🥇 Gold Medal with Jury Congratulations — International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2026 💰 RDIA Grant: 20 Million SAR — National AI Research & Development Initiative 2026 🏛️ Presented to H.E. MCIT Minister — Ministry of Communications & IT, KSA 🏆 Double Award — Hajj 2025 AI & IoT Innovation Event, Jeddah 🎖️ Special Award — Taiwan Invention Association · International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2026 👑 Royal Distinction — HRH Prince of Madinah · Outstanding National Research Contribution 🌐 Top 2% Researcher Worldwide — Stanford & Elsevier Global Ranking 🏆 Honored by H.E. UPM President — Hajj/Umrah AI & Smart Pilgrim Research 🏆 KAUST Challenge Winner — 1 Million SAR · Hajj & Umrah AI Solutions 2020 🔬 IoT + Blockchain Hajj Crowd Safety System — KSA RDO Grant: 7.5 Million SAR 📰 Featured in Saudi Leaders · Arab Leaders · KSA Magazine · Saudi Lens & AI MENA Network 📡 Blockchain for Hajj Safety — British Council International Grant: 50,000 GBP 🥇 Gold Medal with Jury Congratulations — International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2026 💰 RDIA Grant: 20 Million SAR — National AI Research & Development Initiative 2026 🏛️ Presented to H.E. MCIT Minister — Ministry of Communications & IT, KSA 🏆 Double Award — Hajj 2025 AI & IoT Innovation Event, Jeddah 🎖️ Special Award — Taiwan Invention Association · International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2026 👑 Royal Distinction — HRH Prince of Madinah · Outstanding National Research Contribution 🌐 Top 2% Researcher Worldwide — Stanford & Elsevier Global Ranking 🏆 Honored by H.E. UPM President — Hajj/Umrah AI & Smart Pilgrim Research 🏆 KAUST Challenge Winner — 1 Million SAR · Hajj & Umrah AI Solutions 2020 🔬 IoT + Blockchain Hajj Crowd Safety System — KSA RDO Grant: 7.5 Million SAR 📰 Featured in Saudi Leaders · Arab Leaders · KSA Magazine · Saudi Lens & AI MENA Network 📡 Blockchain for Hajj Safety — British Council International Grant: 50,000 GBP
Multi-Agentic AI, Cybersecurity, IoT & Digital Forensics Research

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a Safer  World

Advanced Media Lab pioneers Multi-Agentic AI driven research in crowd intelligence, Edge Intelligence, forensic computing, multimedia systems, and smart cities — protecting communities through cutting edge research.

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30+
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Supported by leading national and international research bodies,
government agencies and academic institutions.

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Research Focus Areas

Pioneering Multi-Agentic AI, cybersecurity, and intelligent systems — our research creates real-world impact at the largest scale.

Multimodal Multi-Agentic AI

Autonomous AI agent pipelines for crowd intelligence, multimodal fusion, face & object recognition, and safety-critical deployments at national scale.

AI-Assisted Digital Forensics

Multi-Agentic AI for cyber range simulation, intelligent threat attribution, multimedia anti-spoofing, and autonomous digital evidence analysis for national security.

Smart Cities, IoT & Edge Intelligence

Real-time AI at the edge, blockchain-secured city services, autonomous sensor networks, and spatiotemporal intelligence for resilient urban infrastructure.

Immersive & Intelligent Multimedia

Generative AI for media synthesis, real-time XR (VR/AR/MR) systems, haptic computing, and AI-secured multimedia delivery pipelines.

Multi-Agentic AI-Assisted Healthcare

Agentic clinical decision support, AI-powered medical imaging diagnostics, point-of-care AI frameworks, and intelligent remote patient monitoring systems.

Hajj & Umrah: Multi-Agentic AI & Blockchain

Multi-Agentic AI for real-time pilgrim crowd management, blockchain-secured identity ledgers, smart wearables, and predictive safety systems for the world's largest annual gathering.

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Winning Major Research Grants

Advanced Media Lab has secured over 80M+ SAR and $15M USD in competitive grants from leading national and international research bodies — delivering research impact at the highest level since 2011.

80M+
SAR Secured
$15M
USD Grant
30+
Funded Projects
26+
Years Active
Funder
KSA RDIA
Nov 2024
20M SAR

SAARIA: Using AI & Digital Eye Fundus Images to Diagnose Various Diseases — National Startup Grant

CO-PI SDM Tech Flagship
Funder
EON Reality Inc.
Winner
15M USD

XR & Immersive Learning Innovation Grant — UPM Team International Winner

🏆 Winner UPM Team International
Funder
KSA RDO
Oct 2018
7.5M SAR

IoT + Blockchain Secure Framework for Hajj Mass Crowd Spatio-Temporal Early Warning

