Dr. Wasfi Taher Saalih Kahwachi

Dr. Wasfi Taher Saalih Kahwachi is Research Center Director at TIU–Erbil and an Assistant Professor of Statistics with 36+ years of academic leadership, previously serving as Dean, Department Head, and Vice President at Salahaddin University and TIU. He holds a top-ranked Ph.D. in Statistics & Digital Image Processing and has published 40+ papers, supervised 35+ theses, and led UNESCO, World Bank, USAID, and DAAD-funded projects. A Fulbright alumnus, he advised KRG ministries and UN agencies on demographic, education, and economic policy, and works at the intersection of applied statistics, AI/ML, and development.