As part of the series of the Digital Fountains initiative, the UQU College of Computer and Information Systems is pleased to invite you to attend the remote lecture entitled:
“Spatial Computing”
By:
Dr. Luay bin Mashaal Al-Orabi
Date:
Thursday, 25 Dhul-Qi`dah, 1441 A.H., corresponding to 16 July, 2020 A.C.
Time:
07:15 – 09:00 p.m.
Overview of the Trainer:
Dr. Luay bin Mashaal Al-Orabi
- Assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science, Umm Al-Qura University.
- He obtained a Bachelor of Computer Science from Umm Al-Qura University in 2008 A.C., and a MSc and PhD. in the field of computer science from the University of Minnesota, Twin City, Minnesota, USA, in 2014 and 2018 respectively.
- His research interests include: big data databases and the management and analysis of spatial and temporal data, as well as the management of distributed geographic systems.
- Research of Dr. Luay has published many scientific papers in well-known scientific journals, such as ACM SIG- MOD, ACM SIGSPATIAL, IEEE ICDE, IEEE MDM, VLDB and Geoinformatics Journal.
- He won the gold medal in the field of research at the largest spatial computing conference: ACM SIGSPATIAL/GIS 2018.
- He won the best scientific paper at the SSTD conference, 2017 A.C.
- His research ideas reached the final rounds for the competition of the best research idea at the ACM SIGMOD 2017 conference. He also won the best presentation award at the U-Spatial conference in 2014 A.C.
- He is a member and a scientific peer reviewer at scientific conferences and journals in the field of big data computing: ACM SIGSPATIAL/GIS and IEEE Big Spatial Data.
Lecture Themes:
- Introduction to spatial computing.
- Present-day applications of spatial computing.
- Satellites and the development of spatial computing.
- Difference between spatial and temporal databases.
- Geographical information systems.
- Applications of geographic information in different applied sciences.
- Applications of artificial intelligence in the field of spatial computing.
- How can I contribute to enriching geographic information?
- Research centers interested in geographic information systems.
Important Note:
** Certificates of attendance are not available.
