Dr. Tarig Ali is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the American University of Sharjah. He received a MS and a PhD from the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering from the The Ohio State University in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He has taught at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and the University of Central Florida (UCF). He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He is the recipient of the Earle J. Fennell Award, the Esri Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems, the ETSU Faculty Excellence Award, the American Shore and Beach Preservation Educational Award, and The Ohio State University’s Duane C. Brown Jr. Award. His research interests include Coastal Mapping, Spatial Analytics, Remote Sensing and Coastal Ecosystems, and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI).