Kassem Saleh received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Ottawa in Canada in 1985, 1986 and 1991. He worked at Bell Canada from 1985 to 1991, at Concordia University for one year, and at Kuwait University from 1992 to 2000. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Math at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Saleh is ranked in 8th position among the top scholars in the Field of Systems and Software Engineering in annual assessments published by the Journal of Systems and Software in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

He was awarded the distinguished young researcher prize in 1994 and the distinguished teacher prize in 1996 from the College of Engineering and Petroleum at Kuwait University.

His current research and teaching interests include software engineering, distributed systems, internet computing and electronic commerce. Dr. Saleh presented many tutorials and invited talks at international conferences and universities worldwide.