Naseebah Abdulhakim Shamsan Maqtary
Assistant Professor – Faculty Member
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology (CIT)
University of Science and Technology (UST)
Email: n.almaqtary@gmail.com
Specialization: Computing – Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Education
Oct., 2020 – Ph.D. in Computing
Faculty of Computing and IT, University of Science and Technology
Thesis: Automated Group Formation in CSCL Environments | Grade: Excellent
Supervisors: Kamal Bechkoum and Abdulqader Mohsen
Faculty of Computing and IT, University of Science and Technology
Thesis: Automated Group Formation in CSCL Environments | Grade: Excellent
Supervisors: Kamal Bechkoum and Abdulqader Mohsen
July, 2007 – M.Sc. in Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology
Thesis: The impact of different conditions on face recognition using eigenfaces | Grade: Excellent
Supervisor: Ali Alhamdi
Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology
Thesis: The impact of different conditions on face recognition using eigenfaces | Grade: Excellent
Supervisor: Ali Alhamdi
Jun., 2000 – B.Sc. in Computer Science
Faculty of Science, University of United Arab Emirates
Grade: Excellent with Honor
Supervisor: Yacin Atef
Faculty of Science, University of United Arab Emirates
Grade: Excellent with Honor
Supervisor: Yacin Atef
Administrative & Academic Leadership
- Oct., 2025 – Present: Head of Internship & Graduation Projects Committee, CIT.
- Feb., 2021 – Oct., 2025: Head of Computer Science Department, CIT.
- 2024 – Present: Principal of the AI Program, CS Department, CIT.
- 2022 – Jan., 2025: Principal of the Software Engineering (SWE) Program, CIT.
- 2022 – Present: Head of the SWE Program Quality Assurance Committee.
- Oct., 2013 – 2015: Head of Accreditation Dept. in Quality Assurance & Accreditation Management (QAAM), UST.
- 2016 – 2019: Head of Labs Committee for evaluation and enhancement.
- 2010 – 2015: Member of the Academic Evaluation Committee for Departments and Programs, UST.
- Apr., 2009 – Sep., 2009: Director of Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), UST, Sana’a.
- 2008 – 2009: Principal of Training and Professional Development Unit, TLC, UST.
- 2007 – 2008: Academic Coordinator of Computer Science Dept. (Girls Branch), UST.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
- 2024: “Lightweight yet effective: A modular approach to crack segmentation”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles.
- 2024: “Assessment of IT Governance Maturity Level for Yemeni Telecom Sector Using COBIT 2019”, IEEE ICETI.
- 2022: “Ensemble Classifiers for Arabic Sentiment Analysis… towards COVID-19”, Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing.
- 2021: “Performance comparison of ML classifiers for Covid-19 Arabic Quarantine tweets”, IEEE eSmarTA.
- 2017: “Group Formation Techniques in CSCL: A Systematic Literature Review”, Technology, Knowledge and Learning.
Teaching Courses
AI, Software Engineering, Scientific Research Methodology, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Software Quality Assurance, Project Management, Digital Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Technical Writing.
Supervision
MSc: Risk Management in SWE Projects (2021-2025).
BSc: Iris Recognition, Smart Hydroponics, E-Exam Systems, Face Recognition Frameworks.
BSc: Iris Recognition, Smart Hydroponics, E-Exam Systems, Face Recognition Frameworks.
Professional Training & Skills
DevOps (2021), PMP Course (2018), Academic Course Assessment, Oracle Database Administrator, SQL & PL/SQL, MS Windows NT 4.0 Core Tech, Academic Program Self-Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Python, Java, C++, HTML/CSS.
