Dr Naif Almakayeel is an active researcher in the area of smart manufacturing. He is also working in the areas of machine learning, deep learning, AI, and big data analytics. He received his Master's degree from St. Mary's University in December 2013 and completed his PhD from North Carolina A&T State University in December 2017. He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.