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 IT Manager 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

Six projects

Citerra

Founder
Citerra logo

Integrated academic writing platform

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.

Status
In development2026 - Present
Stack
typescript, next.js, convex, docker

Entscheidungsnavi

RWTH EFi
Entscheidungsnavi logo

Guided reflective decision-making

An open-source tool at EFi, RWTH Aachen designed to support reflective decision-making processes. I contribute to its development and maintenance as part of my role.

Status
Active2025 - Present
Stack
typescript, angular, nestjs, mongodb

Clockout

Open source
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Working hours for timesheets on macOS

A native macOS app for tracking working hours. Pause as often as you like, and Clockout condenses the day into the one from, to and break line your timesheet asks for, with balances, days off and hints based on German working time law.

Status
Active2026
Stack
swift, swiftui, swiftdata

Promus

Hackathon
Promus logo

Kanban board run by AI agents

A Kanban board where each task gets an AI agent that can use your connected accounts (Gmail, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, etc.) to do the actual work.

Status
Paused2026
Stack
typescript, sveltekit, convex, ai sdk, tailwind

LearnHub

Open source
LearnHub logo

Study material with semantic search

Open-source platform where students share and organise study material. Semantic search runs on a quantised embedding model in the backend itself, so it works without any external API.

Status
Paused2025 - 2026
Stack
typescript, angular, nestjs, mongodb, qdrant, transformers.js, docker

Unlock

Side project
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Countdown calendars for iOS

iOS app for designing interactive countdown calendars with flexible unlock patterns.

Status
Paused2024
Stack
swift, swiftui, swiftdata
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Background

Experience & education

Experience

IT Manager @ 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

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jun 2026 - Jul 2026

AI Summer School Program and Chinese Language School in Wuhan, Hubei.

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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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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
July 2026 2 min read

Two Weeks of Robotics in Wuhan

The AI & Robotics Global Summer School at HUST: robot arms, humanoid robots, a medical imaging factory, and two weeks in Wuhan.

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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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05 · Contact

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