Hi, my name is

Rakan.

The first person to be an AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialist and a Google Certified TensorFlow Developer in Jordan and UAE.

About Me

I am a data scientist with a passion for machine learning. I have a background in data science and artificial intelligence. Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:
  • TensorFlow
  • AWS
  • Python
  • Pandas
  • NumPy
  • scikit-learn

Experience

Data Science Intern - Beyond Limits
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
  • Built 3 benchmark datasets for NLP task.
  • Conducted statistical analysis and interpreted the results to decide how to merge data coming from different sources.
  • Explained the results of the statistical analysis to individuals within the organisation, including managers and team members.
Data Science Intern - Green Circle
Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
  • Collaborated with the data science team to deliver an AI powered dashboard; added time series forecasting and anomaly detection.
  • Introduced the application to stakeholders and product managers.
Conversational AI Application Development Intern - Traits AI
Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
  • Joined the app development team to build a chatbot mobile application; developed the chat screen using Flutter.
  • Published the application on App Store and Play Store.

Education

2019 - 2023
Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
GPA: 3.5 out of 4.0

Extracurricular Activities

  • Lead the Data Science club
  • Lectured at Google Developer Student Club workshops.

Projects

Face Mask Detector
Python TensorFlow OpenCV
Face Mask Detector
An article about the project was written in a newspaper.
Arabic Sign Language Detector
Python TensorFlow OpenCV
Arabic Sign Language Detector
Presented the project to the crown-prince of Jordan and other military parties.

Achievements

Honorable Student Award
ranked 3rd in the Huawei Developer Competition 2022 Middle East Region, where we developed a machine learning model that detects hazardous near earth objects on Huawei Cloud.
WiDS 2022 Datathon
Ranked among the top 3% (20th place) of more than 820 teams globally
WiDS 2021 Datathon
Ranked among the top 6% (41st place) of more than 800 teams globally

Get In Touch

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