Personal Information

 Professor

Department of  Computer Sciences

Faculty of Computing and Information Technology

Contact Information

Phone: 6952900

Email: abulnaja@kau.edu.sa

Osama A. Z. Abulnaja

 Professor

Profile

Osama A. Abulnaja received the BS degree in Computer Science from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1986. He received the MS degree in Computer Science and the PhD degree in Engineering (Computer Science) from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, in 1990 and 1996, respectively. Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science at King Abdulaziz University. 

Education

  • 1986

    Bachelor degree from Computer ScienceScience, King Abdulaziz , جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 1990

    Master degree from Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEngineering and Applied Science, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ملواكي - ولاية ويسكانسن , امــريــكـا

  • 1996

    Doctorate degree from Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEngineering and Applied Science, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ملواكي - ولاية ويسكانسن , امــريــكـا

Employment

  • 1997-1998

    Consultant, Ministry of Communications, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2003-2009

    Associate Dean for Development, Deanship of Library Affairs, • King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2009-2011

    Dean, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University, الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2009-2011

    Chief Information Officer, Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University, الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2012-2013

    Interim Chief Executive Office , King Fahad Public Library , جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Fault Tolerance, Systems Programming, Software Engineering, Parallel and Distributed Processing, and Systems Performance.

Scientific interests

Fault-Tolerant Computing, Operating Systems, Theory of Computation, Assembly Language Programming, Discrete Mathematics, Introduction to Computer Science, and Research Project.

Courses

Areas of expertise

• .Associate Dean for Development, Deanship of Library Affairs, King Abdulaziz University