Who We Are

The Artificial Intelligence and Digital Science Research Center (AIDRC) is pioneering global digital transformation, through fostering the adoption of safe, sustainable, and reliable intelligent autonomous and connected systems, applications, and services. Our globally renowned AI, cyber-security, and wireless telecommunication experts work closely with key international organizations, such as ITU and 3GPP, to bring to life practical solutions to key challenges and make a profound impact to society.

AIDRC is part of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global scientific research center attracting the world’s foremost scientists and researchers. TII leads worldwide advances in artificial intelligence, autonomous robotics, quantum computing, cryptography, and quantum communications, directed energy, secure communication, smart devices, advanced materials, and propulsion and space technologies, and biotechnology fields.

TII belongs to the Abu Dhabi Government’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), which oversees the technology research in the emirate.

What We Do

We conduct breakthrough scientific research, develop innovative technologies and solutions, and validate the viability of individual concepts through experiments and field trials to create novel approaches and effective methods to facilitate their industrialization and deployment at scale.

Our breakthrough solutions find application in many fields such as Transport, Security and Defense, Manufacturing 4.0, Sustainability, Environment and Energy, Food and Agriculture, Healthcare, and Aerospace.

Digital Security & Digital Telecom Units
Saint-Aubin Walner
Walner Saint-Aubin
Program Director
Digital Security & Digital Telecom Units
Digital Telecom Unit
DERC_v3-12
Dr. Carlos Faouzi Bader
Senior Director
Digital Telecom Unit
Joanna Majsak
Abdelkarim Watmani
Senior Project Manager
Digital Telecom Unit
Digital Security Unit
Joanna Majsak
Narinderjit Singh Thandi
Director
Digital Security Unit
Joanna Majsak
Abdelkarim Watmani
Senior Project Manager
Digital Telecom Unit
Security Unit
Joanna Majsak
Narinderjit Singh Thandi
Director
Digital Security Unit
LLM Cyber Securiry
DERC_v3-12
Norbert Tihanyi
Lead Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Mikhail Lubinets
Senior Engineer
Mthandazo Ndhlovu
Mthandazo Ndhlovu
Researcher
Ridhi Jain
Ridhi Jain
Researcher
Nicole Gervasoni
Nicole Gervasoni
Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Ali AlQetaiti
Associate Researcher
Joanna Majsak
Shama Rasheed
Associate Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Mohamed Amine Ferrag
Lead Researcher
Joanna Majsak
Ryan Carvalho
Senior Researcher
Joanna Majsak
Mohamed Samiullah
Senior Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Ammar Battah
Engineer
Fatima AlSaedi
Fatima Alsaedi
Senior Associate
DERC_v3-12
Alyazia Aldhaheri
Associate Researcher
Joanna Majsak
Fatima Alwahidi
Associate Researcher
Joanna Majsak
Abdechakour Mechri
Intern
Cyber Reasoning for Infrastructure Security
Joanna Majsak
Jeremy Chamboredon
Acting Principal (Lead)
Bassem Ouni
Bassem Ouni
Lead Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Biniam Fisseha Demissie
Senior Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Bilel Cherif
Engineer
DERC_v3-12
Saeed Mohammed Ali Alsadi Alshehhi
Associate Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Aaesha Ali Mohamed Ali Aldahmani
Associate researcher
Joanna Majsak
Chaabane Mankai
Intern
Joanna Majsak
Fedi Jaadari
Intern
Telecom Unit
DERC_v3-12
Dr. Carlos Faouzi Bader
Senior Director
Digital Telecom Unit
LLM TELECOM / Native AI
Qiyang Zhao
Qiyang Zhao
Principal
DERC_v3-12
Hang Zou
Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Yu Tian
Researcher
Intelligent Environments
DERC_v3-12
Ahmed Alhammadi
Lead Researcher
Jiguang He
Jiguang He
Senior Researcher
Aymen Fakhreddine

Aymen Fakhreddine

Senior Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Charles Vanwynsberghe
Senior Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Anis Bara
Engineer
Next Gen Mobility Systems
DERC_v3-12
Wassim Hamidouche
Lead Researcher
Joanna Majsak
Ahmed Telili
Research Engineer
DERC_v3-12
Ibrahim Farhat
Researcher
DERC_v3-12

Khadroui Ibrahim

Research Engineer
Joanna Majsak
Rashed Nasser Alnuaimi
Associate Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Anuj Abraham
Senior Researcher
Joanna Majsak
Mohamed Fouzi Boukhalfa
Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Zine El Abidine Kherroubi
Researcher
DERC_v3-12
Tasneim Ali Aldhanhani
Researcher
PMO Team
Saint-Aubin Walner
Walner Saint-Aubin
Program Director
Digital Security & Digital Telecom Units
DERC_v3-12
Preetham Puttanna
Lab Specialist
Joanna Majsak
Abdelkarim Watmani
Senior Project Manager
Digital Telecom Unit
Joanna Majsak
Rashi Dubey
Project Coordinator
Glen Dsouza
Glen Dsouza
Senior Officer I - Projects