Experience

  1. Graduate Assistant

    The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
    • Conduct research at the intersection of Large Language Models and Graph Neural Networks
    • Implement and improve sophisticated AI models, optimized for CUDA
    • Teach classes on Machine Learning, Big Data, and Philosophy of Technology
  2. Scholarship Researcher

    L3S Research, Hanover, Germany
    • Researched Transfomer model on time series data and contributed to multiple technical reports.
  3. Infrastructure Software Engineering, Manager

    Ministry of Telecommunication, and IT, Muscat, Oman
    • Delivered key data initiatives and consulted on national projects, such as the COVID e-Learning initiative.
    • Served on the advisory team of various intiatives, including eCensus, national heald portal, and national credit bureau
    • Drafted advisory reports to the office of the undersecertary and the minister on technology proposals and alignment with strategic objectives.
  4. Founder and General Manager

    Badals.com (acquired), Muscat, Oman
    • Established a multi‐million e‐commerce business with sales exceeding $2M/year.
  5. Government Fellow

    United Nations University - EGOV, Guimaraes, Portugal
    • Conducted research on policy‐making based on big data, publishing 2 papers.
  6. Software Engineer

    Information Technology Authority (e-Oman), Muscat, Oman
    • Led the development, deployment, and operation of a government data hub, which facilitated millions of data exchange operation daily across government.
    • Directed development of an award‐winning Government Cloud (G‐Cloud), which hosts Oman government infrastructure.

Education

  1. PhD Informatics (In Progress)

    Penn State Univeristy
  2. B.S/M.S Honors Computer Science

    Penn State University
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
PyTorch
Data Science
NextJS
Hobbies
Tennis
Travelling
Reading
Awards
ACM SigSpatial Travel Award
NSF ∙ October 2023
Languages
100%
English
100%
Arabic
25%
French