About
I am a third-year Software Engineering student at Sakarya University in Türkiye, on a full merit scholarship. I build backend systems in C# and ASP.NET Core, and I research machine-learning security at the university's CyberSense Laboratory.
I treat software as an engineering discipline rather than a pile of frameworks: choose the right abstraction, design the schema before writing the query, and understand every line that ships. The same habit drives my research — when a model scores 0.99999, my first question is what it actually learned.
I grew up in Egypt and moved to Türkiye for university, studying in my third language. My GPA has risen every semester, to 4.00 / 4.00 in the most recent one.
What I am looking for: a backend engineering internship — a one-semester workplace internship in Türkiye during my fourth year (2027–28), or an Erasmus+ funded internship in Europe in summer 2027. Research groups: see the Research page.
Experience
- Aug 2026 – present
Undergraduate Researcher (volunteer)
CyberSense Laboratory, Sakarya University
Machine-learning DDoS detection inside Snort 3; showed that a ROC-AUC 0.99999 model had learned victim fingerprints. Details →
- Sep 2026 – present
Project Manager & Backend Developer
Campusly — team project, Sakarya University
Lead an eight-person team (five backend, three frontend) building a campus platform in ASP.NET Core 8. Case study →
- 2026
Web Developer (pro bono)
Elmas Grup Gayrimenkul
Bilingual (Turkish–English) real-estate website in Next.js, built with one teammate.
- 2025
Translator (Arabic–Turkish–English)
Turkish Ministry of National Defence, IDEF
Translator for the delegation of the Iraqi Minister of Defence.
Education
- Sakarya UniversityB.Sc. Software Engineering, 2023 – expected 2028 (including a preparatory year) · full merit scholarship · GPA 3.63 / 4.00, 4.00 / 4.00 in the most recent semester
- High schoolDakahlia STEM School, Egypt · STEM diploma, 2023
Toolkit
- LanguagesC#, Java, SQL, JavaScript, C++
- BackendASP.NET Core (Web API, MVC), EF Core, ASP.NET Identity, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JWT authentication, background jobs (Hangfire), OpenAPI
- DatabasesPostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Hadoop HDFS · schema design, normalisation, triggers & stored functions
- ML & securityXGBoost, ONNX Runtime, feature engineering, data-leakage diagnosis, host-disjoint evaluation, Snort 3, pcap analysis
- Practice & toolsOOP, SOLID, layered architecture, Repository pattern, Git, Docker Compose, Postman, Linux, Agile
- AIStructured prompting, evals and MCP connectors — used where they add value
Awards
- Rise GlobalFinalist, top 500 of 131,000+ applicants (2022), for an assistive-technology project for blind users
- IoT & AI Competition2nd place in Egypt, 5th in the Middle East
- 24H Innovation Challenge2nd place, Sakarya University (2026)
- Düzce University HackathonBest Design (2026)
Certifications & programmes
- FlyRank AI InternshipRemote programme, 2026: AI Fluency certificate; Backend AI Engineering capstone under review
- RiseEntrepreneurship Bootcamp, University of Chicago
Languages
- ArabicNative
- EnglishC1 (IELTS 7.0)
- TurkishC1
- Russian · FrenchA2 · A1