President · Artificial Intelligence Society Malaysia · Malaysia
Translating frontier AI research into systems that serve society, industry and the economy.
Dr. Azree Shahrel Ahmad Nazri is a Malaysian artificial intelligence researcher, academic, technologist, and industry leader with experience spanning Artificial Intelligence (AI), deep learning, intelligent systems, bioinformatics, computer vision, digital transformation, and autonomous systems.
He received his PhD from University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 2012. His international research experience includes work at some of the world's leading research institutions. He served as a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge from 2012 to 2015, and at the same time undertook research at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, and NASA during 2014–2015.
Beyond academia, Dr. Azree has played an active role in Malaysia's AI and digital transformation ecosystem. He is the President of the Artificial Intelligence Society Malaysia. In 2020, he founded Terengganu Advanced Joint Digital Intelligent Development (TAJDID) Sdn. Bhd., a government-linked company (GLC) established to promote Industry 4.0 development in Terengganu. He subsequently served as its Chief Executive Officer, with responsibilities that included implementing the Terengganu Digital Intelligent Government Master Plan and the Taman Maya Artificial Intelligence initiative.
Through the combination of international research experience, academic leadership, AI research, government digital transformation and technology commercialisation, Dr. Azree's career reflects a multidisciplinary approach to translating artificial intelligence research into practical systems with societal, industrial and economic applications.
8–9 December 2026, Hilton Hotel, KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia