Dr Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed Hamdan
PhD in Computer Science
- Role
- Associate Professor
- Section
- School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences
- m.hamdan@hw.ac.uk
- Address
- S3-14

About
Director of Postgraduate Studies
Programme Director MSc Artificial Intelligence
Biography
Dr Hamdan is Associate Professor of Computer Science and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Upon joining Heriot-Watt University, Dubai in 2014, he initially worked as Director of Research before taking up a post as Director of Postgraduate Studies.
He obtained an MSc in knowledge-based systems and a PhD in computer science from Heriot-Watt University, UK.
He has also served as Chair of the computer science department, Assistant Dean and Associate Dean at Yarmouk University in Jordan.
Research
Evolutionary optimisation
Machine learning
Data science
Security