About Me

Ph.D from Simon Fraser University in Computing Science. Master of science from University of California Irvine in Computer Engineering. Currently, I am a faculty member at King Saud University.   I worked in Multidisciplinary Design Program (MDP) at The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at University of California Irvine in USA for two years.

دكتوراه من جامعه سايمون فريزر بتخصص علوم الحاسب و ماجستير من جامعه كالفورنيا بارفاين بتخصص هندسه الحاسب. حاليا انا عضو هيئه تدريس بجامعه الملك سعود. عملت في مؤسسه كاليفورنيا للاتصالات وتكنولوجيا المعلومات بجامعه كاليفورنيا بأرفاين لعامين.  حاصله على عده جوائز عالميه ومحليه. 

 § Michael A. J. Sweeney Award to the best student paper presented at 2019 Graphics Interface conference.

§ Summer 2019, Travel award from Computing Science at Simon Fraser University.

§ Spring 2019, Computer Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) from Simon Fraser University.

§ Summer 2018, Travel award from Computing Science at Simon Fraser University.

§ Summer 2017, Computer Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) from Simon Fraser University.

§ Fall 2015, New Scholar Award from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.

§ Fall 2014, New Scholar Award from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. 

  1. Ohoud Alharbi, Ahmed Sabbir Arif, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Mark D Dunlop, and Andreas Komninos. WiseType: A Tablet Keyboard with Color-Coded Visualization and Various Editing Options for Error Correction. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2019 (GI '19). Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society (CHCCS), Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

2. Ohoud Alharbi, Ahmed Sabbir Arif. 2018. The Perception of Humanoid Robots for Domestic Use in Saudi Arabia. In CHI 2018 Workshop on Exploring Participatory Design Methods to Engage with Arab Communities (April 22, 2018). Montréal, QC, Canada, 6 pages.

3. Ohoud Alharbi, Patty Cortez. 2016. Understanding Players’ Engagement and Perceived Difficulty when Designing Games. In CHI 2016 Game User Research workshop (May 8, 2016). San Jose, CA, USA.

4. Ohoud Alharbi, Chantal Fry, Martha Han, Qi Shi, and Iris Zeng. 2015. The Design and Development of an Educational Game for Upper-Elementary School Children: Down with Food. In 11th Annual Games Learning Society Conference (GLS) on showcase. Madison, USA.

5. Alharbi, Ohoud. and Gupta, Sunakshi. From Detection to Exposure: Critical Perspective of Emotion Awareness Technology. International Journal of Computer Science, 12(6).

6. Ohoud Alharbi, Areej Alwabil, Nora Alarfaj, Lamya Alhathlool, Maha AlGhofaily and Danya Madani. The Design and Development of an Online Multimedia Language Assistant for Arabic-Speaking Web Users with Dyslexia. in HCI International Conference, (Las Vegas, USA, 2013).