Dr. Ala Al-Fuqaha
Acting Provost
Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning

Dr. Ala Al-Fuqaha is currently serving as Acting Provost and Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). He joined HBKU in 2018 as a professor in the Information and Computing Technology (ICT) division of the College of Science and Engineering (CSE). Before HBKU, he was a professor and the director of the NEST research lab in the computer science department of Western Michigan University. In 2006, Dr. Al-Fuqaha was awarded the Outstanding New Educator Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Michigan University. In 2014, he received the Outstanding Researcher Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Michigan University. In 2018, he received the Best Survey Award from the IEEE Communications Society.

Dr. Al-Fuqaha played a key role in the design and development of the intelligent network management system for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed (DWDM) optical networks, which was deployed at six sites (NRL, NSA, NASA, DIA, DISA, DARPA) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area as part of the first all-optical network in the world (MONET project).

Dr. Al-Fuqaha is a senior member of IEEE and an ABET commissioner. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple journals, including IEEE Communications Letters, IEEE Network, Springer AJSE, and Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems. He has also served as chair, co-chair, and technical program committee member of multiple international conferences, including IEEE VTC, IEEE Globecom, IEEE ICC, and International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC).