Tuesday 27 June 2017

Ashraf Alkhairy has Issued Various Academic Publications during his Career Span

Ashraf Alkhairy holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has a Bachelors and Masters from MIT. Alkhairy has won the Guillemin prize for best undergraduate thesis in EE Image Coding Using Short-time Fourier Transform Magnitude in 1985. 

As a research scientist with the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Program he co-supervised graduate theses, co-taught a graduate course on multidimensional signal processing, and assisted Chrysler, Kodak, HP and Polaroid in characterizing and improving their manufacturing productivity from 1991-1992.

Ashraf Alkhairy has issued various academic publications, some of them are:
  • Design of FIR filters by complex Chebyshev approximation in Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (1991)
  • Optimal product and manufacturing process selection: issues of formation and methods for parameter design (1992)
  • An efficient method for IIR filter design In Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1994.ICASSP-94
  • Synthesis of Optimal Nonrecursive Filters, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, June 1994.
  • On IIR filter design In Circuits and System

Co-Authored 
  • Speech recognition using composite phones." SpringerPlus 5, no. 1 (2016): 2008.
  • Developing a unit selection voice given audio without corresponding text
  • Statistical Formant Speech Synthesis for Arabic.
  • Comparison of international learning outcomes and development of engineering curricula In ASEE Annual Conference. 2009.
Professor Ashraf Alkhairy has extensive research, employment, and administrative experience. He has worked as an advisor in organizations like Chrysler, Hewlett-Packard, Schlumberger, Saudi Aramco, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC). He was the lead negotiator for the science and technology collaboration agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Ashraf Alkhairy is the Former Founding Dean of the College of Engineering at Alfaisal University

Ashraf Alkhairy, a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is the former Founding dean of the College of Engineering at Alfaisal University. He has served as the Dean from July 2006 until March 2009.

Initially, he was appointed as the Engineering, Research and Technology Officer, and a Senior Member of the Alfaisal University Core Team commencing on October 2005. He was responsible for developing the strategy for the engineering academic program, and research and technology; and proposed the engineering undergraduate and graduate curricula. He also developed the framework for the technology incubator and information technology. 

From July 2006 until March 2009, Ashraf was appointed as the Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He developed the College of Engineering strategy, established it, and chaired the advisory committee of 12 senior faculty members from MIT and Cambridge.

He developed and strategized the curriculum, designed the facilities, recruited and trained the faculty, and mentored students. Ashraf Alkhairy served as themember in the Alfaisal University senior leadership and was a member of University Council, Council of Deans, and the Council of Administrators.

Alkhairy holds Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D.in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has various honors and awards to his credit. He won the Guillemin prize for best undergraduate thesis in EE and later he became a Member of Sigma Xi honorary research society.

In May 2005, he was awarded an Executive Masters in Business Administrationdegree from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)with top honors. He studied Economics and Finance at MIT and Harvard. He has taken training in project management, information technology and software engineering.


Ashraf Alkhairy’s Book

One day, Ashraf Alkhairy would like to publish all of his academic research as a book. He wants to do it for himself so he can see all the...