Current Graduate Students

Name Affiliation Years Project
Urooj Ghani PhD, KFUPM 2026–present Quantum Software Engineering
Bushra Alowaiid PhD, KFUPM 2025–present Distributed Quantum Computing
Hind Baagel PhD, KFUPM 2024–present Post-Quantum Cryptography
Lina Alharbi PhD, KFUPM 2024–present Practical Private Set Intersection
Soha Sandoukah PhD, KFUPM 2023–present Robust and Secure Federated Learning
Abdulmjeed Al-Othman MSc, KFUPM 2024–present Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration

Graduated Students

Name Affiliation Years Project
Nourah Al-Otaibi PhD, KFUPM 2021–2025 Edge-Assisted Detection and Mitigation of Label-Flipping Attacks in Federated Learning Systems
Ekhlas Zaid MSc, KFUPM 2025–2026 Backdoor Attack on Federated Learning
Maram Al-Qahtani MSc, KFUPM 2024–2025 Machine Unlearning
Abdulmunim Sa'ad MSc, KFUPM 2023–2024 Federated Learning based Mobile Application
Shurooq Al-Oqbi MSc, KFUPM 2023–2024 Quantum Algorithms for Solving Partial Differential Equations
Mustafa Al-Ghafli MSc, KFUPM 2021–present Private Set Intersection in Mobile Crowdsensing
Sani Umar MSc, KFUPM 2021 Modeling and Detecting False Data Injection Attacks in Smart Grids
Mohammad AlAkhras MEng, KFUPM 2021 Efficient Network Coding in Wireless Sensor Network

MX Graduate Students

Name Affiliation Years Project
Tariq AlMuqbil QIC MX, KFUPM 2024 Quantum Circuit Generator using Evolutionary Algorithms
Maha Al-Otaibi QIC MX, KFUPM 2024 Battery Revenue Optimization using Quantum Computing
Abdulrahman Alajmi QIC MX, KFUPM 2024 Quantum Random Number Generator
Abdulhadi Alzaidy QIC MX, KFUPM 2024 Quantum Random Number Generator
Ahoud Alhawash QIC MX, KFUPM 2024 Quantum Algorithms for PDEs
Mohammad Al-Saiyari QIC MX, KFUPM 2022 Quantum Optimization for Vehicle Routing Problem
Rokiya Ghandour QIC MX, KFUPM 2022 Quantum Computing Application in Finance
Mays Miajan QIC MX, KFUPM 2022 Quantum Computing Application in Finance
Joud Awadh QIC MX, KFUPM 2022 Quantum Computing Application in Finance
Shuroog Al-Ogbi QIC MX, KFUPM 2022 Quantum Support Vector Machines
Bashayer Al-Nahdi QIC MX, KFUPM 2022 Quantum Random Number Generator
Maryam Baabdullah QIC MX, KFUPM 2021 Quantum Support Vector Machines
Sarah Al-Wadaah QIC MX, KFUPM 2021 Feasibility of using Quantum Computing in Seismic Image Processing

Undergraduate Students Advising

Name Affiliation Years Project
Mohammad Serag COE, KFUPM 2025 Prompt Anonymization
Abdullah Emad Felemban CS, OSU 2025 Exaggeration-based Security Fake News Detection
Joud Zamzami CS, UMass 2025 Distributed Quantum Computing
Mariam Alsowaidan Kuwait 2025 Cybersecurity
Talal Al-Towaijri CS, IAU 2024 Quantum Algorithms for VRP
Zahra Homoud EE, Leeds University 2024 Light-Weight Deep Learning
Osamah Al-Karnawi COE, KFUPM 2024 DGA-based Domains Detection
Amer Mosalli COE, KFUPM 2023 Event Detection Using Edge-based Vehicle Dashcams
Khaled AlShehri Math, KFUPM 2022 Private Set Intersection using Lattice-based Cryptography
Khaled Al-Butainy COE, KFUPM 2022 Masking Unmasked Faces Using GANs Based Models
Kunwar Saaim COE, Aligarh Muslim University, India 2022 File Fragment Classification Using Deep Learning
Khaled Al-Zahrani Physics, KFUPM 2021 Increasing Fidelity of IBM Q Swap Gates
Othman Kisha COE, KFUPM 2021 Privacy Requirements for Contact Tracing Applications
Mohammad Khiami COE, KFUPM 2020 Write-Efficient LSM-based Merkle Trees
Abdulkarim Al-Alweet COE, KFUPM 2020 File Fragment Classification Using Deep Learning
Asaad Al-Ghamdi ICS, KFUPM 2020 BeeCast: A Collaborative Video Streaming System — 1st runner up, ACM SRC Undergraduate track 2021
Mohammad Al-Bejadi COE, KFUPM 2020 Collaborative Video Streaming — 1st runner up, KAUST WEP Undergraduate Research Competition 2021

Undergraduate Students Mentoring

Name Affiliation Years Project
Ghanima Boutaiban CS, GUST Summer 2023
Yousef AbuShabaan CS, GUST Summer 2023
Abduljawad Mohammad ICS, KFUPM SURE 2021 Masking Unmasked Faces Using GANs Based Models
Amaan Izhar ICS, KFUPM SURE 2021 Emotional Interpretation using Voice Recognition
Mujtaba Siddiqui ISE, KFUPM SURE 2021 Simulation of COVID-19 in KFUPM Campus
Sultan Al-Garbi ICS, KFUPM, India SURE 2021 Federated Learning
Mahmoud Ellouh COE, KFUPM SURE 2021 ZeroJar: IoT Honeypot for Zero-day Attacks Detection
Murtada Al-Hasan ISE, KFUPM SURE 2021 Dynamic Class Scheduling with COVID-19 Constraints
Hassan Al-Saffar EE, KFUPM SURE 2021 Emotional Recognition Using Thermal Pictures

High School Students Mentoring

Name Affiliation Years Project
Tala Al-Mulla Dhahran Ibdaa 2021 Finalist Modeling and Simulation of University Class Schedules with COVID-19 Constraints
Hussain AlSaif Dhahran Ibdaa 2022 Finalist Using Reinforcement Learning in Quantum Error Correction Codes