Ahmed Abdelreheem
Doctoral Researcher at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
Summary
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Top SchoolAhmed Abdelreheem is a PhD candidate in computer science at KAUST researching computer vision and machine learning under Prof. Peter Wonka, with a decade of industry and research experience spanning internships at Snap, Stanford, and Valeo. He blends hands-on software engineering—working on ADAS lane detection and backend systems—with academic depth, having contributed to open-source tooling like the widely used Slic3r 3D-printer toolpath generator (adding GUI zoom and 3MF support). His background includes an MS and progressing PhD at KAUST and a BSc in Computer Engineering with honors from Cairo University, reflecting strong theoretical and practical foundations. Ahmed has repeatedly moved between research labs and product teams, indicating an ability to translate cutting-edge ideas into production-ready code. Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he brings global collaboration experience from major labs and startups, plus a knack for tackling cross-platform C++/Perl codebases and complex vision problems.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Excellent with honors, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Excellent with honors at Cairo University
English, Arabic
Github Skills (6)
3d-printer10
3d-printing10
c-language10
front-end-development10
cprogramming-language10
perl10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
slic3r/Slic3r
Apr 2017 - Jul 2018
Open Source toolpath generator for 3D printers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:43 commits, 10 PRs, 112 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Ahmed primarily contributed to the implementation of the zoom feature within the 3D printer toolpath generator, adding zoom functionalities to the GUI and Plater modules. These changes included adding menu items, keyboard shortcuts, and the logic to zoom in and out using a mouse. Further contributions include refactoring of zoom functionality by keyboard shortcuts, and fixing a bug in the file slic3r.pl.
3d-modelsoctoprintsd-card3d-printercam
referit3d/referit3d
Aug 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:4 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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