Mohamed N. Gaafar

MAECI Scholar, Founding Backend Engineer, Aspiring Researcher, and Open Source Enthusiast. Loves to design and overengineer things for fun. Interested in Backend , Neurotech and AI.

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TMS Motor Mapping Visualization - GSoC 24 @Invesalius

Google Summer of Code 2024 Contribution to Invesalius

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Advancing Neurorehabilitation: Integrating Brain Computer Interfaces in Virtual Reality for Motor Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

This is an informative article on the current progress of our graduation project

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Empowering the Visually Impaired: A Leap Forward with Vision Transformers

The goal is to provide real-time auditory descriptions of surroundings, improving navigation, social interaction, and the performance of daily tasks for those suffering from blindness..

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Publications

A collection of Papers, Articles and Talk’s I have given.

Paper - Scoping Review - Immersive Virtual Reality Games in Neuromotor Rehabilitation with Brain-Computer Interfaces

This was the first professional paper I publish, it was intended for the first ever IEEE student paper contest held in Alexandira, Egypt and is part of my graduation project

January 2024

Experience

Open Source Developer

Google Summer of Code · Apprenticeship

Skills: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation · VTK · Back-End Web Development · WebSocket

May 2024 - Present · 4 mos

Founding Backend Engineer

Eventec · Contract

Skills: Back-End Web Development · FastAPI · Python (Programming Language) · Software Architecture · Event Management

Apr 2024 - Present · 5 mos

Head of Web Development

Cairo University Eco Racing Team

  • Leading a team of 6 great developers - Participated in the local edition of Shell Eco-Marathon - Working on 3 projects and using Trello (Kanban) for agile project management - Built cu-eco.org as a portfolio website for the team with an integrated content management system CMS for ease of data entry. - Building inventory.cu-eco.org as an internal solution for managing inventory and logistics - Working on the recruitment system for the next season with a streamlined workflow for applicant management

Aug 2023 - May 2024 · 10 mos

Backend Software Engineer

Illusionare LLC

Developing VR Training Solutions in Unity, Building backend for custom software and performing technical recruitment. - Built 2 Backend Projects and 2 Immersive VR Experiences for different clients - Performed more than 20 technical interviews for new applicants Skills: Back-End Web Development · FastAPI · C# · Python (Programming Language) · Unity · Virtual Reality (VR) · Leadership

May 2023 - Feb 2024 · 10 mos

Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer

National Bank of Egypt (NBE) · Internship

  • Final project: Built a text to speech applicaiton that would extract useful CRM data from customer service calls - Learned about infrastructure of the call center and multimedia in the whole bank - Toured the main datacenter of the bank understanding security and safety considerations Skills: Network Infrastructure · Voice over IP (VoIP)

Aug 2023 - Sep 2023 · 2 mos

Game Developer

Clear Pictures · Internship

Developing educational games for children. Using the unity engine and c# - Weekly projects and tutorials - Game Design Patterns - Event driven architecture - Object Oriented Programming in C# - Introduced to VR Skills: C# · Game Programming · GitHub · Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) · Event Driven Programming · Game Development · Unity

Jul 2022 - Aug 2022 · 2 mos

Education

Cairo University Faculty of Engineering

Bachelor of Science
Systems and Biomedical Engineering

cGPA 3.5

2019 - 2024

Al Bashaer International Schools

International General Certificate of Secondary Education, Cambdrige International Examinations

IGCSE 8A* 2A

2016 - 2019

My Blog

A collection of my written work whether in work or personal life. I write about a variety of topics including but not limited to: Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Biomedical Engineering, and more.

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