Dr. Najwa Aaraj
CEO, TII
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Dr. Najwa Aaraj is the CEO of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), the overarching advanced technology body in Abu Dhabi responsible for driving research and development for transformative technology outcomes. She has extensive expertise in applied cryptography, trusted platforms, security architecture for embedded systems, software exploit detection and prevention systems, and biometrics. She also specializes in shaping the robotics and self-organized autonomous vehicles ecosystem in the UAE and beyond, exploring their application across air, land, on-sea, and underwater.
Dr. Aaraj has contributed multiple conference papers for professional bodies such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), journal papers, and book chapters, and received patents on applied cryptography, embedded system security, and machine learning-based protection of Internet of Things (IoT) systems. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning Research Group) and an adviser to multiple security and Machine Learning startups, including Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University.
