Farah Kamw

Farah Kamw is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Wayne State University. With a PhD in Computer Science (2019) from Kent State University, her expertise spans 18 years of software development, academic teaching, and research in information visualization and database management.

• Education: PhD (Kent State), MSc (University of Zakho), BSc (University of Baghdad)

Her research focuses on Information Visualization and Visual Analytics of spatial-temporal data, particularly through 8 publications (2013-2021) addressing urban mobility patterns, trajectory analysis, and geospatial data integration. She has developed several open-source visual analytics tools including TrajAnalytics and SparseTrajAnalytics, applying both document and graph database techniques.

Farah teaches core Computer Science courses such as Algorithm Design, Programming Languages, and Database Systems. Her technical skills include Python, C++, Java, SQL, NoSQL databases, and GIS technologies.