Mohammad Alhefdi, PhD

About

Smart City Expert and Digital Transformation Leader specializing in IoT, Blockchain, AI, Complex Systems, and Data-Driven Urban Systems—driving sustainable, resilient, and citizen-centric city development aligned with Vision 2030.

Experience

• King Khalid University (3 yrs 2 mos)
  • Assistant Professor
    Oct 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Oct 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos
    Present

  • Vice Dean for Educational Affairs and Development
    Jun 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Jun 2026 - Present · 6 mos
    Present

  • Head of Computer Engineering Department
    Apr 2024 - Sep 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• University of Alabama at Birmingham (6 yrs 7 mos)
  • Researcher at Integrated Systems Center at UAB
    Apr 2018 - Jul 2024 · 6 yrs 4 mos

    Smart city systems researcher (IoT, CPS, and Blockchain): I have been working on the smart city domain, emphasizing IoT and Blockchain, by investigating and applying complex and graph theory techniques to analyze and design complex systems.

  • Coordinator at Integrated Systems Center at UAB
    Jan 2018 - Jul 2024 · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    Jan 2018 - Apr 2018 · 4 mos

• Postdoctoral Scholar in the UAB School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery at UAB School of Medicine
  Jul 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  As a postdoctoral scholar, I have been engaging in activities that will include, but may not be limited to: • Neural signal processing, research, and data collection • Research in Neural Engineering • Investigating the brain's nervous system and developing AI models to treat neurological disorders (e.g., Essential Tremor (ET) and Parkinson's Disease (PD)). • Planning to bring a brain-machine interface perspective to investigate the neural mechanisms behind movement disorder symptoms.