PI Univ. of Oxford King's College London
Additional Grants
KACST
Oct 2015
2M SAR

Next Generation Hajj: A Smart City Perspective

PI
KACST
Aug 2014
2M SAR

Querying, Analyzing & Visualizing Real-Time Social Network Data

PI
KACST
Mar 2011
2M SAR

Query Processing & Optimization in Spatiotemporal Database Systems

PI
KACST
Mar 2011
2M SAR

Open-Source Context-Aware E-Learning for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

PI
KACST
Mar 2011
2M SAR

HajjMemo: Pilgrims-Sourced Data for Continuous Improvement of Hajj & Umrah

PI
KAUST Challenge
2020
1M SAR

Ideas & Solutions for Hajj & Umrah — Crowd Management Category

🏆 Winner PI
KACST
May 2020
500K SAR

Multi-Modal Deep Learning AI Framework for COVID-19 Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnosis

PI ID: 5-20-01-127-0001
British Council
Mar 2018
50K GBP

Blockchain for Hajj — International Research Collaboration with UK Universities

PI International
UPM — RIS Dept.
Active
36K SAR

OncoLLM: Design & Develop LLM for In-Home Secure Oncological Data Collection

PI
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New Book Chapter with CRC Press: The Intersection of Cybersecurity and Space

Chapter 2 of the forthcoming CRC Press (Taylor & Francis) book "Cybersecurity in Space: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures" …
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Featured by Startup Middle East — Research, Industry and Saudi–Bangladesh Collaboration

Startup Middle East featured Prof. Rahman on its Daily Cover for driving cybersecurity, forensic computing and AI research …
Award
Recognised by the UPM President and Dean for a Multi-Agentic AI SOC Workshop for Faculty

Recognised among the College of Computer and Cyber Sciences’ distinguished faculty for 2025–2026 for a full-day workshop that …
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Guest Speaker at PISA Cyber Security Awareness Month 2026: Secure Multi-Agentic AI for Hajj and Umrah

Invited by the Pakistan Information Security Association (PISA), with Darktrace (SMC-Private) Limited and Security Experts, to speak online …
Keynote
Presented Two Papers at IEEE HealthCom 2026, New York: AI Swarms and Emergency-Aware Blockchain for Healthcare

Presented SPAR-Health (invited paper, with a live robotics demo) and E-Health Priority (main track) at the 24th IEEE …
Media Interview
Featured by World Wide Network — Recognizing Professional Excellence

World Wide Network featured Prof. Rahman in its “Recognizing Professional Excellence” series for his research and its impact …
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Featured by Startup GLOBAL — Scientific, Industrial and Innovation Journey

Startup GLOBAL featured Prof. Rahman on its Daily Cover for driving cybersecurity excellence and academic leadership across Saudi …
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SusTAIN 2026: First Place for OncoLLM and Recognition from the UPM President

OncoLLM won First Place, Best Innovation Project Award at SusTAIN 2026, and Prof. Rahman was recognised on stage …

Software

Our Products

Research translated into real-world software — deployed across Saudi Arabia and beyond.

Flagship Platform
AI · IoT · Blockchain
AI Hajj & Umrah Management System

End-to-end AI platform managing 2.5M+ pilgrims with real-time crowd intelligence and smart services.

  • Spatiotemporal crowd analytics
  • AI Call Center & SeerahGPT
  • Family Connect & Doctor AI
  • Hajj Blockchain Ledger
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Edge Intelligence
Edge AI · CCTV · Vision
Tamayyuz AI System

Specialized edge AI hardware delivering real-time CCTV intelligence — kitchen, buffet, event & activity monitoring without cloud dependency.

  • Real-time activity & scene recognition
  • Kitchen, buffet & event monitoring
  • On-premise edge hardware (no cloud)
  • Customizable vision intelligence
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CyberSec AI
AI · Cyber · Security
Security Operations Center

AI-augmented SOC for intelligent cyber threat detection, real-time monitoring, and automated incident response.

  • AI-powered threat detection
  • Real-time security monitoring
  • Cyber threat intelligence
  • Automated incident response
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Smart City AI
AI · Vision · Smart City
Smart Surveillance System

AI-powered intelligent video analytics for smart cities, critical infrastructure, and public safety management.

  • Intelligent video analytics
  • Behavioural AI detection
  • Critical infrastructure guard
  • Smart city deployment ready
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Islamic AI
AI · Seerah · Open Beta
SeerahGPT — AI Companion for the Seerah

Multi-agentic AI platform for the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم — authenticated sources, fully local AI, Arabic & English.

  • Authenticated Seerah sources only
  • Fully local AI — no data leaves server
  • Arabic & English bilingual
  • Maps, timelines & topic explorer
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Computer Vision for Society
🎓 NCSA
AI · Vision · 8 Scenarios
Computer Vision for Society

AI-powered computer vision scenarios across retail, healthcare, transportation & public safety — interactive showcase with 80+ hotspots.

  • 8 real-world CV scenarios
  • 80+ interactive AI hotspots
  • Deep learning video analytics
  • Multi-sector deployment ready
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