Zaki Rasa

Experience

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  IT Artificer

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Web Application Developer
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  Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2021

  Computer Systems Engineer
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  National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA)

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  Data Collection and IT Manager

  - Configuration of Cisco VPN for the Electronic Tazkira (Electronic ID card), Configuration of Network Routers, and accessing of the Internet to employees at Loy-Jerga office- Troubleshooted network issues.- Collaboration with internal MIS Development Teams.- Processing the data - Electronic ID Card data to the main server- NSIA, analyzing and reporting data to the Statistics Office.- Collected information on underprivileged citizens using ODK and online applications for the 'Ending Hunger' project. Exibir menos

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  European Solidarity Corps for Youth (ESC4Y)

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Volunteer

  Tasks:-Collaborated with a team for developing and maintaining the website at the host organization website- Refugees-welcome, Portugal-Consulting on the IT side and providing IT- support for the teams-Organized and collaborated with one youth exchange +erusmus-"Artivism" for 5 days in Bosnia and couple of formal education in the host city. -Collaborated with several organizations such as Voice Of Refugee and Euro Mental Health for publishing recommendations for the Council of Europe to consider the mental health issues for migrants and refugees during their appeals. -Participated in 6 days of non-formal education at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Frace-Participated in 5 days and 3 days of non-formal education by European Solidarity Corps and National Agency- Portugal in Viseu, and Braga, Portugal Exibir menos

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  SISQUAL® WFM

  Jan 2023 - now

  • Data Scientist

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Data Analyst

    Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
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  SOMINCOR - Lundin Mining

  Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

  Data Science Intern

  Project: Implementation of a predictive mathematical model on the LOM(Life of Mine) plan for metal recovery and quality of Copper ConcentratesMain Tasks:- Identifing critical elements involved in Copper Recovery- Cleaning the data, gathering, and analyzing Copper Recovery vs other ore or rocks entered in the plants; - Preprocessing the data, making pipelines, and selecting machine learning models - Evaluation of models, and interpreting the result.

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  INESC TEC

  Jan 2024 - Jan 2024

  External Researcher

  Master’s Thesis and Project: Global AI-Driven Sales Forecasting for Community Pharmacies (119+ Shops)Main Task:🔹 Researched & developed AI-based global forecasting models (XGBoost, DeepAR, N-BEATS).🔹 Leveraged GPU acceleration & distributed computing for scalable model training.🔹 Preprocessed & engineered features, optimizing seasonality adjustments, lag variables, and outlier detection.🔹 Compared global vs. local forecasting approaches, optimizing inventory management.🔹 Optimized models with Optuna, improving sales prediction accuracy.🔹 Evaluated models using MAE, RMSE, WQL, WMAPE, demonstrating the impact of global forecasting.💡 Key Achievements:✔ Enhanced global forecasting accuracy with advanced AI techniques.✔ Applied GPU-based training & cloud computing, boosting model efficiency.✔ Delivered research-backed forecasting solutions, improving pharmacy inventory planning. Exibir menos