Sherif Abdelhamid
Assistant Professor at Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSherif Abdelhamid is an assistant professor and software engineer with a decade of experience bridging high-performance service-based computing, STEM education, and network science. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and blends academic research with practical engineering—contributing backend work to the widely used Center for Open Science OSF project, including implementing OSF Reviews and DOI integration. His expertise spans data analytics, scientometrics, simulation of complex systems, and digital educational technologies, informed by roles from research labs to infrastructure engineering. Based in Lexington, Virginia, he has a track record of translating research into production-grade tooling and teaching, often focusing on scalable systems and meaningful metrics for open science.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Excellent, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Excellent at Virginia TechMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Excellent, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Excellent at Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
English, Arabic, French
Github Skills (9)
python10
django10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
notification9
api-rest9
javascript8
emberjs8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CenterForOpenScience/osf.io
Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Facilitating Open Science
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:54 commits, 18 PRs, 14 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Sherif primarily contributed to the backend of the OSF.io project, focusing on the implementation of the OSF Reviews feature. They were involved in setting up the Ember-osf-reviews app on the OSF side, including the addition of routes, templates, and navigation elements. Their work also encompassed the creation of email notifications and the integration of DOI minting behavior.
pythonsciencedjango-rest-frameworkdjangojavascript
sheriefvt/ember-osf-reviews
Jul 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:129 pushes, 36 branches, 5 tags in 6 months
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