Dr Hussein Samma
Research Engineer III (SDAIA-KFUPM JRC-AI) | CIE Dept. Affiliate
Office: 22/145
Phone: 7324
Email: hussein.binsamma(at)kfupm.edu.sa
Education
- PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Vision), School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, 2016
- MS in Computer Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2009
- BS in Computer Engineering, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 2006.
Areas of Specialization : Artifical Intelligence
Research Interests :
- Large Language Models
- Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Computer Vision
- UAV Navigation & Control
Teaching
- ISE 291: Introduction to Data Science
- ICS 520: Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning for Robotics
Selected Publications
- Samma, Hussein, et al. "Fusion of Visual Attention and Scene Descriptions with Deep Reinforcement Learning for UAV Indoor Autonomous Navigation." IEEE Access (2025).
- Samma, Hussein, and Sami El-Ferik. "UAV Visual Path Planning Using Large Language Models." Transportation Research Procedia 84 (2025): 339-345.
- Samma, Hussein, Sadam Al-Azani, and Sami El-Ferik. "UAV-based real-time face detection using yolov7." Transportation Research Procedia 84 (2025): 331-338.
- Samma, Hussein, Ali Salem Bin Sama, and Qusay Shihab Hamad. "Optimized deep learning model for medical image diagnosis." Journal of Engineering Research (2024).
- Samma, Hussein, and Sami El-Ferik. "Autonomous UAV Visual Navigation Using an Improved Deep Reinforcement Learning." IEEE Access 12 (2024): 79967-79977.
- Samma, Hussein, et al. "Contrastive-based YOLOv7 for personal protective equipment detection." Neural Computing and Applications 36.5 (2024): 2445-2457.
- Samma, Hussein, and Ali Salem Bin Sama. "Optimized deep learning vision system for human action recognition from drone images." Multimedia Tools and Applications 83.1 (2024): 1143-1164.
- Lahasan, Badr, and Hussein Samma. "Optimized deep autoencoder model for internet of things intruder detection." IEEE Access 10 (2022): 8434-8448.
