Education

• 1990

  Bachelor degree from Computer Science DepartmentFaculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

• 2001

  Master degree from Computer Science DepartmentSchool of Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University, واشنطن, امــريــكـا

• 2010

  Doctorate degree from Computer Science DepartmentThe Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, فيرفاكس, امــريــكـا

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Research Interests

• Computer Graphics, Animation.

• Computer Visualization.

• Computer Games Design and Development.

• Computer Science Education.

• Algorithms and Data Structures Visualization.

Selected Publications: 

• S. Shabanah, "Computer games for algorithms learning", in Handbook of Research on Improving Learning and Motivation through Educational Games: Multidisciplinary Approaches . A book edited by Dr. Patrick Felicia, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland, 2011.

• S. Shabanah, J. Chen, H. Wechsler, E. Wegman, and D. Carr, "Designing computer games to teach algorithms," in ITNG 2010: Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Infor- mation Technology: New Generations. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: IEEE Computer Society, 2010.

• S. Shabanah and J. X. Chen, "Simplifying algorithm learning using serious games," in WCCCE ’09: Proceedings of the 14th Western Canadian  Conference on Computing Education. Burnaby, BC, Canada: ACM, May, 2009, pp. 34–41.

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