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Dr. Adel Fadhl Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in the Information and Computer Science Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 2008, following his M.S. in Computer Science from KFUPM in 2000 and his B.S. in Mathematics from King Saud University in 1995.

Dr. Ahmed served as the Chairman of the Information and Computer Science Department from 2010 to 2015. He later held the position of Dean of the College of Computer Science and Engineering from 2015 to 2021 and Dean of the College of Computing and Mathematics from 2021 to 2024. He has played a pivotal role in Saudi Arabia's national e-government and digital transformation initiatives. He actively contributes to developing and maintaining national higher education standards with the Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) and the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA). His work with ETEC includes contributing to the جاهزية initiative, which focuses on the standardization of university exit exams. Additionally, he played a key role in advancing Saudi Arabia's national AI strategy by establishing the SDAIA-KFUPM Joint Research Center in Artificial Intelligence.

Dr. Ahmed has received numerous certificates of excellence and recognition from various government and private organizations. His research interests lie at the intersection of computer vision, computer graphics, and deep learning, focusing on 3D reconstruction, rendering, and scene synthesis applications.

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