Dr. Rabee M. Reffat , PhD (Syd)

 

Associate Professor of Architecture and Design Computing

 

Short Biography

 

Dr. Reffat is specialising in teaching and researching architectural design and creativity, computing in architecture, smart buildings, data mining, intelligent virtual environments, and artificial intelligence and intelligent agents in architecture. Dr. Reffat has a substantial professional experience in architectural design acquired in Australia and the Middle East.

 

Dr. Reffat's research work has been extensively  published at various international refereed journals and  international refereed conferences held at more than 25 countries worldwide.  Dr. Reffat has published 1 edited book, 4 book chapters and 64 refereed journal and conference papers. Dr. Reffat has successfully managed and completed research projects funded by Australian Research Council, University of Sydney and the CRC (Cooperative Research Centres) in Australia; and KFUPM  and KACST in Saudi Arabia.

 

Dr. Reffat joined the Architecture Department, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia since September 2004. Prior to joining KFUPM he held a tenure faculty position at the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning, University of Sydney, Australia. 

 

Areas of Research Excellence:

• Architectural Creativity and Computational Design

• Artificial Intelligence (Intelligent Agents and Data Mining) in Design and Architecture

• Virtual Environments in Design and Architecture

• Digital Design Education & e-Learning

• Intelligent Buildings

• Knowledge Management and  e-Government