Amman, Jordan

Hi, I’m Alanoud. Alanoud Alsalem

Computer engineer and builder from Amman, Jordan — from FPGA fabric to 3D capture, working where engineering meets creativity.

01 / The journey

From the hills of Amman
to the lowest point on Earth.

· Amman, Jordan · عمّان

Where I’m from is why I build.

I grew up in Amman, surrounded by a community whose generosity shaped the way I see the world — founders who gave hours to help me navigate my own startup, friends who found opportunities for me before I thought to ask, a family that endlessly fostered my curiosity.

Their altruism became my guiding purpose: to dedicate my love for building to the people around me — starting with family and friends, and extending to the wider community and to Jordan as a whole.

· The adventurer · مغامِرة

An adventurer at heart.

It was here, at the Dead Sea, that I started to become more adventurous — and I haven’t stopped since.

I’m an adventurer at heart — and I think that’s what makes me love building. I love the thrill of discovering something new: experimenting with ideas, materials, components, science. The mind venturing into inquiry and thought is what drives my pursuit of knowledge and my hunger to create.

It makes me restless to try very different things, exploring ideas at the intersections of interdisciplinary subjects. The meeting of engineering and creativity, math and art, truly inspires me — so in my projects I like to incorporate both, to indulge in the true beauty of their synergy.

· The builder

Right now I’m exploring computing, AI, product design, robotics, and more — paving my path forward through projects and sharing what I learn, so I can grow from feedback and find people to build with.

  • Computing
  • AI
  • Product design
  • Robotics
Step into the lab
2025 — Jun 2026 Graduation project

On-edge hardware accelerator for CNN inference

Graduation project: a RISC-V on-edge video-inference pipeline for the X3D CNN — quantization and real-time streaming on a PolarFire SoC, with a 3D systolic-array kernel that offloads the CNN bottlenecks onto FPGA fabric.

  • FPGA
  • RISC-V
  • Computer vision
GitHub
2023 — 24

Cory Technologies — 3D capture, from research to prototype

Technical co-founder. Led R&D across 3D rendering pipelines, photogrammetry and LiDAR, and shipped a working prototype in Unity. Secured $21,000 in pre-seed funding through competitive pitching.

  • 3D
  • Photogrammetry
  • Startup
2023 — now

Machine learning for photovoltaic fault detection

Research assistant — one of two undergraduates selected. Trained deep-learning models from scratch and via transfer learning to diagnose photovoltaic faults from thermographic images.

  • Deep learning
  • Research
Ongoing

More on the bench

RISC-V processors, an FPGA packet router, a CMOS full adder, an automated hydroponic greenhouse — the smaller builds and experiments live in the open.

  • Hardware
  • Embedded
  • ML
All repositories

02 / The lab

Where engineering meets creativity.

Projects and research at the intersections I love — hardware and AI, 3D and math, the model in the loop and the device in your hand.

01 / 04 X3D-ACCEL

03 / Experience

Building in very different rooms.

A few years across technical co-founding, ed-tech and operations — from a deep-tech startup to a school’s back office, same instinct to build.

  1. Dec 2023 — Aug 2024

    Technical Co-founder Cory Technologies

    Led R&D in 3D rendering, photogrammetry and LiDAR; shipped a Unity prototype and secured $21,000 in pre-seed funding through competitive pitching.

  2. Sep 2022 — Jun 2024

    Diploma Programme Office Intern Amman Academy

    Built VBA scheduling automation and macro-powered analytics dashboards, and launched the Beyond the Books pilot — student workshops in professional development.

  3. Jun — Nov 2022

    Business Development Executive EduHax

    Managed a B2B SaaS product for IB schools, bridging the dev team and institutional clients and driving adoption through demos across the city.

04 / Education & recognition

Measured, then applied.

  1. 2021 — 26 B.Sc. Computer Engineering Princess Sumaya University for Technology 93.9% GPA · ranked 1st
  2. 2021 International Baccalaureate Diploma Amman Academy 45 / 45 Full marks

· Honors & awards

  • 2025 Best Presented Project — MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives
  • 2024 Third Place — JoSDC’24, Jordan’s Semiconductor Design Competition
  • 2022 — 24 Outstanding Student Award — PSUT (two consecutive years)

· Certificates

  • Machine Learning Specialization
  • Foundations of Modern Robotics

· Toolkit

Python · Machine learning · Computer vision · C++ · MATLAB / Simulink · Docker · Git · Linux

· Get in touch

Let’s build something new.

I’m exploring computing, AI, product design and robotics — and I’m always up for collaborating, trading ideas, or learning from good feedback. If you’re building at an interesting intersection, the inbox is open.

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