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Education
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2021 - 2025 B.Sc. in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University - Concentration in Security & Privacy
- Graduated in Dec 2025
Internship
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May 2024 - Present Full Stack Developer, Biomedical Informatics Core
Sidra Medicine Research Division, Doha, Qatar - Led development of integrated web-based platform for genomic data management across research workflows, national genomic initiatives and clinical diagnostics
- Designed real-time sequencing quality intelligence system across multiple sequencing platforms to identify technical issues and improve turnaround times
- Harmonized genomic and sample metadata across multiple cores, establishing FAIR-aligned data stewardship principles to support dataset interoperability
Publications
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2026 Large Trait-Based Dataset for Arabic Automated Essay Scoring
- Bashendy et al. LAILA: A Large Trait-Based Dataset for Arabic Automated Essay Scoring, arXiv:2512.24235.
- In Proceedings of 2026 EACL Conference, March 2026, Rabat, Morocco
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2024 Propagandist Technique Detection in Arabic at ArAiEval Task 01
- Abir et al. Nullpointer at ArAIEval Shared Task: Arabic propagandist technique detection with token-to-word mapping in sequence tagging, arXiv:2407.01360.
- In Proceedings of 2024 ArabicNLP Conference, August 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
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2024 Multilingual Subjectivity Detection at CheckThat! Lab Task 02
- Biswas et al. Nullpointer at CheckThat! 2024: identifying subjectivity from multilingual text sequence, arXiv:2407.10252.
- In Proceedings of 2024 CLEF Conference, September 2024, Grenoble, France
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2025 Synergy-Optimized Bid Generation Algorithm in Transportation
- Hasan et al. Advanced synergy-driven algorithms for bid generation in transportation auctions, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-025-06492-0.
- In Annals of Operations Research, 2025, Volume 347, pages 1339-1384
Research
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March 2025 - Dec 2025 Automated Scoring of Arabic Language Writing Proficiency
Qatar National Research Fund - A joint research project leveraging NLP & education to build the first automated system in the Arab region to evaluate students' Arabic writing proficiency across multiple dimensions, similar to standardized English exams like IELTS and TOEFL.
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Jan 2023 - May 2024 HyBrush: A Hybrid UAV Brushing System for PV Cleaning
Undergraduate Research Experience Program - An interdisciplinary research project focused on developing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system for the dry cleaning and real-time monitoring of photovoltaic (PV) cells, integrating robotics with reinforcement learning.
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Jan 2023 - May 2023 Survey of Internet-connected Camera Systems in Qatar
Research Assistant - An IoT security research project for assessing the vulnerabilities of internet connected video camera systems - by analyzing port scanning data, identifying exposure and cross-referencing vulnerabilities with the CVE database.
Mentorship
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Jan 2022 - May 2024 Course Assistant
Academic Resource Center, CMU-Q - Courses: Concepts of Mathematics, Principles of Computing, Fundamentals of Programming & Computer Science, Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science, Parallel & Sequential Data Structures & Algorithms
- Held tutoring sessions & coding interviews, and graded assignments.
Skills
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Courses
- Natural Language Processing
- Prompt Engineering (Graduate level)
- Usable Privacy & Security
- Privacy Policy, Law & Technology
Projects
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Clickbait Detection
- Python | Fine-tuned BERT to detect Clickbait from content title with 86.6% accuracy
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Language Identification
- Python | n-gram model for multinomial regression to identify 6 linguistically close languages
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Safe Interpreter
- C | A web server supporting query for safe interpretation of scripting language
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Sandbox Enforcer
- C | A runtime enforcement of a system call sandbox policy using Pintools
Engagement
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Robotics Club
- Executive Member, Fall 2022
- President, Spring 2023
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Chess Club
- Event Organizer, Fall 2021 - Spring 2023
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Competitions & Awards
- 5th Place, Qatar National CTF Competition 2023
- 644th Place, Putnam Math Competition 2023
- Winner, Qatar Collegiate Programming Contest
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Other
- Logo Designer, School of Computer Science, CMU-Q
- CMUQ Cricket Team - Runner Up, Education City Tournament