ABDALLAH NAMOUN (Member, IEEE) received the bachelor’s degree in computer science, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in informatics, in 2009, from the University of Manchester, U.K. He is the director of AI centre and a full professor of intelligent interactive systems at the Faculty of Computer and Information Systems, Islamic University of Madinah. He has authored more than 95 peer-reviewed publications in research areas spanning intelligent systems, machine learning, human–computer interaction, smart cities, and technology acceptance. He has extensive experience in leading complex research projects (worth more than 23 million Euros) with several distinguished SMEs, such as SAP, BT, and ATOS. His recent research interests focus on integrating state of the art artificial intelligence models in the development of interactive systems and smart spaces.