Waleed Khamies

Pronouns: he/him/his

Personal Website: https://waleed.khamies.ca

Contact

Faculty of Science - Computing Science
Email
khamies@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Machine Learning Healthcare Operations Research


About

 I am an Applied Research Scientist at NTWIST and a Graduate Student at the University of Alberta, exploring the intersection of AI and healthcare. 

Currently, I work as an Applied Scientist at NTWIST, where I help enterprises leverage machine learning to automate business processes in the manufacturing industry, focusing on both process manufacturing and discrete manufacturing. My work primarily involves utilizing self-supervised learning and reinforcement learning (RL).

Concurrently, I am on the PhD track at University of Alberta, exploring the intersection of AI and healthcare. I am particularly interested in exploring the informational capacity of neural biomarkers in individuals with mental health conditions and assessing the feasibility of developing secure AI models to support their care.

I hold a master’s in Mathematical Sciences with a specialization in Machine Learning from AMMI and a bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Khartoum. Previously, I contributed to deep learning research at MILA and interned at Brown University’s Robotics Lab.


Research

At the University of Alberta, I explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare, with a focus on developing secure and efficient AI systems. In parallel, I work as an Applied Research Scientist at NTWIST, where I help enterprises leverage machine learning to automate business processes in the manufacturing industry, spanning both process and discrete manufacturing. My work primarily involves reinforcement learning, self-supervised learning, semi-supervised learning and constraint optimization to build intelligent scheduling systems and enable real-world decision-making at scale.


Teaching

 Teaching Assistant Roles

  • CMPUT 274 - Introduction to Tangible Computing I (Fall 2024).
  • CMPUT 275 - Introduction to Tangible Computing II (Winter 2025).

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Featured Publications

Vincent Mai, Waleed Khamies, Liam Paull

Uncertainty in Deep Learning (UDL) workshop at ICML. 2021 January; 10.48550/ARXIV.2107.04497


Waleed Khamies, George Konidaris

BAI Workshop at NeurIPS 2019. 2019 January; 10.13140/RG.2.2.21817.80487


Waleed D. Khamies, Montaser Mohammedalamen, Benjamin Rosman

BAI Workshop at NeurIPS 2018. 2018 January; 10.48550/ARXIV.1901.04772


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