Omar Mohammed Barukab received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computers from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1987. He received a M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), USA, in 1993. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from FIT, USA, in 1999. Later, he was assigned as the Vice Dean for the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology in Rabigh (FCITR-KAU). His research interests include computer network security, logic, multi-agent systems, machine learning, and bioinformatics.