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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
4.413 Science and Engineering Complex
150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02134
namin@seas.harvard.edu
namin.seas.harvard.edu

Nada Amin

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namin@alum.mit.edu

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)

Cambridge, MA, USA 2019 - Present
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Papers | Talks and Meetings | Professional Service | Education | Experience (Academia) | Experience (Industry)

Google

Zürich, Switzerland, 2009 - 2011

  • Gmail Software Engineer
  • Projects included
    • Compiler infrastructure supporting Gmail and Google Apps
    • Tools to diagnose Gmail's latency
    • Reducing server-side latency of sending emails
    • Reducing client-side latency of initial loading
    • Reducing lockouts of legitimate Gmail users
    • Prototyping a Wave / Gmail integration lab, launched internally
  • Code in Java, JavaScript, Python, Sawzall, Dremel, Awk & shell scripts
  • Awarded a Peer Bonus for enabling usage of Gmail's CSS compiler for Android projects
  • Part of the performance team that reduced stylesheet compilation from 5% of total cluster CPU time of Gmail to negligible
  • Trained on the Gmail release cycle, finding a bug initially classified as a cosmic ray

Google

Zürich, Switzerland, Summer 2008

  • Intern Software Engineer
  • Improved type inference and checking in a JavaScript-to-JavaScript compiler performing static analysis, code optimization and code compression
  • Awarded a Peer Bonus for "benefiting numerous projects including all of Google Apps"
  • See the Closure Compiler, opensourced in November 2009

Microsoft

Redmond, WA, USA, Summer 2006

  • Intern Software Development Engineer
  • Extended Visual Studio in C# to enable a RAD (Rapid-Application Development) experience for data-driven WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) clients

Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch (Private Bankers)

Geneva, Switzerland, Summer 2004

  • Intern in IT Architecture
  • Developed a solution to authenticate network devices with disconnected smartcard readers in C++ according to the RADIUS standard

ArsDigita Foundation

Cambridge, MA, USA, Summer 2000

  • Built & maintained database-backed websites using Oracle's RDBMS with Philip Greenspun
  • Instructed software engineers on web services
  • Toured California as part of a non-profit organization to match pet lovers with abandoned pets
  • First runner-up in ArsDigita Prize 1999 for Metis Service