Shams Imam
Vice President, Software Engineer at Two Sigma
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolShams Imam is a software engineering leader and researcher with 11+ years of experience, currently serving as Vice President, Software Engineer at Two Sigma after completing a PhD in Computer Science at Rice University. He specializes in parallel programming models and runtime systems, having led development of Habanero-Java and implemented hybrid Fork/Join–Actor models that improve productivity and performance for task-parallel programs. His PhD thesis introduced cooperative scheduling techniques and a generic framework for supporting diverse synchronization patterns, including speculative execution and actor coordination protocols. A seasoned contributor to academic and applied projects (Habanero-Scala, CnC variants) and presenter at venues like OOPSLA and Euro-Par, he bridges cutting-edge research with production-grade systems. Based in Houston, he combines deep systems thinking with practical engineering leadership at the intersection of research and finance technology.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, Valedictorian, BS, Computer Science, Valedictorian at North South UniversityO-Levels A-Levels, Engilsh, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, O-Levels A-Levels, Engilsh, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology at Manarat Dhaka International School and CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Rice UniversityMiddle School, Middle School at M.E.S. Indian School
English, Bengali, Hindi
Github Skills (104)
fastcgi10
marathon10
proxy10
websocket10
eclipse10
leiningen10
proxy-protocol10
scheduler10
batch10
artemis10
high-performance10
httpd10
autoscaling10
kubernetes10
spark10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
shamsimam/savina
Oct 2014 - Sep 2018
Savina is an Actor Benchmark Suite.
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 11 months
benchmarkingbenchmark-suitebenchmarkactorsuite
twosigma/jet
Jul 2017 - Nov 2022
Jetty9 ring server adapter with WebSocket support via core.async and Jetty9 based HTTP & WebSocket clients (jvm based, no cljs)
Contributions:2 reviews, 103 commits, 69 PRs in 5 years 5 months
wsadapterasyncwebsocket-clientscljs
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