ACADEMIC PROJECTS / WRITINGS (downloadable from here)

• Partial automation of the Software Engineering Institute's CURE method
• Full automation of CURE
• Contributing to the Rainbow project's "Stitch" adaptation language
• 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 PROJECTS / WRITINGS

• Skyrill Design Studios (2009)
• Zenith Picture Gallery - also available here (2007)
• CyberiaPC.com (1999-2008)
• AAScripter (2001)
• Manamagate.net developer, webmaster (2008)
• GEMINIgfx (2006)
• Translation of Prof. Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" into Arabic
• CLI2GUI: Dynamic GUI Generation for CLI Applications (TBA)
• Migrating from AMS to UAPM using APIs
• 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
• Abandon hope all ye who enter HR
• Software system goes live, chaos ensues
• The Human Ghost

 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 / AWARDS

• Finalist in the 2009 Emirates Photo Competition (jury included Steve MacCurry)
• 1st Place in the Goal.com Logo Competition out of 4,300 entries (2009)
• Bronze Medal in the 'Portrait' category in the 5th AUOP Photo Competition held in Hamburg, Germany (2008)
• 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
• Manama Gate honored at 2009 Bahrain eContent award

 HOBBIES / OTHER

• Enjoy playing soccer and tennis; enjoy horse-riding
• Enjoy poetry, comparative history, short stories and ethics
• Enjoy photography (flickr, JPG Mag, photo.net, usefilm.com)
• Former member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
• MCP (VB desktop applications), ITIL practitioner
• Favorite personalities: Richard P. Feynman, Nikola Tesla and Malcolm X
• Favorite websites: reddit.com, stackoverflow.com, slashdot.org
• Can also be found on LinkedIn and Facebook