Prof. Aiman Erbad is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering at Qatar University. In 2005, Dr. Erbad was appointed as a Teaching Assistant in the College of Engineering, and then obtained an MSc in Embedded Systems and Robotics from the University of Essex (United Kingdom) in the same year. In 2012, he obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada). Dr Erbad joined Qatar University as an Assistant Professor in 2012 and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2019. He then worked as a faculty member in the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University since 2020 and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2024.
Dr. Erbad served as the Head of the Information and Computing Technology Division at the College from 2021 to 2024. Prior to this, he was the Director of Research Planning and Development at Qatar University from 2018 to 2020. He also served in Qatar University as the Director of Research Support responsible for all grants and contracts from 2016 to 2018, and as the Computer Engineering Program Coordinator from 2014 to 2016.
Dr. Aiman Erbad has extensive academic and technical experience in the areas of edge intelligence, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and private and secure networks. Dr. Erbad received the Platinum award from HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Education Excellence Day 2013 (PhD category). He received four international best paper awards and more than 12 major research grants from Qatar National Research Fund programs at Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council. He is an editorial board member in four international journals. He published more than 200 papers in top conferences and journals and helped organize many international IEEE and ACM conferences. Dr. Erbad obtained a Master in Business Administration (MBA) in 2023 and currently serves as a board member in Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC).