Fazla Mehrab
Linux Kernel Engineer at ByteDance
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFazla Mehrab is a Linux kernel engineer and PhD candidate in Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech with a decade of experience bridging industry and academia. He has deep expertise in virtualization, kernel programming, operating systems, and embedded systems, and currently applies that knowledge at ByteDance on low-level systems. His work includes contributions to Cloud Hypervisor during Intel internships—implementing VHDx block device support and VirtIO console devices in Rust with integration and fuzz testing. Prior roles at Samsung and long-standing research at Virginia Tech's System Software Research Group underline a track record of shipping robust, performance-conscious system software. Based in San Jose, he blends academic rigor with production engineering and a knack for turning research prototypes into production-grade virtualization features.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science & Engineering at Khulna University of Engineering and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at Virginia TechHigher Secondary School Certificate, Science, Higher Secondary School Certificate, Science at Agricultural University CollegeSecondary School Certificate, Science, Secondary School Certificate, Science at Mymensingh Zilla School
Github Skills (24)
kvm10
firecracker10
monitor10
windows10
cpu10
linux10
virtual-machine10
vdi10
security10
popcorn10
footprint10
virtualization10
rust10
heterogeneous8
kernel6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fazlamehrab/cloud-hypervisor
Jun 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:25 reviews, 126 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 2 months
ssrg-vt/HermitCore
Aug 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 38 pushes, 26 branches in 5 years 4 months
extremeunikernelscalecomputingextreme-scale
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