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  • Kuwait until 2016
  • Germany 2016 – 2025, Aachen
  • Lebanon since 2025, Beirut

Programming contests

  • Oman
  • Dubai
  • Egypt

Conferences

  • Sweden
  • Austria
  • Switzerland

Experience

Here are highlights of what I worked on in the past and what I’m working on in the present. Let’s discuss what I could be working on in the future.

Work

Aug 2025 – present

Freelance software systems engineer and data scientist

Remote · Lebanon

  • Model data semantically with knowledge graphs and data governance, so the AI applications built on it are more trustworthy and explainable
  • Use specialised AI agent profiles, prompt engineering, and context-window optimisation, with rule-based safeguards, to build robust products faster

Business software Trustworthy AI

Feb – Aug 2025

Relocation

Germany to Lebanon

  • Earned my Energy Performance Certificate expert certification from the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (April 2025)
  • Built relationships in Lebanon’s energy community
  • Relocated from Germany to Lebanon

Energy efficiency

Feb 2020 – Feb 2025

Research associate

RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center · Aachen, Germany

Research and development in building automation systems

  • Worked on two publicly funded projects, co-leading one national project and leading a work package in an EU project
  • Built cloud-based monitoring platforms, interactive dashboards, and Python data pipelines for industry partners
  • Shared results through conference talks, workshops, journal papers, technical reports, and peer review, with an 85% acceptance rate. Conferences took me to Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland
  • Coordinated a practical programming course for 40+ students, leading 8 lecturers and writing the exams, tutorials, and online assessments, with high ratings in anonymous student surveys
  • Co-led the institute’s Girls’ Day every year to encourage students toward STEM careers
  • Contributed to the institute’s open-source software and its research infrastructure

Building automation systems Energy efficiency Research software STEM education

Education

2016 – 2019

M.Sc. Software Systems Engineering

RWTH Aachen University · Germany

Thesis: “Simulation and Layout Optimization of Offshore Wind Farms” (1.3 / A-). Specialisation: Topics in High Performance Computing (1.0 / A).

Energy systems

2012 – 2016

B.Sc. Information Technologies and Computing

Arab Open University · Kuwait · double degree with the Open University UK

First-class honours, with honours for excellent students in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Computer science

2008 – 2011

High school diploma

Bilingual Pakistani School · Kuwait

Double degree with an IGCSE from the University of Cambridge, UK. English-medium education from kindergarten.

Community & Extracurriculars

2023 – present

2016 – 2022

Scientific committee member

Kuwait Collegiate Programming Contest

Computer science

2016 – 2020

Programming competition task setter

Arabian Collegiate Programming Contest · remote

Created programming puzzles at varying difficulty levels for national student competitions.

Computer science

2014 – 2016

Programming tutor

AOU Kuwait University

Trained junior colleagues in competitive programming and coached a new team to 4th place out of 30 in its first national competition.

Computer science STEM education

2012 – 2016

Competitive programmer

Arab Open University team · Kuwait

First place in four national Java programming competitions across three countries, as part of a team. Contests took me to Oman, Dubai, and Egypt.

Computer science