Education

  • Doctoral of Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Communications Engineering, through Leading Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2015.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering - Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 2009.

  • Associate Certificate in Business Analysis - George Washington University, 2012.

  • Agile Project Management using SCRUM - Learning Tree UK, London, UK. 2011.

Professional Experience

  • Director, KINDI Computing Research Center, College of Engineering, Qatar University - 2024-Current

  • Board Member, Qatar Mobility Innovation Center (QMIC), Doha, Qatar. 2024-Current

  • Assistant professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University - 2020-Current

  • Visiting Scholar , Distributed and Ubiquitous Computing Lab - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan -2020 - 2022

  • Board Member, Hatsumuv, Tokyo, Japan. 2022~Current

  • Visiting Researcher - Sony Computer Science Labs (CSL), Cybernetic Humanity (Dr. Shunichi Kasahara), Tokyo, Japan - 2019 (3 months)

  • Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering , Qatar University - 2012-2020 

  • Systems Engineer, Qatar Petroleum (Qatar Energy) - 2009-2012

  • Founder, FahrasQatar, 2009-2014

  • ICT Intern, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC); Doha, Qatar , 2008 (3 Months) 

  • Intern Developer, RasGas (QatarGas) ; Doha, Qatar, 2005 (3 Months)

Academic and Professional Service

  • Reviewer - The 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2024

  • Reviewer - The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, IEEE RO-MAN 2024

  • Committee Member, Faculty Award Committee, Qatar University (2024)

  • Sponsorship Chair, The 15th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2023), Doha, Qatar

  • Reviewer - International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) 2023

  • Reviewer - Augmented Humans International Conference 2021

  • Reviewer - Siggraph Asia 2019

Oral Presentations and Invited Talks

  • Panelist, Industry 5.0: The Business and Investment Opportunity, Qatar Economic Forum (2024), Doha, Qatar.

  • “Wearable Telexistence Robots for Daily Use” at 3rd International Symposium on Intelligence Design (ISID 2023), University of Fukui, Japan. (March, 2023).

  • “Piton: A Snake-Shaped Wearable Telexistence Robot” at the 14th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Mixed and Augmented Reality (APMAR 2022), Keio University, Yokohama, Japan (December, 2022).

  • “From Sci-Fi to Reality: Investigating Snake-Shaped Robotic Appendages for Daily Use” , KINDI Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

  • “Frontiers of Human Extension and Embodiment Through the Metaverse“ at the forum titled “The Metaverse Era: Challenges and Oppurtunities”, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar (October, 2022).

Achievements and Awards

  • Awarded two Qatar University SDP Research Grant - 2023-2024

  • Awarded Qatar-Japan Research Collaboration Fund (QJRC) 2023-2024

    • Role: LPI

  • Awarded Qatar University SDP Research Grant - 2021-2022

    • Project Title: VTX - a Virtual Reality Telexistence System

    • Role: LPI

  • Awarded Proof of Concept (PoC) Funding by Waseda University, Tokyo Japan. (2022)

    • Project title: Cutieroid Project

    • Role: PI.

  • Awarded with Qatar-Japan-Research Collaboration Fund. (2020~)

    • Project: Wearable Telexistence Robot with Multimodal Interaction for Collaboration and Training

    • Role: PI

  • Best Poster Award for the poster titled “Wearable Telexistence Robots for Daily Use” at 3rd International Symposium on Intelligence Design (ISID 2023), Fukui, Japan

  • Honorable Mention for the paper titled “Designing Serpentine Shaped Appendages for Augmenting Daily Interactions” – 1st International Conference on Visualization and Computer-Human Interaction (2019), Doha, Qatar

  • Accepted in Waseda University Leading Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics, with funding for research activities for three years. (2016-2020)

  • ICT Qatar’s Fahras Qatar Competition Winner (2010).

  • Awarded with Qatar’s National Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) (2007)

  • Qatar University’s Dean’s Honor Role in 2005-2006-2007.