Dr. Sharaf Malebary obtained his master's and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of South Carolina, USA. He is currently an associate professor and the Vice Dean of graduate studies and scientific research at the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. His research focuses on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Systems, and Security. He has published several research works at prestigious conferences and journals. Thus, he was awarded IEEE Senior Member in 2021.