Education

Academic background and training.

Academic Background

Ph.D. in Computer Science · Binghamton University

Binghamton, NY · Started Aug 2023 · GPA 4.0/4.0
  • Ph.D. researcher in the AIR Lab (Autonomous Intelligence & Robotics Lab), advised by Prof. Shiqi Zhang.
  • Research focus: reinforcement learning for humanoid robot locomotion, including policy training and analysis of robustness and adversarial failure modes.
  • Research focus: security and safety of robot task planning, including attacks and defense mechanisms against harmful plan generation.
  • Research focus: LLM-based pipelines for structured decision-making and sequential task execution with state tracking.

M.S. in Computer Engineering · University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT · Awarded May 2020 · GPA 3.97/4.0
  • Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholar (2018–2020).
  • Awarded Academic Achievement in Computer Engineering.
  • Thesis: "Speech Signal Enhancement Based on Sequence to Sequence Model with a Novel Attention Mechanism," supervised by Prof. Ausif Mahmood — designed and implemented a deep learning model for speech signal enhancement using Python and Keras.

Pre-Academic English Language Course · Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · Awarded Aug 2018
  • Six-week intensive pre-academic English language course.

B.S. in Computer Engineering · Al-Nahrain University

Baghdad, Iraq · Awarded Jul 2014
  • First-ranked student, College of Engineering Award.