Yomna Hassan CV 2014
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Yomna M.I. Hassan is a PhD student in Cairo, Egypt with a background in electrical engineering and computing. She has worked as a senior research engineer at Intel Labs and as an assistant lecturer. Her experience includes research projects in areas such as video streaming, imagery analysis, and intelligent transportation systems.
Yomna Hassan CV 2014
- 1. 1 YOMNA M.I. HASSAN PhD. Student M.Sc. in Computing and Information Science Current Location: Cairo, Egypt Mobile: (+2) 0122-2209-605 Email: yomnamahmoud@gmail.com Homepage: eg.linkedin.com/in/yomnamahmoud PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Intel Labs – Middle East Mobile/Wireless Innovation Center (MEMIC) Senior Research & Development Engineer Cairo, Egypt Oct2012 – Present • Participated in multiple research projects and supervised internal projects in the fields of video streaming, image enhancement, & ontology engineering. • Co-authored 2 publications and 6 patents in the fields of video streaming & imagery analysis, some of which were part of a 3GPP standard contribution. • Analyzed and developed multiple optimization and adaptation techniques for DASH Video Streaming (using VLC and Intel's My Media Library (MML) application). • Built a Toolchain for embedded applications over Linux for potential wearable system designs. • Designed and developed a C#/C++ tool for DASH MPD parsing, analysis, and enhancement. • Initiated potential research projects within the intelligent transportation systems field. • Supervised hand-overs for finalized solutions & proof-of-concepts to other teams (in the US and Russia). • Contributed in major international research events (where only high quality demos were accepted) for Intel Wireless Conference (IWC), Intel Country Fair, Research@Intel US, and Research@Intel Europe. • Supervised graduation projects and summer interns (SVC Encoder, IIS media-streaming based module, OpenDVC platform enhancement, DASH Encoder). Valeo PowerTrain Systems (CMMi-L3) Tooling Engineer Cairo, Egypt Jun 2012 – Oct 2012 • Served as part of the tooling research team (based in both Cairo & Cergy, France). • Performed development, feature design & enhancement, automated validation & testing, bug fixing, & database design tasks within several projects including file generation, parsing, conversion, & combination. • Presented technical specifications of projects to teams within Cairo and Cergy. • Applied process management, traceability & management techniques. Modern Sciences and Arts University Assistant Lecturer Cairo, Egypt Oct 2011 – Jun 2012 • Taught undergraduate courses such as: software engineering, database management systems, dental informatics, introduction to computer sciences for management, dentistry and pharmacy. • Participated in tasks such as projects supervision, curriculum design and exam/assignments correction. • Performed documentation tasks as part of the National Accreditation Committee. • Independent development work: train system packaging service simulator. Using: Java (Netbeans IDE). Masdar Institute Research Scientist, Teaching Assistant, Requirements Engineer, Software Engineer Abu Dhabi, UAE Fall 2009 – Summer 2011 EDUCATION Faculty of Computers and Information Sciences, Cairo University PhD. student (passed qualifier exams) Cairo, Egypt 2013 – Present Masdar Institute M.Sc. Computing and Information Science, Minor: Sustainable energy (CGPA: 3.76) Abu Dhabi, UAE Aug 2009 – Aug 2011 • A program in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). • Thesis: Applicability of interactive genetic algorithms to multi-agent systems: experiments on Games used in smart grid Simulations. (C#, C++, SQL 2008, Socket programming) – Advisor: Jacob Crandall. • Involved in various projects such as: o Self-initializing gene prediction using machine learning techniques. (Matlab) o Data discretization & classification: applied in medical, farming & image recognition fields. (Matlab) o Analysis of satellite imagery to detect UAE variation in vegetation & climate. (Matlab, ENVI, SQL 2008) o Online exam management system "QuizInteract". (PHP, MySQL, Apache 10) o Complete case study and cost analysis of using treated alloy instead of cast iron in cars. o Round robin & evolutionary tournament simulator for analysis & testing of single agent learning algorithms. (C#, SQL 2008, Knoppix-Linux version) o Iterative prisoner dilemma simulator code. (C#) o XNA Game for environmental education. (Microsoft XNA, C#, Silverlight, Adobe Photoshop) o Analysis of the usage of pine-wood as an energy source in India.
