AI Research Assistant
Current2025 - Present
- Applied AI research spanning Arabic NLP and LLM-based systems.
AI Research Assistant, QCRI
Building useful AI systems for language, data, and the real world.
I work across Arabic NLP, LLM evaluation, RAG systems, IoT research, and full-stack products with a research-first engineering mindset.
Live profile
Research engineer in motion
Research tracksAI + IoT + VR
Current baseDoha, Qatar
FocusArabic NLP
Experience
Research, engineering, and field systems work across institutes, policy teams, and public-scale events.
Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI)
Research Assistant, Smart Irrigation
CurrentMarch 2025 - Present
- UREP 32-0227-250242: IoT- and AI-enabled smart irrigation for sustainable greenhouse farming.
- Combining sensor data and machine learning to optimize irrigation, resources, and environmental control.
Software Engineering Intern
CurrentSeptember 2024 - Present
- Built a news aggregation and summarization app with React, Tailwind CSS, and MongoDB.
- Wrote Python scrapers and integrated NewsAPI for real-time coverage across outlets.
- Designed MongoDB schemas for efficient storage and retrieval.
Research Intern
September 2024 - February 2025
- Designed and optimized prompts for the Fanar model to improve output relevance and accuracy.
- Worked on NLP for Modern Standard Arabic and regional dialects.
Software Engineering Intern
May 2024 - August 2024
- Built a chatbot on a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline.
- Used Llama 3 for structured data extraction from crawled web content.
- Shipped a full-stack site with Next.js and React.
Research Assistant, VR Micro-mobility
CurrentMarch 2024 - Present
- UREP 31-013-3-004: VR-simulated interaction between micro-mobility vehicles and pedestrians in Qatar.
Network Staff Member
October 2022 - December 2022
- Maintained and monitored fan zone network infrastructure under high-volume traffic.
Publications
Research outputs and papers from ongoing work will appear here as they become available.
Publications are in preparation.
Papers from ongoing research at QCRI and Qatar University will be listed here.
Skills
A practical stack for AI research, production web apps, data systems, and reliable infrastructure.
AI & Machine Learning
- Python & PyTorch
- LLM prompt design & evaluation
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Arabic & English NLP
- Data collection & analysis
Software Engineering
- TypeScript & JavaScript
- React & Next.js
- SQL, PostgreSQL & MongoDB
- REST APIs & Prisma
- Git & GitHub
Systems & Security
- Network engineering
- Linux
- Security fundamentals
- Agile teamwork
Community & Education
Leadership, volunteering, and academic work connected to computing communities in Qatar and MENA.
Qatar University
2021 - 2025BSc Computer Science, Concentration in Cybersecurity