ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
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2020 2022JAPAN
AvatarCore Director
AvatarIn Inc.
Research and Development Director for Avatar Core system. Robotics software development, optimization, and control. Real-time communication with low latency over network and internet. Optimizations for mass deployment. Leading front end developers. -
2018 2020JAPAN
Assistant Professor
KEIO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDIA DESIGN
Mentoring master and Ph.D. student research and thesis. Conducting and publishing my research on human augmentation. Teaching Machine Learning classes. Teaching Physical Prototyping classes. -
2009 2011SYRIA
SENIOR PROGRAMMER, SYSTEM ANALYST
JOY BOX
System Designer, Analyzer and Programmer at a game development company: Joy Box. Worked with professional people: Administrators, 2D/3D Designers and Programmers for various projects related to entertainment, education and media. -
2011 2012SYRIA
SENIOR PROGRAMMER, SYSTEM ANALYST
SYRIATEL
- Communicating with clients and stakeholders to understand their requirements. - Database development and data immigration. - Developing both Front End and Back End of the software. - Developing reporting tools for the stakeholders. - Communicating with the upper management staff. -
2022 NowTokyo
Research Scientist
SonyAI
EDUCATION
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2005 2010SYRIA
BACHELOR DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY
Received my degree in computer science while majoring in Artificial Intelligence from Damascus University. -
2013 2015JAPAN
MASTER DEGREE IN MEDIA DESIGN
KEIO UNIVERSITY
I received my Master Degree in Media Design from the graduate school of Media Design - Keio University with a GPA equivalent to 3.98/4.33 and were selected as one of Dean's students upon graduation. -
2015 2018JAPAN
PHD DEGREE IN MEDIA DESIGN
KEIO UNIVERSITY
Majoring in Media Design at Keio University. Research activities involved in: Haptics, Telexistence, Telepresence, Virtual/Augmented Reality
HONORS AND AWARDS
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2012 2018JAPAN
MEXT SCHOLARSHIP
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN JAPAN
Fully paid scholarship covering Master and PhD Degrees in Japanese universities. -
2015SINGAPORE
BEST DEMO AWARD
AUGMENTED HUMAN 2015
Received Best Demo award at the International Conference of Augmented Human 2015 for the project titled: "Mutual Hand Representation for Telexistence Robots Using Projected Virtual Hands" Reference -
2015JAPAN
DEAN'S LIST
KEIO MEDIA DESIGN
Honoured as being selected in the dean's list of my graduate school. Reference -
2015KYOTO - JAPAN
BEST DEMO AWARD & HONORABLE MENTION AT ICAT'15
EUROGRAPHICS - ICAT2015
Won two awards at the 25th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence held in Kyoto, Japan. - Honorable Mentions: "Development of Mutual Telexistence System using Virtual Projection of Operator's Egocentric Body Images", Mhd Yamen Saraiji, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kouta Minamizawa and Susumu Tachi. - Best Demo: "Development of Mutual Telexistence System using Virtual Projection of Operator's Egocentric Body Images" Mhd Yamen Saraiji, Charith Lasantha Fernando, Kouta Minamizawa and Susumu Tachi. Reference -
2015TOKYO - JAPAN
PEPPER APP CHALLENGE - BEST AWARD
SOFTBANK ROBOTICS
Received best award and best care and welfare prize for the project: HUG Project Reference -
2016Anaheim - Los Angeles
STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION - GOLD PRIZE
ACM SIGGRAPH 2016
Received the first prize at ACM's Student Research Competition for Graduate students category at SIGGRAPH 2016 Reference