Computer Science Graduate, MSc

Mana Atarod

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Education

MSc in Computer Science, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

Jan 2023 – Mar 2025

• Thesis: “IRIS: An Interactive Programmable Fine-Grained Network Telemetry System”

• GPA: 4.03

BSc in Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology – Tehran, Iran

Sept 2017 – Sept 2021

Key Skills

• Programming Languages:

Python, C

• Web Development: HTML, CSS,

JavaScript

• RESTful API Development

• Virtual Machines and Containers

• SQL, RDBMS

• UNIX/Linux, Windows, Mac

• Shell Scripting and Automation

• Active Directory

• Version Control (Git)

• Hardware and Software

Troubleshooting

• Microsoft Office

• Computer Network Concepts:

– Protocols: TCP/IP, DNS,

DHCP, ARP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP,

MPLS, IP-in-IP

– Monitoring Tools and

Libraries: Wireshark,

Tcpdump, Scapy, Pcap

– Programmable Switches

– Switching and Routing

– Firewalls

– VPN

• Soft Skills:

– Problem Solving

– Critical Thinking

– Collaboration

– Teamwork

– Adaptability

– Time Management

– Self-learning

• Languages:

– English (Fluent)

– Persian (Native)

– Arabic (Intermediate)

– French (Elementary)

Professional Experiences

Volunteer Research Assistant, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

Apr 2025 – Present

• Developing, extending, testing, and documenting the capabilities of data plane network telemetry systems

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

Mar 2023 – Mar 2025

Member of the Oregon Network Research Group (ONRG)

• Developed network telemetry solutions leveraging lower-level commands on programmable switches, enabling access to advanced and fine-grained features and functionalities beyond the capabilities of the high-level APIs provided by manufacturers

• Contributed to research investigating the applicability of transformer-based time-series foundation models for live and real-time network anomaly detection using programmable switches

• Implemented efficient and scalable traffic profiling solutions on the University of Oregon campus network using a programmable switch

• Mentored an intern for a real-time network telemetry visualization project

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon – Eugene, OR

Jan 2023 – Mar 2023

Course: Advanced programming with Python

• Led lab sessions and code demos for over 50 students

• Graded projects/assignments and provided timely feedback on the performance of students

Computer Science Teacher, Manzoumeh Kherad Institute – Tehran, Iran

Sept 2021 – Nov 2022

• Instructed high school computer classes and mentored students’ computer science projects

Data Warehouse Development Intern, Bonyan System – Tehran, Iran

July 2020 – Sept 2020

• Developed data migration mappings and transformations for data warehouse loading

• Analyzed performance issues and provided solutions for improvement

• Performed data modeling and database development

Honors and Awards

Phillip Seeley Graduate Fellowship

Jun 2023

Issued by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oregon

Ranked in the top 0.3% in Iran’s nationwide university entrance exam

Jun 2017

Over 148,000 applicants

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