Research interests
Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Data Privacy.
Education
PhD in Computer Science — Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2017–2021)
A cum laude
A cum laude
Master’s in Computer Security Engineering & AI — Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2016–2017)
Master's thesis: Target-Dependent Sentiment Analysis of Tweets
BSc in Computer Science — Hodeidah University (2008–2012)
Ranked 1st · Thesis: Decision Methods for Aiding the Detection of Breast Cancer in X-ray Images
Professional experience
- Data Scientist, Huawei Technologies Oy, Helsinki — Dec 2020 – Present
- Intern, Huawei Technologies Oy, Helsinki — Jun 2020 – Nov 2020
- Research & Teaching, Universitat Rovira i Virgili — 2016 – 2021 (teaching assistant, research grants, recruitment grants)
- Teaching, Hodeidah University — 2013 – 2016 (teaching assistant)
Selected publications & links
Google Scholar, PhD thesis and selected papers linked above. For a full list, visit the Google Scholar profile linked at the top.
Honors & competitions
- Lead Huawei team — 1st place HASOC-Meme 2025; HASOC 2024; HASOC 2023
- 2nd place SemEval 2023 task 10 (EDOS)
- Multiple placements in SemEval 2022, MEDDOPROF 2021, CANTEMIST 2020, MEDDOCAN 2019
- Best privacy track paper — IEEE TrustCom 2019