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:

•  AI Methods
   Deep Learning · LLMs · VLMs · RAG & Knowledge-Based AI

• Visual Intelligence
  Computer Vision · Image & Video Analytics

• Human & Crowd Intelligence
  Pedestrian Behavior · Crowd Analysis · Pedestrian Simulation

• Applications
  Public Safety · Smart Cities · Scientific AI · AI for Engineering 

Awards & Academic Honors

• Research Excellence Award 2025/2026, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, April 2026.

• Third Place — Techno Park AI Research Award, AI Week 2026, Birzeit, Palestine (Student Project under My Supervision).

• Second Poster Prize — Vision AI for Crowd Analysis, IAS Retreat, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, May 2025.

• Research Excellence Award 2023/2024, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, December 2024.

• Second Prize — Palestinian Islamic Bank Award for Scientific Research, in the field of Education, Learning, and Business in the Age of Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Palestine, 2023.

• Best Presenter Award, Intelligent Image Processing and System Monitoring Session, 3rd International Conference on Computers and Automation (CompAuto 2023), Paris, France, December 7–9, 2023.

• Ph.D. Scholarship, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Funding No. 01DH16027, Germany, 2020–2024.

• Graduated with Distinction — M.Sc. in Computing, Birzeit University, Palestine, 2015 (90.8%).

• Second-Ranked Graduate — B.Sc. in Computer Science, An-Najah National University, Palestine, 2006 (Very Good, 83.8%).

• Tuition Fee Award, An-Najah National University, Palestine, 2003–2006.

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