Updates, Talks & News
Books, research, courses and 300+ conference sessions — the running record of what I am learning and shipping in data and AI.
On stage & in the classroom
300+ talks, panels and teaching sessions — from CDAO Canada to Microsoft Developer Conferences.
2026 — 2027 Recent Activities
Latest talks, teaching, research and book milestones.
Upcoming talk at Boston SQL Saturday
Talk on Next-Gen Data & AI Platforms: From Fabric to Foundry and Agentic Enterprise Design — tracing the journey from modern data platforms to agentic, frontier-AI-ready enterprise architecture.
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Harvard Book Store features Driving Business Transformation with Modern Data and AI Strategies
The Apress book, co-authored with Kasam Shaikh, is now featured and stocked at Harvard Book Store — a proud milestone for a practitioner's guide on turning data and AI into measurable business value.
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Digital Transformation in Aviation — McGill University course
Delivering sessions on digital transformation and AI adoption in aviation, bringing enterprise data and AI delivery practice into the classroom.
Open link →Hybrid Physics-Based Framework for GNSS Interference Detection
Sharing work on GNSS jamming and spoofing detection for aviation safety — combining physics-based modelling with machine learning to flag interference in flight operations.
Open link →From Use Case to Value: Building Your Organization's AI Playbook
A practical framework for identifying and prioritizing AI use cases, building a repeatable path from ideation to production, and using analytics maturity as the baseline for a realistic, value-driven AI roadmap.
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Coverage, milestones and moments from along the way.
Meeting NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
First time meeting and chatting with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang about deep learning, GPU computing and where accelerated AI was heading.
Open link →CTV News — Saskatoon men invent app for farmers to detect crop disease
CTV News covered Project Beetle, a computer-vision app that lets farmers detect crop disease from a photo taken in the field.
Open link →USask News — Students' app maps crop health
USask News covers the student-built app that maps crop health from drone imagery, part of Rahat's plant phenotyping and imaging research.
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Teaching Convolutional Neural Networks at the University of Saskatchewan
Leading a hands-on session on convolutional neural networks and deep learning fundamentals for students and researchers at USask.
Open link →Teaching "Working with AI" — Concordia Continuing Education
Instructor for Concordia Continuing Education's Working with AI course, helping professionals apply AI tools in their day-to-day work.
Open link →USask computer science graduate creates Rahat Yasir Award for Diversity and Inclusion
USask Computer Science covers the creation of the Rahat Yasir Award for Diversity and Inclusion, supporting students with disability needs.
Open link →USask Alumni Book Nook — Driving Business Transformation with Modern Data and AI Strategies
USask's Green & White alumni magazine features Rahat Yasir (MSc'18) and his Apress book on turning data and AI into business value.
Open link →Digitized 2024 — USask Computer Science
Rahat Yasir featured in Digitized 2024, USask Computer Science's showcase of alumni advancing data and AI in industry.
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