Sisay Chala
Postdoctoral Researcher at RWTH Aachen University
Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolSisay Chala is a postdoctoral researcher and software engineer with 11 years of experience bridging user-centered ubiquitous computing and data-driven AI for personalized person-job matching. Currently at RWTH Aachen after research roles at Fraunhofer FIT and as a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Siegen, he blends rigorous academic research with practical systems work. His background includes leading ICT strategy and operations at Haramaya University, where he implemented Linux-based bandwidth optimization, monitoring (Nagios, MRTG), and custom management systems. A Java and Linux enthusiast, he has taught software engineering and administered complex networks while contributing to software development and freelance projects. Comfortable moving between research, teaching, and hands-on system administration, he brings a rare mix of educational leadership and production-grade tooling experience. Fluent in building end-to-end solutions, he often combines pedagogy with technical delivery to make research outcomes usable in real-world settings.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Information Science, Master's Degree, Information Science at Addis Ababa UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Universität SiegenICT in Pedagogical Development, ICT in Pedagogical Development at Life Academy, Sweden
English, oromo, Amharic, German, tigrigna, French
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Github Skills (12)
shell6
configurations6
hdfs6
bash6
hadoop6
sed6
flask6
java6
extensible5
python5
uwsgi5
web-development2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sisayie/mt
Aug 2016 - Nov 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
sisayie/goeasy-platform
Sep 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 96 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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