His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel,
President of King Abdulaziz City for Science & technology
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed I. Al-Suwaiyel, is the President of KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (KACST), holding rank of a Minister from 1 July, 2007. KACST is a government institution in Saudi Arabia charged with the development of science and technology. Born in Al-Mahad (Saudi Arabia) on 25/12/1950, he obtained his B.S. degree in General Engineering (Systems) from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in 1972, M.Sc., in 1975 and Ph.D., in Computer Science (Algorithms) in 1979 from the University of Southern California.
He worked at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) as Chairman of the Systems Engineering Department, Chairman of Computer Science Department, and Dean of the Computer Science and Engineering College. He moved to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) as Vice President for Research Institutes from 1991 to 2003. He was Governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission from March 2003 till June 2007.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of organizations, the most recent of them is the Board of Directors of SAUDI ARAMCO since 2001.
Dr. Al-Suwaiyel has given a number of courses in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics and Data Security at KFUPM and King Saud University, and has published a number of conference and journal papers in international and regional organizations. His research interests are in the areas of computational complexity, cryptography and data security.