Tarek Galal
Researcher PhD Candidate
Berlin, Germany
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Tarek Galal is a software engineer and applied cryptographer with 14 years of experience building production systems and provably secure cryptographic protocols, currently a PhD researcher at Technische Universität Berlin. He blends deep systems and backend engineering—evidenced by contributions to the WhatsApp library yowsup—with applied security roles at Adjust and research positions at Hasso Plattner Institute. His background spans Android platform engineering, custom MDM and kiosk solutions, and full-stack web and Python projects, showing comfort from low-level mobile integrations to distributed services. Notably, he has shipped large-scale device provisioning and cross-app architectures while pursuing rigorous academic research, making him adept at translating formal security guarantees into deployable software.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Technische Universität Berlin
English, German
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Github Skills (6)
user-authentication10
authentication10
lib10
python10
api-design9
cryptography9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tgalal/yowsup
Nov 2012 - Dec 2021
The WhatsApp lib
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 1211 commits, 188 PRs in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Tarek primarily worked on the core logic of the WhatsApp library, as indicated by the commit messages related to the WhatsApp lib. Their commits involve modifications in authentication, code related to the management of messages, and the handling of group features, showcasing back-end development skills. The user's contributions suggest a focus on improving the functionality of the library, including implementing new features and addressing issues.
whatsapp-botwhatsappwhatsapp-web
tgalal/motoko-bitcoin
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
Bitcoin library for Motoko
Contributions:41 reviews, 45 commits, 16 PRs in 5 months
base58cryptographyripemd160motokosecp256k1
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