Personal Information

 Associate Professor

Department of  Computer Sciences

Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

Contact Information

Phone: 6400000

Email: galdabbagh@kau.edu.sa

Ghadah Abdullah Al-Dabbagh

 Associate Professor

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Dr. Aldabbagh received her BSc in 1991 in Computer Science, from the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, Illinois, United States; she received her MSc in the Data Communication Networks and Distributed System (DCNDS) from the Computer Science Department at the University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom (UK); received her PhD in 2010 from the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at UCL, UK.

She holds an Associate Professor position at the Computer Science Department at the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at King Abdul Aziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Aldabbagh .  Current research interests: Internet of Everything (IoE), providing connectivity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensors for Smart Cities, Self-Driving Cars, Location Awareness, Ad-Hoc Networks, Wireless Sensor Network, Cooperative Communications. Developed technical skills in Optimization, Deep Learning (Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning) and Data Science. During Dr. Aldabbagh’s PhD study at UCL she worked on several European Union (EU) projects in Grid Computing. In 2013, she was awarded KAU HiCi funded research project to work as a principle investigator (PI) with the highly cited Professor John Cioffi from Stanford University. In 2014, she was awarded two research grants from the National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for which, she was the PI. As part of research work conducted on the two KACST projects, Dr. Aldabbagh, worked with the highly cited Professor Andreas Polydoros from the University of Athens and his research team to assist in training and research activities related to the KACST projects.

During the summers of 2013 and 2014, Dr. Aldabbagh joined Professor John M. Cioffi’s Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) Research Group as a visiting professor at Stanford University. In March 2016, Dr. Aldabbagh joined the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a postdoctoral associate to work on the topic of location-aware ad hoc sensor networks to work with the highly cited Professor Moe Win. In collaboration with Professor Win’s research group, her current focus is to develop scalable, distributed, and energy efficient techniques for scheduling and routing in ad hoc sensor networks with localization-awareness.

Professional profile could also be found at:

Personal Webpage at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems -LIDS

IBK Ibn Khaldun Fellowship Program for Saudi Arabian Women

Professional Profile on Academia

Professional Profile on LinkedIn

Research Profile on Google Scholar Citations

Research Profile on ResearchGate

 

 

Education

  • 1990

    Bachelor degree from Department of Computer EngineeringCollege of Engineering, University of Illinois Champaign Urbana, Champaign Urbana, امــريــكـا

  • 2000

    Master degree from Department of Computer Science Faculty of Engineering, University College London, London, بريطانيا

  • 2011

    Doctorate degree from Department of Electronic and Electrical EngineeringFaculty of Engineering, University College London, London, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 1992-2011

    Teaching Assistant, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2011-2016

    Honorary Visiting Lecturer, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom, بريطانيا

  • 2011-2016

    Head of the Assessment Unit , Faculty of Computing & Information Technology at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2011-2016

    Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University , جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2012-2016

    Head of the Computer Skills Unit , Faculty of Computing & Information Technology at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2013-2013

    Visiting Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States, امــريــكـا

  • 2013-2015

    Principle Investigator - PI, Deanship of Development, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2014-2014

    Visiting Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States, امــريــكـا

  • 2014-2016

    Member at Academic Accreditation Committee, Deanship of Development, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2014-حاليا

    Principle Investigator -PI, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST): National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2014-حاليا

    Principle Investigator - PI, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST): National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2015-2015

    Consultant at Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2016-حاليا

    Associate Professor, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2016-حاليا

    Postdoctoral Associate, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States, امــريــكـا

Research Interests

Connectivity of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensors for Smart Cities

Wireless Sensor Networks

 Location Awareness

Cooperative Communications

Ad-Hoc Networks

Optimization

Computational Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Data Communication Networks

