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Saif Farid

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Junior Computer Engineering Student

  • Education

    • Gems education

      2017 - 2022

      IB Diploma (year 12- year 13)

    • American university of sharjah

      2022 - 2026
      Bachelor of science in computer engineering

      Interests: Weightlifting (I can bench press 80 kg at a bodyweight of 67 kg and do 16 chin-ups)

  • Experience

    • American university of sharjah

      Sept 2023 - Dec 2023
      Part-time undergraduate research assistant - data science

      I am working as a part-time research assistant to the Associate Dean of SBA, Dr. Mohsen Saad.The domain is in Data Science (as my work involves data preparation, transformation, and predictive modeling).I am currently analyzing large datasets of ~44,000 firms’ stocks, using Python and its data science modules (Pandas, Numpy, Scikit-Learn, Matplotlib, etc.)So far I have:- Generated datasets of the daily and monthly liquidity of the 44,000 stocks. I used datasets of their closing prices, volumes and daily returns to calculate the liquidity.- Aggregated the daily liquidity data, to generate a table of the average daily liquidity of 64 countries' stock markets (daily stock markets' average liquidity)- Aggregated the daily stock markets' average liquidity, to generate a dataset of the monthly stock markets' average liquidity. Show less

    • Ibm ix

      Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
      Summer trainee

      • Learnt about enterprise design thinking, took a course on it, and applied it when ideatinga feature for a client. It helped me understand how ideas are planned and designed before being sent to the development department.• I also presented and designed a possible feature on Figma for that client. It gained the highest amount of votes in the trainees group

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Ph526x: using python for research

      Harvard online
      Jul 2020
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    • Principles of microeconomics (eco 201) - general elective

      American university of sharjah
      Dec 2023

    • Fundamentals of marketing (mkt 201) - free elective

      American university of sharjah
      May 2024

    • Principles of macroeconomics (eco 202) - general elective

      American university of sharjah
      Jun 2023

    • Enterprise design thinking practitioner

      Ibm
      Jun 2024

    • Codecademy's "learn c++ course" certificate of completion

      Codecademy
      Apr 2020
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    • Codecademy's "learn python 3 course" certificate of completion

      Codecademy
      Jul 2019
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    • Foundations of cybersecurity

      Google
      Aug 2024
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    • Learn data analysis with pandas

      Codecademy
      Jul 2020
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    • Codecademy's "learn the command line course" certificate of completion

      Codecademy
      Aug 2020
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Saif Farid
      Semi-Finalist in Schneider Electric's UAE Youth Challenge Schneider Electric Nov 2023 My team was one of the 4 selected semi-finalist teams for the competition, and the only team from the AUS. I ideated and presented a sales pitch on a decarbonization solution, under the guidance of a mentor from the company, while working in a group of two.It was during my final exams, so I have experience working under pressure, rather than backing out.
    • Awarded to Saif Farid
      Chancellor's List Bronze American University of Sharjah May 2023 The award is given for students who have achieved dean's list twice (3.5+ GPA) AND within the same academic year. The bronze tier is for first-time award winners. Last year it was only achieved by 36 students in Computer Engineering (across freshman to senior years)
    • Awarded to Saif Farid
      Alpha, Lambda, Delta Academic Honor Society American University of Sharjah Jan 2023 The University invites freshmen students with GPA's of 3.5 or above into this society. It gives me benefits when applying for master's in the future.- https://www.nationalald.org/
    • Awarded to Saif Farid
      Dean's List Award x3 American University of Sharjah Jan 2023 The university awards a Dean's list award for every semester a student achieves a gpa of 3.5 or above. This award includes a 10% discount of the tuition fees for the next semester. The boundary is a 3.5 GPA because approximately only the top 10% in the university achieve this grade.
    • Awarded to Saif Farid
      DP World - the Big Tech Project 2022 - Semi-finalist DP World Nov 2022 I was selected as a semi-finalist, in a competition by DP World, where we pitch and prototype ideas for how they can operate their business in the Metaverse. I was a semi-finalist in the competition, and for that I won a Mac Book Pro.
    • Awarded to Saif Farid
      30% Distinction Merit Scholarship (renewable for the duration of the program) American University of Sharjah Apr 2022 I was awarded a 30% tuition discount for my good grades when applying.This is the highest discount a student can receive from this scholarship (it is tiered).This scholarship is renewable for the duration of my program.
    • Awarded to Saif Farid
      Innovation and Technology Scholarship for two years in a row Gems Wellington International School Sep 2020 I received the Innovation and Technology scholarship for 2 years in a row, for having the best Computer Science skills and projects in the school, while also having leadership characteristics