Abbas Awarkeh
Data Scientist | NLP & Speech Recognition
Salary / Daily rate
91120 Palaiseau, France
Freelance
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Data Scientist with expertise in NLP, ASR, and LLM integration. Successfully improved Whisper-based speech recognition systems at Inria through fine-tuning and prompt-based adaptation. Specialized in deep learning, automated data pipelines, and predictive modeling with proven results in domain-specific applications. Ready to deliver robust AI solutions tailored to your business needs.
Work experience
Speech Recognition & LLM Integration
Inria
Mar 2025 - Oct 2025
8 months
Nancy, France
- Improved Whisper-based ASR systems for aeronautical communication (ATCO2 dataset) - Integrated a Large Language Model into the decoding phase to handle domain-specific phraseology - Fine-tuned and evaluated models using shallow fusion and prompt-based adaptation - Focused on increasing robustness to non-native accents and cockpit noise
Data Scientist
Box & Automations Solutions ME S.A.L
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
7 months
Jounieh, Lebanon
- Automated sensor data processing pipelines using Python - Built predictive models for maintenance and performance using scikit-learn - Visualized KPIs in Power BI for technical teams
Education
Institute of Digital sciences, Management and Cognition (IDMC)
Master's degree, NLP
2023 - 2025
2 years 2 months
Lebanese University
Bachelor's degree, Data Science