Highlights

1. Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science (Web of Science™)
2. "Honorable mention" AI 2000 Annual List in the field of the Internet of Things Top 100 in the world (96th), https://www.aminer.cn/ai2000/iot . Only one from KSU and other 2 from KAUST.
3. World's Best Computer Science Scientists: H-Index Computer Science Ranking in Saudi Arabia 2025/2026 | Research.com
4. M. Shamim Hossain | Scholar Profiles and Rankings | ScholarGPS, 24th worldwide in Deep Learning
5. Best Computer Science Scientists 2025/2026 in Saudi Arabia: https://research.com/scientists-rankings/computer-science/sa

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• Two Chair faculty members (Prof. M. Shamim Hossain [Director, CPMC] and Prof. Ghulam Muhammad [Member, CPMC]) from the College of Computer and Information Sciences are listed in the Top Cited Scholars 2026 by Scilit. (https://www.scilit.com/scholars/top-cited-scholars). It can be mentioned that a total of eight faculty members from King Saud University are on the list. 

• IEEE IWCMC 2026 Best Paper Award
• The IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Paper Award
• Top 2% of scientists in the world in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing (both Career-Long and single-year categories) (Stanford University)
• Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science™) Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science – 2023 [ Prof Shamim and Ghulam a total of 3 from KSU]
• Career-long citations ranked in the Top 2% of the Most-Cited Scientists in the world
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)
• Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science™) Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science – 2022
• ACM Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)
• Top 2% of Scientists in the world in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
• Top 2% of Scientists in the world in the Networking and Telecommunication field
• Scientific Excellence (Research Quality), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• DSR, KSU Research Excellence in publishing Top 2% in the field
• ACM Recognition as an ACM Senior Member
• Excellence in Research Award 2017, CCIS, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Excellence in Research Award 2016, CCIS, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• ACM Transactions on Multimedia Nicolas D. Georganas Best Paper Award
• Best Paper Award, CLOUDCOMP 2016
• Excellence in Research Award 2015, CCIS, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• The Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE ICACT’2014, Phoenix Park, South Korea, Feb 16-19, 2014