Khaled Rasheed joined the University of Georgia (UGA) in 2000 as an Assistant Professor, and is currently a Professor of Computer Science at the School of Computing, UGA. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Alexandria University in 1990, earned his Master of Science and Ph.D., both in Computer Science from the Rutgers State University of New Jersey, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. His research interests are focused on Artificial Intelligence methods including Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Computation, and Machine Learning; and Artificial Intelligence applications including Engineering Design, Agriculture, Public Health, and Bioinformatics.
Frederick Maier is the Associate Director for Academic Programs of UGA’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, summa cum laude from Spring Hill College, his Master of Arts in Philosophy from Tulane University, and earned his Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, both from The University of Georgia. He was also a Postdoctoral Fellow at Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition from 2008 to 2010. His research is focused on logic and artificial intelligence, particularly knowledge representation and nonclassical reasoning.
Dr. Hamid Arabnia received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Kent, Canterbury, in 1987. He has been with the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, since 1987, where he is currently a Professor Emeritus in computer science. He is a fellow and an Advisor of the Center of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence, and Organized Crime Research. He has authored extensively in journals and refereed conference proceedings. His research interests include parallel and distributed processing techniques and algorithms, supercomputing, big data analytics (in the context of scalable HPC), imaging science (image processing, computer vision, and computer graphics), other compute-intensive problems, methodologies that promote cross-disciplinary education, health informatics, medical imaging, and security. His most recent activities include studying ways to promote legislation that would prevent cyberstalking, cyber harassment, and cyberbullying. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer).
