Susan T S Awinat

A PhD candidate in computer engineering and telecommunications. Researcher in NLP, pattern recognition, genetic programming, evolutionary algorithms, humanoid Robots.

A Member of investigation Group for Interactive Tools and Applications (GHIA)- Department of Computer Engineering; University of Autónoma de Madrid.

A member of the ACL SIGARAB (Arabic NLP) researching group.

A Member of Cyber-Physical Life (CyPhy Life) Research Group – Robotics & AI lab – School of science and technology – IE University. 

Professional creative computer science and robotics teacher, and STEAM projects coordinator.

I am teaching NLP and semantics analysis, introduction to robotics, Software Architecture (Java), and Programming I (C/C++).

Corporate Experience

• Robotics & AI lab Director, IE School of Science and Technology - IE University, Spain, 2023 – Present 

• Seller Onboarding Associate, Amazon, Spain, 2022

• Video games localization, Electronic Arts (EA), 2021 – 2022

• Head of Computer Science Department, Instituto Saudi de Madrid, Spain, 2016 – 2019

• Programmer (General Election project – Iraq 1014), Indra systems, Spain, 2014

• Computer lab supervisor, The University of Jordan, Jordan, 2002 – 2006

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor, IE University, Spain, 2023 – Present 

• Adjunct Professor, IAU Institute for American Universities, Spain, 2022 – 2023 

• Digital Skills Trainer, Qafzah, Jordan (Remote), 2021 – 2023

• Profesor, Escuela Superior de Imagen y Sonido, 2021 – 2021

• Computer Science Teacher, Instituto Saudi de Madrid, Spain, 2014 – 2019

• Teaching Assistant, The University of Jordan, Jordan, 2002 – 2004 

Academic Background

• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and telecommunication, University of Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2020 – 2026

• Master’s degree in computer science, University of Jordan, 2004 – 2008

• Associate’s degree in information technology, Al-Balqa’ Applied University, 1999 – 2001