University-scale delivery
Led web architecture and digital infrastructure across 24 academic departments at Ninevah University.
ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP · APPLIED RESEARCH
Akram
Saeed.
IT Leader. Systems Engineer. AI Researcher.
Former Director of IT Services at Ninevah University, leading campus infrastructure for 12,000 users. I bring 10+ years of engineering experience across institutional IT, mobile products, technical leadership, and applied research.
Computer Engineering PhD Researcher · UT Dallas
On-device AI · Wearable systems · Medical-device intelligence
On-device AI · Wearable systems · Medical-device intelligence
Akram T. Saeed / Engineer & ResearcherPublished research. Delivered products. Proven technical leadership.View career highlights ↓
10+Years in engineering
& technical leadership
& technical leadership
12,000Campus users supported
at Ninevah University
at Ninevah University
12Developers & IT specialists
led as department head
led as department head
40k+Student records managed
at UIC
at UIC
FEATURED LEADERSHIP ROLEDirector of
Director of
IT Services.
Ninevah University · Computer Center
November 2020 — August 2022
Institutional infrastructure · IT operations · Information securityResponsible for the technology a university depends on.
I directed university-wide computing infrastructure supporting 12,000 students and faculty—bringing together servers, networks, academic systems, IT budgets, procurement, and campus information security.
University-wide infrastructure
Directed servers, campus networks, and academic computing systems to meet administrative and teaching needs.
NINEVAH UNIVERSITY12,000 users supported
ITLeadership
01Servers & networks
02Academic systems
03Budget & procurement
04Information security
Areas of responsibility · conceptual illustration
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS01 02 03
Published applied research
Co-authored research on wearable assistive devices and mobile object recognition.
Data operations at scale
Built and maintained Slate CRM and SQL workflows for 40,000+ student records at UIC.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILEIndustry experience.
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Industry experience.
Research depth.
A decade of delivery across software, systems, and academia.
I combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering across embedded systems, mobile applications, and institutional platforms. At Ninevah University, I led web development across 24 academic departments and directed campus-wide IT services supporting 12,000 students and faculty.
My research portfolio spans wearable assistive technology, mobile object recognition, and location-based computing. As a Computer Engineering PhD researcher at UT Dallas, I focus on on-device inference, multimodal sensor fusion, and clinical risk monitoring for wearable and medical devices.
I bring experience across the full engineering lifecycle: architecture, implementation, deployment, security, and team leadership. My academic work also includes teaching programming, networks, and microprocessors, and supervising embedded and assistive-technology projects.
DOCTORAL RESEARCH FOCUS
On-device monitoring for early detection of post-procedural clinical complications.
Doctoral research · Advisor: Dr. Kamran KiasalehPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & EDUCATIONLeadership.
Leadership.
Execution.
Impact.
A record of technical ownership—from institutional platforms and engineering teams to applied research and product delivery.
Get the full résuméEDUCATION
PhD · Computer Engineering
UT Dallas · 2026–present
MS · Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago · 2015–2017
BSc · Electronics Engineering
Communications · University of Mosul · 2009–2013
CERTIFICATIONS
Cisco CCNA · Cisco Network Security
Android Development · Web Services
Arabic (native) · English (fluent)
Kurdish (intermediate) · Turkish (basic)
2026 — PRESENTCURRENT
PhD Researcher & Graduate Teaching Assistant
The University of Texas at Dallas
Researching AI for wearable and medical devices. Teaching assistant for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Fundamentals II Laboratory.
Head of Web Development
Ninevah University
Led 12 developers and IT specialists delivering web platforms for 24 academic departments. Defined architecture and engineering standards, with responsibility for security, performance, and service reliability.
Lecturer, Communications Engineering
Ninevah University
Taught programming, computer networks, microprocessors, and digital communications. Supervised the DSP laboratory and student projects in embedded and assistive technology.
Director of IT Services
Ninevah University · Computer Center
Directed campus computing infrastructure supporting 12,000 users. Owned departmental IT budgets, equipment procurement, and information security across university computing services.
Graduate Assistant
University of Illinois at Chicago
Built and maintained data workflows for 40,000+ student records in Slate CRM and SQL. Developed the department’s CRM training program, adopted as the standard onboarding model for incoming advisors.
Earlier engineering roles ＋
Computer Specialist · UIC
July–December 2015 · Academic computing support across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
IT Engineer · Al-Sumaria TV
August 2014–May 2015 · Broadcast uplinks, Cisco networking, server infrastructure, and recovery systems.
Site Engineer · Huawei Technologies
2013–2014 · BTS/BSS construction, commissioning, and on-site technical coordination.
MOBILE APPLICATIONS I DEVELOPEDBuilt for mobile.
Built for mobile.
Delivered across platforms.
My mobile portfolio includes applications published on the App Store and Google Play. These projects demonstrate hands-on development with Flutter and React Native.
ORIGINAL PRODUCT IDENTITIES
From application development to cross-platform delivery.
SELECTED RESEARCH & ENGINEERINGResearch published.
Research published.
Systems delivered.
A portfolio spanning peer-reviewed assistive technology, edge–cloud inference, university digital infrastructure, and cross-platform mobile products.
Showing all 4 projects
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONSPublished research.
Google Scholar Published research.
Applied contributions.
Explore the ideas behind each publication through interactive illustrations.
Concept demonstrations · not experimental results01 / WEARABLE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Obstacle detected · proximity feedback
Nearer objects produce faster visual feedback.
JOURNAL ARTICLE · 2023
A Novel Multifunctional Assistive Device for Enhancing Mobility and Social Distancing Compliance among Visually Impaired Individuals
A multifunctional wearable system combining embedded sensing with sound and vibration alerts to support mobility and environmental awareness.
Read the publication02 / MOBILE OBJECT RECOGNITION
Cloud assisted: recognition tasks are sent to a remote service.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Cloud-Based ImageNet Object Recognition for Mobile Devices
Research into mobile object recognition and the latency, energy, and accuracy trade-offs between local processing and cloud offloading.
Read the publication03 / LOCATION-BASED ASSISTANCE
Illustrative route to the library. No location data is collected.
MASTER’S THESIS · UIC · 2017
Location-Based Assistant for the Android Platform
An Android-based location assistant, developed as my master’s thesis at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Read the thesisCORE EXPERTISETechnical depth.
Technical depth.
End-to-end delivery.
Embedded AI, real-time systems, software architecture, and the technical leadership to take projects from requirements to deployment.
Embedded intelligence
Taking machine learning beyond the workstation and onto constrained devices.
LiteRT / TFLite MicroONNX RuntimePyTorchINT8 quantizationModel compression
Signals & systems
Connecting sensors, firmware, and real-time processing to the physical world.
Embedded C/C++ARM / STM32 / ESP32FreeRTOSDSPBLE / I²C / SPI
Engineering at scale
Building dependable platforms and leading the teams that keep them running.
System architecturePython / SQLLinux / DockerCloud infrastructureTechnical leadership
RESEARCH & INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONRichardson, Texas
Let’s build
what comes next.
Contact@akramsaeed.com
Connect about research collaborations, engineering leadership, and software development.