Prof. Arafat Awajan

Professor

Arafat Awajan is a Professor of Computer Science. Since February 2024, he has served as the Vice President for Scientific Research at the Royal Scientific Society, Jordan's premier applied research institution. Prof. Awajan has held several senior executive and academic positions, including: President of Mutah University (2020-2023), Vice President, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (2017- 2020), Dean of the King Hussein Faculty of Computing Sciences, PSUT and Founding Dean of the faculty from 2004 to 2007 and from 2014 –2017, Dean of Students Affairs at PSUT (2011- 2014), Advisor to PSUT president for the admission and registration (2011- 2015), Registrar General, PSUT (2011- 2012), Adjunct Professor at New York Institute for Technology –Amman Campus (2006 – 2007), Associate Professor, School of Engineering and Technology - Department of Computer Science – New York Institute of Technology (2007-2009), Director of the Information Technology Center, Royal Scientific Society – Amman – Jordan (2009 –2010), Chairperson of Department, Computer Graphics and Animation Department, King Hussein School for Information Technology, PSUT (2005 –2007), Chairperson of Department, Computer Science Department, King Hussein School for Information Technology (2002 –2005). Prof. Awajan is an active researcher, his research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language processing, Text Compression, and Image Understanding. He has published over 150 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. He established and led the PhD program of computer science in PSUT on 2015 and the Natural Language Processing research group since 2016. He received a number of research grants and supervised more than thirty Master and PhD theses. He has published extensively in refereed journals and international conferences, and served as the chair of a number of international conferences (EBEL 2025, ICTCS 2017, ICTCS 2019, ETCEA 2022, IJCC 2024, ICTCS 2025). He has also served as a chair or member of different program and scientific committees for a number of international forums and conferences. Prof. Awajan has over 30 years of experience in both public and private sector organizations. He has been actively involved, with the information technology industry in Jordan and across the middle east. He holds a Bachelor’s Dergee in Electronics from the university of Orléans (France), and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Burgundy - Franche-Comté – UBFC (France). He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Burgundy - Franche-Comté – UBFC (France) in 1988.