[Xapian-devel] GSOC 2012 Project

[Muhammad Umair]

Hi,


I have desire to contribute in GSOC 2012 open source development. I go through the GSOC 2012 projects details and it sounds to me an interesting project. I am interested in the following project:

•	Weighting Schemes

I have relevant experience as an open source C++ developer at Google. Inc USA, Warid Telecom UAE & Buraq Integrated Solutions (Australian based company).

Firstly, I would like to introduce myself. I had completed four years Bachelors in Information and Communication System Engineering from a prestigious university, National University of Sciences and Technology. During my undergraduate studies I studied programming languages like C, C++, Visual C, C#, ASP .Net and MATLAB. I had done various projects in all the above programming languages as part of my undergraduate studies. In dissertation, I designed and developed “Automatic Frequency Planning (AFP) Tool” in collaboration with world leading Telecommunication Operator, WARID Telecom (Pvt) Limited, Abu Dhabi & Singapore Alliance. Based on that practical experience, I also passed CDMA and GSM Certification Examination with highest grades.

In 2007, I was selected as an intern at MOBILINK Telecom (PMCL) Group of Multinational Orascom Telecom to work in the Network Switching Subsystem (NSS) department. In 2008, I was selected to take part on an extensive training on Wireless Channel Modeling and Simulation that was organized by NUST in collaboration with University of Surrey UK. In 2010, I worked as a System Integrator at BURAQ Integrated Solutions (Australian based company). 

In 2011, I worked as an Open source Google contractor for the development of Drizzle database, which is a fork of MySQL that is optimised for Cloud, based applications. I designed and implemented the IP Address (IPv4 & IPv6) Data Type as a Native Data Type for Drizzle. The code and the test suite that I implemented for Google/Drizzle can be seen at: https://code.launchpad.net/~mumair/drizzle/drizzle-IPV6/+merge/71700 

Since 2010, I am pursing postgraduate degree in Wireless Systems (2 years) at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. The master course comprises wireless system modules including communications theory, signal processing, radio communication and communication networks.

I have knowledge and experience of software development, open source development, networking (TCP/IP stack) and wireless systems. I am fluent in C/C++, Android development, C#, MATLAB and Linux. I am very adaptable and capable to work on projects with minimal available documentation & work with remote teams (open source experience at Google). I am very confident that I will be a valuable asset through my strong technical skills, teamwork, adaptability, effective communication, self-motivation, desire to succeed and creative problem solving thinking.

Please find the attached resume and Google letter.

Looking forward for your support.

Regards,

Umair Muhammad 
Electrical Engineering Master Student,
Specialization in Wireless Systems,
School of Electrical Engineering, 
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),
SE 100-44 Stockholm, SWEDEN.
Email: mumair at kth.se 
Cell:   +46 764 097 574
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