After KAUST Academy
Naif joined Tamara as an Associate Product Manager in February 2025. Naif graduated in software engineering from King Saud University in 2025 with first class honours, ranking 2nd in the batch, and took part in the KAUST Academy Summer AI program in 2024.
Summer projects
Artificial Intelligence Specialization · Cohort 2024
Insight: AI Stock Prediction
This report explores the application of Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL), specifically the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm, in predicting and optimizing trading decisions in the Saudi stock market. The goal is to assess the model’s ability to outperform traditional strategies like buy-and-hold. The experiments reveal varied outcomes: in the best scenarios, the model mimicked the buy-and-hold strategy, achieving similar returns; in good scenarios, it managed to make profitable trades, although still close to buy-and-hold performance; in bad scenarios, it underperformed, highlighting the model's volatility; and in some cases, it failed to learn any effective trading strategy, resulting in poor performance. These results indicate that while DDPG shows promise, its current form is unstable and inconsistent, requiring further research to enhance its reliability and effectiveness in real-world trading environments.
Artificial Intelligence Specialization · Cohort 2023
Mdawen: AI Student Assistant
Mdawen is AI-driven assistant that transcribes lecture speech then summarizes and translates the text to Arabic then present it as organized Arabic lecture notes for native-Arabic students with difficulties caused by the language barrier.
With KAUST Academy
- Cohort 2024
Artificial Intelligence Specialization
University of Oxford · Artificial Intelligence Summer School
- Cohort 2023
Artificial Intelligence Specialization
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · Artificial Intelligence Summer School
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