Dr. Rawaa Putros Qasha, PhD.

Associate Professor, College of Computer Science & Mathematics, University of Mosul, Iraq 

Academic Background & Positions

  • Received B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from University of Mosul, in 1997 and 2000 respectively.
  • Started as Lecturer in 2000 in the Department of Computer Science, University of Mosul.
  • Earned Ph.D. from School of Computing, Newcastle University, UK in 2017.
  • Holds the position of Associate Professor in the University of Mosul.
  • Also has experience as a Visiting Lecturer / Visiting Researcher at Newcastle University.

Research Interests & Expertise

Dr. Qasha’s main research fields include:

  • Distributed Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Workflow Management and Scientific Workflows
  • Container-based systems and virtualization
  • Internet of Things (IoT)

Selected Contributions & Publications

Has published around 27 research papers, with \~3,776 reads and \~165 citations (as of latest data) on ResearchGate.

Examples of recent works:

  • “Provisioning of Live Container Migration in Edge/Cloud Environments: Techniques and Challenges” (2025)
  • “Real-time collection and archiving of related posts to cultural heritage on the cloud”
  • “Sharing and Performance Optimization of Reproducible Workflows in the Cloud”