Computational Linguist · AI Researcher · Founder
Sahara Al-Madi
“How do we govern AI systems that serve multilingual communities?” I design governance frameworks and operational protocols for accountable AI, developing practical systems that address linguistic risk, data sovereignty, and community consent across the full lifecycle of language data.
Linguistic Security Institute (LSI)
A research initiative & open-source community building culturally coherent, resilient, and trustworthy tech.
Research & Publications
ACL 2026 · SemEval
Arabic Polarization Detection
Error analysis lead across 10+ LLMs investigating dialectal bias and hallucinations.
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Speaking & Engagements
Geological Society of America 2026 (In-Person)
Oct 11, 2026
Oct 11, 2026
“Indigenous Data Sovereignty in AI-Driven Earth Observation: A Framework for Equitable Geoscience and Education”
Technology for Second Language Learning (Virtual)
Oct 16, 2026
Oct 16, 2026
“To Listen Is to Inherit: From Grandmothers to Generative Models”
DEATHCon / BSides San Diego Workshop (Virtual & In-Person)
Nov 14, 2026
Nov 14, 2026
“Polyglot Poisoning: Hands-On Hunting for Linguistic Attacks in AI”
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