Abdullah Alhawsawi

Abdullah N. Al-Hawsawi received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in computer science from Oklahoma State University, USA, in 2008 and 2010, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in crowd modeling and simulation from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2021. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information and Scientific Services, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research, the Director of the SAFE Center for Safety, Risks and Crisis Management, and the Head of the Crowd Unit at Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research. He worked as the Deputy Director of the Transportation and Crowd Management Center of Research Excellence (TCMCORE). His research interests include crowd dynamics and interactions with the physical environment, crowd modeling and simulation, AI and its applications in crowd control, VR, and AR. He published several works about these. He is one of the winners of Makkah Award from His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al Faisal, for The Makkah Digital Gateway for Research and Innovation Reward 2022.