Ahmad Sallab
Principal Applied Science Manager at Nile University
Egypt
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmad Sallab is a seasoned AI and software leader with 12 years of experience, currently a Principal Applied Science Manager at Microsoft and an associate professor mentoring the next generation of engineers in Egypt. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning from Cairo University and led AI strategy and teams as Senior Chief of AI at Valeo, translating research in deep learning, Arabic NLP, and classifier design into production systems. Ahmad is also an entrepreneur who founded Coursat.ai and AITAR, bridging academic research, product development, and industry deployment. His background spans embedded systems to large-scale AI architecture, giving him rare end-to-end fluency from hardware-constrained inference to cloud-based applied science. Known for combining rigorous academic publication experience with pragmatic engineering, he often operates at the intersection of research, teaching, and commercial impact.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
CairoGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education with grade, 98, General Certificate of Secondary Education with grade, 98 at El Kawmya Language SchoolBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Distinction with honorary degree, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Distinction with honorary degree at Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University
English, Arabic, French
Github Skills (31)
keras9
hyperparameter-tuning8
pytorch7
machine-learning7
aws7
reinforcement-learning7
data-versioning7
api7
django7
python7
collaboration7
computer-vision7
cli6
hyperparameter-optimization6
deep-learning6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ahmadelsallab/CV
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
Deployment of Computer Vision models with Django on AWS EC2
Contributions:38 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
sagemakerpythonec2visiondjango
coursat-ai/NLP
Feb 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
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