Expert profile: Dr. Ahmed Yamani

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Description: Natural Language processing Interface to Database.
 Interfaces
 Curriculum Vitae
 Personal Details
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 Name: Dr. Ahmed Yamani
 Address:
 P.O. Box: 286376,
 Riyadh, 11323,
 Saudi Arabia
 Tel:+ 966 1 443 1443 (Office Direct)
 + 966 1 455 4462 (Home)
 GSM:+ 966 5044 10 373
 E-Mail: ayamani@stc.com.sa
 Qualifications:
 + Ph.D. in Computer Science in the field of Artificial Intelligence
 and its Applications towards Intelligent Systems. University of
 Greenwich, England. March 1998 (Saudi Embassy Scholarship).
 + MPhil. Master of Philosophy in Computer Science and Artificial
 Intelligence, direct transferred to Ph.D. University of Greenwich,
 London; transfer thesis has been completed in Nov. 1995. (Saudi
 Embassy Scholarship).
 + Postgraduate in Computer Science in Intelligent Knowledge Based
 Systems. University of Essex, England, 1988. (Saudi Embassy
 Scholarship).
 + B.Sc. in Computer Science, London International College, London,
 1986. (Saudi Embassy Scholarship).
 Employment / Career History:
 + Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC) (Nov. 1998 - to Date)
 Positions Held
 :
 + Advisor to the Vice President for System Integration and Strategic
 Planning
 + Head of the Integration & Interface Department
 + Chairman of the Integration & Interface Committee
 + AppTek (Application Technology) 1420 Beverly Road, Suite 350,
 McLean, VA. 22101, USA. (April 1997 - November 1999)
 Position Held
 :
 + Consultant and Software Developer.
 + Universities / Colleges Teaching Positions in the field of
 Computer Science.
 Positions Held:
 + University of Essex, Essex England, Department of Computer Science
 (1987 - 1988).
 + Tottenham College of Technology, London, Dept. of Computer Science
 (1989 - 1990).
 + University of Greenwich, London, School of Computing and
 Mathematical Sciences (1993 to 1997).
 + Ministry of Defence, Computer Department, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.
 (1978-1989).
 Positions Held
 :
 + Computer Operation Supervisor.
 + Computer Operation Manager.
 + Senior System Analyst. (Between 1986 -1989 only).
 + E. A. Juffali & Brothers, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia. (1973 - 1978).
 Positions Held
 :
 + Computer Operation Supervisor.
 + Computer Operation Manager.
 Publications:
 + Yamani A. and Al-Zobaidie A., Long-Distance Dependencies and
 Coordination Phenomena in Arabic Interrogatives: An LFG Treatment,
 The Second International Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
 1994.
 + Yamani A. and Al-Zobaidie A., Semantic Structures for Arabic
 Interrogatives and Coordinated Arabic Interrogatives: An LFG
 Treatment, The Second International Conference on Artificial
 Intelligence, 1994.
 + Yamani A, Al-Khonaizi M, Al-Zobaidie A. and Al-A'ali,
 Understanding Declaratives and Interrogatives of Arabic text: A
 Computational Linguistic Approach, The Second Symposium of the
 Arabization of Computers, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
 Arabia, March 1994.
 + Al-Zobaidie A., Al-Khonaizi M., Yamani A., al-A'ali M, Common
 Sense Knowledge Representation for Natural Language Processing: An
 LFG approach, in Processing Arabic Journal, Report 8, Nijmegen
 1995, Ditters E. (Ed.), Institute for the Languages & Cultures of
 the Middle East, -Nijmegen University Holland, ISSN 0921-9145, Pp
 47-78.
 + Yamani A. and Al-Zobaidie A., Computational Linguistics Approach
 to Question-Answering System for Arabic. In the 5th International
 Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing, ICEMCO-96,
 Cambridge University, April 1996.
 + Al-Khonaizi M., Yamani A., Al-Zobaidie A. and al-A'ali M. A New
 Declaratives & Interrogatives Approach to Natural Arabic Text: A
 Computational Linguistics Approach. In the 5th International
 Conference and Exhibition on Multi-lingual Computing, ICEMCO-96,
 Cambridge University, April 1996.
 + Yamani A. and Al-Zobaidie A., Natural Language Understanding for
 Question Answering System. In the Fourth IEEE International
 Conference Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS 1997.
 + Yamani A. and Al-Zobaidie A., Interrogative Common-sense Domain
 Knowledge for Enhancing the Intelligence of Question - Answering
 System. The 6th International Conference and Exhibition on
 Multi-lingual Computing, ICEMCO-98, Cambridge University, April
 1998.
