
Timeline
About me
PhD in AI | Founder of STEMpire | Tech Consultant | Assistant Professor | Developer of Palestinian AI National Strategy & AI and Ethics Policy | IEEE Senior Member | Managing Director Girls in Tech
Education

Joined research
-Doctor of philosophy - phd ontology validation & utilisation
An-najah national university
2005 - 2010Bachelor of science (bsc) computer engineering 90.4 %
The university of manchester and birmingham city university
2011 - 2015Doctor of philosophy - phd artificial intelligence
The university of manchester
2010 - 2011Master of science (msc) advance software engineering and data management distinction
Experience

University of manchester
Jan 2012 - Jan 2016Teaching assistant
Sept 2011 - Jan 2016Project manager and developer
Jan 2012 - Jul 2012
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Arab women in computing (arabwic)
Apr 2014 - nowBoard member
The 2015 annual nyuad international hackathon for social good in the arab world
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015Mentor
An-najah national university
Jan 2016 - Jan 2024Assistant professor
Leaders organization
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018Judge
Hult prize foundation
Dec 2018 - nowJudge
Abet
Jan 2019 - Jan 2024Committee member for abet at an-najah national university
An najah national university
Jan 2019 - Jan 2024Committee member for innovation and entrepreneurship
Girls in tech, inc.
Jan 2019 - nowCo managing director
Korea international cooperation agency
Jan 2019 - May 2019Consultant for an-najah national university studentsConsultant for An-najah National University students, Palestinian Startup Support Program (PASS), funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA); Leaders Organization, along with Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MTIT), 2019.

An-najah constitutional studies centre
Feb 2019 - Jan 2024Academic fellow and technical consultant
German federal ministry of education and research
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019Steering committee memberSteering Committee member at The PIHUB project which aims to Foster the Palestinian Innovation Ecosystem through an Interdisciplinary Innovation Hub, funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2019.

Palestine techno park
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019Master of ceremony at palestine creative ai week
Partners for sustainable development (psd)
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019JudgeJudge at Code Your Future, Partners for Sustainable Development and Ministry of Education, 2019.

Acted
Sept 2019 - nowAdvisory board member
Ieee women in engineering
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019Chairwomen of the first ieee wie palestinian leadership conference (plc), 2019
Ieee palestine subsection
Nov 2019 - nowChairwoman
Sept 2020 - nowIEEE Student Branch Counselor
May 2017 - nowJudge
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

Stempire palestine
Mar 2020 - nowFounder
Maan development center
May 2020 - Aug 2020Entrepreneurship trainer
Intersect innovation hub
Aug 2020 - nowChairwoman
Nov 2023 - nowDeputy chairwoman and Advisory Board Member
Aug 2020 - now

Unesco chair on human rights democracy and peace
Feb 2021 - nowAffiliated member
Flow accela
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021JudgeJudge at AgRE-Minds hackathon, Flow accelerator, Techno Park, 2021
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United nations economic and social commission for western asia (escwa)
Sept 2021 - Jun 2023Develop Artificial Intelligence National Strategy for Palestine and conduct need assessment across education, entrepreneurship, government, and research and development sectors in Palestine (the case of a developing country). In addition, it examined the legal framework and whether it is coping with trending technologies. Developing Artificial Intelligence National Strategy in Palestine
Develop Palestinian Artificial Intelligence National Strategy
Feb 2022 - Jun 2023UN consultant
Sept 2021 - Feb 2022

Bpw international
Mar 2022 - nowYoung representative - palestine
Partners for sustainable development (psd)
Jan 2023 - nowAdvisory board member
Unesco
Dec 2023 - nowUNESCO's Women4Ethical AI leverages the knowledge, contribution and networks of leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts to advance gender equality in the AI agenda. Developing AI and Ethics Policy Report and Conducting AI Readiness Assessment
UNESCO Women for Ethical Artificial Intelligence W4EAI
Dec 2024 - nowDeveloping AI and Ethics Policy Report and Conducting Palestinian AI Readiness Assessment
Dec 2023 - now

Arab american university
Sept 2024 - nowDirector of International Relations
Sept 2024 - nowDean of Faculty of Digital Sciences
Sept 2024 - now
Licenses & Certifications

