Ayah Soufan
Research Associate In Human-AI Interaction
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAyah Soufan is a Research Associate in Human-AI Interaction at the University of Strathclyde with a decade of experience bridging data science, software quality assurance, and user-centered AI research. She specializes in participatory AI auditing and co-develops toolkits and methodologies that help stakeholders assess the quality and harms of predictive and generative systems, with a particular focus on AI for cultural heritage. A former Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher, Ayah has designed and run user experiments on configurable exploratory search interfaces and published in CHIIR/ICTIR venues. She combines academic rigor from her PhD work in Computer and Information Sciences with six years of industrial QA and data mining experience, making her adept at turning research insights into practical, auditable solutions. Actively building community, she co-founded multiple initiatives to grow women and tech networks in Palestine, and contributes as a reviewer to leading HCI/IR journals. Based in Glasgow, she brings a rare mix of participatory methods, evaluation expertise, and hands-on engineering perspective to accountable AI.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences at University of StrathclydeMaster of Science (MSc.), Data Science, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc.), Data Science, Distinction at University of SouthamptonBachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering at An Najah National University
Arabic, English
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Github Skills (5)
mozilla2
machine-learning1
python1
nlp1
natural-language-processing1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
AyahSoufan/Sentiment-Analysis-of-Arabic-Text
Aug 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
AyahSoufan/BBC
Mar 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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