Education

• PhD from the School of Computing at University of Leeds-UK - 2005
• MSc. Computer Science, University of Jordan with rate Excellent 3.37/4.
• BSc. Computer Science, University of Jordan with rate Very Good.

Research Interests

• Natural language processing
• Chatbots
• Human-Computer interaction
• Information retrieval
• Question Answering Systems
• Artificial Intelligent
• Machine Learning
• e-Learning, LMS, CMS, m-Learning

Selected Publications

1.  Abu Shawar, B., Swalha, M, Al-Obeidallah, M., & Alshdaifat, A. (2024). A Mobile Application for Harmonized Recitation and Text Display. (2024). Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences, 18(3), pp. 505–512.
2.  Atawneh, S., Alshammari, Z., AL-Akhras, M., & Abu Shawar, B. (2024). A Security Framework for Addressing Privacy Issues in the Zoom Conference System. Internet Services and Information Security, 14(1), pp. 242–265.
3.  Abu Shawar, B., Al-Sadi, J., & Mejri, S. (2024). Assessing Institutional Readiness for Education in Emergency: A Statistical Analysis. Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences,18(5), pp. 947–955.
4.  Alawida, M., Abu Shawar, B., Abiodun, O.I., Mehmood, A., Omolara, A.E., & Al Hwaitat, A.K. (2024). Unveiling the Dark Side of ChatGPT: Exploring Cyberattacks and Enhancing User Awareness. Information. Vol 15, issue 1, 2024. 
5.  Kuhail, M.A., Abu Shawar, B., Hammad, R. (2023). Trends, Applications, and Challenges of Chatbot Technology, 2023, IGI Publisher. pp. 1–373
6.  El Hindi k., Abu Shawar, B.  , Aljulaidan, R., Alsalamn, H. 2020. Improved Distance Functions for Instance-Based Text Classification. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. Volume 2020.
7.  Abu Shawar, b. 2017. Integrating CALL Systems with Chatbots as Conversational Partners. Journal of Computacion Systemas. Volume 21, issue 4, pp. 615-626.
8.  Abu Shawar, B., and Atwell, E. 2016. Usefulness, Localizability, Humanness, and Language-benefit:  additional evaluation criteria for Natural Language Dialogue systems.  International Journal of Speech Technology, Springer. Volume 19, Issue 2, pp 373-383.
9.  Abu Shawar, B., Atwell, E., 2015. ALICE Chatbot: Trials and Outputs. Journal of Computacion Systemas. Volume 19, issue 4, pp. 625-632. 
10.  Abu Shawar, B. and Atwell, E. 2007. Chatbots: Sind Sie wirklich nu"tzlich? (are they really useful?) LDV-Forum Journal for Computational Linguistics and Language Technology, 22(1), pp.29-49. 2007.

Teaching Courses

• Computer Security Fundamentals, Cryptography, Risk Asessment and Management, Cybersecurity Laws and Policies
• User Interface Design, Object Oriented Analysis and Design
• Object Oriented Programming with Java, Advanced Java, C++, C#, Intorduction to programming with Java
• Sofware Engineering, Software Development, distributed Operating System, Data Structure and Algorithm using Python,
• Operational Research, Databse Systems.
• Linear ALgebra, Descre Mathmatics, Probability
• Computer Organisation, Computer Skills, Reserach Methodology, Theory of Computation

 

 

Memberships

Member of the editorial board committee of International Arab Journal of e-Technology.

 

 Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

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