Dr. Wael Yafooz is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. He was an associate professor in the information technology department at Al-Madinah international university (MEDIU)-Malaysia and faculty dean. He received his B.S degree in the area of Computer Science from Egypt in 2002 while M.S degree in Computer Science from the University of MARA Technology (UiTM)--Malaysia in 2010 as well as a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2014 from UiTM. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), U.K . He was awarded many Gold and Silver Medals for his contribution to a local and international expo of innovation and invention in the area of computer science. Besides, he was awarded the Excellent Research Award from UiTM. He served as a member of various committees in many international conferences. Additionally, he chaired IEEE international conferences in Malaysia and China.
Dr. Yousef Al-Gumaei is an assistant professor at the Global College, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. He previously served as an assistant professor and deputy dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Al-Madinah International University (MEDIU), Malaysia. Dr. Al-Gumaei earned his B.Eng. in Electronics and Communication from IBB University, Yemen, in 2003, followed by an M.Eng.Sc. in Wireless Communication in 2010, and a Ph.D. in Wireless Communication in 2017, both from the University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. From 2019 to 2021, he held a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the Faculty of Engineering and Environment at Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Currently, he leads the computing course team at Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh campus and the partner Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University in Kazakhstan. He is an active member of the HW Technology Steering Committee, School Disciplinary Committee (SDC), and the Senate.