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Samar Ashrafi

Phone: 857-***-**** Email: **************@*****.*** LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samarashrafi GitHub: http://Github.com/samar-ash SUMMARY

Highly experienced and results-driven Full stack Developer with over 4 years of expertise in PHP framework, JavaScript, MySQL, ORM, and additional proficiency in Python and MATLAB. Demonstrated success in research and industry. Skilled in full-stack development, database management, and software architecture. Currently, I am actively seeking opportunities to leverage my diverse skill set and track record of successful project delivery to contribute to innovative software solutions in the USA. EDUCATION

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran Master of Science in Applied Computer Science Master of Science in Software Engineering Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering Overall GPA 3.89/4.00 – Graduated in April 2024 Overall GPA 3.81/4.00 Overall GPA 3.17/4.00 SKILLS

Back End Development: Python, PHP (MVC), MATLAB, C, C++ Front End Development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap Database Management Systems: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL Data Science Techniques and Tools: K-means Clustering, K-Nearest Neighbors, Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, NLP, Scikit-learn, Jupyter Notebook, Matplotlib Soft Skills: Team Player, Communicator, Problem Solver, Detail-Oriented, Time Manager, Adaptable, Analytical Thinker CERTIFICATES & TRAININGS

Intensive Cloud Computing Hands-on Training (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform), The Cloud Bootcamp Jenkins: Jobs, Pipelines, CI/CD and DevOps, Udemy

Machine Learning Certificate, Stanford University

Artificial Intelligence Certificate, Berkeley University Drupal 9 Essential Training: Introduction and Administration, LinkedIn Small network equipment technician, Technical and Vocational Center RELATED EXPERIENCE

Full-Stack Developer, National Land and Housing Organization, Tehran, Iran July 2018 – July 2021

• Developed software solutions for cross-platform applications in Three-tier architecture using CodeIgniter and utilizing ORM for database interaction and MySQL, and Trello for organizing and tracking project tasks and deployed them on Linux servers with Apache

• Implemented web application that resulted in a time-saving of 40%, adding real-time data assessment, management features and removing organizational paperwork

• Integrated data from various services and databases using Web Services, including REST and SOAP API

• Troubleshooted, improved and maintained applications

• Designed relational databases using MySQL Server

• Actively engaged in weekly Scrum meetings and presented final work to executive leadership

• Customized a rich and dynamic website layout/user interface by using standard HTML/CSS/jQuery/JavaScript

• Developed mobile application using framework 7

Research Software Engineer Intern, Harvard University, Boston, MA Dec 2023 – Mar 2024

• Led and completed implementation of multiple matching algorithms in a complex computing project, customized to address the liver transplant matching problem, within the project deadlines while working remotely and independently with minimal supervision

• Leveraged Object-Oriented Programming principles, NumPy for array operations, and the NetworkX library for graph representation and manipulation

• Utilized various graph traversal algorithms, including queue-based Breadth-First Search (BFS), stack-based DFS, and recursive DFS, in Python for efficient graph analysis and processing

• Analyzed and optimized algorithm and memory usage and runtime performance by employing memory profiling and runtime profiling to effectively address challenges posed by the exponential growth in the tree data structure, achieving a notable performance improvement of 75%

• Finalized the execution and deployment of the code on the FASRC cluster, leading to improved scalability and efficiency

• Adhered to Python style PEP 8 guidelines, efficiently managed version control with GitLab, and handled project management using Asana

• Deployed effective logging mechanisms for real-time monitoring and debugging, enhancing overall system stability

• Reimplemented MATLAB code into Python and conducted a comparative analysis of the developed algorithm against other algorithms Technical Support Engineer Intern, Harvard University, Boston, MA May 2023 – Aug 2023

• Provided comprehensive helpdesk support encompassing computers, network equipment, and software

• Facilitated with imaging, backing up, restoring, monitoring, and maintaining computer networks

• Diagnosed, troubleshooted, and resolved computer-related issues and Orchestrated IT-related installations, upgrades, prioritizing urgent tickets received via ServiceNow on a daily basis

• Set up computers for new users, including joining the domain, installing, and configuring computer applications ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Classical Artificial Intelligence Sep 2022 – March 2023

• Implemented a DFS, BFS, UCS, and A* robot path planning, incorporating a heuristic function to optimize the sequence of actions in a simulated environment using Python

Machine Learning and Data Science

• Applied ensemble modeling to combine the predictions of multiple machine learning models in order to detect fake or real news

• Established a Multi-Objective Recommender system using Pandas and K-means Clustering, K-Nearest Neighbors, Logistic Regression and Decision Tree to predict e-commerce Clicks, Cart Addition and Orders with records of data in JSON format Big Data

• Installed Apache Hadoop on Linux

• Executed Pig, Hive and Apache Spark queries to analyze big data in Google Cloud Natural Language Processing (NLP)

• Extracted the most recent inaugural speeches from the inaugural corpus with stop words, punctuation being removed

• Created a function for the most occurring word and a function to find sentences starting and ending in specified year and Built a Word Cloud for a given string

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