Laiali Almazaydeh received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2013 from University of Bridgeport, USA. She is an associate professor at Faculty of Information Technology, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan.
Previously, during her PhD study, in February 2011, Almazaydeh was invited to the United Nations in Manhattan to lead panels aimed at attracting more women into the field of science and technology, and the American Association of University Women asked her talk about the status of women and girls rights globally, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Also, Laiali has been awarded financial scholarship from Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the international honors society for computing and information sciences, she was selected based on her superlative academic record, extracurricular activities, and recommendations from academic advisers.
Laiali has published more than 40 research papers in various international journals and conferences proceedings, her research interests include human computer interaction, pattern recognition, and computer security. She received best paper awards in 3 conferences, ASEE2012, ASEE2013 and ICUMT 2016. Recently she has been awarded two postdoc scholarships from European Union Commission and Jordanian-American Fulbright Commission.