Muhammad Hamza Shahzad
PhD CSE student
University of California, Santa Cruz
Baskin School of Engineering
About Me
I am a first year PhD Computer Science and Engineering student at UC Santa Cruz working under the supervision of Professor Ioannis Demertzis. Recently, I completed my bachelor’s in Computer Science from Lahore University of Management Sciences, where I studied several advanced courses in systems and networks, as well as worked on several research projects within the domains of systems and security. I am generally interested in exploring all aspects of systems, and am always curious to learn new topics within the field.
- Applied Cryptography
- Systems and Security
- Operating Systems
- Distributed Systems
- Blockchain
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Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
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B.S. in Computer Science, 2022
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Experience
Worked on the following three areas:
- Intrusion Detection and Forensic Analysis
- Enterprise Systems
- Server Side Rendering VS Client Side Rendering
Served as a Teaching Assistant for the following courses:
- Computational Problem Solving (Jan 2022 - May 2022)
- Operating Systems (Sep 2021 - Dec 2021)
- Data Structures (Jan 2021 - May 2021)
- Introduction to Programming (Sep 2020 - Dec 2020)
Responsibilities included:
- Grading programming assignments
- Creating and grading quizzes
- Assisting in conducting labs
- Holding bi-weekly office hours to resolve students’ queries
Skills
Languages, Frameworks, and Tools
Languages: C/C++, Python, JavaScript, Haskell, Solidity, Bash
Frameworks and Libraries: Node.js, React.js, PyTorch, Numpy, Scikit-Learn, Matplotlib
Tools: Git, VSCode, Linux AuditD, GDB, Github Actions, WebPageTest