Dr. Eshaa M. Alkhalifa
P.O.Box 24398
Tel (mobile): xxxxxxxx
Awards and Accomplishments:
In 2009
a. Formed the first Women in Engineering group in
Bahrain, and became a member of the committee of Gulf Women Engineers who took
the responsibility of several functions at the IEEE GCC conference in Kuwait.
b. Started implementing the approach published in the 2008 Transactions
paper in instruction, and was offered the post of Dean of Information
Technology at the Royal University for Women.
In 2008
a. Elevated to Senior member status by IEEE, the Institute for Electrical
and Electronic Engineers based upon at least 5 years significant achievement in
the field of computer sc.
b. Biography appears as a distinguished educator in Marquis Who's who in
the World (Silver Edition 25th Anniversary).
c. Established a new approach to presenting information to University
students based upon the paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Education
(refer below to no. 6 and was granted written support from the Supreme Council
for Women to implement this new approach.
In 2007
a. International Educator of the Year Award 11th July, 2007 for
the significant contribution of Cognitively Informed Systems, by The
International Biographical
b. Biography appears as a distinguished educator in Marquis Who's who in
the World.
In 2006
a. Science Day Award given by HRH Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Alkhalifa, the
Prime Minister of Bahrain for outstanding educational achievement, for the PhD
degree level.
b. Brought the original SAT exams to the campus of the University of
Bahrain and supervised the administration of the test
c. Obtained a unique TOEFL identification number for the University of
Bahrain to receive direct grade transfers from the USA when students take the
test at any testing center in the world.
d. Designed the strategy plan for the Deanship of Admissions and Registration
and presented it to the University Council.
In 2005
Examined a Masters student
studying at the Information System Department, Massey University, New Zealand.
In 2003
Was appointed by her highness Shaikha Sabika bint Ebrahim as a member on a special purpose Committee of
Research and Studies in the Women’s Supreme Council –Kingdom of Bahrain under
the chairmanship of Dr. Fatma Albalooshi.
In 1991
Science
Day award given by HRH Shaikh
Isa Bin Salman Alkhalifa, the Amir of Bahrain for
outstanding educational achievement, for the Masters degree
level.
In 1990
Science
Day award given by HRH Shaikh
Isa Bin Salman Alkhalifa, the Amir of Bahrain for
outstanding educational achievement, for the BSc
degree level.
Academic Qualifications:
§ Passed the PhD viva on 2ndAugust 2004.
§ May 2004 – Oct 1999 ---- Ph. D. student status
The
Department of
Artificial Intelligence, (now part of the
§ Oct 1998 – Oct 1999 ---- Post Grad student status
The
Department of
Artificial Intelligence, (now part of the
§ Jan 1989 – May 1990 ---- M.S. in Artificial Intelligence
George
Washington University, Washington DC.
G.P.A. 4.0/4.0
Superior
grade in their (then 8hr) comprehensive exams.
§ Sept 1983 – Dec 1988 ---- B.Sc. in Computer Science
G.P.A. 3.88/4.0
Employment History:
§ As of 1st August 2009- Dean of College of Information Technology
Royal University for Women.
§ September 2005–2006 Director of Information, Data Analysis & Statistics
Deanship of Admissions and Registration,
§ Jan 2005-2008 Assistant Professor
The
Department of Computer
Science,
§ Jan 2005 – Dec 2001 ---- Graduate Assistant
The
Department of Computer
Science,
(New College formed)
§ Dec 2001 – Oct 1999 ---- Graduate Assistant
The
Department of Computer Science,
§ September 1990 – August 1994 ---- Lecturer
The
Department
of Computer Science, College of Science.
Session Chairing, other activities:
Chairing
sessions at conferences including; ICALT (2005-Now); ICONIP (2002)
Committee of Research and Studies in the Women’s Supreme
Council –
Chairing the Editorial Board of the AIRM series edition
entitled E-Strategies for Resource Management Systems: Planning and
Implementation with an advisory board that contain several well known
individuals in the field.
Chairing a committee that will supervise the
authorship of an encyclopedia in Informing Science
(the committee will be formed officially following the initial meeting mid June
in the USA)
Received an invitation to join the
editorial board of a new IET journal based upon a recommendation by Prof.
Andrew Muller IET.
Society memberships:
1. IEEE Computer Society
2. IEEE Women In Engineering Society (chairman of
Bahrain’s Affiliate Group)
3. IEEE Standards Society
4. AIED – Artificial Intelligence in Education Society
5. IADIS - International Association for the
development of the information society.
