Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Employer: Social Science Experimental Laboratory at New York University Abu Dhabi
First-of-its-kind laboratory in the GCC that conducts experimental research in the social sciences (part of New York University Abu Dhabi).
Time period: October 2021- present
Responsibilities:
Data Analysis: Responsible for data collection and analysis of 20+ experiments, including complex data simulations of Nash Equilibrium equations run on a HighPerformance Computer.
Behavioral Research: Worked closely with Senior Behavioral Scientists on designing research methodologies and experiments aiming at better understanding economic behaviors like bargaining, allocation policies, cooperation, etc.
Software Development: Designed and coded 20+ innovative software for experimental trials on 5000+ subjects in collaboration with over 20 researchers. Worked on simplifying data storage to support more effective, efficient experiments.
Technical Management: Built a website for the lab. Designed a management portal to track experiments. Set up the servers for running experimental software globally.
Laboratory Management: Charged with end-to-end oversight of the Social Science Experimental Laboratory, coordinating closely with the research team of 20 researchers to perform experimentation with thousands of participants in compliance with the highest institutional protocols for administering human subjects;
Event Organization: Planned and coordinated panels on behavioral economics and data-driven policies for audiences of 70+ researchers, senior government ministers, bureaucrats, and social scientists from 20+ countries.
Location: Remote
Employer: Hedayah
International Thinktank devoted to combating violent extremism
Time period: September 2021- October 2021
Responsibilities:
Data Scraping: Utilized various web scraping techniques to collect large volumes of data (hundreds of thousands) from Twitter and YouTube, overseeing data preprocessing and cleaning procedures, in liaison with a team of 7 employees, to support accurate analysis and reporting.
Algorithm Development: Designed a custom machine learning algorithm for sentiment analysis, which successfully pinpointed key market trends and developments with a high confidence rate.
Reporting: Maintained detailed databases of full social media performance analysis, including sentiment analysis, engagement metrics, and demographic information,escalating major findings to senior staff to support executive business decisions.
Implementation: The analysis led to a confidential
Location: Remote
Employer: New York University Abu Dhabi
Time period: December 2020- April 2021
Responsibilities:
Detected the efficiency of counterterrorism campaigns on social media
Used Machine Learning and NLP tools to perform Sentiment Analysis
Analyzed Big Data
Computed engagement scores
Brainstormed research strategies
Location: Washington D.C. USA
Employer: Kluge Center at the Library of Congress
Time period: February 2019- July 2019
Responsibilities:
Created Machine Learning Multi-Label Sentiment Analysis Classifiers
Analyzed collections of text from the LOC's collections
Assisted in research and brainstormed ideas with my mentor
Participated in LOC events and workshops
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Employer: Bitdefender
Time period: July 2018
Responsibilities:
Web Development in Bitdefender's Could Team
Location: remote
Employer: Editorial Team | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS COMMUNICATIONS & CONTROL (univagora.ro)- IJCCC is indexed ISI Web of Science & Scopus.
Time period: May 2016- present
Responsibilities:
Enable communication between scientists and reviewers
Use LaTex to edit the articles
Monitor the submission platform
Merge the final versions of the articles
Create connections with new scientists
Organize conferences every two years
Part of the editorial team
Monthly call of papers