Associate Professor
Dr. Maher has been an Associate Professor in the College of Technological Innovation since August 2019. Before joining Zayed University, Maher worked in both industry and academia. Professionally, working in the banking and consultation sector, Maher was responsible for developing and implementing various credit and behavioural scoring models that served as essential tools for credit decision-making. Besides, he was carrying validation exercises for banks risk models against best practices and standards. In academia, he worked on various projects in intelligent systems, financial modelling, sustainability and healthcare analytics in the UK and UAE. Maher also is an IBM certified Artificial Intelligence Analyst.
Maher has been an active researcher; his work can be seen in prestigious journals and international conferences such as the Journal of Big Data, Expert Systems with Applications, knowledge-Based Systems and Annals of Operational Research. Similarly, he is a regular reviewer for leading journals such as Expert Systems with Applications and IEEE Access in credit scoring.
- B. Sc. in Computer Science, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan, 2016
- M. Sc. in Modelling and Management of Risk, Brunel University London, United Kingdom, 2011
- Ph. D. in Credit Risk Modelling with Machine Learning, Brunel University London, United Kingdom, 2007
- Management Information Systems
- IT Project Management
- Data Analytics
- Data Science
- Data Science Lab
- Senior Project
Research Area(s)
- Intelligent Systems for Credit and Behavioral Scoring
- Time Series of Stock Exchange Market Modelling
- Sustainability and Lean Manufacturing
- Business Process Mining
- Blockchain and IoT in Supply Chain Management
- Capital Stress Testing in Banks
- Credit Impairment and IFRS9 Modelling in Banks
- Health-Care Data Analytics and Optimization
- Infectious Disease Modelling
Grants
- Co-Principal Investigator, Zayed University Cluster Research Fund, AED 500,000, January 2021 – December 2022
- Principal Investigator, Zayed University Research Incentive Fund, AED 185,500, December 2020 – November 2022
- Principal Investigator, Zayed University Start-up Fund, AED 20,000, March 2020 - February 2021
