Aachen, Germany

Fadi Al Eliwi

Software engineer. CS student at RWTH Aachen and founder of Citerra.

I work at EFi at RWTH Aachen University, where I contribute to Entscheidungsnavi, an open-source tool for reflective decision-making. Alongside that I am a Software Engineer at the Collective Incubator, helping build one of Europe's largest tech incubators.

With Citerra I am building an intelligent platform to transform academic research and writing processes.

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Selected work

Five projects
In development 2026 - Present

Citerra

Transforming academic research and writing. An intelligent platform currently being developed that will combine literature search, citation detection, plagiarism checks, LaTeX editing, and AI-powered improvement suggestions.

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Citerra
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Background

Experience & education

Experience

Software Engineer @ Collective Incubator

Jun 2026 - Present

Building one of Europe's largest tech incubators at RWTH Aachen, bringing together students, researchers, and companies to develop new projects and start-ups.

Software Engineer @ EFi, RWTH Aachen

Jan 2025 - Present

Development and maintenance of Entscheidungsnavi, an open-source tool designed to support reflective decision-making processes.

System Programming Workshop

Apr - Jul 2024

Developed operating systems for microcontrollers and investigated data structures for process management at RWTH Aachen University.

Infosphere: Student Lab in Computer Science

Jun 2022

App development for Android smartphones, home automation with microcontrollers in Java, shader programming, and introduction to AI.

Education

RWTH Aachen University

2023 - 2027

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (FHDW)

Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

Student Study in Business Informatics

Gymnasium Hochdahl

Aug 2017 - Jun 2023

Abitur with grade 1,8 (3.2 GPA)

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Stack

Day to day

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Java
  • C#
  • Swift
  • C/C++

Frameworks

  • Next.js
  • React
  • SvelteKit
  • Angular
  • NestJS
  • Tailwind

Data & AI

  • Convex
  • MongoDB
  • Qdrant
  • Transformers.js
  • Fine-Tuning

Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
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Community

Hackathons & volunteering

Hackathons

Mistral AI Worldwide Hackathon

Feb 2026 · Paris

36 hours across seven cities. Built Promus with Daniel, an agent that works across connected accounts.

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Cynteract Christmas Game Jam

Dec 2025 · Aachen

10 hours to build a game controlled by a motion-sensing rehab cushion. Bar Frenzy won all four categories.

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Volunteering

Reviewer @ BWINF

Nov 2024 - Present

Reviewing submissions for the German National Computer Science Competition, rounds 1 and 2, and the Youth Computer Science Competition, round 3.

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Writing

Notes from the field
March 2026 2 min read

Building Promus at the Mistral AI Worldwide Hackathon

I joined the Mistral AI Worldwide Hackathon in Paris with Daniel, where we built Promus: an AI agent that autonomously executes to-dos across LinkedIn, Gmail, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more.

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January 2026 1 min read

How Bar Frenzy Won a Game Jam

Our team built Bar Frenzy at the Cynteract Christmas Game Jam in Aachen: a balance game controlled by a motion-sensing cushion. We won all four categories.

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06 · Contact

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