Dr. Sarah Al Humoud

Research Area
Large-scale Data Analysis & Visualization
PH.D.
Computer Science
University of Glasgow
Fellowship date
February 1, 2016
MIT AFFILLIATION
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
MIT ADVISOR
Dr. Una-May O'Reilly

Biography: 

Dr. Sarah Al Humoud is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing Science, Imam University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She also serves as Director of Gifted at the Ministry of Education.

In 2005, she got her MSc in Computer Science from King Saud University in Riyadh. She has been a research candidate for 4 years at the University of Glasgow, UK in the field of Wireless Networks. She was awarded her PhD degree in 2011 with no corrections. Her major research findings are included in a published book here: http://goo.gl/X3BEkS . She has taught several different BSc and MSc courses while being an academic in several universities through the past 12 years. Besides teaching, she has played different managerial roles in the past four years. She was the first female vice dean to the Creativity Talent and Excellence Deanship. She is currently appointed as the first female Vice Dean of the Information Technology Deanship at Imam University. Moreover, she is the Vice President of the Saudi Computer Society’s female division. Her major research areas of interests include Mobile Networks, Human Computer Interaction and Data Mining.

Publications:

MIT Fellowship Research Abstract: 

On Riyadh Transportation Visualization

Data explosion coincides the extensive digital employment in multiple domains like telecommunication, government, commerce, economy and health. Extracting value out of the large-scale data lead to a better understanding and enhances decision making enabling for more tailored services. 

One of the interesting domains to analyze and harness value from, is Riyadh Urban Data. Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia and it is going through major changes in public transportation to meet the demands of the rapidly growing inhabitants. Visualizing this data is vital in planning a sustainable transportation system that utilizes current flows and demographics. 

Dr. Sarah works in the ALFA group in the CSAIL lab, with Professor Una-May O'Reilly focusing on large-scale data analysis and visualization for knowledge mining and prediction. In specific, she will be studying Riyadh Urban Data.

Fellowship Sponsored By: 

Saudi Aramco

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