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Rana Amr Afifi

Research Assistant at The American University in Cairo

Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Research AssistantPart Time

    The American University in Cairo

    Oct 2019 - Present -5 yrs, 9 months

    • Job Details:Working on a joint project with an industrial partner to build a Distributed Machine Learning System for an IoT Network with Edge Computing as key technology

  • Research InternInternship

    EPFL Switzerland

    Jul 2019 - Sep 2019 -2 months

    Switzerland , Lausanne

    • Job Details:Worked in the Dependable Systems Group on detecting and mitigating side-channel security attacks in a verified network address translator (vigNAT).

  • Research InternFull Time

    ETH Zurich

    Jul 2018 - Aug 2018 -1 month

    Switzerland , Zurich

    • Job Details:Worked in Systems Group on developing HPET driver for the Barrelfish OS (a research operating system developed in ETH). The technical report can be found on http://www.barrelfish.org/documentation.html

  • Blockchain InternInternship

    IBM

    Feb 2018 - Apr 2018 -2 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Developed a web application that utilized Blockchain Hyperledger Technology.

    • Education

    • Master's of Computer Engineering in Computer Engineering

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 - 2 yr

    • B.Eng. in Computer and Communication Engineering

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2014 - Jan 2019 - 5 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      orouba language school

      Jan 2014 

    Activities

    • Head of the Youth Development Committee at IEEE CUSB

      Student Activity

      Aug 2016 - Apr 2017 -8 months

    • PR member at Egyptian Engineering Day (EED)

      Volunteering

      Jul 2016 - Aug 2016 -1 month

    Achievements

     Winner in P&G IT Challenge P&G Egypt March 2019  Winner in NASA Space Apps Cairo Hackathon NASA Space Apps October 2018  First place in IBM Blockchain Hackathon IBM-Egypt September 2017  First place in English Public Speaking Contest Cairo Governorate November 2010  First place in English Public Speaking Contest Orouba Language School, Maadi April 2010

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      Skills

      • Python
      • J2EE
      • C
      • C
      • Hard Skills
      • J2EE
      • Project Management
      • SQL

      Languages

      • English

        Fluent

      • Arabic

        Fluent

      • French

        Intermediate

      Training & Certifications

      • Predictive Analytics Badge

        IBM·2018

      • TOEFL

        AMIDEAST·2014
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