30/07/2011: This CV has only been partially updated, and will be completed in the next few days
| Date of Birth: | 11 July 1991 |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| E-mail: | ferozsalam AT gmail DOT com |
Courses: Advanced Databases (including SQL), Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Hardware, Machine Learning, Robotics, Compilers, Networks and Network Security, Software Design, Algorithms and Concurrency
Programming Languages: Experience with Java (including the Android platform and JNI/NDK development), C, C++, Python, Haskell, Prolog and Assembly
| A Levels | Further Mathematics | A | |
| Mathematics | A | ||
| Physics | A | ||
| Economics | A | ||
| AS Levels | Chemistry | A | |
| English Language and Literature | A | 1st in the world | |
| GCSEs: 4 A*s, 4 As and 1 B - including French(A), Computing (A* & 1st in India) and Additional Maths(A) | |||
Researched, designed and developed a piece of software in a team of two to bring proxy re-encryption to Android devices for secure file sharing over the cloud. The project also involved some NFC development for user experience purposes.
Designed and developed a piece of software to analyse tweets in real time, using linguistic libraries to calculate their overall mood. Used this semantic analysis in an attempt to predict the winners of reality TV contests, based on the mood of voters/the audience.
Worked in a group of 4 to create FutureNews, a stock market game for the Android mobile platform that allows players to invest in words that are priced according to how often they appear in the news.
The project won the Olav Beckmann Prize for best group project in the year.
I am interested in problems in AI, cryptography, bioengineering and robotics.
From October 2010 and continuing onwards to May 2012, I will be working as an Undergraduate Teaching Associate to first year students at the Department of Computing, offering tutoring in programming.
I began writing for the technology section of Felix, the student newspaper of Imperial College London in 2009. In early 2011, I began working as editor of the same section, a job which I plan to continue at until mid-2012.
During the summer between my second and third years I worked on the Pintos academic operating system creating a piece of coursework to be used at Imperial College's Department of Computing, along with an accompanying software to test student solutions.
Volunteer teacher at London Oratory School, Fulham as part of the Pimlico Connection program, tutoring secondary school students in maths.