Dr. Hicham Hallal

Biography

Hicham Hallal earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in 2008. From 2000 to 2009, he worked as a research engineer at the Computer Research Institute of Montreal, focusing on distributed system analysis and formal methods. He was involved in various projects related to distributed system analysis in partnership with industry leaders such as Siemens AG, SAP, and IBM. In 2009, he transitioned to academia, taking on teaching and administrative roles in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, where he served as the Chairperson of the Electrical Engineering Department and Acting Dean of the College of Engineering at Fahad Bin Sultan University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 2018, he joined the American University of Sharjah (AUS) as a senior lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and took on the role of academic advisor for the computer science and computer engineering programs. His teaching encompasses topics in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, including Software Engineering, GUI Design and Programming, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Game Development, Computer Organization and Architecture, Microcontrollers and Embedded Applications, as well as Signals and Systems and Communication Systems.

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