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إسراء محمد حمود الطريقي Isra M. Al-Turaiki

Bio: 
Assistant Professor, IT department, CCIS, KSU.

 
Isra M. Al-Turaiki
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
PO Box 91409
Riyadh 11633
ialturaiki@ksu.edu.sa

Education
 
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Sciences
December 2013, King Saud University, College of Computer and Information Sciences.
Thesis Title: Computational Motif Discovery
 
Master of Sciences in Computer Sciences
January 2008, King Saud University, College of Computer and Information Sciences.
Project Title: A Fuzzy Expert System Shell
 
Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications
June 2005, King Saud University, College of Computer and Information Sciences.

Research Interests
Bioinformatics: Sequential and structural motif discovery, gene prediction.
Data mining: Frequent Patten mining.
Data structures.
Artificial intelligence: fuzzy logic and fuzzy expert systems and shells.
 
Work Experience
 
Assistant Professor
[June 2014-Present] King Saud University
College of Computer and Information Sciences,
IT department
 
Lecturer
[April 2009-June 2014] King Saud University
College of Computer and Information Sciences,
IT department
 
Teaching Assistant
[December 2007- April  2009] King Saud University
College of Computer and Information Sciences,
IT department

Funds and Awards

  1. Member in NPST Research Grant- Project No.  12-BIO2605-02. National Plan for Science and Technology, KSU.
  2. King Saud University Award for Scientific Excellence, Graduate Students Outstanding Research in Science and Engineering. 3rd place, May 25 2013.
  3. 2nd prize poster winner in ISBRA2012.

Memberships
Member of the Bioinformatics Research Group (BioInG), College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University.

Internships
Oct 2012 - Feb 2013: Visiting student in Marcel Turcotte's laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

Courses
Fall 2012: BNF 5106 / BIOL 5515 Bioinformatics at the University of Ottawa.

Workshops and Conferences

  • August 12-15 2015, IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Niagara Falls, Canada.
  • 22 Sep 2014, “Writing the Literature Review”, Deanship of Graduate Studies, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • 15 Sep 2014, Microteaching, Deanship of Skill Development, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • 7 Sep 2014, Developing the Teaching File, Deanship of Skill Development, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • 9-10 July 2014, RNA-Seq and ChiP-Seq Data Analysis, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
  • 20-22 May 2013, ISBRA 2013, Charlotte, NC, USA.
  • 25 Oct 2013, 2nd Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics Student/Postdoc Poster Day
  • 21-23 May 2012, ISBRA2012, Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • 7-9 Mar 2011: Bioinformatics of Sequence Analysis - KFSH&RC, Riyadh, KSA.
  • 27 Feb 2011: Scientific Research Skills, Research Centre, KSU, Riyadh, KSA.
  • 17-19 Apr 2010: Introduction to Bioinformatics - KFSH&RC, Riyadh, KSA.

Community services:

  • 7 May 2015, Member of the Evaluation Committee, IT Project Fair, CCIS, KSU.
  • “Preparing your Scientific Poster”,15 Dec 2014, “Scientific Research Skills Program”, Deanship of graduate studies, KSU.
  • Databases of Life!, 13 Nov 2014, Bioinformatics Research Group (BioInG), CCIS, KSU.
  • ChIP-Seq Data Analysis, 6 Nov 2014, Bioinformatics Research Group (BioInG), CCIS, KSU.
  • Bioinformatics: Current State and Future Directions, 16 Oct 2014, Bioinformatics Research Group (BioInG), CCIS, KSU.
  • Motif Discovery Techniques, Workshop on AI & Robotics, CCIS, April 1, 2014.
  • Preparing for Your Thesis Defense, Software Engineering Department, Thesis Clinic, CCIS, April 8, 2014.
  • Bioinformatics: Current State and Future Directions, April 15, 2014, Saudi Computer Society.
  • Member of steering committee for BioSM-KSU 2014.
  • Introduction to Linux, Bioinformatics Research Group, CCIS, KSU, 23 Feb 2014.

Departmental Committees

  • Department council secretary 2nd term 1435-1436 H, 1436-1437H
  • Faculty schedules committee (member) 1435-1436 H, 1436-1437H
  • Resources coordinator 1435-1436 H, 1436-1437H
  • Honors program's pilot study (member) 1435-1436 H
  • Cickers pilot study (member) 2ns term 1434-1435 H
  • Student advisor 1435-1436 H, 1436-1437H
  • Student advisory council (member) 2nd term 1435-1436 H