Hemin Latif is a faculty member in the Information Technology Department at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. Dr. Hemin is the founding director of the Center and reports directly to the Dean of Faculty. He manages, oversees and directs all the activities of the center and functions as the budget holder for the Center.
Sheneh Muheddin is an Architectural & Construction Engineer from Amsterdam, and former Master Student in Architecture and Urban Design at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. She is mainly experienced in Building Information Modeling, a SMART designed building model for the real estate, construction companies and architectural firms. In 2016 she also studied Dutch Integrated Environmental law and has been working for the Dutch municipality of BUCH with a multidisciplinary team on a regional scaled research and redevelopment project.
Akar Ibrahim was a senior IT student with a minor in Business Administration at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. Akar worked for Indigo Advertising Agency as a researcher in 2016. He has also been working as a volunteer for local and international organizations including Hiwa Foundation and UNHCR. He has also volunteered in various campaigns and events including the European Union Film Festival, Hiwa Mini Cancer Campaign, and Refugee Got Talent.
Lano is a junior APP student at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. She works voluntarily as a translator and research assistant at CIDA. She loves English Language and she is very interested in translating. Since she was eleven years old, she translated short books from English into Kurdish Language at Everest Institute. In her free time, Lano likes listening to music, reading books and swimming.
Lubna is a freshman IT student with a minor in Business Administration at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. She is interested in drawing, photography, and designing. Lubna started working in CIDA on March 2017 with the aim to continue her hard work on this project.
Wud is a Junior IT student at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, and she is an active member of CIDA. Currently, she is working on Kurdistan Open Data project to improve data sharing and access in Kurdistan. Besides her work in CIDA, she also has received Ericsson ICT Professional Foundation Program Certificate. Along with Academic work, she is very interested in photography and she practices photography as a hobby during her free time.
