PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Mohammad S. Obaidat

Also known as Mohammad Salameh Obaidat

A computer scientist, Obaidat works across adaptive learning, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. He earned degrees at Aleppo University and The Ohio State University, became an IEEE Fellow in 2005, and served as president of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International. His adaptive-learning and cloud-recommender papers won conference awards, while his IEEE Systems Journal work received four Best Paper Awards in 2020 and one in 2021. As founding dean at the University of Sharjah, he led a college whose computer science program Times Higher Education ranked number one in the UAE; he also co-edited books on federated learning and edge cybersecurity in 2024 and 2025. He is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Jordan's King Abdullah II School of Information Technology, where his research interests include machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data analytics.

Born
1952
Works
1,272
Citations
22,912
h-index
73
Rankings
#95 by first-author papers and #38 by cited papers
Badges

Years link to their sources. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1994–1997

    IEEE and ACM lectures

    At Aleppo University, he earns a B.S.; at The Ohio State University, he earns M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering. From 1994 to 1997, he serves as an IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Speaker, and he becomes an ACM Distinguished Lecturer in 1995.

  2. 2004–2005

    A Fulbright in Jordan

    He serves as a Fulbright Scholar to Jordan during the 2004–2005 academic year.

  3. 2005

    An IEEE fellowship

    The IEEE names him a Fellow in 2005 for contributions to adaptive learning, pattern recognition and system simulation.

  4. 2009–2014

    SCS leadership and awards

    From 2009 to 2011, he serves as president of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS). In March 2012, while he is a professor of computer science and software engineering at Monmouth University, SCS gives him its Presidential Service Award. The society gives him its Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.

  5. 2009–2017

    Best paper awards for AI

    In 2009, his adaptive-learning system for congestion avoidance in wireless sensor networks wins an IEEE AICCSA Best Paper Award. IEEE CITS gives his cloud recommender-system sentiment-analysis papers Best Paper Awards in 2013 for learning automata and in 2017 for deep learning.

  6. 2018–2021

    ComSoc and IEEE Systems awards

    The IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Communication Software gives him its Technical Achievement Award in December 2018 for contributions to cybersecurity, wireless networks, computer networks and modeling and simulation. The IEEE Systems Journal gives him four Best Paper Awards in 2020 and one in 2021.

  7. 2020

    Founding dean at Sharjah

    In 2020, he is Dean of the University of Sharjah’s College of Computing and Informatics. During his tenure as founding dean, Times Higher Education ranks the college’s computer science program number one in the UAE.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at the University of Jordan

    He co-edits Federated Learning for Digital HealthCare Systems, published by Elsevier in 2024, and Cybersecurity Defensive Walls in Edge Computing, published in September 2025; the latter covers real-time vulnerability detection and mitigation through AI/ML techniques. His research interests include machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data analytics. As of October 2026, he is a Distinguished Professor at the King Abdullah II School of Information Technology at the University of Jordan.

Career

  1. Since 2017University of JordanDistinguished Professor
  2. 2023–2026SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  3. 2023–2026SRM University
  4. 2021–2024Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad
  5. 2019–2024University of SharjahFounding Dean
  6. 2018–2020Nazarbayev University
  7. 2018–2026Amity University
  8. 2018–2026University of Science and Technology Beijing
  9. 2015–2020University of Sfax
  10. 2014–2020Fordham University
  11. 2009–2011Society for Modeling and Simulation InternationalPresident
  12. 2009–2011Netaji Subhas University of Technology
  13. 2009–2012Ohio State University
  14. 2009–2013University of Delhi
  15. 2003–2008University of Carthage
  16. 1996–2018Monmouth UniversityProfessor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
  17. 1993–1997City University of New York
  18. 1992–1995City College of New York
  19. 1989–1992University of Missouri

Education

  1. University of Aleppo
  2. Ohio State UniversityMaster's degree

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. BHEEM: A Blockchain-Based Framework for Securing Electronic Health Records2018 · IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps) · 340 citations
  2. International Journal of Communication Systems2005 · International Journal of Communication Systems · 322 citations
  3. Blockchain-based identity management systems: A review2020 · Journal of Network and Computer Applications · 315 citations
  4. Verification of computer users using keystroke dynamics1997 · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) · 295 citations
  5. A Cooperative Quality-Aware Service Access System for Social Internet of Vehicles2017 · IEEE Internet of Things Journal · 287 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Mohammad S. Obaidat. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes University of Jordan. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Jordan. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes City University of New York. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Biography theobaidat.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Obaidat, Mohammad S. — The INFORTE.fi programme inforte.jyu.fi. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Mohammad S. Obaidat - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Monmouth University Professor Obaidat Wins Prestigious SCS Presidential Award monmouth.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Awards and Recognition theobaidat.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Organized by the UoS' College of Computing and Informatics CIAR 2020 to Discuss the College Current Strategic Plan and Accomplishments sharjah.ac.ae. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Published Books theobaidat.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Cybersecurity Defensive Walls in Edge Computing - 1st Edition | Elsevier Shop shop.elsevier.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Teaching and Research Interests theobaidat.com. Checked 21 October 2026.