Waleed Khamies is a machine learning scientist and on the PhD track at the University of Alberta, specializing in AI and healthcare. His research focuses on neural biomarkers in mental health conditions and developing secure AI models to support their care.
He holds a master's in Mathematical Sciences (specializing in Machine Learning) from the African Masters in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) and a bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Khartoum.
Currently, Waleed works as an Applied Scientist at NTWIST, where he helps automate business processes in manufacturing using self-supervised learning, semi-supervised learning and reinforcement learning. Previously, he contributed to deep learning research at MILA and interned at Brown University’s Robotics Lab.
