Dr. Mohammad Saad Al-Ahmadi

Acct & MIS Department, CIM College

 

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Background

    Dr. Mohammad Saad Al-Ahmadi

Dr. Mohammad Saad Al-Ahmadi
alahmadi@kfupm.edu.sa
   
  Mobile: +966-55-2055577
KFUPM Box 443 Office: +966-3-860-7226
Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia Fax: +966-3-860-3489
 
Education:
 
2006
Oklahoma State University (OSU) Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration with a major in Management Information Systems - GPA: 3.979  
 
2001
Oklahoma State University (OSU) Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Management (MSTM) - GPA: 4.00  
 
1996
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science  
 
Experience:
 
September 2006
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
MIS Assistant Professor  
 
August 2000
to July 2001
iTradeFair.com Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Web Developer (using Microsoft ASP)  
 
February 1998
to August 1999
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (FKUPM) Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
MIS Graduate Assistant  
 
November 1996
to February 1998
Saudi Iron & Steel Company (Hadeed) - Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) The Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia
Software Engineer  
 
November 04, 1997
   
Certified Independent SAP R/3 Application Consultant: ABAP/4 Development Workbench (exam taken in Britain)  
 
Additional Training:
 
 
SAP Related Training:
BC400: ABAP/4 Development Workbench, September 08-12, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
BC405: ABAP/4 Reporting, September 18-15, 1997,SAP Center, Britain
BC410: ABAP/4 Dialog Programming, September 22-26, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
SAP20: SAP R/3 Overview, September 29-30, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
BC325: WB Org., Trans. Sys., Sys Upgrade, October 01-03, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
LO020: Procurement Process, October 06-10, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
LO515: Invoice Verification, October 13-14, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
LO510: Inventory Management, October 15-17, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
LO520: Optimizing the Procurement Process, October 20-22, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
SAP50: Technology Course, October 23-24, 1997, SAP Center, BritainLO930: Logistic Information System, October 27-28, 1997, SAP Center, Britain
 
Managerial Skills Training:
Business Systems Analysis, November 03-07, 1997, CAP GEMINI, Britain
Business Systems Design, November 10-14, 1997, CAP GEMINI, Britain
Business Systems Implementation, November 17-20, 1997, CAP GEMINI, Britain
System Testing, November 24-25, 1997, CAP GEMINI, Britain
Introduction to Consulting Skills, November 26-28, 1997, CAP GEMINI, Britain
What Matters Most (Time Management Workshop), April 13, 2000, Franklin Covey, Tulsa, USA
Foundations of Leadership for Learning and Change in an Increasingly Interdependent World, December 10, 2006, Dr. Peter Senge, jointly organized and managed by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) & JIWA Training Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 
Academic and Research Skills Training:
Introduction to Illustration Techniques using Adobe Illustrator, March 19-28, 2007, the Deanship of Academic Development, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Content Presentation Strategies for Online Courses, April 28 to May 09, 2007, the e-Learning Center, Deanship of Academic Development, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Teaching for Learning, September 1-2, 2007, Dr. Sergio J. Piccinin and Dr. Brian D. Wagner, organized by the Deanship of Academic Development, , King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
The Outcome Exam Workshop, September 3-6, 2007, Dr. Neal Kingston (from University of Kansas, USA), Deanship of Academic Development, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 
Others:
WWW Development, December 05-09, 1998, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 
Publications:
 
Journals:
Al-Ahmadi, M. S., Rosen, P. A., and Wilson, R. L. "Data Mining Performance on Perturbed Databases: Important Influences on Classification Accuracy," International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS), forthcoming
 
Book Chapters:
Wilson, R. L., Rosen, P. A., and Al-Ahmadi, M. S. "Knowledge Structure and Data Mining Techniques," The Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, 2005
Wilson, R. L., Rosen, P. A., and Al-Ahmadi, M. S. "Secure Knowledge Discovery in Databases," The Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, 2005
 
Conferences:
Al-Ahmadi, M., and Sharda, R. "Automating Ontology Generation for Information Systems Research Using GHSOM," Americas' Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2003), Tampa, Florida, USA, 2003
 
Conferences and Workshops Attendance:
 
 
I attended the following conferences, symposiums, workshops and exhibitions:
DEV Connections (2001), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
First Annual BIG XII Information Systems Research Symposium (2003), Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Americas' Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2003), Tampa, Florida, USA, 2003
Workshop on Data Mining Research in Oklahoma, 2004, Tulsa, OK, USA
INFORMS Annual Meeting (2004), Denver, Colorado, USA
Third Annual Big XII Information Systems Symposium (2005), Oklahoma University (OU), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
First Symposium on Progress in Interdisciplinary Research in Information Technology (2005), Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Second Symposium on Progress in Interdisciplinary Research in Information Technology (2006), Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2006), November 18-22, 2006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Second e-Services Symposium in the Eastern Province, December 12-13, 2006, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
E-Government Program: e-Services Enablement Frame Work 10th Workshop, June 9th, 2007, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 
Conferences and Workshops Presentations:
 
 
I presented at the following conferences and workshops:
Americas' Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2003), Tampa, Florida, USA, 2003
Workshop on Data Mining Research in Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, USA, 2004
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, 2004
 
Projects and Assignments:
 
 
One month summer assignment in 2007 to conduct research under the Junior Faculty Development Program
Participated with four other professors on a project to design MIS (Management Information Systems) and Accounting bachelor degrees for Al Baha Private College of Science (BPCS) during summer 2007
Working with four other researchers on 18-month project titled CSSCR (Computer Support System for Collaborative Research) starting from fall 2007
 
Community Services:
 
 
I participated in more than 10 committees at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in the academic year 2006-2007 (061-062) including the following:
 
Standing Committees:
Information & Communications Technology Committee (ICTC)
Library Affairs Committee (LAC)
 
CIM College-Level Committees:
MBA College Standing Committee
College Research Committee (CRC)
 
Department-Level Committees:
MIS Curricula and Academic Affairs Committee
Faculty Recruitment and Screening Committee
Textbook Committee
MIS Chair Professorship Committee
 
Research Interests:
 
 
My research interests include (but not limited to):
Data Mining (DM)
Business Intelligence (BI)
Privacy-Preserving Data Mining (PPDM)
Perturbation and Data Security Methods
Electronic Commerce (EC)
Electronic Government (eGov)
Electronic Services (eServices)
Distance, Online and Electronic Learning (e-Learning)
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
System Analysis and Design
Databases
Open Source Software
Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and
Support Vector Machines (SVM)
 
Affiliations:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
 
References:
Available upon request