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Walid Abu Al-Afia

Walid Abu Al-Afia

Data Science Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Computational Engineer @ St. Jude

  • Education

    • Scotch College, Perth

      2017 - 2017
      Student Exchange Program A+

      Activities and Societies: Field Hockey Club, Choir, Marching Band - Attended Scotch College as a foreign exchange student

    • Rhodes College

      2019 - 2023
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science Major GPA: 4.0/4.0

      Activities and Societies: Class Council, Rhodes Sunrise, Chess Club, Beekeeping Club Major: Computer Science. Minor: Religious Studies

    • King's Academy

      2015 - 2019
      High School Diploma 3.86/4.00

      Activities and Societies: President of The Student Leadership Council, Head Organizer of KAMUN A-Level ArabicAP Art HistoryAP Calculus ABAP Capstone SeminarAP Computer Science AAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP MacroeconomicsAP MicroeconomicsAP Physics 1

  • Experience

    • INTRASOFT Middle East

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Data Science Intern

      - Created a Bitcoin trading bot based on the live price of Bitcoin- Learned how to effectively use application programming interfaces (APIs)- Used Python and Java to program against RESTful APIs

    • Rhodes College

      Jan 2021 - May 2023

      - Tutored approximately 20 introductory computer science students in one-on-one weekly sessions- Created customized lessons and individualized help to ensure the best success for the student - Managed and maintained cloud-based applications running on Google Cloud Platform, including JupyterHub cluster on Kubernetes- Integrated cloud applications with OneLogin SSO - Hired and managed a team of 9 tutors, assigned shifts, and facilitated communication between professors and tutors- Managed transition to in-person tutoring by helping establish TutoringBot: an application that manages student queues - Served as an investigator, contributing to a research project targeting presentation in WeRobot 2021 (Miami)- Contributed as an author to a paper targeting publication in the International Conference on Social Robotics 2022- Designed AR application and accompanying set of user tasks to teach users about robot navigation using Laserscan- Conducted user study and investigated the effect of privacy in tele-presence robots/laser bots

      • Computer Science Tutor

        Aug 2020 - May 2023

      • Cloud Application Student Administrator

        May 2021 - May 2022

      • Computer Science Head Tutor

        May 2021 - May 2022

      • Robotic Grasping Research Fellow

        Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

    • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

      Jun 2022 - now

      - Built and maintains Open OnDemand instance on 20,000+ core cluster- Authored multiple OnDemand Interactive Applications (Maestro, VMD, Scipion)- Handles all software/module installs on the cluster (RHEL7/RHEL8)- Organizes and teaches seminars on HPC programming tools (Conda, containerization...)- Optimizes/debugs parallel programs and helps researchers write scalable software - Performed routine module installs on RHEL7 HPC Cluster- Built a metrics collection development environment utilizing a prometheus data source- Used Grafana dashboards to visualize metrics- Hosted and deployed Linux systemd services - Developed and built a VR application that delivers training to patients for Radiation Oncology treatments- Built and deployed a REST API endpoint running a renowned protein-protein complex structure prediction algorithm- Compiled documentation and knowledge base articles for other engineers on how to deploy endpoints to St. Jude’s in-house HPC clusters

      • Computational Engineer II

        May 2024 - now

      • Computational Engineer I

        May 2023 - May 2024

      • High-Performance Research Computing - Engineering Student

        Sept 2022 - May 2023

      • High-Performance Research Computing - Computational Engineering Intern

        Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Java (Basic) Certificate

      HackerRank
      Dec 2020
      View certificate certificate

    • NVIDIA-Certified Associate: AI Infrastructure and Operations

      NVIDIA
      Jun 2024

    • Python (Basic) Certificate

      HackerRank
      Dec 2020
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Walid Abu Al-Afia
      Joseph Reeves Hyde Award Rhodes College May 2022 Received Joseph Reeves Hyde Award for third-year summer research, investigating the effect of content filtering algorithms on furthering social biases.
    • Awarded to Walid Abu Al-Afia
      Theta Kappa Alpha Rhodes College - Theta Kappa Alpha May 2022 Inducted as a member to the Rhodes College chapter of Theta Kappa Alpha honor society for demonstrating academic excellence in the discipline of religious studies.
    • Awarded to Walid Abu Al-Afia
      Upsilon Pi Epsilon Rhodes College - UPE/ACM May 2022 Inducted as a member to the Rhodes College chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon for demonstrating academic excellence in the discipline of Computer Science
    • Awarded to Walid Abu Al-Afia
      Jack U. Russell Award For Outstanding Work in Second-Year Computer Science Rhodes College Apr 2021 Academic achievement award granted to only one sophomore in computer science.
    • Awarded to Walid Abu Al-Afia
      Honor Roll Rhodes College Feb 2020 To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student must achieve a semester grade point average of 3.85 or better.
    • Awarded to Walid Abu Al-Afia
      Outstanding Leadership Award King’s Academy Headmaster’s Award May 2019 One of two students in the Class of 2019 to receive the “Outstanding Leadership Award.”This award is given by the headmaster to two graduating students every year.