It entrepreneurship
International visitor leadership program, united statesDec 2019
Entrepreneurship training
Pass korea training programApr 2019
Macromedia flash
Korean palestinian institute of technologyJan 2009
Asp.net
MicrosoftJan 2009
Mentor's training
Pitman training groupSept 2018.webp)
Women leadership program
Netherlands enterprise agency (rvo)Apr 2021
Training of trainers in entrepreneurship
Maan development centerAug 2019- View certificate

Rights2x: human rights: the rights of refugees
Amnesty internationalJun 2019 
Gic ix innovation execution program
Stanford center for professional developmentSept 2020
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMost influential and inspiring women (MENA) UNESCO Jan 2022 One of the five influential and inspiring women from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and UNESCO, 2022
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMost impactful startup idea Stanford Center for Professional Development Sep 2020 Most impactful startup idea for “Guardian-A” startup which was part of Stanford Idea to Market Entrepreneurship Program for Global Innovation Catalyst
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMost impactful startup idea Stanford Center for Professional Development Sep 2020 Most impactful startup idea for “Guardian-A” startup which was part of Stanford Idea to Market Entrepreneurship Program for Global Innovation Catalyst
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDFinal stage of WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY PRIZES WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY PRIZES Mar 2020 Skin Cancer detection using Machine Learning project Nominated for the Final stage of WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY PRIZES 2020.
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDIEEE Senior Member IEEE Feb 2020 IEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession and I become the first female to obtain such an award in Palestine
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDResearch award An-Najah National University Sep 2019 Research award for the Intelligent recommender for choosing university specialization
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDResearch award An-Najah National University Apr 2018 Research award, Personalised learning platform, An-najah National University, April 2018- current.
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDFirst place in Zuhair Hijjawi Competition -SMART Deaf-Mute Glove Zuhair Hijjawi Jul 2017 http://www.maannews.net/Content.aspx?id=914768
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDAudience Choice New York University Abu Dhabi - Saadiyat Island Campus Apr 2015 GuideMe(ارشدني ) is an application which aims to Increase awareness for labor laws in the Arab world while providing analytics on the platform’s impact.http://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/news-events/conferences/nyuad-hackathon.html
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDDistinction in Msc advance software engineering and data management University of Manchester Nov 2011
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDWireless ray tracing educational land University of Manchester Nov 2011 Among many projects my Wireless ray tracing educational land masters project had been chosen by the University of Manchester to become a real demo.
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDHonor collage certificate An-najah National university Jun 2010
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDSecond place in the best project plan Palestinian Information and Communications Technology Incubator (PICTI) May 2010 I won the second place in the best project plan competition which was held by the Palestinian Information and Communications Technology Incubator (PICTI)
- Awarded to Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDEASY LIFE (3D virtual game) project won the second place EXPO IT Jan 2010 EASY LIFE (3D virtual game) project won the second place at the EXPO IT competition held at Birzeit University, Palestine. The competition was among all Universities in Palestine
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer
Issued by ACM womENcourage Europe on Mar 2014
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDSTEM ambassador
Issued by STEMNET on Apr 2013
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDVolunteer
Issued by British Council on Sept 2009
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDJudge
Issued by Technovation Challenge on May 2017
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDJudge
Issued by Technovation Challenge on May 2018
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDIEEE supervisor at An-Najah National University
Issued by IEEE on May 2017
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDBoard Member
Issued by Arab Women in Computing (ArabWIC) on Apr 2014
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDSpeaker
Issued by International Telecommunication Union on May 2021
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMentor
Issued by Techcamp Ramallah on Sept 2017
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMentor
Issued by Gaza Sky Geeks on Apr 2020
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMotivational Speaker
Issued by International Telecommunication Union on Jun 2020
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMotivational Speaker
Issued by Social innovation Summit on Oct 2020
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMotivational Speaker
Issued by Futurism Forum on Aug 2020
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDSpeaker
Issued by IEEE Global Conference on AI & IoT on Nov 2020
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMotivational Speaker
Issued by HagueTalks on Apr 2021
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDPublic Speaker
Issued by International Telecommunication Union on May 2021
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhDMotivational Speaker
Issued by Flow Accelerator on Jul 2021
Associated with Mona Nabil Demaidi, PhD
Languages
- enEnglish
- arArabic
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