About me
Self-directed and driven SWE, working towards a master of computer science degree @Columbia University with +5 years of experience in computer science-related fields in both industry and academia. Enthusiastic about leveraging artificial intelligence AI techniques for better enhancing the quality of our lives. I have 2 years of experience as Teaching assistant teaching courses such as operating systems, computer networks, IT fundamentals, and wireless networks at IMSIU. 2 years as business intelligence engineer responsible for ETL the database and publishing the dashboards at GOSI. In addition to java development and software testing experience. Graduated with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from KSU with the highest GPA class of 2015 and, engaged in many research activities since then. Keen to employ novel AI methodologies to produce innovative solutions, I like to keep myself abreast of the latest industry and market trends.
- Location:New York, NY
- Interests:Hiking, Coding, Cooking
- Study:Columbia University in the City of New York
Education
MSc. in Computer Science, Machine Learning Track
Relevant Coursework: Analysis of Algorithms, User Interface Design, Empirical Methods Data Science, NLP, Advanced Computer Vision
BSc. in Information Technology
Ranked First in KSU Class of 2015
First-Class Honor
GPA: 4.99/5
Dissertation "Mr. Saud: NAO Robot for Kindergarten"
Dean's List of Outstanding Students
Ranked First in AEC's Best Graduation Project Prize
Publications
Empirical Study of Hate Speech in Social Media During COVID-19 Crisis in the United States
Wen, Chenghan*; Alnuhait, Deema*; Liu, Shanghu*; Zhou, Wenda; Zhang, Jun;
* Equal Contribution
The experience of developing Mr. saud educational system using NAO humanoid robot
Alsalman, Bashayer*; Alnuhait, Deema*; Alkhalifah, Atheer*; Meldah, Ohoud*; Aloud, Sara*; Al-Khalifa, Hend S;
* Equal Contribution
Using NAO humanoid robot in kindergarten: a proposed system
Alkhalifah, Atheer*; Alsalman, Bashayer*; Alnuhait, Deema*; Meldah, Ohoud*; Aloud, Sara*; Al-Khalifa, Hend S; Al-Otaibi, Hind M;
* Equal Contribution
Work
Software Development Engineer Intern at Search and AI (A9 team)
• Build Search Graph Navigation Library (SGN) for Amazon Search Graphs by utilizing Sparse Matrices for efficient navigation
• Extend SGN to support Random Walk and Client-Server APIs architecture
• Design APIs, benchmark, and implement three rounds of optimization with 100% unit tests coverage
• Decrease the processing time of multi-hops Amazon graphs traversal by 99% compared to Amazon Neptune
Teaching Assistant
• Taught undergraduate courses: Operating systems, Computer Networks, and Wireless networks for +90 students
• Assisted in supervising ten undergraduate dissertations (machine learning, computer vision, and security-related projects)
• Awarded IMSIU Faculty Scholarship
Business Intelligence (BI)/ ETL Developer
• Engineered GOSI database that covers around 8 million employees' data
• Implemented and modeled Data warehouse
• Built BI dashboards for visualization
• Delivered dashboards and statistics for +1000 external requests on private sector employees' data
• Developed ETL procedures for data extraction and transformation
Java Developer
• Developed GOSI's website, backend (Java EE), and frontend (Java server pages JSPs)
Software Test Engineer
• Conducted Web services and API testing
• Conducted Functional testing and UI testing on two countrywide systems used by + 100 thousand users
• Analyzed business requirements and prepared test cases, automation tests, and tests scenarios
• Reported and verified bugs, certified releases and deployed new builds
Skills
Get in touch.
Feel free to reach out about research, grad school applications or life
- daa2182@columbia.edu
- Location
- New York, NY
- @deema_cs
- Github
- deema-A
- Phone
- +19172543706