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Monthir Ali - VR/AI Research Engineer in Salt Lake City, UT

Monthir Ali

Senior AI/ML Engineer specializing in LLMs, RAG, and VR/XR multimodal systems

University of UtahUniversity of UtahSalt Lake City, UT8 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks On-Site

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PhD researcher (University of Utah) who built a production RAG-powered Virtual Reality Research Assistant to answer lab research questions with concrete citations. Implemented an end-to-end LangChain pipeline using PyPDFLoader, chunking strategies, OpenAI embeddings, and ChromaDB, with emphasis on grounding to reduce hallucinations and ensure research-grade accuracy. Collaborated closely with a non-technical PhD advisor to scope requirements, manage cost constraints, and demo iterative progress.

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Key Strengths

  • Built and deployed a production RAG-based VR research assistant with citations
  • End-to-end RAG pipeline implementation (PDF ingestion → chunking → embeddings → vector DB → retrieval chain)
  • Strong focus on response grounding and hallucination avoidance via custom prompting
  • Iterative workflow design and testing (start simple, validate, then add features like fine-tuning)
  • Data handling rigor (PDF parsing quality to ensure meaningful retrieval and answers)
  • Effective communication with non-technical stakeholders (requirements translation, expectation management, demos)

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Experience

VR/AI Research EngineerUniversity of Utah · Jan 2019 – Dec 2024
Software EngineerBananIT · Feb 2015 – Jan 2017
VR Software Engineer InternBlueprint Technology · Oct 2014 – Jan 2015internship

Education

University of Utahdoctorate, Computer Science (Human-Centered Computing) (2024)
University of Khartoumbachelor, Electronics and Computer Systems (2014)

Skills

A/B TestingAWSAWS LambdaC#C++ChromaDBCI/CDComputer VisionData EngineeringData PipelinesData PreprocessingData VisualizationDeep LearningDockerETL

Languages

English

Publications

3 publications

Virtual Reality (VR) and XRGaze Guidance and Eye-TrackingAttention ModelingHuman-Centered AI and HCIComputational Simulation in Immersive EnvironmentsCase-Based ReasoningAudio Production and Plugin Parameter Selection

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Monthir AliSenior AI/ML Engineer specializing in LLMs, RAG, and VR/XR multimodal systems