Alhanouf Alqahtani

After KAUST Academy

Alhanouf joined KAUST in September 2026 through the Elevate Program, in AI and Digital Solutions with Network Operations. Before that, Alhanouf spent a year at the Deanship of E-Services at King Khalid University and took third place at the Innovate 4 Impact Hackathon in February 2026.

Summer project

Artificial Intelligence Specialization · Cohort 2025

SAFA: A Real-Time Edge AI Voice Assistant for Pilgrims Using RAG

SAFAA is a real-time edge AI voice assistant designed for pilgrims in highly crowded environments. The system implements a complete voice interaction pipeline: speech-to-text, retrieval using a RAG framework grounded in authenticated Islamic sources, and text-to-speech generation. Deployed on a Raspberry Pi for on-device processing, and ensures low-latency. This architecture combines edge deployment, multilingual support, and domain-specific trustworthiness to enhance the overall pilgrimage experience.

Mentor: Mojtaba AlShams

Read the final report (PDF)

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