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Smart Assurance™: Enhancing Contract Management with Trusted AI-Driven Autonomy
Alex Afshar, Huan (John) Zhang, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Shahab Valizadealavi, Dr. Sadegh Aliakbarian, Dr. Fatemeh Saleh,Dr.Fay Saleh Abstract - AMPEAK 2025 This paper presents Smart Assurance™, an innovative system for automated compliance management and risk mitigation that leverages advanced large language models (LLMs) in a multilingual environment. Smart Assurance™ addresses the limitations of traditional, manual compliance approaches by integrating automated data ingestion, o

Alex Afshar
Apr 910 min read


Breaking Down Silos: Harnessing Large Language Models for an Integrated Management System
Alex Afshar, Martin Kerr, Dr. Fay Saleh, Dr. Sadegh Aliakbarian, Dr. Fatemeh Saleh, Sally Nugent Abstract - AMPEAK 2024 Asset In the dynamic landscape of contemporary business operations, organisations face the pressing challenge of adhering to a broad spectrum of regulatory requirements while pursuing operational excellence. This paper delves into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionising integrated management systems, enabling increase

Alex Afshar
Apr 15, 202414 min read


How to see an elephant in a dark room
Alex Afshar, Sally Nugent, Dr. Subhash Sharma Abstract - AMPEAK 2023 Asset managers share an unspoken knowledge that there is an elephant in the room. To avoid seeing the elephant and having to deal with the elephant, all the light switches are turned off. There is a shared mutual understanding that globally, the infrastructure management challenge is huge. Over the last few years, we have seen exponential growth in Data, Modelling and Asset and technology bases worldwide.

Alex Afshar
Apr 3, 20237 min read
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