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Husni Al-Muhtaseb Obtained a PhD degree from the Department of Electronic Imaging and Media Communications of the School of Informatics in the University of Bradford, UK, 2010. He received M.S. degree in computer science and engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 1988 and the B.E. degree in electrical engineering, computer option, from Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1984.
He is currently an Assistant Professor of Information and Computer Science at KFUPM. He worked as an Instructor and lecturer with the same department from 1988 to 2010. He worked as a technical consultant with the dean of admissions and registration from 1996 to 2007.
His research interests include Arabic Computing, computer Arabization, Arabic OCR, e-learning & online tutoring and natural Arabic understanding.
Dr. Al-Muhtaseb developed the first course in the world on Arabization of Computers. Currently, several Universities and colleges are adapting the course.