Kayvan Karim has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry and worked in multiple designations as a software engineer, solution developer, solution architect, and CTO. He has co-founded multiple tech startups and has developed various enterprise solutions for sectors like agriculture, transportation, and advertisement. He is an Assitant Professor at Heriot-Watt University Dubai campus and working on his PhD dissertation on using deep learning in network security. His research interest is machine learning, deep learning, and Natural Language Processing.