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Hakim Hacid
Chief Researcher,
Technology Innovation Institute
Dr. Hakim Hacid is the Chief Researcher of the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Science Research Center in Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a cutting-edge UAE-based scientific research center, leading the diverse efforts around LLM's and Machine Learning, including Falcon LLM and Falcon Mamba. Prior to joining TII, he was an Associate Professor at Zayed University, a customer analytics head at Zain telecom, and a research department head at Bell Labs Research. He is a published author of many research articles in top journals and conferences and holds several industrial patents to his credit. His research specialization includes machine learning, databases, natural language processing, security. He obtained his PhD in Data Mining/Databases and also a double master’s in computer Science (Master by Research & Professional Master) from University of Lyon, France.
Sessions
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12-Jun-2025Data Excellence StageRethinking Scale: Unlocking the Big Potential of Small Language Models