Dr. Saif Mohammed S A Al-Kuwari | Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Dr. Saif Mohammed S A Al-Kuwari

Associate Professor

Office location

A 102-C, LAS Building

Dr. Saif Mohammed S A Al-Kuwari

Associate Professor

Educational Qualifications

PhD in Cryptography

PhD in Computational Forensics

Entity

College of Science and Engineering

Divison

Information & Computing Technology

Biography

Dr. Saif Al-Kuwari is an associate professor at the College of Science and Engineering and director of the Qatar Center for Quantum Computing (QC2) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Dr. Saif Al-Kuwari graduated in computers and networks from the University of Essex and has two PhDs in Cryptography and Computational Forensics from the University of Bath and Royal Holloway, University of London

He is a fellow of IET and BCS and a senior member of IEEE and ACM. His research focuses on quantum cryptography, quantum machine learning, and quantum sensing.

 

PhD in Cryptography

University of Bath, United Kingdom

2012

PhD in Computational Forensics

Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

2012

BEng in Computers and Networks

University of Essex, United Kingdom

2006

  • Quantum computing
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum machine learning
  • Quantum sensing

Associate Professor

College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2024 – Present

Assistant Professor

College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2019 – 2024

Adjunct Assistant Professor

College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2018 – 2019

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor

Kind Computing Research Center, Qatar University

2018 – 2021

Director

Information Technology Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2013 – 2018

  • 2017; Fellow of the IET.
  • 2017; Fellow of the BCS.
  • 2016 & 2017; MESA-CISO100 Government Security Leader award, UAE.
  • 2012; The PhD platinum prize, 5th Education Excellence Day, Qatar.
  • 2007; The Graduate Platinum prize, 1st Education Excellence Day, Qatar.