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Overview of my professional experience.

General Information

Full Name Fares Abawi
Languages English (native proficiency), Arabic (native proficiency), German (intermediate proficiency)
Nationality & Residence Bahraini 🇧🇭 - Permanent resident in Germany 🇩🇪

Education

  • 2020 - 2024
    Dr. rer. nat. Computer Science
    University of Hamburg, Germany
    • Research focused on predicting social attention in dynamic settings and understanding the influence of robot gaze and social cues on humans.
  • 2016 - 2019
    M.Sc. Intelligent Adaptive Systems (Computer Science)
    University of Hamburg, Germany
  • 2011 - 2016
    B.Sc. Communication Engineering
    German Jordanian University, Jordan
  • 2015 - 2016
    B.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Exchange Student)
    Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Experience

  • 2020 - 2024
    Research Associate
    Knowledge Technology Group, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • 2019 - 2020
    Algorithm Engineer
    Smartmicro GmbH, Germany
  • 2017 - 2019
    Research Assistant
    Knowledge Technology Group, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • 2015 - 2016
    Internship
    Harman International, Germany
  • 2014
    Internship
    German Jordanian University, Jordan

Scholarships

  • 1-year scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for achieving the highest academic merits during the B.Sc. Communication Engineering program as an Exchange Student at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany (2015-2016)