Dr. Awais Mahmood is an Associate Professor at the College of Applied Computer Science, King Saud University, Al Muzahmiya Branch, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University, Türkiye, in 2001 and 2003, respectively, and obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, in 2014. Dr. Mahmood has contributed extensively to research in the fields of artificial intelligence and advanced computing systems. His research interests include image and speech processing, signal processing for healthcare applications, artificial intelligence, data science and big data analytics, machine learning, and software systems. He has been actively involved in academic research and teaching, contributing to the advancement of interdisciplinary applications of intelligent systems.