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mohsinal@usc.edu
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MOHSIN ALI

3110 Walton Ave, Unit 1

Los Angeles CA 90007

EMPLOYMENT
Research Assistant
University of Southern California
Sept 2014 Present
Networked Systems Lab (Prof Wyatt Lloyd and Ethan Katz-Bassett)
Ran experiments to establish that high cache contention and interrupts cause bottlenecks in centralized
sequencers used by some distributed systems
Implemented an efficient cache access mechanism on top of DPDK to achieve 8 times higher throughput
Proposed a design around Facebook's graph store TAO to provide atomicity, isolation and durability
Software Engineer, Intern
WanClouds Inc.
Jan 2014 Aug 2014
OpenStack Development Team
Contributed code to open source cloud computing platform (OpenStack) used by many companies
Added benchmarking of a cloud metering tool (Ceilometer) to OpenStack via unit tests in Python
Coordinated with client's cloud infrastructure team every week to review progress and update goals
Research Assistant
LUMS, Pakistan
Aug 2012 Dec 2013
Wireless Networks Group
Devised a novel algorithm to accurately detect losses in wireless networks using pattern analysis
Implemented the algorithm in an open source network driver to achieve up to 5 times higher speed
Collaborated with a team of 5 to publish the project in a top-tier research conference, IEEE INFOCOMM 14

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java, C, C++, Go, Python, Bash, MySQL, MATLAB, HTML, CSS
Unix, OS Virtualization, Kernel Programming, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Infrastructure, Networking, DPDK

EDUCATION
M.S. Computer Science
Cumulative GPA: 4.0

University of Southern California

B.S. Computer Science

Cumulative GPA: 3.5 Major GPA: 3.75
Relevant Courses:
Advanced Operating Systems
Advanced Distributed Systems
Advanced Programming in Java

May 2016

LUMS, Pakistan

Advanced Analysis of Algorithms

Graduate Computer Networks
Graduate Database Systems

May 2014t

Data Structures in C++

Software Engineering
Advanced Computer Security

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Kernel Development JOS:

Developed an exokernel with VMM, interrupt handling, IPC and a network driver
Distributed Key Value Store
: Designed and implemented with emphasis on fault tolerance and scalability

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS

USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship:

Awarded to top 5% of PhD applicants
First Place, Startup Weekend Lahore:
Wi-Fast, a solution for boosting WiFi speed (Press
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First Place, Speed Programming Competition:
Organized by Google Dev group, attended by 20+ colleges
Teaching Assistant:
Taught Advanced Distributed Systems, Data Structures, and Intro to Programming