Tala Alhadawi

After KAUST Academy

Tala completed co-op training at stc in the AI and Analytics Center of Excellence in August 2026 and finished the 30-hour SDAIA Academy training on building agentic AI systems. Tala's computer science graduation project in January 2026 generates Arabic questions from images.

Summer project

Artificial Intelligence Specialization · Cohort 2025

GRC Agent

This project aims to develop a corporate AI agent that functions as a full-time digital GRC assistant. In alignment with the Saudi’s vision and emphasis on empowering the country’s business infrastructure and establishing robust cybersecurity frameworks, we are building the GRC Agent, designed to provide 24/7 support for GRC specialists in any organization. The agent will:Answer GRC specialists questions in Arabic and English. Link specialist to relevant documents and tools based on their needs. Key technologies include Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for accessing required documents, and a Contextual Q&A system.

Mentor: Salma Kharrat

Read the final report (PDF)

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