Ahmed Alia

Transferring AI into Practice

Ahmed Alia obtained his B.Sc. in Computer Science with a very good grade from An-Najah National University in 2006, followed by an M.Sc. in Computing with distinction from Birzeit University in 2015. In 2024, he earned his Dr.-Ing. degree in Artificial Intelligence from Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany, with excellence. His doctoral research focused on developing a deep learning-based intelligent framework for video and image analytics.

Alia has published several articles in high-impact journals and serves as a reviewer for multiple conferences and journals. Since 2020, he has been working as a researcher and AI engineer at Forschungszentrum Jülich. He also served as a part-time lecturer at An-Najah National University during the 2019/2020 academic year. From 2008 to 2020, he held various roles at An-Najah National University, including Teaching Assistant, Web Developer, and Trainer.

Research Interests:

• Artificial Intelligence.
• Machine Learning.
• Deep Learning.
• Intelligent Data Analytics.
• Image and Video Analytics.
• Real-Time Intelligent Systems.
• Internet of Things.
• Monitoring Systems.
• Crowd Behavior Analysis.
• Meta-heuristics Algorithms.

Awards:

• Research Excellence Award for the year 2023, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, December 2024.
• Research Excellence Award,  Palestinian Islamic Bank Award for Scientific Research, Second Prize in the field of Education, Learning, and Business in the Age of Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Palestine, 2023.
• Best Presenter Award in the Intelligent Image Processing and System Monitoring session at the 3rd International Conference on Computers and Automation (CompAuto 2023), held in Paris, France, from December 7-9, 2023.

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