Raida al-Alawi

Raida Al-Alawi, Ph.D., SMIEEE, MIET, ACM, ABET PEV, serves as the President of the Bahrain Society of Engineers and is a member of the IEEE CEAA since June 2022. Currently an adjunct professor at the American University of Bahrain, Raida has been with BFG International as Director of Technology Development since August 2019 and has served as a Program Evaluator for ABET since June 2016. Prior experience includes positions as Dean of Student Affairs at Ahlia University and Associate Professor at the University of Bahrain, where responsibilities included teaching courses in digital systems, computer hardware, and embedded systems. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Artificial Neural Networks from Brunel University of London, an MS in Computer Engineering from King's College London, and a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kuwait University. Research interests encompass embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, neural networks, hardware/software co-design, and computer vision.