About me:

I’m a first-year computer science student at NYU-Courant. My research interest is in the intersection of Machine Learning and Computer Vision. Specifically, I want to build impact-driven ML models that are generalizable and trustworthy. Before joining NYU, I was a visiting researcher at MIT in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). Working with professors Munther A. Dahleh and Olivier L. de Weck on solving research questions that involve complex systems and large problem spaces by integrating a variety of techniques from Machine Learning, visualization, and computational modeling.

After finishing my Computer Science degree in 2020, I spent time at Tahakom with Dr. Abdulrahmn Alarifi exploring self-supervised representation learning methods for low-resource languages and utilizing ML explainability techniques to peer into Computer Vision models for road safety and traffic violation detection before deployment.

Publications:

Capacity Estimation of Solar Farms using Deep Learning on High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

Elaf Almahmoud*, Rashmi Ravishankar*, Olivier L de Weck & Abdulelah Habib

MDPI Special Issue: Remote Sensing for Green Energy Development, 2023. Recognition from MIT Energy Initiative!

International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing (ECRS), 2022. Best Presentation Award!

[published]

Aswat: Arabic Audio Dataset for Automatic Speech Recognition Using Speech-Representation Learning

Lamya Alkanhal, Abeer Alessa*, Elaf Almahmoud*, Rana Alaqil

ACL Proceedings of ArabicNLP, 2023. Showcased at GITEX 2022!

[under review]

Designing a Writing Grip for Children with Down Syndrome that Can Enhance Learning Process, Reduce Writing Exhaustion, and Improve Quality of Life.

Aalya AlBeeshi, Elham Almahmoud, Elaf Almahmoud, Nawara Alosaimi & Hind Alshammari

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Springer, Cham, 2020

[paper]

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 Response on Population Health in Saudi Arabia: Results from the "Sharik" Health Indicators Surveillance System during 2020

Nasser F BinDhim, Nora A Althumiri, Mada H Basyouni, Norah AlMousa, Mohammed F AlJuwaysim, Alanoud Alhakbani*, Najat Alrashed*, Elaf Almahmoud*, Rawan AlAloula, Saleh A Alqahtani

International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023.

[paper]