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Dr. Saif Mohammed S A Al-Kuwari
Associate Professor
Dr. Saif Mohammed S A Al-Kuwari
Associate Professor
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Cryptography
PhD in Cybersecurity
Entity
College of Science and Engineering
Division
Information & Computing Technology
Biography
Dr. Saif Al-Kuwari is an associate professor at the College of Science and Engineering and the director of Qatar Center for Quantum Computing (QC2) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Dr. Saif Al-Kuwari graduated in computer engineering from the University of Essex and has two PhDs in Cryptography and Cybersecurity from the University of Bath and Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a fellow of IET and BCS and a senior member of IEEE and ACM. His research focuses on quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and quantum machine learning.
PhD in Cryptography
University of Bath, United Kingdom
2012
PhD in Cybersecurity
Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
2012
BEng in Computers and Networks
University of Essex, United Kingdom
2006
- Quantum computing
- Quantum cryptography
- Quantum machine learning
Associate Professor
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2024 – Present
Director
Qatar Center for Quantum Computing, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2023 – Present
Assistant Professor
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2019 – 2024
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2018 – 2019
Director
Information Technology Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2013 – 2018
Kaldari, J., & Al-Kuwari, S. (2026). Challenge-response quantum reinforcement learning with application to quantum-assisted authentication. Quantum Machine Intelligence, 8(2).
Mouaji, M., & Al-Kuwari, S. (2026). Multiparty quantum key agreement: Architectures, state-of-the-art, and open problems. Computer Science Review, 63, 101047.
Saini, R., Behera, B. K., Al-Kuwari, S., Conti, M., Ehsanpour, M., & Farouk, A. (2026). NEQRX: A Quantum Image Encryption and Reversible Data Hiding Scheme with Reduced Circuit Complexity. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 1–16.
Khan, M. A., Shahmir, S., Rahim, M. T., Al-Kuwari, S., & Abbas, T. (2026). Quantum repeater chains via Cavity-Magnon for scalable quantum networks. IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, 1–11.
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar
- 2017; Fellow of the IET.
- 2017; Fellow of the BCS.
- 2012; The PhD platinum prize, 5th Education Excellence Day, Qatar.
- 2007; The Graduate Platinum prize, 1st Education Excellence Day, Qatar.