Dr. Ahmed Abdulhakim Al-Absi is an Associate Professor in Department of Computer Engineering (Smart Computing) at Kyungdong University in South Korea. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Dongseo University in 2015. He received an M.Sc. degree in information technology at the University Utara Malaysia, in 2011, and a B.Sc. degree in computer applications at Bangalore University in 2008. His research interests include Big Data processing, Hadoop, Cloud computing, IoT, Distributed systems, Parallel computing, Bioinformatics, Security, AI, UAVs/Drones and VANETs. He is a member of international journals and conference committees. He is a supervisor and examiner for many master's and Ph.D. students. He has many publications in SCI/SCIE journals and international conferences. He has many book chapters, patents, and copyright.