Beirut Arab University Crest
Association for Computing Machinery
Technical Tracks/BAU Chapter

Our Committees

Three focused tracks where students build software, prepare for competitions, and practice cybersecurity.

Software Engineering & Systems

Tuesdays at 15:30
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Builds and maintains chapter software platforms, conducts code reviews, and trains competitors for collegiate algorithmic contests (ICPC / LCPC).

Core Activities
  • Development of the BAU ACM web portal, APIs, and student utilities
  • Algorithmic competitive programming drills (ICPC / LCPC)
  • Full-stack development with Next.js, TypeScript, and Git workflows
  • Open-source collaboration and mentorship for beginners
TRACK LEADS (6)Directory

Hana Kaikaty

Committee Head

Nizar Ramadan

Software Co-Head

Mahmoud Othman

Event Coordination Lead

Daniella Jaber

Event Coordinator

Ghida Bahlawan

Competitive Programming Lead

Mohamed Omran

Software Development Lead

Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Thursdays at 16:00
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Focuses on hands-on machine learning, local model experimentation, and computer vision. We read recent papers and build real projects.

Core Activities
  • Local LLM experimentation, prompting, and fine-tuning
  • Computer vision pipelines with PyTorch and OpenCV
  • Student paper discussions on recent breakthroughs
  • Predictive modeling hackathons and Kaggle challenges
TRACK LEADS (6)Directory

Khalil Khaskieh

Committee Head

Chafik Hachicho

AI Co-Head

Lilian Moussa

Event Coordination Lead

Abdul Rahman Abou Zahr

Event Coordinator

Jana Bashasha

AI Research & Innovation Lead

Mazen Haidar

AI Research & Innovation Associate

Cybersecurity & CTF

Wednesdays at 17:00
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Prepares students for collegiate Capture The Flag (CTF) challenges with practical offensive and defensive security drills.

Core Activities
  • Weekly CTF drills covering web exploitation, forensics, and cryptography
  • Binary analysis and reverse engineering with Ghidra
  • Web security auditing and OWASP Top 10 drills
  • Defensive security labs and network analysis
TRACK LEADS (8)Directory

Issa Itani

Committee Head

Rami Zaabalawi

Event Coordination Lead

Afif Tamim

Event Coordinator

Nada Amin

Event Coordinator

Majd Ghali

CTF & Security Challenges Lead

Karim Zihri

CTF Specialist

Hanan Al Haddad

CTF Specialist

Omar Shehab

Security Researcher

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