About
I am currently working at XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany. My research and teaching focus on large language models, explainable AI, and applied machine learning, with collaborations across academia, the public sector, and industry.
My current projects include:
- XAI for Medical Health — collaborative research with Abu Dhabi University, Zayed University, and MIT.
- FAIRWORK — examining platform work and digital labor conditions in partnership with WZB Berlin and the University of Oxford.
- RITS — Resilient Infrastructure Technology Suite for decentralized water, food, and energy systems in Brandenburg.
- QAVCM — Analytics system for quantitative, AI-assisted real-time evaluation of voluntary carbon market (VCM) certificates.
In my free time, I explore algorithmic trading and backtesting, blockchain and Web 3.0 technologies, fine-tuning LLMs with cybersecurity/SIEM data, and green swarming IoT combined with AI.
Teaching
I regularly teach and supervise across bachelor’s and master’s programs in Data Science and AI. The modules I teach include:
- Generative AI & Large Language Models
- Explainable AI (XAI)
- Machine Learning I & II
- Deep Neural Networks
- Data Mining
- Text Mining & Information Retrieval
- Algorithms & Data Structures
- Big Data Analytics
- Blockchain Applications
- Social Media Mining
- Special Topics in AI
Academic Profiles
- Google Scholar
- DBLP (indexed publications).
- Scopus Author ID.
- ORCID: 0000-0002-2804-3243.
- ResearchGate.
Research Interests
- Large Language Models & Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Explainable AI for health, finance, and public sector (e.g., SHAP/LIME/Grad-CAM)
- Social computing & behavioral analytics
- Resilient infrastructure, digital twins, IoT, and DePIN
Funded Projects & Roles
- Fairwork Germany — People · Overview
- XAI for Cardio — SLRs & Research on XAI and medical data (joint work mainly with AbuDhabi uni).
- Resilient Infrastructure Technology Suite (RITS) — Nexus of energy-water-food; digital twins, blockchain, AI (Brandenburg model region). Project · One-pager
- QAVCM — Analytics system for quantitative, AI-assisted, real-time evaluation of voluntary carbon market (VCM) CO₂ certificates.
Contact
Email: raad.bintareaf@gmail.com · LinkedIn: /in/raad-bin-tareaf