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Saif Farid Computer Engineering Graduate
Education
BSc in Computer Engineering, The American University of Sharjah (ABET accredited)
Sep 2022 – May 2026
  • •30% Merit Scholarship.
  • •Chancellor's List Bronze.
  • •Received the Dean's List 3 times (awarded for 15+ credit semesters where the GPA is 3.5+).
    • Skills & Experience
    Why should you hire me ?
  • •Strong foundation in Agentic AI, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing (Microsoft Azure), and FinOps.
  • •Strong communication skills: I create short LinkedIn videos and post technology insights to strengthen both my technical expertise and communication skills.
  • •Computer engineering degree from a top university in the Middle East, which is an evidence of perseverance.
  • •Developed Agentic filters that ensure LLM-based tools comply with the UAE's Charter for the Development and Use of AI, to prevent common AI security vulnerabilities. Each agent also uses Graph RAG, to access the relevant UAE law.
  • •Implemented it using LangGraph, in Python, and tested it using AgentDojo.
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  • •Fine-tuned Single-Head Vision Transformer (SHViT) models, against CNN models, like ResNet-50, to benchmark for speed and accuracy trade-offs, in specialized Object Recognition, across 10 datasets.
    • Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Cloud Projects
    Feb 2025 – May 2026
  • •Credit-card application classifier: Multi-class model addressing a familiar financial-services use case.
  • •Signature fraud detection: Trained DCGANs for synthetic-signature generation and detection.
  • •Designed and contributed to web application, built using the microservices architecture on the cloud (using Azure).
  • •End-to-end ML pipeline experience — preprocessing, training, evaluation — enabling credible technical conversations with data-science buyers.
    • AI and Cloud Certifications and Courses
  • •Completed four university electives in Machine Learning & Data Mining, Neural Networks & Deep Learning, Computer Vision and Cloud Computing with hands-on projects in each.
    • Communication & Personal Brand
  • •I create short video clips on LinkedIn⁠ and YouTube⁠ to demonstrate my communication and technical skills.
  • •Completed four university electives in Marketing, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Global Problems, providing a strong foundation in business dynamics and public sector operations.
    • IBM iX Summer Trainee
    Jun 2024
  • •Applied Enterprise Design Thinking when ideating an app for a client. I also presented and designed a possible feature on Figma for the client.
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