Dr. Shami Alsallami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences, at Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Umm Al-Qura University, his M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Connecticut (USA), and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leeds (UK). His primary research interests include differential equations, difference equations, integrable systems, numerical analysis, mathematical physics, and applied and computational mathematics. He is also interested in the connections between integrable systems and broader areas of pure and applied mathematics, as well as their applications in physics.