Ahmed Abu-Halimeh, Ph.D.

Interim Director; Professor
School of Computer and Information Science
Bio
Dr. Ahmed Abu Halimeh is a Professor and Interim Director of the School of Computer Science and Information Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Interim Director of the Emerging Analytics Center. His expertise spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, information quality, health informatics, data analytics, and software engineering. He has more than 13 years of experience in higher education, research, academic leadership, project management, and ABET accreditation, with numerous scholarly publications and research projects.
Education
University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
PHD
08/2009 12/2011
Integrated Computing
University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
MS in Information Science
08/2006 – 2006/2008
Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan
BSC of Science
02/1999 -12/2003
Computer Science
Research
Data/information Quality
Data Analytics
Data Integration
Human Computer Interaction
Health Informatics
Publications
AI-enhanced ECG for acute coronary syndrome triage: A state-of-the-art reviewKG a, VB a, NG b, KS b, AR c, AA b, RFSII a, LB a, BA a, MA d, JFS b, …
Cardiovascular Revascularized Medicine (CRM) journal. 2026
Health Informatics and Data Migration Integrity Nexus: Implications, Challenges and SolutionsMO Lawanson, A Abu-Halimeh, O Ajiferuke, T Olayinka
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology .2025
Socioeconomic Determinants of Health Outcomes and Healthcare Access in the United State of America: A Review ApproachOM Lawanson, A Abu-Halimeh, O Ajiferuke
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology .2025
SSN filtering method with pre-trained models for entity matching in data washing machineB Sajid, A Abu-Halimeh, JR Talburt . AI Insights 1 (1), 1929-1929 . 2025
Leveraging advanced technologies to improve telemedicine delivery in NigeriaOM Lawanson, A Abu-Halimeh, O Ajiferuke
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews (WJARR) . 2025
Machine learning techniques in healthcare provider fraud detection and analysis: A systematic literature reviewS Chellappan, A AbuHalimeh
AI Insights 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025)) 2025
Enhancing data curation with spectral clustering and Shannon entropy: An unsupervised approach within the data washing machineEC Hathorn, AA Halimeh
Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 1786-1786. 2024
Pre-trained models for linking process in data washing machineB Sajid, A Abu-Halimeh, N Jakot Computing and Artificial Intelligence 23. 2024
Exploring Other Clustering Methods and the Role of Shannon Entropy in an Unsupervised SettingEC Hathorn, AA Halimeh Computing and Artificial Intelligence. 2024
An Information Quality Framework for Managed Health CareG Crossette-Thambiah, B Daniel, AH Ahmed Journal of Healthcare Leadership .2024
Comprehensive review for healthcare data quality challenges in blockchain technologyA AbuHalimeh, O Ali Frontiers in Big Data 656. 2023
Artificial intelligence, wearables and remote monitoring for heart failure: current and future applicationsN Gautam, SN Ghanta, J Mueller, M Mansour, Z Chen, C Puente, YM Ha, …Diagnostics 12 (12), 2964 . 2022
Information Quality ToolsA AbuHalimeh. 2022
Improving Data Quality in Clinical Research Informatics ToolsA AbuHalimeh Frontiers in Big Data 5 (2624-909X) . 2022
A comparative study: Blockchain technology utilization benefits, challenges and functionalitiesO Ali, A Jaradat, A Kulakli, A Abuhalimeh Ieee Access 9, 12730-12749. 2021
A comparative study: Blockchain technology utilization benefits, challenges and functionalities. Future Internet, 13 (11), 290O Ali, A Jaradat, A Kulakli, A Abuhalimeh . 2021
A comparative study: blockchain technology utilization benefits, challenges and functionalities. IEEE Access 9, 12730–12749 (2021)O Ali, A Jaradat, A Kulakli, A Abuhalimeh. 2021
A best-effort integration framework for imperfect information spacesFS Ashraf Jaradat,Ahmed Abu Halimeh,Aziz Deraman Int. J. Intelligent Information and Database Systems 5, 2018
Human Activities Recognition Via Smartphones Using Supervised Machine Learning ClassifiersHCK Ahmed Younes Shdefat, Ahmed Abu Halimeh. 2018
The Impact of Facebook’s News Fact-Checking on Information Quality (IQ) Shared on Social Media.AA Halimeh, P Pourghomi, F Safieddine ICIQ. 2017
Right-click Authenticate adoption: The impact of authenticating social media postings on information qualityP Pourghomi, AA Halimeh, F Safieddine, W Masri
2017 International Conference on Information and Digital Technologies (IDT …2017
Measuring Value Added: Join vs Sort Operations Applied to Visualization of DataA AbuHalimeh, D Pullen, ME Tudoreanu IQ International. 2017
Subjective Information Quality in Data IntegrationA AbuHalimeh, ME Tudoreanu. 2014
Subjective information quality in data integration: evaluation and principlesA AbuHalimeh, ME Tudoreanu
Information Quality and Governance for Business Intelligence, 44-65. 2014
Perception of value-added through a visual join operation.A Abuhalimeh, D Pullen, ME Tudoreanu ICIQ. 2013
Integrating Information Quality in Visual AnalyticsA Abuhalimeh. 2012
Task-dependence of subjective believability in integration of scientific dataA Abuhalimeh, ME Tudoreanu, T Mustafa
International Journal of Information Quality 3 (1), 71-8. 2012
How People Perceive the Accuracy of InformationA Abuhalimeh, ME Tudoreanu, EA Peterson AIP Conference Proceedings 1326 (1), 74-79. 2011
Subjective evaluation of believability in visualization of data.A Abuhalimeh, ME Tudoreanu, T Mustafa ICIQ. 2011
Integrating information quality in visual analyticsAA Halimeh University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 2011
Chowdhury, Parimal 65, 93 Compadre, Cesar M. 106, 143 Curtis, Joey 170A Abuhalimeh, NN Affifi, R Agarwal, N Akel, N Ali, SD Allen, P Alusta, …2010
Subjective evaluation of perception of accuracy in visualization of data.A Abuhalimeh, ME Tudoreanu, EA Peterson ICIQ. 2010
Awards and Honors
Selected for 2024 Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who (03/24) Member ID: 8C5F7F7
American University of the Middle East:
- Best Graduation Achievement Award 2019 ÷ Coding Competition Achievement Award 2019
- Startup and Innovation Activity Achievement Award 2019 – ABET Service Award 2018
- Best Graduation Project Award 2018
University of Arkansas at Little Rock:
- Staff Achievement Award 2009 and 2012
- College of Engineering and Information Technology Service Award 2011
- College of Engineering and Information Technology Achievement Award 2012
- Ballou-Pazer IQ Dissertation Competition – Best Dissertation Award 2012
Teaching
Information Quality Tools
Introduction to Health Informatics
Licensures and Certifications
Certified Cheif Data Officer
Memberships
IEEE Senior Member
Service
Interim Director -School of Computer and Information Sciences
Interim Director-Emerging Analytics Center
Work History
Health Informatics Program Manager -Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) 2019-2021
CIS Faculty – American University of the Middle East -Kuwait 2013-2019
