Personal Info
- Country of residence: Portugal
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Biographical Sketch
Abdalfatah Najjar is a final-year Ph.D. candidate specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Animation at Menoufia University in the Arab Republic of Egypt. He holds a Master's degree in Multimedia from Umeå University in Sweden and a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine.
He serves as a lecturer at the College of Arts and Design in the Multimedia/Graphics program at Palestine Polytechnic University, where he teaches the majority of core courses for the specialization. Additionally, he provides academic supervision to Multimedia/Graphics students.
Research Interests
AI and Animation
Computer Game design and development
Multimedia production
Computer graphics
Animation (2D, 3D)
Multimedia programming
Social Media
eLearning
Personal Information
Marital status: married
Number of children: 7
Nationality: Palestinian
Date of Birth: Sept. 01, 1981
Publications
Towards Enhancing the "Lightweight-GAN" Model to be text-guided image for Generating Animated Character Faces under publishing
Generation of animation characters using deep learning 2024
Using Social Networking Technology to Enhance Learning in Higher Education: A Case Study using Facebook: Abdalfatah Najjar ,First Conference of Digital Information Technology - Modern Trends in The Information Technology, Alzarqa University, Amman-Jordan 9-11 October 2012
Digital Zoo (2):The world through animals eyes: Abdalfatah Najjar ,First Conference of Digital Information Technology - Modern Trends in The Information
Technology,Alzarqa University, Amman-Jordan 9-11 October 2012
Happiness Measurements and its applications in real time systems: Abdalfatah Najjar ,First Conference of Digital Information Technology - Modern Trends in The Information Technology,Alzarqa University, Amman-Jordan 9-11 October 2012
Handwritten signature recognition system: Abdalfatah Najjar, Creativity conference , Palestine Polytechnic University, 2012.
Your happiness degree from your face: Abdalfatah Najjar,Creativity conference , Palestine Polytechnic University, 2012.
Palmprint Identification System (PIS): Adi Anani and Abdalfatah Najjar ,Third Palestinian International Conference on Computer and Information Technology
(PICCIT), Palestine Polytechnic University PPU, 14-3-2010 .
Digital Zoo(1):Abdalfatah Najjar, Made In Palestine conference MIP, Palestine Ramallah, 2010.
EDUCATION
PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Animation (Expected April 2025) 4 years
Major: Artificial Intelligence and Animation
Minor: Leveraging AI for Animation Generation
Institution: Al Monofia University, Egypt
Master of Multimedia and computer Graphics (Two Years)
Major : Media Signal Processing
Minar : Multimedia and Graphics
Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Date of Graduation: April 2009.
Bachelor of Engineering
Major : Electrical Engineering
Minar : Computer System Engineering
Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine
Date of Graduation: May 2005.
Fellowships and Awards
Linnaeus-Palme exchange program between Umea University and Palestine Polytechnic University. Master two years exchange student 2007-2009
Palestinian Education Foundation scholarship Five years 2000-2005
Courses Taught
2D animation Production
3D animation modeling
3D animation production
Interactive animation programming
Multimedia Production
Multimedia Programming
Interactive game development
Computer Programming
Visual Programming
Human Computer Interaction
Special Topics in multimedia
Innovation for business 1
Abroad Academic/Administration Contribution:
In 2022, for a period of ten days, I was part of the diplomatic team representing Palestine in Zimbabwe. My role involved delivering training courses to the President's staff in the fields of artificial intelligence and social media. This was organized in coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the State of Palestine in the capital, Harare.
In 2023, I was nominated by the university administration to participate in the international camp in Indonesia for a full month. The camp focused on issues related to artificial intelligence, the sustainability of tourism, and industry, in coordination with Muhammadiyah University there.
In 2024, I was nominated by the university administration to represent Palestine at the Winter School in Bonn, Germany. The program focused on outer space issues and cooperation among Middle Eastern countries.
Community Contribution and Voluntary experience
Judgment in many technology projects with corporation with:
Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Telecommunication.
Ministry of Higher Education.
Al-Naizak educational and scientific organization.
President of the Association for Educational Affairs Charity in Al-Fawwar Camp (2021- Present)
A volunteer Friday preacher with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in the West Bank (2004–Present).
Coordinator of the Palestine Education Foundation Canada in the Palestinian Territories, a charitable organization supporting Palestinian students in the Palestinian Territories since 2004–Present.
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