Resume
AHMED ABDELALI, PhD.
ahmed@nmt.edu

PROFILE

  • Natural Language Processing (NLP)/ Artificial Intelligence (AI).
  • Software Development / Web Design.
  • System Analysis / Inventory Control


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EDUCATION

PhD .Computer Science.
2002-2006 New Mexico Tech. Socorro, NM
Dissertation: Improving Arabic Information Retrieval Using Local Variations in Modern Standard Arabic.


M.S .Computer Science.
1998-1999 New Mexico Tech. Socorro, NM
Course work:

  • Includes Fuzzy system, Neural Networks, Advanced data communications, Advanced operating systems, Databases and information systems, Programming languages -SmallTalk, Ada, Lisp, Modula 2-


B.S. Computer Science -Ingenieur d'état en Informatique-.
1990-1995 University of Oran ES-Senia Oran, Algeria
Course work:

  • Including Data communications, Operating system, Operational research, Data analysis, Computer algorithms.

EXPERIENCE
 

Analyst III
April 2003- Now Computing Research Laboratory NMSU           Las Cruces, New Mexico

  • Perform research and design software for research and development (R&D).
  • Write and contribute to proposals in response to RFPs of potential funding possibilities.
  • Software Developer and Arabic language expert
  • Language support for Persian, Urdu.
  • Perform research and design software for research and development (R&D).
  • Projects:
    • Textpreprocessor a multilingual text analyzer
    • Unicode Cross language Information Retrieval
    • MOQA Meaning Oriented Question Answering
    • Understanding Team Cognition
    • Statistical and Interlingual Machine Translation
  • Related skills: .NET, C++, C, Java, Perl, Lex, Tcl/Tk.
Computer Specialist II
Feb 2000- April 2003 Computing Research Laboratory NMSU           Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Full time computer programmer and Arabic language specialist
  • Perform research and design software for research and development (R&D).
  • Collaborate with colleagues and demonstrate CRL capabilities to visitors and customers.
  • Projects:
    • Design an Arabic information retrieval system (Includes web spider, Database indexer, Query processor) Proper names recognition
    • Multilingual environment for advanced translation.
  • Related skills:  C++, C, Java, Perl, Lex, Tcl/Tk, (Java,VB)Script, PHP


Research Assistant
1998-1999 New Mexico Tech NMT, Socorro
Master student of Computer Science at New Mexico Tech. CGPA 3.7

  • Active researcher on the image compression and neural nets domain.
  • Major research contribution on VQ and Kohonen model.


System Analyst
1997-1998 Anadarko Algeria Corp. Hassi Messaoued, Algeria

  • System analyst using business management systems to regulate and control materials inventories. Business systems included Lawson Insight and Cogent Ideas
  • Responsible for recording and reporting on all material movements.
  • Responsible for all reports to management on materials status.
  • Related skills: SQL, MS Access, VBA, Oracle dB, and Crystal reporter. IDEAS, Lawson.


Inventory Control Tutor
May 1998             Lawson Software  Brentford, UK

  • Training on the inventory control system to help the implementation of the Lawson Enterprise Application in Algeria.


Materials Administrator
1996-1997 DEUTAG ENTP Drilling Co. Hassi Messaoued, Algeria

  • Assistant of the Drilling Supervisor with the duties of supporting the drilling operation and managing the supplying of the materials with the subcontractors.
  • Duties included supporting drilling operation by managing supply of materials from operations base and from subcontract suppliers.
  • Developed an MS Access application "Warehouse Manager" to automate the reporting process.


Computer Specialist
1995-1996 Bechtel Intl. Inc. Hassi Messaoued/R'Mel, Algeria
 

  • Computer programmer and operator for the tracking system of the GME, GR-2 permanent plants using MS Access.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Ph.D Student 02-06.
  • Building and assessing corpus
  • Variants identification and recognition using Statistical Language Modeling.
  • Improving Arabic Information Retrieval via morphology and query expansion using Latent Semantics.
MS Student 98-99.
  • Developed a relational database in Sybase -Design, Implementation, Embedded C, Cursors, Triggers, etc.-
  • Rewrote the Linux kernel to introduce new scheduling policies and loaded them as external modules.
  • Implemented the concurrent threads under Linux/Alpha.
  • Implemented system calls on Linux kernel and managed them from user mode.
  • Developed and improved the Image Compression with Neural Nets using C.
  • Developed a Fuzzy controller for motion of a robot in a dynamic environment. The implementation was on C++ using Qt lib, Cross platforms -Linux, Win95-.
BS Student 90-95
  • Graduation Thesis titled "Optimization of the intermediate code using neural nets" implementing the algorithms of optimizing the intermediate code and replacing it with a  neural networks based program.
  • Developed Back propagation simulator using C++.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

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COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Programming: C, C++ MFC/Builder, Java, JavaScript, Perl, DELPHI, Sybase, FORTRAN.
  • Databases : Sybase, Ms Access, Dbase III, IV, MS SQL, Oracle, Crystal Report.
  • Platforms : Win 95/98/NT, Unix, Linux -Xwin, KDE-, DOS.
  • Web design : HTML, DHTML, CGI-C, Perl-, Java, JavaScript.

LANGUAGES

  • Fluent (Written and Verbal) in English, Arabic and French. Moderate Spanish.

OTHERS

  • Highly skilled presenter of technical information and scientific research.
  • Assisted in the instruction of undergraduate and graduate classes. Graded exams and tutored the students on Computer networking and data communications, practicum C.
  • Webmaster and Developer. WebPages.
  • Very experienced with management and procurement procedures and work flow.
  • Friendly open attitude with a willingness to help and learn from others.
  • Self-motivated, strong team player with interests in exploring new technologies.
  • Hobbies: Horseback riding, Hiking, Traveling.

   

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