Israa Alqassem
Senior Research Scientist at NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolIsraa Alqassem is a Senior Research Scientist and doctoral researcher in bioinformatics based in Munich with 10 years of experience applying ML and algorithmic methods to biomedical problems. She holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Purdue and a PhD in progress at LMU, and is skilled in Python, Java, R, SQL, data mining and algorithm engineering. Her work spans deep learning and probabilistic modeling—authoring McSplicer, an EM- and dynamic-programming–based model for alternative splicing—and developing AI for neoantigen-driven personalized cancer immunotherapies. Comfortable moving between research and applied development, she has industry experience from NEC Labs and earlier engineering roles, plus teaching and visualization work for high-performance systems. Colleagues note her ability to translate theoretical models into practical tools and reproducible code on GitHub.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at Purdue UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering at Jordan University of Science and TechnologyMaster’s Degree, CIS with assistance from the Masdar Institute and MIT cooperative program, Master’s Degree, CIS with assistance from the Masdar Institute and MIT cooperative program at Masdar Institute for Science and Technology
English, German, Arabic
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Github Skills (8)
algorithm6
postgresql6
lstm3
pointer2
deep-learning2
keras1
tensorflow1
neural-network1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shimlab/McSplicer
Feb 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:124 pushes in 3 years 3 months
canzarlab/McSplicer
Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:5 releases, 115 commits, 29 pushes in 10 months
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