6. Human Resource Development Consulting Group,(HRD200) LLC (my specializations are education,
training and strategy)
C ommittee Membership:
1. Program Committee member of the International Conference on
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT, IEEE), PC member from (2004-Now)
2. Program Committee member of the
Cognitive Science Conference (CogSci), Cognitive
Science Society, PC
member from (2004-Now)
3. Program Committee member of the
Informing Science + IT education joined conference (INSITE), Informing Science
Society, PC member from (2005-Now)
4. Program Committee member of the
International Conference of e-learning, IADIS, PC committee member from
(2005-Now)
5. Program Committee member of the
International Conference on Web Communities, IADIS, PC committee member from
(2005-Now)
Reviewing For:
Conferences:
1. ICALT, IEEE.
2. CogSci, The Cognitive
Science Society Conference.
3. InSite, Informing Science Conference.
4. e-learning, Web Communities, IADIS group.
Journals:
1. IEEE
Transactions on Education
2. Educational
Technology & Society, IFETS, IEEE
3. Scientific
Journals International
4. The
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (Dec 2003)
Publications:
http://www.jenoa.org/owner/Publications.html
Books and Edited Books:
Alkhalifa, E. M. (to be published
2010), E-Strategies for Resource Management Systems: Planning and
Implementation which is part of the renown AIRM series (Advances in Information
Resource Management) which is an ongoing series from 2002 to date. Hershey: Idea Group Publishing.
Alkhalifa, E. M. (2006), Cognitively
Informed Systems: Utilizing Practical Approaches to Enrich Information
Presentation & Transfer, Hershey: Idea Group Publishing.
Alkhalifa, E. M. (2004), Using Novel Semantic and Informational
Manipulations of Rules to Extend an Interpretive Approach to Conditional
Reasoning, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Refereed Journal papers & Book Chapters:
1. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(In Press), Empirical Comparison of the Educational Impact of Hyperlinks to
Multimedia Systems with respect to Student Choice and Learning Style, International Journal of Distance Education
Technologies, Idea
Group Inc.
2. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2009). Exhibiting the Effects of the Episodic Buffer
on Learning with Serial and Parallel Presentations of Materials, Informing
Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline,vol 12, pp 57-71. http://inform.nu/Articles/Vol12/ISJv12p057-071Alkhalifa228.pdf
3. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2009). Open Student Models: Mirror Modeler, The Encyclopedia of
Distance Learning, Teaching, Technologies, and Applications (2nd
Edition), P. L. Rogers, G.
A. Berg, J. V. Boettecher;C. Howard; L. Justice; K. D. Schenk
(Eds), Idea Group Inc.
4. Alkhalifa, E.M. (2009), Multimedia
Evaluations Based on Cognitive Science Findings, In S. MahbuburRahman (Ed.), Multimedia Technologies:Concepts, Methodologies,Tools, and
Applications Idea
Group Inc.
5. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2008), The Effects of Sequential Programming Instruction
on Gender Differences in an IT Course, IEEE
Transactions on Education.
6. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2008), The Effects of Using a
Bulletin Board on Gender differences in Program Coding, American Association for Computers in Education
Journal, AACEJ.
7. Alkhalifa, E. M. (In Press), Multimedia Evaluations Based on Cognitive
Science Findings, Encyclopedia of
Information Science and Technology 2nd Edition,, Idea Group Inc.
8. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2006), A Learner's Cognitive Levels of Thought, International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance
Learning, Duquesne
University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2006.
9. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2006), Cognitively Informed Systems; Justifications and Foundations in E.M.
Alkhalifa (Ed) Cognitively Informed Systems:
Utilizing Practical Approaches to Enrich Information Presentation &
Transfer, Idea Group
Inc.
10. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2005), Cognitively Informed Multimedia Interface Design, The Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction, Idea Group Inc.
11. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2005), Open Student Models: Mirror Modeler, The Encyclopedia of
Distance Learning, Teaching, Technologies, and Applications, Idea Group Inc.
12. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2005), Effects of the Cognitive Level of Thought on Learning Complex Material,Educational Technology & Society, IFETS, IEEE, vol. 8(2), pp. 40-53.
13. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2005), Multimedia Evaluations Based on Cognitive Science Findings, Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Vol. I-III, Idea Group Inc.,
vol.4, pp.2058-2062.
14. Alkhalifa, E. M. & Al Balooshi, F., (2003), A 3-Dimensional framework for
Evaluating Multimedia Educational Software, Virtual Education: Cases in Learning and Teaching Technologies, Fawzi Al Balooshi (Ed), Idea Group Publishing.
15. Al Balooshi,
F. & Alkhalifa, E. M. (2002), Multi-Modality as a Cognitive Tool, IFETS Special Issue: Innovations in Learning
Technology, IEEE. Online copy at http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_4_2002/albalooshi.pdf
16. Alkhalifa, E. M. & Pain, H.
(2000), Learning at
the Mental Gym: How to Get Mentally Fit for the task you have at hand, Special Issue on Intelligent Systems/Tools in
Training and Lifelong Learning, Journal of Interactive Learning Research AACE, v. 11, no.3/4.
