Usama Fayyad

Usama Fayyad has a diverse work experience spanning various roles in academia, consulting, and advisory positions. Usama is currently the Inaugural Executive Director of the Institute for Experiential AI and a Computer Science Professor at Northeastern University. Usama is also the Chairman and Founder of Open Insights, a consulting firm specializing in data strategy and technology implementation for AI. Usama Fayyad has served on the Board of Directors of PostProcess Technologies and has been a Co-Founder and Chairman of IADSS, an industry-wide initiative for Analytics and Data Science Standards. Usama has held adjunct professor positions at the University of Technology Sydney and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where they taught courses on topics like knowledge management, data mining, and knowledge discovery. Additionally, they have contributed to the field of data science as a member of the advisory board for the Data Science Institute at Imperial College London and has held positions such as interim CTO and advisory CTO for companies like Stella.ai and OODA Health. Usama has also collaborated with Nationwide Building Society as a member of the Board Advisory Committee on IT and Resilience.

Usama Fayyad earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan between 1982 and 1991. Usama also obtained a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the same university from 1984 to 1986. Additionally, they completed a Master of Science in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Michigan from 1987 to 1989 and 1987 to 1991, respectively. Fayyad also holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Machine Learning, AI, and CSE from the University of Michigan during the same period. In terms of certifications, they obtained the Professional Engineer (PE) certification from the National Society of Professional Engineers. No specific information about the obtained month or year is provided.