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Faten Hamad is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Information Studies Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman and the library and in Information Science and Educational Technology Department, University of Jordan, Jordan. She is specialized in computer science and information science. She obtained her PhD degree in information science from Aberystwyth University, the UK, 2013. She has published more than 50 scientific papers in information studies in international peer-reviewed journals, conference books, seminars and workshops.

Her research interests are big data and data analytics, smartness and AI applications, information systems implementations and management, sustainable development, organizational innovation and organizational sustainability and scientific research and education.

Nabahan Harith Al-Harrasi is an Associate Professor of Information Studies at Sultan Qaboos University. He previously served as Dean of the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He currently serves as President of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information and is the former President of the Special Libraries Association – Arabian Gulf Chapter. He has made significant contributions at regional and international conferences and is an active scholar and professional in the field of library and information science. He received his PhD in Information Science from the University of Sheffield in 2012.