NEWSLETTER October-November 2021
Dean's Welcoming Message
NEWSLETTER OVERVIEW
Welcome to the Effat College of Engineering! Engineering is key to the issues affecting our daily lives today. This is why Effat University was
Dean's Welcoming Message...........……...............Page 1
ECoE Chairmen Messages ...........….....…...........Page 2
the first institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to
launch,
in
2005,
an
engineering
program
for
females. Since then, our engineering program has Message from ECoE Representatives....….….....Page 3
ECoE Dean's list...........……………………….…...........Page 3
become
well-established
opportunity engineers
for to
our
and
provides
students
address
some
of
a
unique
and
budding
the
greatest
Stanford University Academicians…...…...........Page 4
technological challenges facing our society in the ECoE Achievements........…………………………........Page 5
21st century.
Saudi Space App Hackthon Winners.…..….......Page 6
It is an honor and privilege to serve as the Dean ECoE Clubs......................................................Page 7
Students Projects and Activities......................Page 8
of
Effat
College
comprises
three
of
Engineering
programs:
(ECoE),
Computer
which
Science
(CS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Recent Events..................................................Page 9-10
and the Master of Energy Engineering.
Upcoming Events.............................................Page 11
We believe in building our students' professional, Credits.............................................................Page 12
Social Media Accounts............….....................Page 12
social, academic, and personal skills through our academic programs and unique tailor-made Effat Ambassador
Program
University's core values.
I
am
extremely
conducting excellence
proud
of
our
groundbreaking in
teaching,
and
faculty
and
research, being
staff
for
achieving
committed
community service.
The future is bright for the College of Engineering and I look forward to leading it to new heights. Dr. Akila Sarirete Dean, Effat College of Engineering 1
to
which
encompasses
Effat
Chair of the Computer Science Department
Dr. Zain Balfagih It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you to this issue
of
the
newsletter.
The
Computer
Science
Department is here to support you in every step of your academic journey and career development. We welcome you all to our campus!
The theme that will guide the academic year 2021-
Space is our limit”. Let's work together for
2022 is "
a successful year!
Let's take advantage of every opportunity to develop ourselves. Let's use the many resources and support services available.
Looking forward to seeing you all soon!
Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Dr. Enfel Barket Welcome to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering! The
ECE
department
maintains
a
vibrant
and
good
relationship with local industry to ensure quality and job relevance
of
graduates.
We have some of the best laboratories in the
region, which
education
well-equipped are
essential
to
and
with
employability
state-of-the-art
the
educational
and
of
our
facilities, teaching
philosophy of the department.
These laboratories are also instrumental in consolidating research, introducing cutting-edge
technologies
leading
to
industrial
innovation,
meeting
and
exceeding current and future challenges to provide unique solutions to realworld problems.
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Message from the representatives of the college
Manal Asrar, Haya bin salim, Jailan aljizawi Dear future engineers, Welcome! With a fresh start and a warm embrace, we greet you to our creative outlet of ideas. Whether
you’re
just
starting
or
continuing
your
journey, we’re excited to be with you in every step of it to become a qualified engineer well prepared to contribute to the world’s technology.
“the capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice” - Brian Herbert
May all your efforts bloom into a bright future!
Effat College of Engineering Dean's List Aichetou Sidiya
Hager Abas
Joud Bawazir
Wafa Alharbi
Hafsah Ranjha
Haya Binsalim
Mirna Ali
Eithar Alammari
Hanin Balbaid
Mayan Bashehab
Raghad Zarei
Hanin Alzaher
Manal Asrar
Reem Alsharabi
Dina Dalloul
Layal Alsilani
Rana Hassan
Dhekra Alkaf
Hala Heneya
Raghad Matar
Basmah Shigdar
Hala Fatayerji
Lamar Aljahdali
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Stanford University academicians in 2% Worldwide citation report We are pleased to announce that ECoE faculty members below have been listed among the top worldwide researchers in the Stanford University Citation Report.
Prof. Abdulhamit Subasi Prof.
Dr.
Subasi
is
specialized
in
Artificial
Intelligence,
Machine
Learning, Biomedical Signal, and Image Processing. He wrote more than 20 book chapters and more than 200 published journal and conference papers.
He
is
also
the
author
of
the
book,
“Practical
Guide
for
Biomedical Signals Analysis Using Machine Learning Techniques”.
Prof. Mohamed El-Amin Prof. Dr. Mohamed F. El-Amin Mousa is a professor of computational sciences. He has over 180 publications, including papers, chapters, and books.
Dr. Saeed Qaisar Dr. Saeed Mian Qaisar is working as an Associate Professor at Effat University. His current area of research interest includes event-driven systems, signal processing, circuits and systems, machine learning, smart grid, and sampling theory.
Prof. Miltiades Lytras Prof. Miltiades D. Lytras is a Visiting Researcher at ECoE with a research focus on semantic web, knowledge management and e-learning, with more than 100 publications in these areas. He has co-edited 45 special issues in International Journals and has authored/[co-]edited 42 books.
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ACHIEVEMENTS effat college of Engineering students published papers in Scopus Conferences with Dr. Tayeb Brahimi "Artificial Intelligence and Covid-19 A
In the 2nd Asia Pacific Bibliometric Analysis". Conference Operations
on
Industrial
Management.