 + Yamani A. & Al-Zobaidie A., Towards an Interrogative Language for
 the Constituents of Arabic Text Retrieval. In Processing Arabic
 Journal, Report 9, Nijmegen 1998, Ditters E. (Ed.), Institute for
 the Languages & Cultures of the Middle East, -Nijmegen University
 Holland.
 + Yamani A., Al-Zobaidie A., and Ibrahim M., Open Architecture for
 Natural Language Distributed Systems. In the 9^th International
 Conference & Workshop on Database & Expert Systems Applications
 (DEXA-98). Vienna Austria. August 1998.
 + Yamani A., & Al-Zobaidie A., An Active Object-Oriented Approach
 for Human Information System Retrieval. The 5th International
 Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis
 (ISAS'99). Orlando, Fl. USA. August 1999.
 + Yamani A., & Al-Zobaidie A., An Active Object-Oriented Approach
 for Natural Language Information Retrieval. Arabic Translation and
 Localisation Symposium (ATLAS-99). 1999 Tunis, Tunisia.
 Research Interests:
 + Artificial Intelligence Techniques and its Applications towards
 Natural Language Processing.
 + Natural Language Processing and its Applications towards Arabic /
 English Applications.
 + DataBase, Natural Language Interface, Question - Answering System,
 and Expert Systems.
 + Intelligence Systems & its telecommunication, business, & finance
 applications.
 Computer Projects:
 + Library Info-Master Database Management System (Pascal 1985).
 + Administrative System (COBOL 1984).
 + Critical Path Analysis (Pascal 1986).
 + Administrative Form Systems (COBOL 1986).
 + Graphics for Expert Systems (Prolog 1987).
 + Chart parser for English and Arabic Sentences (Prolog 1987).
 + Planner for Artificial Intelligence (Prolog 1987).
 + Intelligent Question - Answering System for Arabic & English
 (ProTalk - Kappa Expert System Tools 1995 - 1996).
 + Integrated Customer Management System (ICMS) DB2.
 + Business Support System, Finance Management System, (Oracle SQL
 1999).
 Consultancy Activities:
 Consultancy for the following Organisations:
 + Lloyd's Systems (UK) Ltd., London, Consultant in Software
 Developments and System Implementation. (1994 to Date).
 + The Saudi Arabian Embassy, London, Computer Department -
 Consultant in Software Developments and System Implementation.
 (1990 to Date).
 + AppTek (Application Technology), 1420 Beverly Road, Suite 350,
 McLean, VA 22101, USA. (1998 to Date).
 Membership of Professional Bodies:
 + Member of the British Computer Society (BCS).
 + Member of the Saudi Computer Society (SCS).
 Guest speaker at:
 + The Second International Conference on Language and Information
 Technology, 1993, Casablanca, Morocco.
 + King Saud University, College of Computer & Information Sciences,
 March 1994, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 + King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, The Research
 Institutes, Oct. 1993, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 + Westminster University - London, (then The Polytechnic of Central
 London), Department of Computer Science, Dec. 1991, London,
 England.
 + Greenwich University, School of Computing and Mathematical
 Sciences, Feb. 1996, London, England.
 + Bahrain University, Department of Computer Science, April 1995,
 Bahrain.
 + Cambridge University, Multi-lingual Computing Conference,
 ICEMCO-94, April 1994, Cambridge, England.
 + Cambridge University, Multi-lingual Computing Conference,
 ICEMCO-96, April 1996, Cambridge, England.
 + Cambridge University, Multi-lingual Computing Conference,
 ICEMCO-98, April 1998, Cambridge, England.
 + AppTek (Application Technology), 1420 Beverly Road, Suite 350,
 McLean, VA 22101, USA. (1998).
 + Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC), The Steering Committee,
 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1998 & 1999.
 References:
 (1)
 Professor Brian Knight, (Research Director, CMS School).
 University of Greenwich, School of Computing and Mathematical
 Sciences, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PF England.
 Tel: (+) 44 (0) 181 316 8664 - Fax: (+) 44 (0) 181 316 8665
 (2)
 Dr. A. Al-Zobaidie, (Senior Lecturer).
 University of Greenwich, School of Computing and Mathematical
 Sciences, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PF England.
 Tel: (+) 44 (0) 181 316 8530 - Fax: (+) 44 (0) 181 316 8665
 (3)
 Dr. Khamis A. Nahdi (Senior Researcher, Institute of Research).
 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), P. O. Box 427,
 Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
 Tel: (03) 860 3735