Mustafa Abualsaud
PhD Candidate
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMustafa Abualsaud is an applied research scientist and PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo with 14 years of experience focused on information retrieval, NLP, and human–computer interaction. He leads efforts to modernize Practical Law’s search engine by translating cutting-edge IR research into production improvements that boost relevance and user experience. His academic path—BSc from the University of Victoria, an MSc and current PhD at Waterloo—reflects deep, sustained specialization in search systems and interactive retrieval. Based in Old Toronto, he blends rigorous research methodology with product-facing engineering, often bridging prototype models and deployable solutions. Less obvious: he pairs long-form academic inquiry with hands-on system optimization, favoring measurable impact on search metrics over purely theoretical gains.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at University of VictoriaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science Information Retrieval Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science Information Retrieval Human Computer Interaction at University of Waterloo
English, Arabic
Github Skills (117)
python10
recall10
heatmap10
latex10
datetimepicker10
active-learning10
cal10
rendering9
twitter9
django9
interactive9
datepicker9
computer-vision9
command-line-interface9
datetime9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
hical/hical.github.io
Jun 2018 - May 2020
Webpage for HiCAL - A System for Efficient High-Recall Retrieval.
Contributions:1 PR, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
pytorchdatamininghigh-recalldeep-learningrecall
ammsa/DTCleaner
Mar 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:43 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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