About
Basheer Al-Muhaya is a PhD researcher in Computing at Edinburgh Napier University working on audio-visual speech enhancement, and an AI Research Engineer on the university's PrivAI project. He pairs an active research record — 13 publications, 266 citations — with years of full-stack engineering, currently leading the development team at SematSoft.
This season
- PhD, Computing — Edinburgh Napier University
Audio-visual speech enhancement within the COG-MHEAR programme.
Mar 2025
- AI Research Engineer — Edinburgh Napier University
Jun 2026 – Feb 2027
- Software Engineer → Team Lead — SematSoft
Sep 2024
- Research Collaborator — Taiz University
Jan 2024
- Freelance Full-Stack Developer (web & mobile) — Self-employed
Dec 2020
The record
Jun 2026 – Feb 2027
AI Research EngineerRole
Edinburgh Napier University
Current
Mar 2025
PhD, ComputingEducation
Edinburgh Napier University
Current
Sep 2024
Software Engineer → Team LeadRole
SematSoft
Current
Jan 2024
Research CollaboratorRole
Taiz University
Intermittent
Dec 2020
Freelance Full-Stack Developer (web & mobile)Role
Self-employed
Current
Aug 2022 – Jun 2024
M.Tech, Machine Learning and Artificial IntelligenceEducation
Lovely Professional University (School of Computer Science and Engineering)
Feb 2022 – Sep 2022
Full-Stack Mobile Developer (Flutter)Role
Atlas Publishing
Jan 2022 – Jul 2022
Teaching AssistantRole
Taiz University
Dec 2020 – Dec 2021
Full-Stack Web Developer (volunteer)Role
YWBOD (Yemen)
Nov 2017
Diploma, Mobile Maintenance and ProgrammingEducation
GITC
Oct 2016 – Oct 2021
BEng, Software EngineeringEducation
Taiz University (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology)
Jun 2015
High School CertificateEducation
(Yemen)
Completed