Hi! I'm Mohamed Adel

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Education

Bachelor of Computer & Systems Engineering

Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University | Oct 2020 – Jul 2025

• Location: Alexandria, Egypt
• Relevant Coursework: Distributed Systems, Designing Data-Intensive Applications, Database Systems, Operating Systems, Parallel Programming, Compilers, Computer Networks, Pattern Recognition, NLP, Computer & Network Security, Blockchains.

Skills

• Programming Languages: C++, Java, Python, Rust, JavaScript, SQL.
• Frameworks & Tools: Spring Boot, Docker, Hadoop, Apache Spark, OpenGL, Git, Jira.

Projects

BusTub DBMS

Database Internals & Relational Databases | Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
A Relational Database Management System – CMU 15-445/645 Intro to Database Systems Course

• Implemented a thread-safe buffer pool manager with ARC (Adaptive Replacement Cache) replacement policy, supporting concurrent page access through RAII-based read/write page guards with shared/exclusive locking semantics.
• Engineered a concurrent B+Tree index supporting point searches, insertions, and deletions with node splitting and merging, utilizing optimistic latch coupling (crabbing) for thread safety and a tombstone buffer for deferred leaf node deletions.
• Constructed a row-based vectorized query execution engine with robust executors for Grace Hash Joins, External Merge Sort, and Window Functions, alongside a rule-based query optimizer for physical plan transformations like nested-loop to hash join conversions.
• Integrated an optimistic multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) protocol supporting Snapshot and Serializable isolation levels, utilizing a delta-record version chain with undo logs, tuple reconstruction, and stop-the-world garbage collection.

Java Compiler

Compiler Construction & Automata Theory | Nov 2024 – Dec 2024

• Developed with a team of 4 a two-phase compiler for a small subset of Java, including a lexical analyzer generator and an LL(1) parser generator.
• Implemented regex-based NFA construction, subset conversion to DFA, minimization, and generated a lexical analyzer with symbol table and error handling.
• Built a predictive parser generator that computes First and Follow sets, constructs the parsing table, and handles errors with panic-mode recovery.

Central Student Hub

Software Engineering & Web Development | Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
Tech Stack: React, Spring Boot, and MySQL

• Developed with a group of 6 a web application streamlining course material access and communication between students and teachers for academic engagement and organization.
• Leveraged professional project management tools (Jira and Confluence) to coordinate work and apply Agile software techniques throughout the development lifecycle.

Weather Monitoring

Distributed Systems & Stream Processing | May 2025 – Jun 2025

• Collaborated with a team of 4 to simulate a distributed IoT system with 10 weather stations streaming real-time data to a Kafka-based pipeline for processing and analysis.
• Implemented a central station service to archive weather data in Parquet files and maintain a live key-value store using a custom BitCask LSM engine.
• Deployed the full architecture using Docker and Kubernetes, integrating ElasticSearch and Kibana for visual analytics and system validation.

Solar System Visualization

Graphics Programming | May 2024 – Sep 2024

• Created a 3D visualization of the solar system using OpenGL, showcasing real-time rendering and graphics programming skills.

Connect-Four AI Agent

Classic AI & Minimax Algorithms | Nov 2023 – Dec 2023

• Designed and implemented an AI agent for the Connect-Four game using the Minimax algorithm with optional alpha-beta pruning and heuristic evaluation, capable of evaluating game states up to a depth of 7.

8-Puzzle AI Solver

Classic AI & Search Algorithms | Oct 2023 – Nov 2023

• Developed an AI agent to solve the classic 8-puzzle problem using both uninformed (DFS, BFS) and informed (A* Search) algorithms to analyze performance trade-offs in search strategies.
• Implemented a user-friendly GUI using Tkinter to visualize the puzzle state and interactively test algorithm behavior.

Game Engine

Web Development & Programming Paradigms | May 2023 – Jun 2023

• Worked in collaboration with a team of 4 to develop a game engine and implement it in both Object-Oriented and Functional paradigms to demonstrate the key differences between both approaches.
• Dived into the logical programming paradigm and used Prolog to implement a Sudoku solver and an 8-Queens solver.

Certifications

Rice University (via Coursera)

Introduction to Scripting in Python Specialization | Aug 2023 – Sep 2023

• Completed a comprehensive 4-course specialization, improving foundational and practical skills in Python programming, data analysis, and visualization.
• Certificate Code: FRRH3RLYU4BJ