Hasan Abed Al Kader Hammoud
Biography
Hasan Abed Al Kader Hammoud is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), advised by Prof. Bernard Ghanem. During his Ph.D., he also completed research internships at the University of Oxford and Samsung Research UK. Hasan received his B.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut and his M.S. from KAUST. He is currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI.
Research Interests
Hasan's research focuses on practical machine learning, with an emphasis on continual and online learning, efficient adaptation, self-supervised and multimodal representation learning, large language models, and trustworthy AI.
Awards and Distinctions
- Distinguished Graduate Award for Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut (AUB), 2020
- Academic Excellence Award, Mohamad Ali Safieddine Award for Academic Excellence, 2019 - 2020
- Ranked First in Electrical Engineering Department (GPA of 4/4) , American University of Beirut (AUB), 2020
- Dean's Honor List Award, American University of Beirut (AUB), 2016 - 2020
- Scholarship, Blom Shabeb, 2016
- Top 10 Lebanese Students, Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, General Science Official Exams, 2016
Education
- Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon, 2020
