Salah Abou El Khoudoud

I am a passionate third year student at Georgia Tech. I aim forward to pursue my academic goals of obtaining the BS degree in EE by the end of 2024 with a specialization in both Robotics and Bioengineering. Beside my academical objectives I am looking for an internship, coop or research position that will allow me to develop further the professional skills and explore career options in Electrical Engineering, Robotics and Bioengineering.

Project: Galactic Defender: Robo Rampage

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Spring 2023

• Developed a dynamic and engaging gaming experience that showcased technical proficiency in C++ programming and mbed microcontroller utilization.
• Integrated sound effects for an immersive experience.
• Designed pause/resume functionality for user convenience.
• Incorporated on-screen messages for guidance and engagement.
• Utilized a controller and buttons to ensure interactive gameplay.
• I applied object-oriented programming concepts, such as Classes, Inheritance, and Polymorphism, to develop my game.

Project: Research Paper on converting Gatech's Pace Ice (cluster network) to a P2P network

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Fall 2023

• Spearheaded efficiency enhancements in the network through the integration of AI via reinforcement learning methodologies.
• Advanced my professional research competencies by contributing to the project.
• Demonstrated the capabilities of P2P networks by developing a Python-based prototype. Utilized the Monte Carlo technique to calculate Pi, showcasing the efficacy of P2P architectures in task completion.
• Implemented a Q-learning-based system to incentivize long-term decision-making processes within the network, effectively rewarding positive actions and penalizing detrimental ones.
• Utilized reinforcement learning to evaluate node ratings (speed, accuracy, contribution, trustworthiness) for pathfinding across the network, akin to Dijkstra's Algorithm.

Project: Parallelized Electric Field Computation for Point Charges using Multithreading in C++

Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Fall 2023

• Developed a C++ program computing electric field magnitude and direction at a specified (x, y, z) in space, considering an N x M grid of point charges.
• Implemented Multithreading and OpenMP to parallelize calculations across point charges, optimizing computational efficiency.
• Incorporated user-defined thread input, ensuring compliance with the system's supported threads, and graphically showcased efficiency comparisons across various thread counts.

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