Research Scientist

Google

I am an applied AI researcher with experience in usable privacy and natural language processing. I am currently a Research Scientist at Google, working in the Applied Privacy Research Group. Before that, I was part of Amazon Alexa’s language understanding and generation team.

My portfolio includes Polisis, a system for visualizing privacy policies using machine learning, PriBot, a chatbot for automated question answering for privacy policies, an online wellbeing ML stack at Privately for assisting online children safety, and PrivySeal, an automated privacy assistant for installing cloud apps.

Interests

  • Usable Privacy and Security
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Human Computer Interaction

Education

  • PhD in Data-driven, Personalized Usable Privacy, 2017

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

  • MsC in Communication Systems, 2012

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

  • BSc in Computer and Communications Engineering, 2010

    American University of Beirut

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Scientist

Google

Feb 2020 – Present Zurich, Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 

Applied Scientist

Amazon Alexa

Jul 2019 – Jan 2020 Cambridge, UK
 
 
 
 
 

Machine Learning & Privacy Scientist

Privately SA

Nov 2018 – May 2019 Lausanne, Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Researcher

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Jul 2017 – Sep 2018 Lausanne, Switzerland

Awards

Excellence Award for Ph.D. thesis

Best Presentation Award

Outstanding Paper Award

Distinguished Poster Award

Swiss CTI Grant for an Online Children Safety Platform

Best Dataset Award

Dean’s Award for Creative Achievement

4-year Merit Scholarship

Projects

Polisis

AI-Powered Summaries of Privacy Policies

Pribot

Question Answering for Privacy Policies

Wellbeing ML

ML Tools for Teens' Online Wellbeing

Privyseal

Data-driven permission dialogs

Publications

Check my Google Scholar profile for the most up-to-date publications' list.