Apr 2021 – Jul 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mathematics and Computer Science
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL, USA

Fundamental machine learning research for science applications (with Dr. Prasanna Balaprakash)`

Jan 2016 –
Apr 2021 

Research Assistant 

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL, USA

Doctoral level research in 5G wireless networks, reinforcement learning, AI-based beyond 5G wireless network control, energy sustainable communication networks (with Dr. Lin X. Cai) 

May 2020 –
Jul 2020

Givens Associate

Mathematics and Computer Science
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL, USA

Fundamental machine learning research on graph structure representation learning (with Dr. Prasanna Balaprakash) 

May 2019 –
Aug 2019

Research Aide

Mathematics and Computer Science
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont, IL, USA

Machine learning based methods for variational quantum circuit optimization (with Dr. Prasanna Balaprakash and Dr. Yuri Alexeev) 

Jan 2014 –
Jun 2014

Research Assistant

Computer Engineering Department
University of Jordan
Amman, Jordan

Designed and developed an image processing application using C++/OpenCV, for segmentation of cursive handwritten Arabic documents into lines and words (with Dr. Gheith Abandah)

Jul 2013 –
Sep 2013

Research Intern

ABB Corporate Research
Krakow, Poland

Designed and developed image processing algorithms applicable to future ABB products; development was using C++/OpenCV and was later migrated to Android/OpenCV. Developed a prototype application for visually transferring data from an LCD screen powered by a Raspberry-Pi, to an Android phone equipped with a mobile camera (with Dr. Jakub Sipowicz and Jacek Plesnar)