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Education
Skills
Accomplishments
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Marwa Mahmoud  Al-Fattani

Marwa Mahmoud Al-Fattani

Artificial Intelligence Expert & Emerging Technology Researcher
Riyadh

Summary

AI and research expert with 14+ years of experience in developing AI & Ml projects. Experienced in conducting primary and secondary research related to emerging technologies. Passionate about exploring the intersection of AI and emerging technologies to shape the future of automation and intelligent systems. Always looking for the next frontier and the possibilities of further development that will help solve current-day problems in a smart and different way.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

AI Strategic Studies Department Section Head

SDAIA
Riyadh
10.2023 - Current
  • Led the development of over five strategic studies and reports delivering actionable insights to support executive-level decision-making.
  • Conducting extensive research and analysis on emerging technology trends, and analyze how they will impact the kingdom on economic & social levels.
  • Working with consultant companies and other local entities to build studies of interest.
  • Acting as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
  • Motivating and inspiring team to deliver their studies in high quality and within schedule.

AI & Emerging Technology Researcher

Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA)
Riyadh
11.2020 - 10.2023
  • Provide insights & strategic recommendations that support decision-making at the executive level of the organization
  • Conduct extensive research and analysis on emerging technology trends, and how to leverage these technologies to drive national growth and innovation.
  • Audits and reviews of consulting companies' research work to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance with requirements.
  • Develop studies that support business cases.
  • An expert in SDAIA Think-Tank.

Co-Founder & CTO

KENAN Tech
Riyadh
12.2021 - 01.2023

Co-founded KENAN, an award-winning AI-driven parental control app, recognized at Monsha'at Cybersecurity Hackathon 2020 as the foundation for company formation.

AI Consultant

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center of Advanced Studies (Thakaa)
Riyadh
10.2021 - 07.2022
  • In-depth analysis of current artificial intelligence applications in the GCC and their passable future role in developing educational teaching and learning methods.
  • Conduct primary and secondary research on the different approaches currently applied in GCC schools.
  • Publish a study of findings on Global AI adoption in the education sector (Uploaded at https://www.goaie.org/define-ai)

Freelance Developer

Various
Riyadh
07.2011 - 06.2017
  • Emotion Classification using Deep Neural Network Project (Nov, 2017)
  • Enhance Rannan application (April 2011, March 2012)

Data Scientist & AI Researcher

King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
Riyadh
01.2019 - 11.2020
  • Conduct R&D in the fields of Data & AI
  • Optimized data collection and automated repetitive workflows using Python scripting to improve research efficiency.
  • Co-Author and Reviewer of Governance AI Report
  • Led AIBD center's strategic plan development.
  • Worked as project manager on several research projects.
  • Participated in developing several products and research papers in different areas such as Data Science, ML & Simulation . (e.g. Narcotics Control Data Modeling, Social Media Analysis platform, COVID-19 Infection Prediction and SMART KAMP Dashboard)

Smart Home Researcher

King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
Riyadh
10.2017 - 12.2018
  • Conducted literature reviews Smart Home area for foundational understanding, leading to groundbreaking insights.
  • Reviewed academic and industry publications to inform strategic AI research decisions and maintain domain expertise.
  • Report research findings as actionable recommendations for industry stakeholders.

NLP Researcher & Software Developer

King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
Riyadh
05.2011 - 11.2017
  • Conduct R&D in the fields of Data, Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning (e.g. Semantic Error Detection).
  • Conduct literature reviews to identify gaps and propose new solution and future direction.
  • Presented research findings at national and international conferences.
  • Published six scientific papers.
  • An inventor and owner of patented invention (the patent is registered in my name).

Senior Programmer

MeduNet
Riyadh
06.2010 - 03.2011
  • Re-Develop the entire Rannan application to fix bugs within two weeks.
  • Add new functions, test, and evaluate the quality of the code during the system-enhancing planning stage.

Social Participation & Volunteer Wrok

  • May 2024 | Big Data Policy Reviewer, The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization
  • April 2023 - Current | Event Community Chef, Saudi Data Science Community
  • March 2023 | Organizer & Hackathon Mentor, Open Data Hackathon, Saudi Data Science Community
  • Feb 2022 | ML Advisor to develop Autism Engagement classification based on Computer Vision (CV)

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

King Saud University (KSU)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
09.2014 - 11.2017

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

King Saud University (KSU)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
05.2006 - 11.2010

Skills

Applied Machine Learning Algorithms (eg, supervised, unsupervised, deep learning)

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Accomplishments

  • 2021 | Winner at Tahadi Munsha'at for Cybersecurity represented by Kenan App.
  • 2021 | Winner in Tahadi SDAIA to improve Tawakkalna App
  • 2016 | Winner in the 7th Scientific Symposium of King Saud University (KSU) for Quality Evaluation Model of Rannan project
  • 2010 | Bronze medal in Ibtikar Exhibition
  • 2008 | The best website certification in web course competition

Publications

  • 2023 | The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Archiving and Preserving Digital Data
  • 2022 | Digital Transformation Competencies and Training
  • 2021 | Digital Identity: Challenges and Solutions
  • 2018 | User-centered Design of a Depth Data based Obstacle Detection and Avoidance System for the Visually Impaired
  • 2017 | Abstract: An Efficient Production Of Breast Cancer Survivability Using Data Mining Techniques
  • 2016 | Obstacle Detection and Avoidance for the Visually Impaired in Indoors Environments Using Google’s Project Tango Device
  • 2015 | Multimedia as a Help for Children with Special Learning Needs
  • 2015 | Recognition of Modern Arabic Poems
  • 2014 | Automatic Arabic Term Extraction From Special Domain Corpora
  • 2013 | New Language Resources for Arabic: Corpus Containing More Than Two Million Words and a Corpus Processing Tool

Timeline

AI Strategic Studies Department Section Head

SDAIA
10.2023 - Current

Co-Founder & CTO

KENAN Tech
12.2021 - 01.2023

AI Consultant

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center of Advanced Studies (Thakaa)
10.2021 - 07.2022

AI & Emerging Technology Researcher

Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA)
11.2020 - 10.2023

Data Scientist & AI Researcher

King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
01.2019 - 11.2020

Smart Home Researcher

King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
10.2017 - 12.2018

Master of Science - Information Technology

King Saud University (KSU)
09.2014 - 11.2017

Freelance Developer

Various
07.2011 - 06.2017

NLP Researcher & Software Developer

King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
05.2011 - 11.2017

Senior Programmer

MeduNet
06.2010 - 03.2011

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

King Saud University (KSU)
05.2006 - 11.2010
Marwa Mahmoud Al-Fattani Artificial Intelligence Expert & Emerging Technology Researcher