Dr. Samer Nofal
Associate Professor
OFFICE: M317
PHONE: +962 6 4294444 Ext. 4131
Biography

Dr Samer Nofal develops decision support systems for real-life applications focusing on predictive analytics and leveraging artificial intelligence. Additionally, he formulates algorithms, especially for computing exact solutions of problems known only to be solvable generally in exponential time.

Dr Samer Nofal has extensive experience in university teaching. He teaches subjects closely related to artificial intelligence, such as machine learning, data analytics, and business optimization. Likewise, he teaches algorithms analysis and design, discrete mathematics, and programming fundamentals.

Educational Background

PHD Degree in Computer Science, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Master's Degrees in Computer Science, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Hashemite University, Jordan.​
Research Interests

Business Intelligence, Business Operations Optimisation, Logistics Optimization, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Soft Computing, Computer Algorithms.

Selected Publications

2023 Samer Nofal,"A combinatorial algorithm and its application in computing all minimum toll sets of graphs",Open Computer Science,2023
2023 Samer Nofal,"Forecasting next-hour electricity demand in small-scale territories: Evidence from Jordan",Heliyon,2023
2023 Samer Nofal, Amani Abu Jabal, Abdullah Alfarrarjeh, Ismail Hababeh,"On the Characteristic Functions in Listing Stable Arguments",International Conference on Advanced Engineering, Technology and Applications, Springer Nature,Switzerland,2023
2022 Samer Nofal, Amani Abu Jabal, Abdullah Alfarrarjeh, Ismail Hababeh,"Validation of Labelling Algorithms for Abstract Argumentation Frameworks : The Case of Listing Stable Extensions",International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, Springer International Publishing,2022
2021 Samer Nofal, Abdullah Alfarrarjeh, Amani Abu Jabal,"A Use Case of Anomaly Detection for Identifying Unusual Water Consumption in Jordan",Water Supply,2021 [View]
2021 Samer Nofal, Amani Abu Jabal, Abdullah Alfarrarjeh, Ismail Hababeh,"On Computing Stable Extensions of Abstract Argumentation Frameworks",2021 [View]
2019 Samer Nofal, Katie Atkinson, Paul E Dunne, Ismail Hababeh:,"A New Labelling Algorithm for Generating Preferred Extensions of Abstract Argumentation Frameworks",21st International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) ,(1):340-348,2019 [View]
2019 Samer Nofal, Katie Atkinson, Paul E Dunne,"On Checking Skeptical and Ideal Admissibility in Abstract Argumentation Frameworks",Information Processing Letters,148:7-12,2019 [View]
2019 Samer Nofal, Katie Atkinson, Paul E. Dunne,"On deciding admissibility in abstract argumentation frameworks",11th international conference on knowledge engineering and ontology development,67-75,2019 [View]
2019 Samer Nofal, Katie Atkinson, Paul E. Dunne,"Computing Grounded Extensions of Abstract Argumentation Frameworks",The Computer Journal,2019 [View]
2016 Samer Nofal, Katie Atkinson, Paul E. Dunne,"Looking-ahead in backtracking algorithms for abstract argumentation",Int. J. Approx. Reason,78: 265-282,2016 [View]