Wireless Communications

Heterogeneous Networks

Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Networks

4G Small Cell Deployments

Self-Organizing Networks

LTE

Performance Evaluation

Quality of Service

Scientific interests

Managing Diverse Teams 
Conflict Management Foundations 
Strategy and Innovation
Meeting Management
Effective Feedback 
Management and Leadership
Solving Complex Business Problems
Design: Innovation Process and Culture
Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations
Higher Education Teaching
Proposal Development for Government and Non-government Grants Sponsors
Performance Development
Networking
Corrective Action
Exceptional Service
Scientific & Research Project Management

Courses

Programming 2 203 CPCS
Programming 1 202 CPCS
Graduation Project 1 498 CPIS
2 Senior Project 499 CPCS
Senior Project 1 498 CPCS
Senior Project 2 498 CPIS
Selected Topics 681 CS

Areas of expertise

Higher Education Associate Professor Assistant Professor Teaching Assistant
Primary Research Investigator King Abdulaziz University (KAU): Highly Cited Funded Research Project 2011 – Ubiquitous Wireless Access (11-15- 1432 HiCi) with the highly cited Professor John Cioffi from Stanford University 1. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST): National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan 2013 - High Density Wireless Access- Coverage for Crowded Events and Locations (12-INF2743-03), with the highly cited Professor John Cioffi from Stanford University. 1. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST): National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan 2013 - Novel Protocols for Improved Internet Security and Reliability
Management and Leadership Head of the Computer Skills Unit Head of the Assessment Unit Head of VDI System at KAU team Head of Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint 2007 Intelligent Tutor project Head of CSU Question Bank Project Head of the Alumni Unit Principle Investigator of Funded Projects
Strategy and Innovation Head of the Computer Skills Unit Head of the Assessment Unit Head of VDI System at KAU team Head of Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint 2007 Intelligent Tutor project Head of CSU Question Bank Project Head of the Alumni Unit Principle Investigator of Funded Projects
Financial Management - Explain the institute's cost object categories - Identify SAP's cost object types - Explain the institute's secondary cost structure - Create a project budget - Forecast expenses on projects
Managing Diverse Teams Determine what your team needs to rise to its full potential Leverage the diverse perspectives of your team Apply team development strategies to create a high-performance team Leverage the unique talents of all team members for shared success
Conflict Management Identify the components of the PIOS conflict management framework. Clarify the motivations of the other person in a difficult situation. Respond constructively to emotionally charged language. Adapt the PIOS framework to a situation of their own to move it towards resolution.
Meeting Management Identify and apply good meeting practices Influence productive meetings, whether as a facilitator or participant Keep a meeting on track Document meeting outcomes and next steps
Giving Effective Feedback Give meaningful feedback on performance to employees
Goal Setting The importance and distinction between performance and professional development goals; utilize templates that incorporate best practices for goal setting; and include time to practice writing your goals.
Proposal Development Government & Non-Government Grants Construct industrial proposal to meet sponsor requirements and Institute policies Creating a detailed budget Submitting the proposal to route for approval
Performance Development Identify the value and importance of regular performance planning and review conversations prepare more effectively for their annual performance review as well as for on-going performance conversations communicate successfully with their managers about the annual performance review conversations
Corrective Action how to help increase the potential for good performance steps to understand and apply progressive discipline/corrective action how to plan for productive counseling and disciplinary meetings how to create and maintain appropriate documentation
Exceptional Service Identify their customers on campus and beyond Build and maintain relationships with customers, including administrators, faculty, colleagues, and others with whom they work closely Strategize ways to provide exceptional customer service to their internal and external customers
Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations How creative individual contributors work together on risky projects, processing information under conditions of uncertainty; How to address critical problems and issues dealing with staff professionals and members of project teams, including cross-functional teams; How to work effectively with prima donnas and independent spirits.
Leadership by Design: Innovation Process and Culture Strategic and hands-on techniques for structured exploration through prototyping. Enable an action-based organizational culture in which empathy is generated, trial and error is encouraged, and failure is celebrated as a source of learning, all resulting in successful innovation. Introduce the concepts of human-centered design to individuals and teams who are not already familiar with these design-based concepts and their application.