Refereed Conference papers:
1. Alkhalifa, E.M.(2008). Exhibiting
the Effects of the Episodic Buffer on Learning with Serial and Parallel
Presentations of Materials, Proceedings of the Informing Science + Information
Technology Education (InSite 2009), to appear, Mason,
Georgia, USA.
2. Alkhalifa, E.M.(2008). Investigating
Limited Perception Effects from a Cognitive Science Perspective,
Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society,CogSci 2008, Washington,
D.C.
3. Alkhalifa, E.M. (2008). Towards Demonstrating Limited Cognitive Bandwidth, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning
Technologies, ICALT 2008,Santander, Spain.
4. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2006), Effects of Learner misconceptions on learning, CELDA Cognition and Exploratory Learning in
Digital Age, IADIS,
5. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2005), The Effects of the structure of digits on the learning of
bilingual, CELDA Cognition and
Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, IADIS, Porto, Portugal.
6. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2005), Investigating the Interaction between Learner Cognitive Styles
and Two Multi-Media Teaching Styles,
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2005, Kaohsiung,Taiwan.
7. Alkhalifa, E.M. (2004), Gender Differences in Learning
Through Online Collaboration in a Reserved Society, Proceedings of
the 2004 Information Resources Management Association International Conference,
IRMA 2004, pp.868-870, New Orleans, Louisiana.
8. Alkhalifa, E.M. (2004), The effects of live Problem Solving in an
Internet Based Mathematics Tutorial System, Proceedings of the 2004 Information Resources Management
Association International Conference, IRMA 2004, pp. 871-874, New Orleans, Louisiana.
9. Alkhalifa, E.M.
(2003), Towards a Model for the Selection Task: A Tensor Based Architecture, 10th International Conference on Neural
Information Processing, ICONIP’03,
10. Alkhalifa, E.M.
(2003), Towards a Model for the Selection Task: A Tensor Based Architecture, 10th International Conference on Neural
Information Processing, ICONIP’03,
11. Alkhalifa, E. M.& AlDallal,
L. (2002), Mirror Modeler: A Web Based Interactive Mathematics Modeling System, International Conference on Computers in
Education, ICCE 2002.NZ,
12. Ahmed, J.
& Alkhalifa, E. M. (2002), Efficient Single Layer
Handwritten Digit Recognition Through An Optimizing Algorithm, 9th International Conference on Neural Information
Processing, ICONIP'02, Singapore.
13. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2002), A Tensor-Competition Based Architecture: To Capture
the Infleunce of Word Sense, 9th International Conference on Neural Information
Processing, ICONIP'02,
14. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2002), The “Meaning” of Structure in
Digits, 9th International Conference on
Neural Information Processing, ICONIP'02, Singapore.
15. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2002), The Effects of Meaning in a
White/Black Setting on Reasoning, The
6th Australasian Cognitive Science Society, OzCogSci
'02, Fremantle,
Western Australia.
16. AlDallal, L. & Alkhalifa, E. M. (2002), Web Based Interactive Mathematics
Modeling System, The 6th Australasian
Cognitive Science Society, OzCogSci '02,
17. AlBalooshi, F. & Alkhalifa, E. M. (2002), Evaluating Multi-Media Educational
Software: The DAST Experience,
Proceedings of the 2002 Information Resources Management Association
International Conference, IRMA 2002, pp. 20-23,
18. Alkhalifa, E. M. & AlBalooshi, F. (2002), A Web Based Model of an Adaptable
Multi-Media Intelligent Tutoring System,
Proceedings of the 2002 Information Resources Management Association
International Conference, IRMA 2002, pp.24-27,
19. Alkhalifa, E. M.
(2001), Directional Thought Effect in the Selection task, Proceedings of the Third International Conference
on Cognitive Science, ICCS 2001, pp. 171-176,
20. Alkhalifa, E. M. (2001), Egoistic Reasoning 'In Time' in
the Selection Task, Proceedings of the
Third International Conference on Cognitive Science, ICCS 2001, pp. 109-113, Beijing, China.
21. Al Balooshi, F. & Alkhalifa, E. M.(2001), Multi-Modality as a
Cognitive Tool: Towards a Multi-Modal ITS,
IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2001, pp. 231-234,
22. Alkhalifa,
E. M. (2001), Why Re-Invent the wheel? Insights from Cognitive Research
on Continued Education in Logic,
Millennium Dawn in Training and Continued Education,MDTCE-2001,v.1, pp. 139-146,
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