Islam A. Ali Email & Phone Number

Kitchener, On, Ca

Edmonton, Canada Area

- Performing research on robustness and resilience of SLAM system to provide novel methods and techniques for better and safer autonomous robotic systems.- Affiliated with The Robotics/Vision Lab under supervision of Prof. Hong Zhang.- Visiting RA with the Computer vision and Robotics Lab under supervision of Prof. Martin Jagersand.- Teaching Assistant at the Department of Computing Science (course taught: CMPUT 429, CMPUT 201, CMPUT 229, CMPUT 428/615)- Papers reviewer for IROS 2022, ICRA 2023, IROS 2023, IROS 2024, and RA-L.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

- Working on automation of the evaluation process of the core cperception at OTTO motors.- Contributed to the optimization of localization process in the perception stack.

- Provide technical advising to executives on AI, product development, and strategic planning.

- Founded Fab-Minds AI division and shaped the company's strategy to enter the AI/3D printing maket.- Led the development of multiple high-end smart solutions from inception to production.

- Overlooking/managing all engineering/operation activities of the company.- Shaping the technology strategy of Fab-Minds and putting forwards action plans for company products.- Contribution to the definition of Fab-Minds product, product value, market fit, and revenu streams.- Handle key partners accounts in an efficient and concise manner.

Cairo, Egypt

- Led the development of NeoSpecta Scanner (https://www.si-ware.com/products-and-software/neospectra-scanner).- Technical lead of multiple highly innovate projects in the field of inertial stabilization, material analysis, and handheld spectroscopy. - Management of multiple inernational customer accounts.

Cairo, Egypt

- Developed novel algorithms in the field of inertial navigation and sensor fusion. - Led the development and the architecture of a complete inertially controlled visual tracking system from inception to deployment at inernational customer sites. - Studied the feasibility of new projects and evaluated new technologies and its suitability for required tasks.

Cairo, Egypt

- Contributed to the development of an inertial stabilization platform incorporating Si-Ware Systems proprietary multi-sensor systems.- Migration of the system from FPGA to newer multi-board ARM-based multi-core processor system. - Formal testing, evaluation, and deployment of highly innovate systems.- Contribution to multiple high-end chip designs from definition to tape-out stages to lab testing upon fabrication.

Cairo, Egypt.

- Worked on the full cycle of digital VLSI blocks development for a number of industrial grade chips.- Contribution to 7 different chip tapeouts.- Working on lab testing and performance evaluation of fabricated chips.

Cairo

- Efficiently completed over 32 projects covering wide range of areas in the software industry for worldwide customers with positive feedback from all of them.- Management of customer’s relations, milestones and after project support.- Ranked as Top Worker.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

- Definition, design, implementation, testing, and evaluation of DSP Core.- Design optimization for hardware acceleration of digital filters execution.

Cairo, Egypt.

- Worked on the “My Artwork Manager” throughout different project phases. - Efficient usage of open-source web development tools for project implementation.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Computing Science, Gpa: 4.0 (A)

• Supervised By: Prof. Hong Zhang • Thesis: "Towards a robustness/resilience-aware simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)" • Alberta.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Engineering, Gpa: 3.6 (B+)

• Thesis: "Towards a Non-Aided Monocular Visual Odometry System" • Supervised By: Prof. Amr G. Wassal

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Computer Engineering, Very Good With Degree Of Honor (82.23%) , Ranked 7Th On Class.

Activities and Societies: UniMasr.com, IEEE, CCEL. • Graduation Project: "Design and Implementation of a General Purpose Digital Signal.