- 2. 2 Ain Shams University B.E. Electrical Engineering, Computer and Systems Department (Very Good) Cairo, Egypt Sep 2004 – Jul 2009 • Graduation project: Online traffic solution: web portal for traffic analysis using image processing & sharing information between users. (ASP.NET, OpenCV, SQL, Bing maps, XML) – Grade: Excellent, Advisor: M. Nabil • Sponsorship: LINDdotNET. Winner of Microsoft Imagine cup National competition. • Participated in projects such as: o Software for ECG data analysis using Back propagation and SVM, 2009. Using: Matlab. o RSS Feed Graphical Feed Reader, Microsoft Egypt, 2008. Using: C#, Silverlight, XAML, XML. o Library Database system, 2008. Using: C#, SQL 2005. PUBLICATIONS • Y. Hassan, A. Helmy, & M. Rehan, “Effect of varying segment size on DASH streaming quality for mobile user”, IEEE ICET, Cairo, Egypt, Apr. 2014. • Y. Hassan & J.W. Crandall. “Genetic algorithms in repeated matrix games: effects of algorithmic modifications and human Input”, IEEE SSCI, 2013. • J.W. Crandall, M. H. Altakrori, & Y. M. Hassan, “Learning by demonstration in repeated stochastic games”, AAMAS, 2011. • Y. Hassan, S. Ahmed, & J.W. Crandall, “Interactive artificial learning in multi-agent systems”, Workshop on Learning for Human-Robot Interaction Modeling, RSS, 2010. AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS • Masdar Institute Scholarship – Masdar Institute, MIT, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2009 – 2011. • Dean's Recognition Award – Faculty of Engineering, Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2009. • Winners of Microsoft National Imagine Cup competition, 13th Worldwide, Software Design competition – Microsoft, Cairo, Egypt, Apr 2009. INTERNSHIPS & COURSES • Student feedback & graduation projects management course – Middlesex University Coaches at Modern Sciences and Arts University, Cairo, Egypt, Apr 2012. • Team coaching & leadership techniques course – Modern Sciences & Arts University, Cairo, Egypt, Jan 2012. • ExxonMobil geology course, selected for MENA scholarship – ExxonMobil, Istanbul, Turkey, Dec 2010. • Summer Internship at Microsoft, Cairo, Egypt, Jul – Sep 2008: o Networking (infrastructure, core infrastructure), business intelligence, databases, SharePoint, MSF (solutions foundation), team suite, workflow, CRM (customer relationship management system), Silverlight; Project: Graphical RSS Feed Reader using Silverlight technology. • Web development: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) – New Horizons, Cairo, Egypt, 2008. • Spring Internship at Mentor Graphics – Cairo, Egypt, Mar – May 2007: o Trained in CED team on analyzing datasheets for electronic components on UNIX based systems. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • Beena Green sustainability community volunteer, 2012 – Present. • Assisted in the delivery of Robitics workshop delivered by C.O.R.D , Medenine, Tunis, Mar 2014. • Participant in Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL) in the World future energy conference, 2010 – 2011. • Frequent writer at the Masdar Institute Newsletter in 2011 and part of the orientation committee in Fall 2010. • Helped in preparing the National Robotics Olympiad competition in the UAE, Summer 2010. • Co-designed and taught a C# summer course for engineers at Masdar Institute, Summer 2010. • Assistant Librarian and Member of Masdar Institute IEEE student branch, 2010. • Assessed with a team the usage of hydraulic electricity in Boyan, Malaysia, Masdar Institute, Mar 2010. • Member of Masdar Institute Language Club, Beginners French Teacher, 2009 – 2010. • Volunteer in 350.org related activities, 2009 – 2010 and MSP (Microsoft Student Partner), 2008 – 2009. • Organizer at the Fifth International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems, ICCES 2009. • IT & Media Member in EYE 2008, EPR member in EYE & Aces 2007, & participant in EYE & ACES 2006. • Participant in MECA Academy, R&D Module, 2007, Project: Electricity by solar cells for poverty regions. COMPUTER SKILLS • Programming Languages: C#, C++, C, Matlab, Java, scripting, Perl. • Tools: Matlab, Visual studio, Eclipse, OPNET, Microsoft IIS, Apache HTTP Server, Mercurial, IBM Rational Rose, Edraw, LATEX, Microsoft Office & Visio, Tortoise SVN, Dropbox versioning, Oracle MySQL WorkBench, WinMerge, Komodo IDE, Komodo IDE, Netbeans, eclipse, Serena versioning tools & reqtify. • Environments: Windows 7/8, Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS, Knoppix (Linux version). LANGUAGES • Arabic - Mother tongue, English - Fluent (TOEFL iBT: 108 (in 2009), IELTS: Band 8.0 (in 2011). • French - Good (Fourth Level at the French Cultural Center in Cairo CFCC).