Research Interests

- Software metrics and measurement
- Object-oriented analysis and design
- Software maintenance and evolution
- Empirical software engineering
- Computational intelligence in software engineering
- Big data in software engineering

Recent Research Grants

- Principal Investigator, A Quantitative Assessment of Modularity and Functional Correctness of Structural Design Patterns in Open Source Software.
- Principal Investigator, Software Clones Effect on Functional Correctness of Object-Oriented Classes.
- Co-Investigator, Embracing Robustness Analysis and Diagrams to Improve Software Development.
- Principal Investigator, A Hybrid Computational Framework for Software Development Effort Estimation.
- Co-Investigator, Improving the Quality of Misuse Case Models.
- Co-Investigator, Classification of Aspect-Oriented Refactoring Methods Based on Software Quality Attributes.
- Principal Investigator, A Measurement Framework for Aspect-Oriented Systems.

Graduate Thesis Supervision

- Yasser Al-Ghamdi, “Impact of Code Cloning on Functional Correctness of Object-Oriented Classes,” MS Thesis, KFUPM.
- Bashar Ahmed, “Coding Standards Violations Impact on Software Faults,” MS Thesis, KFUPM.
- Mawal Ali, “Modularity and Functional Correctness Evaluation of Design Patterns,” MS Thesis, KFUPM.
- Ali Al-Yafei, “A Comprehensive Empirical Validation of Package-Level Metrics for Object-Oriented Systems,” MS Thesis, KFUPM.
- Hamoud Aljamaan, “Software Quality Assessment using Ensemble Models,” MS Thesis, KFUPM.
- Mojeeb Al-Khiaty, “Software Evolution Metrics for Object-Oriented Software Changeability Prediction,” MS Thesis, KFUPM.
- Ali Al-Zouri, “Empirical Validation of Class Coupling Metrics as Changeability Indicators in Software Evolution,” MS Thesis, KFUPM.