Dr. Salah Al Sharhan
Based in Kuwait & GCC
Background:
Professor Salah Al-Sharhan is a seasoned academic and leader in Systems Design Engineering and Computational Intelligence. Currently serving as Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the International University of Science & Technology in Kuwait (IUK), he has held senior academic and administrative roles in different institutions. Professor Al-Sharhan has played a pivotal role in transforming higher education in Kuwait and the region, focusing on innovation, global alignment, and academic excellence.
In addition, Professor Al-Sharhan has contributed to national-level initiatives, including e-learning and e-health projects based on scientific models. He played a key role in developing strategic plans for various sectors in the State of Kuwait, such as the eLearning Strategy for the Ministry of Education. Furthermore, he served as the Program Manager for the eLearning Project, which encompassed 10 distinct initiatives. This remarkable national project successfully introduced eLearning to all schools across the State of Kuwait.Professor Salah’s professional focus areas include academic program transformation to OBE/CBE, university transformation into UNIV4.0, eManagement, eLearning, e-health, and PMO. Additionally, he conducts original research in intelligent systems and the application of computational intelligence techniques to a variety of real-life problems.
Areas of expertise:
- Outcome-based/ Competency-Based academic program design in emerging fields such as biomedical engineering, fintech, and cybersecurity.
- University Transformation into UNIV4.0
- Development of Innovation Strategy
- E-learning strategies and implementation frameworks, including smart classrooms and digital transformation.
- Artificial intelligence applications, including computational intelligence .
- Institutional effectiveness, strategic planning, and accreditation (AACSB, ABET, ACA).
- IT governance, process automation, and the development of integrated digital systems.
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada.
- Research focus: Computational intelligence for multicast routing optimization.
- Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc.), Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada.
- Specialized in fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and high-speed network applications.
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Kuwait University.
- Minor in Industrial Management, focusing on production planning, quantitative methods, and quality control.
- Innovation Management Yellow Belt, Innovation 360 Group, Kuwait & GCC
Certification:
- Innovation Management Black Belt (Innovation360), 2nd Dan
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