Abdullah Shahid

Founder @ 4DS | Driving AI Solutions with Big Data

Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates

About

Experience

  • Founder & CEO at 4DS
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • AI Engineer at Clause & Code
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • American University of Sharjah (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) such as AraBERT, LLaMA, Jais, and Falcon for detecting fake Arabic news, leveraging techniques like LoRA, DoRA, QLoRA, and QDoRA. Assisted in the development and evaluation of a cloud-powered smart glasses system integrating five deep learning models to enhance navigation and situational awareness for visually impaired users. Optimized and quantized models for efficient deployment on edge devices, specifically the Sony Spresense chip. Contributed to a comparative study on the Forward-Forward algorithm for crack detection on edge devices, focusing on optimizing memory efficiency and inference performance.

    • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
      Sep 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Assisting in teaching fundamental concepts to students of various majors and academic standings. Assisting in labs of various courses like Programming 1, Programming 2, Data Structures and Algorithms, and Introduction to Computer Systems. Debugging students code during lab time and explaining the various errors to them. Providing constructive feedback on students’ code and ensuring best programming practices are followed. Evaluating and grading assignments and quizzes for accuracy, completeness and adherence to grading rubric.

  • Revenue Optimization Intern at Emirates
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    Developed an interactive app using Python, Plotly, and Streamlit for visualizing operational data Processed and analyzed a 40-billion-row dataset in Snowflake to calculate forecast accuracy metrics Created a Generative AI–driven gamified training application by ingesting training and process documents, deploying local LLM, and generating scenario-based examples Enhanced the training process by enabling analysts to learn about other roles within the department through interactive, scenario-based learning, one of the department’s first generative AI use-cases

  • Treasurer at Computer Engineering Club - AUS
    Sep 2024 - Dec 2024 · 4 mos

    Managing the Finances for the Computer Engineering Club. Creating budgets for various events organized by the club.