Biography

 Walid Semaan   

Walid Semaan is the founder and president of Matrix TRC "Data Science and AI Academy (certified by SAS international), partnering with the Lebanese American University on the Data Science, Deep Learning, and AI Solutions executive diploma. He graduated in engineering from Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs à Beyrouth (ESIB) and holds a degree in finance and marketing from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and an MBA from the University Paris-Dauphine-Sorbonne in Paris.

He also holds a verified online master's from the very prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in ...

  1. Data Science and Machine Learning

2. Machine Learning with Python-From Linear Models to Deep Learning

3. Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy

He is the creator and architect of the automated analytical Artificial Intelligence behind ‘Triple One Analytics’ winner of the Best Innovative ICT Project at the 2011 Arab Golden Chip Award. Walid continuously updates his training and consulting services delivered worldwide, related to Research, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLPs, Forecasting, and Statistical Quality Control.

Walid recently joined Fleming Events - Europe as an expert trainer in Data Science & AI and an expert certified trainer in the Middle East for SAS, MEIRC / Training PLUS, and Formatech.

In parallel, he holds thousands of hours teaching master programs at Saint Joseph University, assisting Ph.D. students in their advanced analytics and machine learning programs, and training local and international companies, to name a few from hundreds: Central Bank of Lebanon (Lebanon), PWC (Dubai), SCAD (Abu Dhabi), OXY Petroleum (Oman), Government Statistics (Ajman - UAE),  IPSOS (Lebanon), Dallah Hospital (KSA), Smart Dubai (Dubai), DarkMatter (Abu Dhabi), Indevco Industries (Lebanon and Egypt), Sanofi – Merck Group (Amsterdam), Boehringer Ingelheim (Singapore), Ministry of Health (KSA)  and way many ... many ... many more.