Majid Alfifi

PhD Student
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
[my_last_name] 'at' tamu.edu

My research is in the area of social media analytics with a focus on the application of machine learning methods and big data tools to characterize, detect and combat misuse in social media systems. I am fourtunate to have Prof. James Caverlee as my advisor.

About me: I have a Master of Software Engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and a B.S. degree also in Software Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran Saudi Arabia. I worked for Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia for 4 years and then moved to the private sector for another 4 years working on social media analytical systems using big data tools such as Apache Hadoop and later Spark. In 2015, I went back to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals but this time as a lecturer in the computer science department and later moved to Texas to work towards a PhD degree in computer science with Prof. James Caverlee.

  ** Super excited to be selected as one of the ten teams competing in Alexa Prize (2021)!

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                                     السلام عليكم!

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