Hi, I am Abdurahman,
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I earned my M.Sc. in Computer Science from Iowa State University in 2024 and am currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Iowa State, focusing on Computer Vision and Machine Learning, particularly in Biomedical Image Analysis.
I've worked as a Teaching Assistant at Iowa State and will be joining JP Morgan Chase this summer as an AI & Data Science Associate intern.
Outside of research, I enjoy photography, soccer, and video games. Fun fact: Throughout my teens, becoming a professional soccer player was my ultimate goal. 😊
Updates
- 2023 : Awarded Teaching Excellence Award from Iowa State University
- 2023 : Our paper “IDCIA: Immunocytochemistry Dataset for Cellular Image Analysis” has been accepted to MMSys '23: Proceedings of the 14th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference
- 2022: Our paper “Stronger is not better: Better Augmentations in Contrastive Learning for Medical Image Segmentation” has been accepted to the Black in AI conference co-located with NeurIPS 2022
Experience
- May 2022 – Present Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University
Developed machine learning models for cell counting and segmentation, mentored students, and contributed to research publications.
- Summer 2023, Summer 2024 Data Science Lab Instructor, Ames National Laboratory
Taught data science concepts, led hands-on projects, and mentored students in a DOE bootcamp.
- Aug 2021 – Present Graduate Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University
Managed teaching assistants, automated grading, and supported a large programming course.
- Oct 2018 – July 2019 Software Engineer, Modern Cyber Intel Consultancy PLC
Developed and maintained an SMS system, analyzed operational data, and built websites for clients.
- June 2017 – Sept 2017 Software Engineering Intern, Kifiya Financial Technologies PLC
Designed a digital record-keeping system to improve efficiency and sustainability.
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Iowa State University (Expected May 2026)
- MS in Computer Science, Iowa State University (May 2024)
- BS in Computer Software Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (June 2018, GPA: 3.98, Gold Medal)
Get in touch
DM me on Twitter if you’d like to chat.