Dr. Youssef Iraqi received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Montreal, Canada, in 2000 and 2003 respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Khalifa University, UAE. Before joining Khalifa University, Dr. Iraqi was the chair of the Computer Science Department at Dhofar University, Oman, for four years. From 2004 to 2005, he was a Research Assistant Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Iraqi has published more than 110 research papers in international journals and refereed conference proceedings.