Dr. Salaheddin Alakkari is an Associate Professor at  the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems in the University of Limerick. His research interests lie in big data analysis, AI, and signal processing.

He is a member of the Immersive Software Engineering programme at the University of Limerick where he is lecturing and developing an accelerated block-based industrial driven program for BSc/MSc students to cope with real-world and industrial challenges in the area of software engineering.