Engineering
Surakarta,
and
Indonesia,
Lamar Aljahdali, Aichetou Mohamed Sidiya, Joud Kaki, Dr. Tayeb Brahimi. September
13-16,
2021.
by
Research and Trends in COVID-19 Vaccines Using VOSviewer", Int. Conference on
"
Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligence Computing, December 17-18, 2021, Springer. Varanasi, India. Springer. by
Dr. Tayeb Brahimi and Hager Abas.
“Wind Energy in Saudi Arabia Opportunities and Challenges”. 4th, IEOM Conference, Sapienza, Rome, Italy, August 2-5, 2021. Scopus. by Sadeem Alkinani, Omnia Alghazi, Rawan Asfour, and Dr Tayeb Brahimi
AI and Big Data Analytics for Smart Healthcare Book Prof. Miltiades Lytras, in collaboration with Dr. Akila Sarirete, Prof. Anna Visvizi, and Prof. Kwok Tai Chui contributed
to
the
Second
book
of
the
Next
Generation Technology-Driven Personalized Medicine and Smart Healthcare Series.
The book serves as a key reference for practitioners and experts involved in healthcare as they strive to enhance the value-added of healthcare and develop more
sustainable
sophisticated technologies
healthcare
information such
as
Big
systems
and Data
emerging
communication
analytics,
artificial
intelligence, machine learning, data science, medical intelligence.
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ACHIEVEMENTS Dr. Omar Kitanneh Editiorial Board Memberbships
Dr. Omar Kittaneh has a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Jordan.
He
Statistician,
is one
an of
Editorial the
Collaborator
leading
journals
in
of
The
Statistics,
American a
rigorous
Journal of the American Statistical Association. His research interest is reliability studies, image processing, and mathematical statistics.
Dr. Kholoud Khateeb Dr.
Kholoud
Commerce
Khateeb with
the
participated talk
on
in
the
US
Chamber
Leveraging the power of
technology for education. The talk received more than 200 participants.
Effat University winners in Saudi Space App Hackathon
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of
Clubs effat Google developer student club supported by Google for developer students who are passionate about various technical fields and skills. Through GDSC, workshops and diverse events
are
offered
alongside
a
special
tool
provided
by
Google,
specifically for club members.
The Cybersquad Club The club began to empower students in two of the most
trending
Intelligence, happen
to
domains
and be
Cyber
the
of
technology,
Security.
two
These
Computer
Artificial
fields
Science
also
major
concentrations.
Each semester, a theme is chosen for the workshops, lectures held and industry experts are invited to give their insights on a specific topic of their interest.
IEEE club IEEE club hosts activities focusing on electrical and electronics projects. It also allows members to attend activities
of
IEEE
branches
around the world.
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in
other
universities
all
Students projects and activities Workshop: Construct your own circuit! Workshop with Mr. Ernie Geslani on how to construct your electrical circuit. He gave an example on How Traffic Light Circuits work!
Arduino workshop This introductory workshop was given by ECE Alumnae Makarem Al Jahdali about the possibilities of using the Arduino device. It gave a new and fresh perspective
on
learning
how
to
create
a
simple
circuit.
Students
stayed
engaged as they were able to apply what they learned through a simulator directly. Many were amazed at how easy it was, as only moments ago, the circuit seemed daunting and complicated. The event was enjoyed by many, especially those from different colleges wanting to learn something different.
Digital circuits lab
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Recent Events ECoE orientations This
semester,
the
college
and
its
departments
organized
orientation
sessions
for
new
students
to familiarize them with the
and
continuing
faculty and the programs.
The
organizers
of
these
events
were
Asra Yaqub, Raghad Zarei, and Maryam Alnahdi, Jailan
Manal
Asrar,
ALjizawi.
Haya
Binsalem,
The
students
participated in several fun and creative activities.
4 skills needed as a student Hajer Abas from the Computer Science department challenged herself to share her experience in overcoming the obstacles that a
4 skills you have to learn as a
student faces in university. Titled “
student”,
the audience was amazed by the courage and wisdom
that she was willingly offering to them, therefore, inspired to take up her advice on following the 4 skills. The event received a brilliant response
through
the
feedback
organizers.
Introduction to CTF CS
student
“Introduction
Habiba to
Catch
Alawlaqi The
Flag
presented (CTF)
a
seminar
Competitions”
about
where
she
encouraged engineering students to initiate their journey on CTF competitions as well as providing insight on several cyber security topics
such
as
cryptography
and
digital
forensics.
It
was
a
successful event with 50 attendees who implemented her examples and learned alongside the speaker.
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form
collected
by
the
event
Recent Events SCHOOL VISITS The CS department had 8 school visits during the fall semester. Students from different high schools paid a visit to Effat University in order to learn about the university, the colleges, and the programs. "Technology Leaders" workshops were delivered to the students by invited faculty. A guided tour of the campus was presented to excite the students to potentially join the university.
QECA celebration - 14 Nov 2021
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Upcoming Events The annual Learning and Technology (L&T) conference takes place on the
24th January 2022
showcasing recent research done by faculty
members, students and researchers. Following a theme each year, respectively this year’s will be focusing on “AI and Space” and have invitees from all over the world.
Organized event
by
as
a
the
CyberSquad,
the
collaborative GDSC "Make
and your
own website" workshop targets all
Effat
students
and
will
introduce them to the basics of creating a website. During the event, the audience will have a website of their own ready and complete!
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Credits: Layan Jaman Flowra Almufadda Manal Asrar Joud Bawazir Lamar Alsobaihi Syeda Maha Bukhari
Supervised by: Dr. Akila Sarirete
Social Media Accounts: @effat_engineering @effatengineers
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