Hussein Mahdi Al-Rubaie
Research Engineer & Software Engineer
Lightweight, fast, simple — from architecture to neurons.
Babylon, Iraq · hussein.mahdifa@gmail.com - hussein.alrubaie.sw@student.uobabylon.edu.iq
I build lightweight, fast, and elegant systems — from software architecture down to tiny neural networks. I started as a programmer, grew into a developer, then a software engineer, and now I design architectures and neural networks. Languages, frameworks, and platforms are tools; what matters is the model, the architecture, and the idea behind them. I read deeply into mathematics and the philosophy of software development, because I believe simplicity is earned, not assumed.
Research
I work on methods for learning over structure, and apply them to problems where the structure is the point.
Methods
Problem Domains
Education
M.Sc. in Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence specialization
2024 — 2026University of Babylon, College of Information Technology
- Ranked 1st in the taught-coursework year (2024–2025).
- Awarded a Ministry of Higher Education scholarship on the basis of academic performance.
- Thesis: Hierarchical Hypergraph Neural Networks for Multi-Type Drug–Drug Interaction Prediction. Supervisor: Dr. Sura Zaki Al-Rashid, Head of the Software Engineering Department.
B.Sc. in Software Engineering
2019 — 2023University of Babylon, College of Information Technology
- Graduated 2nd in cohort, GPA 87.84 / 100.
- Graduation project awarded a perfect score (100%).
Experience
Founder & Research Engineer
2020 — PresentEra Vision
- Era Vision is a research lab dedicated to developing advanced, lightweight AI systems that serve everyone, built on modern technologies and sciences.
- Delivered Era Vision's first system as a prototype: a cascaded hypergraph-based clinical decision support pipeline, presented at IAICT 2026.
Senior Software Engineer (Freelance)
2023 — PresentIndependent
- Delivered more than seven production projects for clients across web and mobile platforms.
- Commissioned to build competition management systems for two university conferences: the College of Sport, Al-Mustaqbal University (2025), and an extended version for the Department of Artificial Intelligence, College of Science (2026).
Software Engineer — Mid Back-end Engineer
2024Digital Logic
- Contributed to three government platforms serving public services across Iraq.
- Bexy Platform — a system streamlining commercial activity in Baghdad Governorate. Optimized the employee management module to improve human-resources efficiency.
- Gas Distribution Project — led development of a navigation system coordinating the distribution of cooking gas to citizens, managing the relationships between the Ministry of Oil, stations, vendors, and end users.
- Ticketing System — built a centralized problem and request management platform integrated across all company projects, giving managers a single place to resolve issues. Owned its maintenance, ongoing development, and per-project customization.
Full-Stack Developer
2023 — 2024Al-Mustaqbal University
- Built and maintained university web systems, and administered the student registration system.
Publications
Hierarchical Hypergraph Neural Networks for Multi-Type Drug–Drug Interaction Prediction
ECAI 2026 — Int. Conf. on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Bucharest, Romania (IEEE Xplore, DOI : 10.1109/ECAI69016.2026.11613729)
2026 · Published
A Cascaded Hypergraph Neural Network–Based Clinical Decision Support System for Drug–Drug Interaction Detection and Type Classification
IAICT 2026 — IEEE Int. Conf. on Industry 4.0, AI and Communications Technology, Bali, Indonesia (IEEE Xplore)
2026 · Published
Predicting Drug–Drug Interactions: A Comprehensive Review of Data, Methods, and Challenges
Kufa Journal of Engineering, University of Kufa, Iraq (Q3)
2026 · Published
Talks
Hierarchical Hypergraph Neural Networks for Multi-Type DDI Prediction
ECAI 2026, Bucharest, Romania · 2026
A Cascaded Hypergraph Neural Network–Based Clinical Decision Support System
IAICT 2026, Bali, Indonesia · 2026
Awards & Honors
Nominee, Iraqi Prime Minister's Award for Project Funding
2024Shortlisted from approximately 3,000 national submissions.
Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship
2024Awarded for master's study on the basis of academic standing.
Ranked 1st, M.Sc. coursework year
2025University of Babylon.
Ranked 2nd in cohort, B.Sc.
2023University of Babylon, GPA 87.84 / 100.
Teaching & Outreach
Technical Writer & Educator
2023 — PresentAuthor of long-running technical series on Medium, several featured in Medium publications: Pandas Mastery, Neural Networks from the Mathematics Up, and Software Architecture. Also published on Dev.to.
Skills
Programming Languages
Frameworks & Environment
Engineering
Certifications
Foundational C# with Microsoft — freeCodeCamp, 2024
PostgreSQL: Become an SQL Developer — Simplilearn, 2023
Languages
Arabic — Native
English — Professional working proficiency