Understanding and Solving Complex Business Problems Systems thinking"? as a response to the rapid changes in technology, population, and economic activity that are transforming the world, and as a way to deal with the ever-increasing complexity of today's business. Systems thinking was devised to improve people's ability to manage organizations comprehensively in a volatile global environment. It offers managers a framework for understanding complex situations and the dynamics those situations produce. Senior managers can use the system dynamics method to design policies that lead their organizations to high performance. The program is intended to give participants the tools and confidence to manage organizations with full understanding and solid strategy.
Creating High Velocity Organizations Create an organization where work is done by harnessing the best-known approaches available and signaling the need for new knowledge. Solve problems as they arise and to develop new understanding that prevents the problems from recurring. Multiply the impact of local discoveries by making them useful systemically throughout the organization. Lead an organization where discovery is encouraged, supported, and promoted at all times.
Understanding and Solving Complex Business Problems Assess the likely impact of different policies and decisions that relate to their organization's growth, stability, and performance Recognize business system archetypes that can trigger persistent, long-term problems Use state-of-the-art management tools to identify relationships Intervene effectively to make fundamental changes
Leadership by Design: Innovation Process and Culture Learn a shared process for solving hard-to-define problems Engage in both a hands-on and analytical approach to problem solving through robust design process Explore and practice the skill of empathy in understanding the needs and desires of consumers Learn practical, hands-on strategies for concept generation and product prototyping Learn how design thinking and doing can be used to provide vision and build consensus in the development of new products and services Acquire tools for creating a more collaborative, innovative, and less risk-averse corporate culture
Building Game-Changing Organizations: Aligning Purpose, Performance, and People Understand what it takes to build game-changing organizations Be provided with the resources and tools to articulate their company's powerful story—what we call their "collective ambition" Examine how to integrate the "soft" side of leading (purpose, vision, culture) with the hard side (strategy, operational priorities, brand) into a powerful formula Understand the importance of building an authentic and energizing culture Understand what it takes to make their companies world-class talent factories
The Innovator's DNA: Mastering Five Skills For Disruptive Innovation Gain deeper insight into their unique innovation skill strengths Build questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting capabilities to surface new ideas and value-creating innovations Practice questioning skills intensively through individual and group exercises Apply skills to a real individual challenge Evolve their existing corporate culture to better foster these five skills
Connectivity Providing connectivity for the Internet of Everything - IoE
Location Awareness Location-awareness in Ad Hoc sensor networks
Cooperative Communications Cooperative Communications
Cooperative Communications In cooperative wireless communication, we are concerned with a wireless network, of the cellu- lar or ad hoc variety, where the wireless agents, which we call users, may increase their effective quality of service (measured at the physical layer by bit error rates, block error rates, or outage probability) via cooperation. In a cooperative communication system, each wireless user is assumed to transmit data as well as act as a cooperative agent for another user
Wireless sensor network Wireless sensor networks (WSN), sometimes called wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSAN),[1][2] are spatially distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound, pressure, etc. and to cooperatively pass their data through the network to a main location. The more modern networks are bi-directional, also enabling control of sensor activity. The development of wireless sensor networks was motivated by military applications such as battlefield surveillance; today such networks are used in many industrial and consumer applications, such as industrial process monitoring and control, machine health monitoring, and so on.
Data Communication Networks? Data Communication Networks?
Wireless Communications Wireless Communications
Ad-Hoc Networks Ad-Hoc Networks
Heterogeneous Networks Heterogeneous Networks
Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Networks Mobility Management in Heterogeneous Networks
4G Small Cell Deployments 4G Small Cell Deployments
Self-Organizing Networks Self-Organizing Networks
Long-Term Evolution - LTE Long-Term Evolution - LTE
Network Protocols and Algorithms Network Protocols and Algorithms
Quality of Service Quality of Service
Performance Evaluation Performance Evaluation