In the presence of the Head of the Computer Science Department, Professor Dr. Alaa Kazem Farhan, the Department’s Educational Guidance Unit held its first meeting with the Software Branch students for the (second, third, and fourth) stages on Wednesday, 11/15/2023, in the discussion room in the Computer Science Department building. In the presence of the Scientific Assistant, Professor Dr. Abeer Tariq Mawlud. Head of the Computer Security and Cybersecurity Branch, Assistant Professor Dr. Iyad Hazem Ibrahim, Director of the Educational Guidance Unit, Dr. Muhammad Ghani, and member of the Educational Guidance Committee in the branch, Professor Dr. Nidaa Falih Hassan, and Dr. Inaam Sakr Nasser began the meeting with a welcoming speech by the Department Head, during which he expressed his pride and appreciation for the department’s students and graduates by saying (the students are our gain) and his emphasis on many axes, including the need for students to adhere to a series of references to solve the problems they face, and the mutual respect that must prevail between the student and his professors and attention. Personal hygiene, modest dress, following university instructions and schedules on the department’s website, respecting employees, the necessity of participating in student activities held by the department and the university, adhering to official working hours, and preserving public property and laboratories.

The Head of the Computer Science Department, Professor Dr. Alaa Kazem Farhan, received the Dean of Al-Turath University, Professor Dr. Jaafar Jaber Jawad, accompanied by the Head of the Computer Science Department at the university, Professor Dr. Abdul Mohsen Jaber Abdul Hussein, to increase ties. Joint cooperation between the two universities in academic fields and holding activities and seminars.

Under the patronage of the President of the University of Technology, Professor Dr. Ahmed Muhammad Hassan Al-Ghaban, and under the supervision of the Head of the Computer Science Department, Professor Dr. Alaa Kazem Farhan, in cooperation with the Al-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies, and in the presence of the advisors, department heads, teachers, and students from various Iraqi universities, and based on the principle of cooperation with state institutions, the Computer Science Department organized the symposium tagged “Cybersecurity and its impact on national security” in the discussion room in the Computer Science Department building today, Tuesday, 11/14/2023. The session was opened by the head of the department, Professor Dr. Alaa Kazem Farhan, with a welcoming speech to the attendees, in which he stated that the Computer Science Department is honored to cooperate with the most important state institution, which is the National Security Advisory, as it is no secret to everyone that the process of data exchange has become one of the important things in the arena, so it has become modern trends. To hold joint seminars between state institutions and the academic sector. The head of the department decided to choose cooperation between it and the National Security Advisory, as they are specialists in the applied field and the department is specialized in the academic field. The concept of cybersecurity is not a product of the moment, but rather a collection of previous visions in preserving data and networks. The symposium included four lectures in which the Computer Science Department participated, with two lectures. The first was given by the lecturer in the Computer Security and Cybersecurity Branch in the department, Professor Dr. Hala Bahjat Abdel Wahab, and the second lecture was given by the head of the branch, Assistant Professor Dr. Iyad Hazem Ibrahim. Al-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies also participated in two lectures, the first of which was presented by Major General Abdel Amir Al-Muhammadawi and the second one by Mr. Ali Abdel Tohme. In conclusion, the head of the department distributed certificates of appreciation to the lecturers. A photo was taken of the participants in the symposium.

The Department of Computer Science discussed the doctoral thesis Estimating The Real Size and Speed Of Moving Objects Using A Propose Camera Calibration Method For the doctoral student (Saif Bashar Neamah), Computer Science/General, today, Monday, 11/13/2023, in the discussion room in the Computer Science Department building, in the presence of the Department Head, Professor Dr. Alaa Kazem Farhan. The thesis aims to build a system for monitoring vehicle traffic, estimating the speed and size of vehicles, classifying them and counting them based on the deep learning convolutional neural network algorithm and the multi-tracking algorithm. Artificial intelligence algorithms, specifically single-stage deep learning neural networks, were adopted to process video files in real time and achieve stable results and fast performance. The discussion committee consisted of Prof. Dr. Mathil Emad Al-Din Abdel Moneim as Chairman, and Prof. Dr. Abeer Tariq Mouloud, Prof. Dr. Shaima Hamid Shaker, Prof. Dr. Yousry Hussein Ali, Prof. Dr. Ghada Kazem Tohme, and Prof. Dr. Abdul Amir Abdullah as members. Karim is a member and supervisor.