Murtada K. Elbashir received a B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in computer/statistics from the University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan, in 2000, an M.Sc. degree (Hons.) in computer information systems from the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 2003, and a Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2013. In 2016, he was promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Gezira. He is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia. His current research interests include machine learning and bioinformatics.