ABOUT

• Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
• B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Systems Engineering from the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK)
• I currently work for EDS

 PROJECTS

• Zenith Picture Gallery (more here and here)
• Partial automation of the Software Engineering Institute's CURE method
• Full automation of CURE
• Contributing to the Rainbow project's Stitch adaptation language
• CyberiaPC.com
• GEMINIgfx
• AAScripter

 ACADEMIC WRITINGS (more here)

• Automating the Human-Involved Parts of the COTS Usage Risk Evaluation Method (CURE)
• Contributing to Rainbow's Stitch Adaptation Language
• Analysis Tool Evaluation: Coverity Prevent
• Reducing Verboseness in XSLT

 PERSONAL WRITINGS (more here)

• Translation of Prof. Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" into Arabic
• Migrating from AMS to UAPM using API's
• The Novice Eclipse Plug-in Developer's Help-Sheet
• Creating Collapsible Elements using Javascript and CSS
• Photoshop and Post-Processing Ideas Tutorials
• An Overview of Operating Systems and Kernels
• The History of Video Games and Consoles
• Writing Centipede in Java

 CITATIONS

• Ayewah, Pugh, Morgenthaler, Penix and Zhou "Evaluating Static Analysis Defect Warnings On Production Software" Paper on FindBugs Experiences, University of Maryland, Google, Inc. (2007)
• Cheng "Rainbow: Cost-Effective Software Architecture-Based Self- Adaptation" Ph.D. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University (2008)

 PRESS / HONORS

• 1st Place in the CAWTAR Photo Contest (2007)
• Finalist in the 2007 Hayah Film Competition (part of the Middle East International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi)
• CyberiaPC.com receives Bahrain 2007 eContent award
• CyberiaPC.com’s Video Game Gallery referenced in PC World
• CyberiaPC.com featured in PC Answers among their top 4 most helpful websites
• AAScripter featured in José Lopez Quijado’s book Domine Javascript
• AAScripter featured in .net magazine as “script of the month”
• 4th place nationwide in the Crown Prince’s International Scholarship program
• Institution of Electrical Engineers 2004 Award for Academic Excellence

 HOBBIES / OTHER

• Soccer
• Poetry, comparative history, short stories, ethics
• Photography. You can view my photos on flickr or deviantart
• Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
• Microsoft Certified Professional in VB desktop applications
• ITIL Practitioner
• My favorite personalities are Richard P. Feynman and Nikola Tesla