). Introduction to Android Programming. The Scientific day of IT department. Al-Huson University College, Irbid, Jordan.

12. Other Duties

a) Department

Member of the computer science department committee (0.5 hour per week). Member of the CSIS ABET Steering Committee in the American University of

Kuwait, Academic year 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, and 2019/2020. (1 hour per week).

Member of the computer science department committee for preparing Master program in "Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems" in the 2013/2014 academic year at Yarmouk University (2 hours per week).

Chair of the Academic Curriculum and Exams in the 2010/2011, 2012/2013, and 2013/2014 academic years at Yarmouk University (1 hour per week).

Member of the graduate studies committee in the 2011/2012, 2012/2013 academic years at Yarmouk University (1 hour per week).

Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee in the 2012/2013 academic year at Yarmouk University (1 hour per week).

b) College level

During the spring semester at AUK I was coaching the students to participate in

the computer programming competitions (2 hours per 2 weeks). Member of the Articulation Committee in the College of Arts and Science,

Academic year 2016/2017 at AUK . Chair of the organizing committee of the "Mobile Phone Applications – Skills

and Requirements to get a Job "organized by the IT college at Yarmouk University held in 2016 (1 hour per week).

Chair of the organizing committee of the "ACM Arabella Collegiate Programming Contest " organized by the IT college at Yarmouk University held in 2015 (2 hours per week).

Chair of the organizing committee of the "Mobile Phone Applications – Skills and Requirements to get a Job" organized by the IT college at Yarmouk University held in 2014 (1 hour per week).

Committee member and judge in the "Programming Competition for Developing Educational Software for Kindergarten", organized by the Ministry of Education with a support from USAID in 2013 (1 hour per week).

Member of the organizing committee of the "Scientific week of IT College" at Yarmouk University in 2011 (1 hour per week).

Member of the IT college committee in the 2011/2012 and 2013/2014 academic years at Yarmouk University (2 hours per week).

Member of the IT college Scientific committee in the 2013/2014 academic year at Yarmouk University (1 hour per week).

Member of the IT college Commission of the investigation issues of students in the 2013/2014 academic year at Yarmouk University (1 hour per week).

c) Institution level

Chair of the academic professional development committee in the American

University of Kuwait, Academic year 2019/2020 (1 hour per week). Mentor for the students in the NASA Space Apps Challenge Kuwait 2019,

American University of Kuwait, Kuwait. Member of the Library Committee in the American University of Kuwait,

Academic year 2018/2019 (0.5 hour per week). Mentor for the students in the NASA Space Apps Challenge Kuwait 2018,

American University of Kuwait, Kuwait. Faculty advisor of the Arab Collegiate Programming Contest (ACPC) club at

AUK for the academic year 2016/2017 (1 hour per 2 weeks). Member of the Library Committee in the American University of Kuwait,

Academic year 2018/2019 (1 hour per 4 weeks). Faculty advisor of the Game Devs club at AUK for the academic year

2016/2017 (1 hour per 2 weeks). Member of the organizing committee of the 7th Annual National Technology

Parade 2014, Yarmouk University, Jordan (1 hour per week).

d) Outside the institution

Technical Program Committee in the - International Conference on Smart Technologies in Communication and Computing, India, 2021.

Reviewer for the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) (SSCI 2020) , Canberra, Australia, 2020.

Reviewer for the Transactions on Accessible Computing journal published by ACM.

Program Committee in ACM 2020 ASSETS Conference, Athens, Greece. International Program Committee for the Second International Conference on

Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (ASPAI' 2020) Berlin, Germany.

Reviewer for the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA.

International Program Committee for the 17th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP) 2020, Lecco, Italy.

Program Committee for the 2020 4th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA), Budapest, Hungary.

Program Committee for the 2019 3rd International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA), Vienna, Austria.

Reviewer for the 2019 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Xiamen, China.

Reviewer for the Computer Communications journal published by Elsevier. Reviewer for the 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation,

Wellington, New Zealand. Reviewer for the Swarm and Evolutionary Computation journal published by

Elsevier. Program Committee for the 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary

Computation, Special Session on “Cooperative Evolutionary Computation” IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2019, Wellington, New Zealand.

Technical Program Committee in the Second International Conference on Universal Accessibility in the Internet of Things and Smart Environments (SMART ACCESSIBILITY 2019), Athens, Greece.

Member of the Program Committee in the 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering (CSEN - 2018), Dubai, UAE.

Chair of the session "Evolutionary Optimization and Artificial Intelligence I" in the 2nd International Conference on Real Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2017), 18-20 Oct, 2017, Casablanca, Morocco.

