Educational Background
Master of Science
- University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, USA)
- Program: Media Arts and Sciences
- Funding: Full Assistantship
- Graduation: (Expected in 2020)
- Thesis: Crowdsourcing Moral Ideals Across Cultures Using the Trolley Problem
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Master of Science
- University: British University in Dubai (Dubai, UAE)
- Institutional Academic Association: University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK)
- Specialization: Informatics - Knowledge and Data Management
- Scholarship: Half-tuition
- Graduation: May 2009 (with Distinction)
- Select Courses: Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering, Data Mining
- Dissertation: Empirical Studies in Computer-Mediated Interest-Based Negotiation (PDF) (PPS)
- Select Projects:
- Developed a technology demonstrator of a web-services-based e-government interoperability framework and workflow
- Augmented a multi-agent environment and developed a cognitive agent algorithm enabling navigation around obstacles in the environment
- Developed a web application for browsing real estate market information stored as a semantic knowledge network
- Mined customer data of an insurance company to develop a model that predicts which leads are more likely to result in sales
- Notables:
- Worked as a lab assistant of the university's course in knowledge engineering, assisting students with their projects and practical sessions
- Participated in the Dubai Agent and Multi-Agent Systems school (DAMAS) 2008 at BUiD, a four-day international workshop on current topics in autonomous agent systems, including agent communication, argumentation, mechanisms and negotiation
- Co-authored a CogSci 2009 conference paper with researchers from Harvard University, MIT, Simon Fraser University, and BUiD
Gal, Y., D'souza, S., Pasquier, P., Rahwan, I. and Abdallah, S. (2009), The effects of goal revelation on computer-mediated negotiation, Proceedings of Cogsci 2009: 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
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Global Masters in Business Administration
- University: SP Jain Center of Management (Dubai, UAE and Singapore)
- Institutional Academic Association: SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (Mumbai, India)
- Specialization: IT Management
- Graduation: May 2007
- Select Courses: System Analysis & Design, Database Management, IT Infrastructure, Operational Research, Research Methodology, Data Analytics, Digital Enterprises, ERP, CRM, Business Process Re-engineering, IT Consulting, IT Business Value, Technology Risk and Resilience, Information Systems Auditing
- Select Projects:
- Industry Immersion Project: Detailed interactive study of the strategies and business model of the NMC Group, a major regional cross-industry conglomerate
- Capstone presentation: Study of emerging trends in Business Intelligence
- Forged a business plan for a web portal that links various modes of transportation into a single journey
- Designed an innovative solution to the problem of late return of reusable containers for a chemical supply company
- Activities:
- Improved security, user interface design and features on the university intranet
- Designed and implemented a student placement portal, with job postings browser, job application database and resume upload
- Notables:
- Admitted on the all-India Common Aptitude Test (CAT), with a 99.2 national percentile
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ANIIT Software Engineering
- Institution: NIIT Education (Navi Mumbai, MH, India)
- Duration: Sep 2004 - Dec 2004
- Course List: C++/OOPS, SQL/DBMS, Java, .NET, J2EE, Software Life Cycle, Web Services
- Notables:
- NIIT National IT Aptitude Test (NIIT-NITAT): 99.6 percentile, top percentile in specialization, region and country
- Average Course Assessment: "Excellent"
- Listed among NIIT "Promising IT Professionals of the Future"
- Final Project: database client with database browser and filter, onboard and file-based SQL command logging, and SQL auto-generation assistant
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Bachelor of Science
- University: Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL, USA)
- Major: Computer Information Systems
- Minor: Circuits and Systems
- Scholarship: Half-tuition
- Graduation: May 2004
- Twice on Dean's Honor List
- Select Courses: Systems Programming, Algorithms, Data Structures, Problem Solving Strategies, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Digital Systems
- Select Projects:
- Designed a concept joystick with six degrees of rotatory and translatory motion control, compatible with a standard joystick port
- Led a circuit design team in an interprofessional project to prototype a Braille display portable timepiece
- Worked on a project knowledge manager with VB/mySQL as team project for Software Engineering
- Developed a point'n'click 2D fantasy/adventure game as a project for Windows Programming
- Designed and wrote memory operations in assembly language for a team project to develop an original operating system for a Motorola MC68000-based computer
- Activities:
- Served as president and advisor of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) chapter at Illinois Tech, organizing events and directing chapter activities (2002-2003)
- Represented the university in the American Midwest Regionals of the ACM's International Collegiate Programming Competition (ACM-ICPC), coming in 7th in 2001
- Served as president of Illinois Tech anime club (2003)
- Co-founded and led (2001-2002) the Illinois Tech philosophy club
- Regularly contributed articles, reviews and interviews to TechNews, Illinois Tech's student newspaper
- Contributed to revival and enrichment of the student web portal theTube by designing and managing implementation of new site features
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