Saudi Computer Scientists at MIT

Current & Recent Researchers

• Kumail Alhamoud

  • Affiliation: PhD student at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).

  • Research Focus: His work is at the intersection of machine learning and healthcare. He specifically investigates the effects of demographic shifts and biases on the accuracy of medical AI diagnostic systems.

• Dr. Hend Alrasheed

  • Affiliation: Research Scientist at MIT Connection Science and an Ibn Khaldun Fellow. She is also an associate professor at King Saud University.

  • Research Focus: Analyzing large-scale social data using social computing and generative artificial intelligence (AI) to understand community dynamics and human mobility.

• Dr. May Almousa

  • Affiliation: Ibn Khaldun Fellow at Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan. She is an assistant professor at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU).

  • Research Focus: The integration of AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing to defend critical infrastructure, such as operational technology (OT) systems, from cyberattacks.

• Dr. Shrooq Alsenan

  • Affiliation: Research Affiliate at MIT, and a former Jameel Clinic Fellow and Ibn Khaldun Fellow. She is also an assistant professor at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University.

  • Research Focus: Applying AI and machine learning algorithms to healthcare and pharmaceuticals, including data visualization and analytics.

MIT Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women
https://ibk.mit.edu/

Current and Past Fellows
https://ibk.mit.edu/current-past-fellows/