Arafat Awajan
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Jordan
Biography
Prof. Arafat Awajan is a Full Professor at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT). He received his PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Franche-Comte, France in 1987. He has held various administrative and academic positions at the Royal Scientific Society and Princess Sumaya University for Technology. Head of the Department of Computer Science (2000 - 2003) Head of the Department of Computer Graphics and Animation (2005 - 2006) Dean of the King Hussein School for Information Technology (2004 - 2007) Director of the Information Technology Center, RSS (2008 - 2010) Dean of Student Affairs (2011 - 2014) Dean of the King Hussein School for Computing Sciences (2014-2017) He is currently the vice president of the university (PSUT) . His research interests include: • Natural Language Processing • Arabic Text Mining • Digital Image Processing.
Research Interest
Computer Science
Publications
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Hudaib A., Suleiman D. Awajan A. 2016. A Fast Pattern Matching Algorithm Using Changing Consecutive Characters. Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Volume 9, Number 8, 399-411. doi: 10.4236/jsea.2016.98026.
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Awajan A. 2016. Semantic Similarity Based Approach for Reducing Arabic Texts Dimensionality. International Journal of Speech Technology (Springer). June 2016, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp 191–201. DOI. 10.1007/s10772-015-9284-6. 13 Pages
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Alian M., Awajan A., Al-Kouz A. 2016. Word sense disambiguation for Arabic text using Wikipedia and Vector Space Model. International Journal of Speech Technology (Springer). pp 1–11. DOI 10.1007/s10772-016-9376-y
