Ali Khalili

Ali Khalili is a Senior Specialist Lead in AI, Knowledge Graphs, and Linked Data at Deloitte Risk Advisory and a Senior Research Fellow at VU Amsterdam.1 He has a strong background in AI and knowledge graph technologies, with a focus on their applications in risk advisory and data analytics.

Khalili's career at Deloitte has progressed through several roles:

1. Senior Manager (Specialist), Responsible Data & Analytics, Risk Advisory (July 2023 - Present)
2. Manager (Specialist), Financial Risk Analytics & Reporting, Risk Advisory (October 2020 - July 2023)
3. Junior Manager, Financial Risk Analytics, Risk Advisory (November 2019 - October 2020)
4. Junior Manager, Digital Risk Solutions, Risk Advisory (December 2018 - November 2019)1

In addition to his work at Deloitte, Khalili maintains an academic connection as a Senior Research Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) since September 2022.1 He has previously held positions as a Guest Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher at VU Amsterdam, where he was involved in EU projects such as SlideWiki and RISIS.1

Khalili holds a PhD in Computer Software Engineering from the University of Leipzig, an MSc in E-Commerce from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, and a BSc in Software Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University.1 He is proficient in multiple languages, including English, German, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Dutch.1

His research interests include the interaction between people, data, and technology, with a particular focus on AI and knowledge graphs in corporate settings.2 Khalili has recently shared insights on how AI is changing approaches to corporate knowledge management and the potential of knowledge graphs in reshaping data analytics.2