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Ahmad Al-Showail

About Ahmad Al-Showail

Ahmad Al-Showail

  • Ph.D., Computer Science

wireless sensor networks

KAUST alumnus Ahmad Showail has recently been appointed dean of the College of Computer Science and IT at the new non-profit university in Madinah, University of Prince Mugrin ( UPM). Showail graduated from the computer engineering department with honors from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals ( KFUPM) in 2005. The Madinah-based alumnus started his career as a computer engineer in the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) before developing an interest in academia. This led him to teach at Yanbu University College at the Royal Commission in Yanbu before joining KAUST in 2009 as

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2015

  • Reinventing Wireless LAN

    Thu, Jan 1 2015 - Mon, Jan 1 2018

    wireless LAN

    The expansion of wireless usage in different applications has resulted in a tremendous increase in energy consumption and this left a significant environmental effect.

2012

  • Buffer Management in Wireless Mesh Networks

    Sun, Jan 1 2012 - Fri, Jan 1 2016

    wireless mesh networks

    Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are a type of ad hoc wireless network that uses multi-hop wireless communications to provide or improve connectivity between wireless devices.

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  • Networking Research Lab (NETLAB)
  • Computer Science (CS)

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  • Alumni Focus: Ahmad Al-Showail
  • Dean, College of Computing and Information Technology, University of Prince Mugrin, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

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