Syed Peer

Junior Software Engineer with a passion for mobile and backend development

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Skills

• Python
• JavaScript
• Java
• C/C++
• HTML & CSS
• SQL

Projects

• FileStack DFS
• Implemented a simple distributed file system that allows users to upload, download, and edit files stored on a remote cluster of Linux machines
• Both the client- and server-side code were written using Java and the Sockets API
• Iris Classifier
• Coded up Bayesian- and Decision Trees-based classifiers to automatically categorize different species of Iris plants (in the UCI Iris dataset) using machine learning
• Both the learning and cross-validation algorithms were written from scratch in Python
• Voice Changer (iOS)
• Developed a native mobile app that enables people to record their voices and play them back while applying various audio filters and sound effects
• Implemented the core app logic using Swift and AudioKit
• Designed an "adaptive" user interface using InterfaceBuilder and AutoLayout constraints
• Custom Arcade Machine
• Designed and developed both the hardware and embedded software for a system that translates the user's hand gestures into in-game actions
• Implemented custom input and graphics driver code using C on the Motorola 9S12 microcontroller
• Featured as part of a student outreach event held by Carnegie Mellon University's CS department
• Wikipedia Visualizer
• Developed a web app that allows users to browse Wikipedia via a graph-based interface that visualizes the connections between topics
• Designed the frontend UI using HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap
• Implemented the core app logic using JavaScript and jQuery to access the Wikimedia API via AJAX calls

Interests

• Python Programming
• Fiction Novels
• Learning New Stuff