Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science.
2015-2020.
New York University - Tandon School of Engineering.
Dissertation
B.S. in Computer Science.
2010-2012.
Southern Connecticut State University.

Cum Laude.

Other institutions: University of New Haven (2009), Gateway Community College (2008-2009).

Work Experience
Research Scientist.
April 2021 to Present.
IBM Research, San Jose, California.
Remote React Native Developer.
Spring 2021.
DS Luxury, Chicago, Illinois.
Artificial Intelligence Research Intern.
Summer 2020.
Remote Internship at Center of Innovation and Security Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Ph.D. Research Intern.
Summer 2015 & 2017.
IBM Research Almaden, San Jose, California.
Teaching Assistant.
Spring 2017.
Computer Science Department, New York University Abu Dhabi.
CS-AD390 Capstone Data Extraction.
Graduate Student Research Assistant.
2014-2020.
Design Technology Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi.
Graduate Student Teaching and Research Assistant.
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014.
Computer Science Department, Southern Connecticut State University.

Courses: CSC321 Algorithm Design and Analysis, CSC152 Java Programming I, CSC310 Multimedia Systems, CSC200 Information Management and Productivity Software.

Awards
2022 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award SLEUTH: Enabling Subject Matter Experts to Build Custom NLP Models. 2022. IBM Research.
New York University Abu Dhabi Global Ph.D. Student Fellowship. Stipend and tuition scholarship with a research assistantship. 2015-2020. New York and Abu Dhabi.
Cum Laude Award. Computer Science. Fall 2012. Honors Convocation, Southern Connecticut State University.
Academic Excellency Award in Computer Science. Spring 2012. Honors Convocation, Southern Connecticut State University.
Distinguished Scholar Awards ($12,000 scholarship). Fall 2009. University of New Haven.
Skills
Back-end: Java, Spring MVC, PostgreSQL, SQL, C#, Python, node.js
Front-end: JavaScript, jQuery, D3.js, React, Angular, Next.js, SASS, CSS
Tools & Systems: TensorFlow, MATLAB, Unity 3D, AWS, Android SDK, Blender 3D
Talks
"Watson Orders: Human-in-the-loop approach for error discovery in conversational AI systems" Fall 2023. IBM Research.
"Pattern Induction: Enabling Business Users to Extract Texts with Highlighted Examples" Fall 2022. Remote, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MGMT 2100: Statistical Methods.
"Enterprise Information Extraction (IE): Inducing Declarative IE Extractors" Spring 2022. Remote, University of California, Santa Cruz, Natural language processing 203.
PhD Defense: "Human-in-the-Loop Tools for Constructing and Debugging Data Extraction Pipelines." Spring 2020. New York University Abu Dhabi. Slides.
"Tackling Challenges in Data Extraction Pipelines: Intuitive Interfaces, User Collaboration, and Error Explanations." Fall 2019. New York University Abu Dhabi. Slides.
"Program by Demonstration using Version Space Algebra." Fall 2016. New York University Abu Dhabi. Slides.
"Handwritten Recognition using Neural Networks in Java." Fall 2011. CSC 481 Artificial Intelligence and CSC400 Computer Science Seminar, Southern Connecticut State University. Slides.
Media
"Teenager Due to Graduate from SCSU this Year." 2012. Southern News. Link.
"13-Year-Old Conn. Muslim Headed to University." 2009. Fox News. Video.
"Girl, 13, will study full time at UNH." 2009. New Haven Register. Link.