Alaa S. Alaerjan received the B.S. degree in computer and information sciences from Jouf University, Saudi Arabia, in 2009, the M.S. degree in computer science from Ball State University in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science and informatics from Oakland University in 2019. He is currently an associate professor with the Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University. His research interests include the assessment of electromagnetic field exposure, distributed systems, software engineering, the IoT, information security, and smart grids.