Manal Alyami
AI Engineer & Data Scientist
Published IEEE Researcher | 1st Place GenAI Bootcamp Winner | Aramco Alumna
Projects
Smart Hajj — AI Chatbot & Voice System
1st Place Winner, SDA GenAI Bootcamp. Led a 3-person team to build a multilingual chatbot and voice bot (Arabic, English, Urdu) with LangGraph-orchestrated conversation flows, real-time fraud protection, 94% intent accuracy, and under 2s response time. Designed for national-scale Hajj pilgrim services.
Rehaab — IEEE Published Research
Electric vehicle reservation and crowd management system for Al-Masjid Al-Haram, with an accessibility focus for pilgrims. 4-person agile team. Flutter/Dart cross-platform mobile app with real-time GPS tracking and reservation logic. YOLOv8 vehicle detection and congestion heatmapping — 85% detection accuracy, evaluated by 20 end users across 3 roles.
Read Paper →SmartFitness — AI Meal & Workout Planner
Interactive AI-powered fitness system using Genetic Algorithms to generate personalized meal and workout plans. Full-stack web application with dynamic plan generation based on user goals and constraints.
Drone-Based Parking Surveillance
Autonomous drone control scripts for real-time video processing and parking occupancy monitoring. Optimized YOLO & CNN models for Edge AI hardware at Tuwaiq Academy.
Mental Health Sentiment Analysis
Predictive NLP models trained on 40K+ text samples, achieving 78% multi-class accuracy. Comparative analysis of LSTM, GRU, and Logistic Regression architectures evaluated by precision, recall, and F1-score.
Good Read — Data-Driven Book Insights
Scraped and analyzed 10K+ books from Goodreads to uncover trends and user behavior patterns. Built predictive ML models achieving 79.87% accuracy to forecast user interest and deliver content curation recommendations.
ComfortKeys — Property Rental Platform
Responsive web app with role-based authentication for homeowners and home seekers. Custom PHP backend for user roles, property listings, and dynamic content rendering.
Melody — Music Instrument Rental
Cross-platform mobile app for renting musical instruments. Built with Flutter/Dart featuring browsing, booking, and role-based access for renters and instrument owners.
Spotify Data Preprocessing
Cleaned and optimized large-scale Spotify datasets using Scala for business analytics. Designed data transformation pipelines ensuring quality and consistency for downstream BI applications.
Weather Prediction Model
Weather prediction model built in R using regression and classification algorithms with comprehensive feature selection and statistical validation.
Hope — Healthcare Platform
Healthcare web platform with doctor-patient role management. Features appointment booking, role-based dashboards, and a clean UI designed for both patients and medical staff.
Experience
Data/BI Analyst — Cooperative Training
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran | Jan 2025 – Mar 2025- Executive Reporting: Engineered a Power BI dashboard analyzing 14K+ records to identify departmental knowledge transfer bottlenecks; featured in a Business Review for senior leadership.
- Operational Optimization: Developed an integrated Power BI dashboard and 3 Excel reports to consolidate training simulator resources, significantly improving resource allocation efficiency.
- Strategic Advisory: Presented data-driven insights to executive stakeholders and collaborated with consultants to align reporting frameworks with strategic organizational KPIs.
Publications
Electric Mobility Vehicle Reservation and Crowd Management for Al-Masjid Al-Haram
Architected YOLOv8-based vehicle tracking and congestion heatmapping pipelines, achieving 85% detection accuracy in high-density environments.
Education
Bachelor of Information Technology
King Saud University | Aug 2020 – May 2025
GPA: 4.69/5 — Excellent with Second Class Honors
Specialized in Data Science & AI. Published researcher (IEEE ICOCO 2024).
Generative AI Bootcamp
Saudi Digital Academy | Aug 2025 – Nov 2025
🏆 1st Place Winner — LangGraph orchestration, multilingual LLM systems, and production-ready AI deployment.
Recommendations
Carlo Dalla Quercia
Bootcamp Instructor, Saudi Digital Academy"I taught Manal during the Saudi Digital Academy Generative AI Bootcamp. She distinguished herself for her confidence in linear algebra and calculus..."
"I taught Manal during the Saudi Digital Academy Generative AI Bootcamp. She distinguished herself for her confidence in linear algebra and calculus, skills needed for understanding of neural network architectures. In addition to a firm grasp of theoretical foundations, from matrix multiplications to agents, she has also showed exceptional product development skills. With her team she quickly developed and deployed a fully functional chatbot for a specific use case, with clean interface and intuitive use, which has been awarded with the first place in the batch. I would recommend Manal for any product development or research job in Data Science and AI."
Esteban V.
Bootcamp Instructor, Saudi Digital Academy"Manal was easily the most prepared. When we would be doing topics around software development, she was already ahead of her peers..."
"Manal had to be one of my most pleasant students during the Generative AI bootcamp while I was in Riyadh teaching the Fall/Winter cohort in 2025. Among one of the quieter students at the beginning of the bootcamp, but easily the most prepared. When we would be doing topics around software development and portfolio creation, she had already been ahead of her peers with great git practices and portfolio creation. No different from her portfolio was her preparation for class as it was rare to see her absent from a single class unless it was absolutely urgent. Manal was among the most consistent students in the cohort with her attendance and how well she applied the subject matter we learned in class to real-life applications and projects. If we learned something new, she was quick to adapt it to a real-life problem to sharpen her skills. This happened in every concept from fine-tuning, LLM evaluation upto agentic RAG she could make quick prototypes in class. An impressive self-starter who had an outstanding set of skills where she often impressed me with every single check in. One of the most memorable performances with Manal was to see her final presentation with Smart Hajj, a very advanced application of several AI tools; from langgraphs to TTS and STT integrated applications. Manal's skills in presenting exponentially improved in a matter of weeks with every bit of feedback where she had EASILY one of the best presentations. From a quieter student at the beginning to one of the best presentations that captured the audience incredibly well, I was truly impressed with how Manal evolved so quickly. Any company that receives her application should quickly consider adding her to the team as someone who is technically proficient and a strong communicator for the technologies she has worked with. Congratulations on a job well done and I wish you the absolute best in your career."
Imran Munir
Group Lead, Saudi Aramco"Manal successfully developed 2 dashboards; a reporting dashboard and directory. Both were completed to a high standard..."
"This is to inform you that Manal S Alyami has successfully completed her work assignment with the Knowledge Management Group in the Aramco COOP program for 8 weeks starting from January 13th 2025. During this assignment Manal was able to successfully develop 2 dashboards for the organization; a reporting dashboard and directory. Both of these projects were completed to a high standard and the latter was featured as part of the departments business review."
David Berry
KT Consultant, Saudi Aramco"Her professionalism while creating business-critical tools was some the best I've experienced working in Saudi Arabia..."
"Manal Salem Alyami has worked with my Department for the past 8 weeks, where she has helped tremendously on creating a Knowledge Management Directory and Simulator Locator Dashboard in Power BI. Her professionalism while creating these business-critical tools was some the best I've experienced working in Saudi Arabia. Manal has been punctual everyday and stays working on her projects until the end of the work day with minimal breaks. She would be an asset to any company in the IT or programming department."