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 Associate Professor

Department of  Information Technology

Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

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Phone: 0568729902

Email: wmalghamdi@kau.edu.sa

Wajdi Mohamad Alghamdi

 Associate Professor

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Dr. Wajdi Alghamdi is a data scientist and an associate professor specializing in information technology at the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. He has a deep passion for mathematics and statistics, and he completed his postgraduate studies in data science and artificial intelligence with a specialization in machine learning at Goldsmiths, University of London. Dr. Wajdi holds the position of director of the Knowledge Innovation and Creativity Unit at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at his university and has extensive academic experience dating back to 2007. He has research interests in various fields including big data, statistical learning, and cybersecurity. Dr. Wajdi is also known for his extensive research contributions in the field of data science, having authored numerous research papers and received several awards, including patents in artificial intelligence applications.

Education

  • 2018

    Doctorate degree from Data Science and Artificial IntelligenceGoldsmiths, University of London, لندن, بريطانيا

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Data Science and AI – Machine Learning I am mostly interested in Knowledge Discovery in Databases, Data Mining and Statistical Computing. My main research is focusing on applying Machine Learning and Statistical Learning methods to genotype, phenotype and clinical data in-order to discover patterns of interest, including the identification of clinical and genetic predictors with respect to diseases. My current research is in the broader areas of Data Science and AI – Machine Learning. In particular I am interested in Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, and Predictive Modelling with a particular focus on: (a) Predictive modeling & computational psychiatry – in collaboration with Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London and Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London; (b) Predicting risk of dementia using routine primary care records, work in collaboration with University of Manchester and other partner universities; (d) Decision trees and ensemble based methods with parameterized impurity families and statistical pruning (e) Mobility big data analytics – focusing on using the experience sampling method with mobile applications in order to predict a class. Another component of my research focuses on data uncertainty approaches, symmetry detection approaches and database administration approaches.