Fares Al-qunaieer
Research And Innovation Advisor
Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
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Top SchoolFares Al-qunaieer is an AI research and innovation advisor based in Riyadh with over two decades of experience spanning academia, government and industry, and nine years of focused professional practice in applied AI. He holds a PhD in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo and has led national AI initiatives, machine learning labs, and the transition of research prototypes into commercial products. His work covers computer vision, NLP, and advanced analytics, with a track record of building analytics teams, shaping R&D strategy, and advising mega-projects on 4IR technologies. Comfortable moving between hands-on technical leadership and high-level policy/innovation roles, he has chaired major conferences and helped establish national AI centers — a blend of deep research rigor and practical, organizational impact.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Design Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Arabic
Github Skills (11)
neural10
translation10
python9
vip9
machine-learning9
artificial-intelligence9
computer-vision9
deep-learning8
data-science8
tensorflow8
java1
Github contributions (5)
qunaieer/Lecture-Introduction-to-machine-learning-18Mar2017
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
qunaieer/cheatsheet-translation
Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
Translation of VIP cheatsheets https://stanford.edu/~shervine/teaching/cs-229.html
Contributions:11 pushes in 1 year
stanfordteachingtranslationvipedu
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