Abdulkareem Alali

About

Dr. Abdulkareem Alali is a distinguished academic and industry professional with a deep background in Computer Science and Software Architecture. Having earned a PhD in Computer Science from Kent State University, with a specialization in software evolution, maintenance, and repository mining, he has made significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by his publications in top-tier international conferences.
Dr. Alali’s industry experience is equally impressive. He has held architectural roles leading software development teams at reputable organizations, including Morgan Stanley, Bandwidth, Inc., and currently Franklin Templeton, where he serves as a Solutions Architect to the Advisor Digital Solutions Technology group. His strategic thinking and technical expertise have been instrumental in delivering high-quality, industry-recognized enterprise software products.

A dedicated educator, Dr. Alali has successfully led academic initiatives, including curriculum development and accreditation efforts. His unique ability to bridge the gap between academia and industry has been a driving force behind institutional growth and innovation. In addition to his leadership roles, Dr. Alali is committed to mentoring and guiding students on their paths to successful software development careers and advanced degrees, demonstrating his unwavering dedication to both academic and professional development.

Selected Publications

Conference Proceedings

• Abdulkareem Alali, Huzefa Kagdi, Jonathan I. Maletic, “What’s a Typical Commit? A Characterization of Open Source Software Repositories”, International Conference on Program Comprehension, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008.
• Ruoming Jin, Dave Fuhry, Abdulkareem Alali, “Cost-Based Query Optimization for Complex Pattern Mining on Multiple Databases”, International Conference on Extending Database Technology, Nantes, France, 2008.
• Saleh M. Alnaeli, Abdulkareem Alali, Jonathan I. Maletic, “Empirically Examining the Parallelizability of Open Source Software Systems”, the Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 2012.
• Abdulkareem Alali, Brian Bartman, Christen Newman, Jonathan Maletic, “A Preliminary Investigation of Using Age and Distance Measures in the Detection of Evolutionary Couplings”, The Mining Software Repositories, San Francisco, California, 2013.

Theses

• Abdulkareem Alali. “Improved methods for mining software repositories to detect evolutionary couplings”. Ph.D. Dissertation, Kent State University, Department of Computer Science, 2014.
• Abdulkareem Alali. “An Empirical Characterization of Commits in Software Repositories”. M.S. Thesis. Kent State University, Department of Computer Science, 2008.

Patents

• Max Beckers, Adam Galaska, Abdulkareem Alali, “Unified management and processing of multi-type emergency communications in voice over internet protocol (VoIP) environments”. Patent number: 11941970, Assignee: Bandwidth Inc., Date: March 26, 2024