Alawi A. Al-Saggaf received the B.S. degree (1^st Hons) in Mathematics from Aden University, Aden, Yemen, in 1996, and the M.S. degree (1^st Hons) in Mathematics from Pune University, Pune, India, in 2001. He is currently working toward the PhD degree in Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research, SIU, Pune, India. Since 2009, he is lecturer at Department of Mathematical Sciences-DCC, KFUPM University, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include cryptography, information coding, biometric cryptosystems.

1. Alawi A. Al-saggaf, Acharya H. S: Mathematics Of Bit- Commitment Schemes, Bulletin of the Marathwada Mathematical Society, Vol. 8, No. 1, June 2007, pages 08 – 15.
2.  Alawi A. Al-Saggaf and H. Acharya, “A Fuzzy Commitment Scheme” in Proc. of IEEE int. conf. on Advanced in Computer Vision and Information Technology, pp. 1164-1189,28-30 Nov. 2007, India.
3. Alawi A. Al-saggaf, Acharya H. S: A generalized Framework for Crisp Commitment schemes” State level conference in Mathematical development in U.G. and P.G. with applications in various fields” 2^nd -3^rd Feb. 2009. and published  online in IACR ePrint Archive: Report 2009/202.
4. Alawi A. Al-Saggaf, "Crisp commitment scheme based on noisy channels", In Proc. of IEEE Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2011 Saudi International, On page(s): 1 - 4, Volume: Issue: , 24-26 April 2011, DOI:10.1109/SIECPC.2011.5876892.

1. International Conference in "Information Technology and National Security" Riyadh 1-4/12/2007.
2. Intel India and I²IT, Pune co-sponsored National Seminar on "PARALLELISM – IMPACT OF MULTI COREAND LATEST TRENDS" April 23 to 25, 2008, Rajiv Gandhi Techno Park, Pune.
3. Two Days Workshop for "Ph.D. Research Students" organized by Allana Institute of Management Sciences, 16 – 17 May 2008.
4. Three days National Level Workshop on “Linux Networking” organized by Dept. of Computer Engineering- A.G. Awate College of Engineering 28^th to 30^th January 2009  Pune – India
5. Workshop on "First  Forum of Information Security Researchers" held be the Center of Excellent in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Riyadh – KSA, 8, Jan. 2010. 
6. First Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC),  Riyadh -KSA, 23-26 April, 2011