Keith Uplinger
Software Engineer at IBM
Mansfield, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKeith Uplinger is a software engineer with eight years of experience building reliable back-end systems, currently developing features for IBM’s World Community Grid. He has a strong practical background in volunteer and grid computing through meaningful open-source contributions to the BOINC project, where he improved email recovery, security (password hashing and token verification), and user notification flows. Based in Mansfield, Texas, he pairs a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas Tech with hands-on operational experience from an earlier IT specialist role supporting university staff and redesigning web systems. Known for pragmatic, security-conscious improvements, he favors small schema and workflow changes that deliver measurable user and operational benefits.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Texas Tech University
Github Skills (8)
php10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
database-design10
mysql9
grid-computing8
distributed-computing8
scientific-computing7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
BOINC/boinc
Apr 2018 - Sep 2019
Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 33 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Keith focused on enhancing the user email management functionality within the BOINC project. They introduced database schema updates to store previous email addresses and change timestamps, enabling email address recovery. The contributions involved modifying email sending mechanisms, adding features to the website for email change notification, and integrating a reset email address feature. Additionally, the user addressed security concerns by implementing password hashing and token verification for email recovery.
pythonsciencehigh-performance-computingphpscientific-computing
Uplinger/boinc
Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.
Contributions:1 PR, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
pythonvolunteervolunteer-computingcomputingopen-source-software
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