Majid Khonji
Assistant Professor at Khalifa University
United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolMajid Khonji is an associate professor and researcher with 11 years of experience specializing in autonomous vehicles, electric mobility, combinatorial optimization, and AI planning. Based at Khalifa University and with research stints at MIT CSAIL, he blends academic leadership with hands-on algorithm design for smart grids and mobility systems. His interdisciplinary PhD bridges computer science and power systems, informing practical work on electric mobility and optimization-driven autonomy. Earlier roles in cryptography and secure communications reveal deep foundations in security and numerical algorithms that underpin his current research. He also co-founded a software firm and maintains an applied research lab presence (www.avlab.io), signaling an entrepreneurially minded scientist who moves ideas toward real-world deployment.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at United Arab Emirates UniversityMaster, Security, Cryptology and Coding of Information Systems, Master, Security, Cryptology and Coding of Information Systems at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de GrenoblePhD, Interdisciplinary Engineering (Computer Science and Power Systems) in collaboration with MIT., PhD, Interdisciplinary Engineering (Computer Science and Power Systems) in collaboration with MIT. at Masdar Institute for Science and Technology
Github Skills (12)
obsidian2
region1
git1
autonomous-vehicles1
machine-learning1
artificial-intelligence1
github1
rust1
deep-learning1
stdout1
operation1
iot-platform1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
majid-khonji/opf-sim
Sep 2017 - Feb 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
AV-Lab/av-lab.github.io
Jul 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:12 PRs, 202 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 8 months
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