PhD Thesis Defense at the College of Computer Science and Mathematics – Department of Computer Science: Ali Mohammed Ahmed Sheet On October 14, 2026, a PhD thesis titled "Optimization of Scheduling Algorithms for Large-Scale Distributed Systems" by Ali Mohammed Ahmed Sheet was defended at the College of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Mosul. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Manar Younis Kashmoula. The thesis addresses the challenge of task scheduling in large-scale, heterogeneous distributed systems, evaluating the performance of traditional heuristic algorithms alongside a hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm, WOA-BA. The study involved the development of a multi-layered distributed simulation environment. [Read More]