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Mohammad Alsharid

Election Year: 2017

Election Constituency: United Arab Emirates

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: United Arab Emirates & Jesus 2017

Mohammad Alsharid

Biography

Mohammad Alsharid is a senior at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE, majoring in Computer Engineering. Alsharid has served his nation as a UAE Youth Ambassador to South Korea on three different occasions in 2013, 2014, and 2016. His award-winning graduation project titled "Sentiment Analysis of UAE Social Media" was conducted to measure happiness in the country. Academically successful, Alsharid has been recognized for his academic excellence by having his name on the President's List and the Dean's List many times as well as being awarded the British Computer Society's Outstanding IT Student Award on two occasions.