Dr. Mohammad S. Samarah
Teaching Professor · Non-Tenure Track
Department of Information Systems Office of Professional Programs
College of Engineering and Information Technology
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About
Dr. Samarah is a computer scientist and a software engineering practitioner with experiences in teaching, administration, industry, and research. His area of research interest is in the intersection of big data, intelligent applications, and real- time systems for healthcare, whole-body wellness, and education. He built many systems, applications, and tools including applications for data analytics and visualizations spanning learning management systems to electronic medical records to specialized research applications for the analysis of axon regeneration. Dr. Samarah received a bachelor’s in engineering from Northern Arizona University in Computer Science and Engineering and holds a master’s and doctorate degrees in Computer Science from Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Samarah’s industry and academic experiences include senior leadership positions at Harris Corporation (now L3Harris) in Melbourne, Florida, senior engineering positions with Emulex Corporation in Seattle, and a founding member of Florida Polytechnic University college of engineering and college of innovation and technology in Lakeland, Florida.
Research interests
The intersection of big data, intelligent applications, and real-time systems.
Teaching interests
Software engineering, data engineering, and machine learning.
Education
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Ph D, Computer Science
— Florida Institute of Technology (2003) Toward Secure Embedded Real-Time Mobile Code
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MS, Computer Science
— Florida Institute of Technology (1999) AGI: A Communication Architecture for Mobile Agents
- BS, Computer Science and Engineering — Northern Arizona University (1990)
Presentations
- The Digital Nutrition Label A Tool for Ethical Software Design Education and Validation 2026
Courses Taught
- SENG 645 Advanced Software Engineering
- SENG 601 Ethics in Software Engineering