Judging chair for the IWD Hackathon 2018, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.

Member of the organizing committee of the ACM Kuwaiti Collegiate Programming Contest (KCPC), Kuwait (2017).

Program Committee for the 16th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MOBISPC 2019), Halifax, Canada.

Scientific Committee for the IEEE Jordan International Joint Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (JEEIT 2019), Amman, Jordan.

International Program Committee for the International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (ASPAI' 2019), Barcelona, Spain.

Reviewer for the BCS ICT Conference – Programming Competition, Heriot-Watt University, Dubai, 2018.

International Program Committee for the 16th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP) 2018, University of Linz, Austria.

Member of the organizing committee of the ACM Jordanian Collegiate Programming Contest (JCPC), Jordan (2014-2016).

Invited Expert in W3C-WAI (http://www.w3.org/WAI/PA/participants.html).

Technical Program Committee in the Second International Conference on Universal Accessibility in the Internet of Things and Smart Environments (SMART ACCESSIBILITY 2017), Nice, France.

Program Committee in the 3rd International Conference on the Harmony Search Algorithm (ICHSA 2017), Bilbao, Spain.

Program Committee in ACM 2015 ASSETS Conference, Lisbon, Portugal. Reviewer for the International Conference on Computers Helping People with

Special Needs (ICCHP) 2012, 2014, 2016. Program Committee in the 5th International Conference on Information and

Communication Systems, ICICS 2014 and 2015 Organized by Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.

Member of organizing/technical program committee of MASAUM International Conferences on Computer Sciences/Information Technology 2013 in USA, Canada, UK, UAE, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Program Committee in ACM 2014 ASSETS Conference, Rochester, NY, USA. Reviewer in ACM ASSETS Conference 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015. Reviewer for the Journal of Universal Access in the Information Society

published by Springer. Program Scientific Committee for the Palestinian International Conference on

Information and Communication Technology (PICICT 2013), Gaza, Palestine. Reviewer for the Journal of Intelligent Systems. Reviewer for the Journal of Multimodal User Interfaces published by Springer.

13. Research Research Grants

Iyad Abu Doush (PI), Eslam Al Maghayreh, ZaidAlomari, and SamerKhamaiseh.

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 (1,333 KD).

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 5,274 KD).

Iyad Abu Doush (PI), Faisal Alkhateeb, AbdelraoufAlbsoul . Semi-Automatic Generation of Arabic Digital Talking Books. Jordanian Scientific Research Support Fund (Amount 7,004 KD), 21-Jan-2013 to 21-Jan 2015,

Iyad Abu Doush (PI), SawsanAlshatnawi, AbdelkarimAltamimi . Using An 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 1,273 KD), 15-Sep-2013 to 15-Sep- 2015.

Iyad Abu Doush (PI). AccessTech: Accessible E-services and Computers in Yarmouk University for People with Disabilities. USAID Civic Initiatives Support Program (Amount 37,781 KD), 1-Feb-2016 to 31-Jan- 2017.

14. Participation in Specific Programs

Certified ABET program evaluator (PEV) March 2021. Completed online CSAB Program Criteria Webinar which is part of completing

ABET training to become a program evaluator (PEV), 23, April 2021. [Online] Completed ABET virtual face-to-face training to become a program evaluator

(PEV) 19-21, March 2021. [Online] Attended the online Webinar by Prof. Geith Abandah titled "Artificial

Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Applications in Arabic Language Processing", 23-Sep-2020, Jordanian Engineers Association [Online]

Attended the online Webinar by Prof. Ali Bumajdad titled "Make a Successful Research Grant Proposal", 14, Sep, 2020, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) [Online]

Attended the online Webinar Higher Education in the New Era: The ASU Experience and Top Ten Myths About Online Teaching and Learning, September 2nd 2020, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) [Online].

Syllabus Clinic Workshop, September 1, 2020, AUK Center for Teaching Excellence [Online].

Attended the workshop by Dr. Maha Bali titled "Classroom assessment techniques: quick strategies for checking the cognitive and emotional pulse of your class". Center of Teaching Excellence at AUK, 12-Feb-2020.

Attended the workshop “Science and Technology in the GCC: Building Research Capacity and Vital Linkages” by KFAS which is delivered by a team from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 22nd of March, 2017.

EU-Jordan Net ICT Brokerage and Information Day, 13-9-2015, Amman. ICT Proposals Day 9-10 – Oct- 2014, Florence, Italy. Quality and change , Faculty Performance Development Center, 30-7 and

6/8/2015, Yarmouk University, Jordan. Statistical analysis using SPSS, Faculty Performance Development Center, 24 and

26/11/2014, Yarmouk University, Jordan.