{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"alghamdi-leads-sdaia","event_date":"2019-08","published":"2026-10-03","category":"talent","importance":2,"title":{"en":"Abdullah Alghamdi appointed to lead SDAIA by royal order","ar":"أمر ملكي بتعيين الدكتور عبدالله الغامدي رئيساً لسدايا"},"summary":{"en":"Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi was appointed by royal order in 2019, with the rank of minister, as President of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA). A software-engineering professor with a 1997 doctorate from the University of Sheffield, he previously directed the National Information Center and led the team that drafted the authority's founding proposal. He has led SDAIA since its creation and chairs the board of the International Center for AI Research and Ethics (ICAIRE).","ar":"عُيّن الدكتور عبدالله بن شرف الغامدي بأمر ملكي عام 2019 بمرتبة وزير رئيساً للهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا). وهو أستاذ في هندسة البرمجيات وحاصل على الدكتوراه من جامعة شيفيلد عام 1997، وكان قد أدار مركز المعلومات الوطني وقاد الفريق الذي أعدّ مقترح إنشاء الهيئة. ويقود سدايا منذ تأسيسها، ويرأس مجلس إدارة المركز الدولي لأبحاث وأخلاقيات الذكاء الاصطناعي."},"entities":["SDAIA","Abdullah Alghamdi","ICAIRE"],"figures":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://saudipedia.com/en/abdullah-sharaf-al-ghamdi","publisher":"Saudipedia","title":"Abdullah Sharaf al-Ghamdi","published":null},{"url":"https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/the-middle-easts-top-tech-leaders-2026/abdullah-bin-sharaf-alghamdi/","publisher":"Forbes Middle East","title":"The Middle East's Top Tech Leaders 2026: Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/alghamdi-leads-sdaia","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/alghamdi-leads-sdaia","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/alghamdi-leads-sdaia.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/alghamdi-leads-sdaia.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/alghamdi-leads-sdaia.jpg"}}