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 |