He received his PhD in 2008 from Rice University. Qasem directs the Compilers Research Group at Texas State where he and his students are working on a number of projects in the area of high-performance computing including developing intelligent software for improving programmer productivity and using GPUs for general-purpose computation. Qasem's research has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Semiconductor Research Consortium (SRC), IBM, Nvidia and the Research Enhancement Program at Texas State. In 2012, he received an NSF CAREER award for his foundational work on autotuning of exascale systems. Qasem has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications including one that won a best paper award. He regularly teaches the undergraduate and graduate Compilers and Computer Architecture courses.