Dr. Hashem Tamimi received his Ph.D. from the Department of Cognitive Systems at the University of Tubingen, Germany, 2006. He holds a master degree in computer science from the University of Jordan and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Palestine Polytechnic University. He is currently an assistant professor at the Faculty of Information Technology and Computer Engineering at Palestine Polytechnic University, where he teaches artificial intelligence, machine learning and other courses. His research interests include computer vision, machine learning, and bioinformatics