Profile

Ahmed Ragab is an AI research scientist working for CanmetENERGY, an energy innovation center of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). He is an adjunct professor at the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal. His research interests include AI, Data Fusion, Image Processing, Causality Analysis, Operations Research, Discrete Event Systems, and Process Mining. His main thematic activities focus on the practical challenges of Big Data and AI in a number of applications including Abnormal Events Diagnosis & Prognosis, Supervisory Control, Real-Time Optimization, Systems Design and Predictive Maintenance. He has a bunch of experience in developing advanced algorithms and tools in the manufacturing industry, aiming at reducing energy consumption, Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and operational and maintenance costs while improving operations’ performance.