User:Abdallah Elshamy

A: An introduction

• My name is Abdallah Khaled Elshamy, a student from Egypt. I am a hard-working person who is passionate about his work. I am a third year undergraduate student studying computer and systems engineering at faculty of engineering - Ain Shams University.
  • Languages I speak: Arabic (native) and English (upper-intermediate).
  • I have a good background in mathematics (ODEs, linear algebra, numerical analysis and calculus), electronic and electric circuits and computer science.
• Google summer of code is an excellent opportunity for a student like me to work with other developers on a sophisticated software that has a lot of users. I hope to become a better and more experienced developer and to hone my soft skills by collaborating with the developers/maintainers of Octave.
  • I don't have any previous experience with the GSoC.
• I used octave a lot as an open-source alternative to Matlab. It was extremely helpful for me as a student.Thus, I want to help in enhancing and adding to this important project.

C: Contact

• User name on Savannah and Nick name on IRC: Abdallah_Elshamy
• I live in cairo (UTC+2). my location won't change over GSoC duration.
• I usually split my working hours to regain my focus so I code from 06.00 to 10.00 and from 12.00 to 17.00

E: Coding experience

• I have a good knowledge of C++ and used it in many projects.
• I have been using octave/MATLAB for about two years. I am familiar with some packages like: Control and Signals. I wrote many m-scripts and used Simulink.
• I have a good knowledge of Qt and made two University projects using it.
• I have a good knowledge of Python and a fair knowledge of Java.
• I am comfortable with working with team and worked with many teams in university projects.
• I Worked with a team to make a Verilog model for MIPS processor, an assembler for MIPS, a GUI where user can write assembly code and run it and an automated test for the Verilog model. my role over time was
  • Implementing the GUI using Qt.
  • Helping in implementing the assembler
  • integrating the system.
• I am trying to add the new functions "startsWith" and "endsWith" to octave[1]. I have already submitted a patch and got feedback from the maintainers and waiting for their evaluation after the modifications.

F: Feeling fine

• I am familiar with IRC and used it to get advice.
• I am familiar with mailing list subscribed to it.
• I used Mercurial to submit a patch and have a good experience with other version control systems like git.
• I built octave using make tool and was able (with the help of the maintainers) to add functions to the build system.
• What will make me actively stay in the community that I want to help in developing octave as it helped me in my study. besides, I believe that I will learn a lot from this.