Adam Khalid is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology. As the Dean of the Faculty, he is dedicated to advancing academic excellence and fostering innovation within the fields of engineering, science, and technology. Under his leadership, Faculty has established the International Conference on Innovations in Engineering, Science and Technology for Sustainable Development (ICEST) and the Maldives Journal of Engineering and Technology (MJET). Both initiatives serve as important platforms for scholarly exchange and intellectual development within the institution.

He is currently pursuing his PhD from the University Teknologi Malaysia. The area of research is on advanced persistent threat detection using machine learning. He completed a Master of Computer Science from the University of Western Australia (2012). During his master’s, he was actively involved in researching automatic assessment of Java code written by novice programmers. He did a Bachelor of Computer Science from Victoria University of Wellington (1995).

He has over 26 years of teaching experience in secondary and tertiary education. He taught several subjects ranging from Mathematics to Computer Programming subjects. He is proficient in programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, HTML/CSS, web design, SQL Server, and R.

•  Teaching and Learning Programming
•  Software Testing
•  Programming Languages
•  Data Mining
•  Software metrics
•  Machine and Deep Learning
•  Artificial Intelligence
•  Cyber Security

1. Data Structures and Algorithm.
2. Advance Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis
3. Artificial Intelligence
4. Advanced Database Management System
5. Operating Systems
6. Discrete Mathematics
7. Software Engineering
8. Pure Mathematics
9. Logical and Physical database Design

Master’s Thesis.

1. Can BGP be used to solve the routing problem. (completed in 2015)
2. Understanding sustainability of Maldivian Public Ferry Transport System with Unified Information Management System in Place. (completed in 2015)
3. Factors Influencing the Adoption of mobile apps within the public sector of Maldives. (Completed in 2014)
4. GIS Map for wireless networks in Male’ and Hulhumale’ (2024)

Final Year Projects.

1. Randha Adam: Maldivian Sign Language (MvSL) to Speech/Text and vice versa
2. Mariyam Shaha Shahid: Haashaviyani; Learn with AR
3. Mohamed Lywaan: Data scraping and warehousing of multiple archives with post processing to analyze trends, correlations, and machine learning models for pattern recognition.
4. Mohamed Humaamu: Optical character recognition (OCR)Dhivehi
5. Aishath Sidhra Hussain: Developing an Artificial Intelligence based algorithm to recognize plants using images.

1. Information technology Consultant for the Human Resource Development Survey conducted in the Maldives in 2004.
2. Developed the Dhivehi Dictionary. This was the first electronic Dictionary developed in the Maldives. (2002)
3. Developed the course materials for the Foundation Studies Computer course run by the Maldives College of higher education. (faculty of education) (2005)
4. Written the textbook for the Certificate in Computer Studies. This is a programme run for weaker students in schools so that they can become computer technicians. (2005).
5. Developed the course contents for the National Computer Literacy Program in 1998.
6. Developed the scheme of work for the subject computer studies for all the secondary schools. (2002)
7. Developed course outlines for computer hardware certificate levels 1,2,3 for Centre for continuing education. (2004-2005)
8. Worked with a team in developing the Electricity Billing software. (1990).

1. Advanced Persistent Threat Detection Framework: A Survey (published in IEEE 2021)
2. Automatic Assessment of Java code (Maldives National University Research Journal Vol1 2014.

1. Head of Department Information Technology Maldives National University, Faculty of Science (2005-2009, 2015-2017, 2018-2020, 2018-2021
2. Lecturer Maldives National University, Faculty of Management and Computing. (2010- 2021)
3. Assistant lecturer at the Maldives College of Higher Education Faculty of Management and Computing. (2004-2005)
4. Head of the Computer studies department in Dharumavantha school and Majeediyya School (1996-2003)
5. Supervisor State electric company. Network administrator and Database Developer for the company. (1988-1991)

1. Member of the academic senate Maldives National University. (2014-2016) and (2021 – present)
2. Chair and member of the appeals committee Maldives National University. (2012- 2018)
3. Member of the Management Committee. Maldives National University, Faculty of Science. (2015 – present)
4. Member of the Faculty Advisory Committee. (2015 – present)