Nada Amin

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Ma, Usa
  • Fall 2001
  • Fall 2008
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering, with Music Minor & Concentration, May '08 (GPA: 4.5/5.0)
  • Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, December '08 (GPA: 5.0/5.0)
    Thesis title: Computer-Aided Design for Multilayer Microfluidic Chips
  • Coursework includes
    • Computer System Architecture [Assembly, C++] (G)
    • Large-scale Symbolic Systems [Scheme, Common Lisp] (G)
    • Advanced Algorithms (G)
    • Multithreaded Parallelism: Languages and Compilers [Haskell] (G)
    • Computational Biology [Python] (G)
    • Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach [Scheme] (G)
    • Audio Processing by People and Machines [Csound] (G)
    • Fundamentals of Probability (G)
    • Laboratory in Software Engineering [Java]
    • Computer Systems Engineering
    • Microcomputer Project Laboratory [Assembly]
    • Signals & Systems [Matlab]
    • Introduction to Algorithms
    • Mathematics for Computer Science
    • Circuits & Electronics
    • Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs [Scheme]
    • Information & Entropy
    • Introduction to Western Music
    • Harmony & Counterpoint I & II
    • MIT Concert Choir
    • American Music
    • Film Music
    • Modern Fiction
    • Introduction to Linguistics
  • 6.170 Letter of Commendation awarded by Professor M. Ernst for outstanding performance in the ‘‘Laboratory in Software Engineering’’ class. (2005)
  • Lab Assistant & HKN tutor for 6.001 Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs. (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • HKN tutor for 6.046 Introduction to Algorithms. (2005)

Ecole Polytechnique (l'X)

Palaiseau, France
  • Fall 2003
  • Student accepted through the International Program, a competitive exchange program for foreign students
  • Coursework included
    • Computer Architecture (A)
    • Automata, Computability, and Complexity (A)
    • Programming Languages [OCaml] (A)
    • Computer Graphics [C++] (B)
  • Part of the school's all-girls basketball team

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (l'EPFL)

Renens, VD, Switzerland
  • Spring 2004 and Spring 2007
  • Teaching Assistant for master-level machine learning course
  • Independent studies as a free-moving students
  • Coursework included
    • Artificial Intelligence [Common Lisp] (6/6)
    • Natural Language Processing [C++] (5.5/6)
    • Artificial Neural Networks [C, Python] (5.8/6)
    • Bio-Inspired Adaptive Machines [C, Python] (6/6)
    • Bioinformatics (5/6)
    • Modern Abstract Algebra (6/6)
    • Linear Algebra (5.5/6)
    • Economics (6/6)

Collège Rousseau

Geneva, GE, Switzerland
  • August 1997
  • June 2001
  • Maturité cantonale et fédérale type C mention ‘‘bien’’

Selected Research Experience

Publications

  • With Owen Ozier & Trey Ideker, ‘‘Global architecture of genetic interactions on protein network’’, Nature Biotechnology, May 2003; 21(5):490-1
  • With Paul Shannon et al., ‘‘Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks’’, Genome Research, November 2003; 13: 2498-2504
  • With William Thies and Saman Amarasinghe, ‘‘Computer-Aided Design for Microfluidic Chips Based on Multilayer Soft Lithography’’, IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, October 2009

Ideker Lab, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Cambridge, Ma, Usa
  • Fall 2001
  • & Spring 2002
  • Research in Computational Biology with Dr. Trey Ideker
  • Investigated the relationship between physical & genetic interactions, leading to a publication & a growing project
  • Developed software in C++ & Java to filter biological networks
  • See cytoscape.org

Supercomputing Technologies Group, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Cambridge, Ma, Usa
  • Summer 2002
  • & Fall 2002
  • Research in Computer Systems with Prof. Charles E. Leiserson
  • Improved a high-resolution virtual timer for Linux, modifying the kernel in C
  • See estime.sf.net

Computational Molecular Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Berlin, Germany
  • Summer 2003
  • & January 2004
  • Research in Computational Biology with Prof. Martin Vingron
  • Developed a 3D viewer for phylogenetic trees in Python , starting with VPython, to visualize duplications & speciations in time
  • See phy3d.sf.net

Computer Architecture Group, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Cambridge, Ma, Usa
  • Fall 2006
  • Fall 2008
  • Research in Design Automation for Programmable Microfluidic Chips with Prof. Saman Amarasinghe
  • Developed a plug-in to AutoCAD mainly in F#
  • See cag.csail.mit.edu/micado

Selected Work Experience

ArsDigita Foundation

Cambridge, Ma, Usa
  • May 2000
  • August 2000
  • Built & maintained database-backed websites using Oracle
  • Instructed software engineers on web services
  • Toured California as part of a non-profit organization to match pet lovers with abandoned pets
  • First runner-up in ArsDigita Prize 1999

Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (Private Bankers)

Geneva, Switzerland
  • Summer 2004
  • Intern in IT Architecture
  • Developed a solution to authenticate network devices with disconnected smartcard readers in C++

Microsoft

  • Intern Software Development Engineer
  • Extended Visual Studio in C# to enable a RAD (Rapid-Application Development) experience for data-driven WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) clients

Google

Zürich, Switzerland
  • Summer 2008
  • Intern Software Engineer
  • Improved type inference and checking in a JavaScript-to-JavaScript compiler performing static analysis, code optimization and code compression
  • Awarded a Peer Bonus for "benefitting numerous projects including all of Google Apps"
  • See the Closure Compiler, opensourced in November 2009

Background

  • Bahraini & Swiss Citizen. Born in Paris.
  • Fluent in French, English & Arabic; conversational in German.