Personal portfolio & curriculum vitaeSay hello

Hello, I’m

Sina Afshar.

Computer Science
& Networking

Master’s candidate at the University of Pisa. I connect software, networks, and intelligent systems with a decade of engineering practice.

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At the intersection ofengineering & computation

University of PisaM.Sc. · Thesis stageIEEE conference author

01 / A little about me

Curiosity, with
solid foundations.

I’m interested in how intelligent, connected systems can solve practical problems — and in the careful engineering that makes them work.

My graduate work spans algorithms and data structures, software development, concurrent and distributed computing, computer networks, architecture, and performance evaluation. I work with C++, Java, and Python on Linux.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are particular interests, supported by certified training and applied coursework in neural and fuzzy methods.

A decade of professional design engineering has shaped my approach to technical work: clear requirements, careful validation, precise documentation, and dependable delivery.

02 / Selected work

From ideas to implementation.

My GitHub

Academic project · University of Pisa2024 — 2025

Parallel & distributed
sorting

One sorting problem, explored through four implementations — from a sequential baseline to execution across a cluster.

Designed and implemented merge sort for variable-length records in C++.
Benchmarked execution time, speedup, efficiency, and scalability across multiple cores and cluster nodes using SLURM job scripts.
Documented the trade-offs between shared-memory and message-passing decomposition.

C++
OpenMP
FastFlow
MPI
SLURM
Bash
Linux

Four implementations

01
Sequential
The reference baseline
02
OpenMP
Shared-memory parallelism
03
FastFlow
Structured parallel execution
04
MPI + FastFlow
Hybrid distributed execution

Measured across cores & cluster nodes

Coursework & prototypes2024 — Present · University of Pisa

Distributed services &
systems programming

A portfolio connecting backend services, concurrent programming, and network experimentation.

Python
Flask
OpenAPI
Docker
C++
Java
Mininet
SDN

Services & deployment

RESTful web services in Python and Flask, specified through OpenAPI and packaged with Docker for reproducible deployment on Linux.

Concurrency & computation

Multithreaded and object-oriented components in C++ and Java, including synchronisation, thread pools, and data structures, with exploration of GPU and vectorised computation.

Networks & protocols

Mininet topologies, routing protocols, and software-defined networking controllers, analysed through latency, throughput, and convergence measurements.

03 / Research interests

The questions that motivate me.

Artificial intelligence
& machine learning

Learning-based methods, neural network architectures, and fuzzy inference applied to engineering and systems problems.

Networks &
distributed systems

Network architectures and protocols, software-defined networking, and concurrent and distributed applications.

Cloud & edge
computing

Service orchestration, containerised deployment, and distributing computation between cloud and edge resources.

Cybersecurity

Secure system and network design, threat modelling, and protection of distributed and cloud-hosted services.

Software engineering

Object-oriented and concurrent design, testing, benchmarking, and maintainable large-scale architecture.

Data-driven &
intelligent systems

Data pipelines, performance measurement, and systems that adapt their behaviour from observed data.

Published researchIEEEICEE · 2018

Wireless Power and Full-Duplex Data Transfer System Using the Combination of TDM and FDM Through a Same Inductive Link

S. Afshar, S. M. R. Tousi & H. Karami

26th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering

Read the publication DOI: 10.1109/ICEE.2018.8472488

04 / The journey so far

Learning, building, evolving.

Education

2022 — PresentThesis stage

M.Sc. Computer Science and Networking

University of Pisa

Department of Computer Science · Pisa, Italy

Algorithms and data structures; software development and systems programming; concurrent and distributed computing; computer networks; computer architecture and performance evaluation.

Programming and tooling: C++, Java, Python, Linux, Git, containerisation, and cluster job scheduling.

2011 — 2015

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering · Power Systems

University of Malayer

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering · Malayer, Iran

A quantitative foundation in engineering mathematics, signals and systems, control theory, and programming.

2006 — 2010

High School Diploma & Pre-University Course

Dr. Ali Shariati School

Hamedan, Iran

Mathematics and Physics.

Professional experience

Design Engineer

Paya Bana · Tehran, Iran

2015 — Present

Engineering discipline across residential, commercial, and industrial projects.

Designed and supervised installation and facility projects from requirements and calculations through to issued-for-construction documentation.
Produced calculation sets and simulation models in MATLAB, Simulink, and specialist design software, validating outputs against applicable technical standards.
Coordinated revisions with contractors and clients, maintaining drawing revision control and technical documentation over multi-year project lifecycles.
Applied specification, version control, and requirement-tracing discipline to software development and testing.

Across disciplines Teamwork, precise planning and execution, and independent working.

05 / Skills & continued growth

A toolkit for connected thinking.

Programming: C++ (C++11/17) · Java · Python · C · MATLAB
Machine learning & AI: Applied machine learning · Artificial neural networks · Fuzzy inference · Adaptive methods
Software engineering: Object-oriented design · Algorithms & data structures · Concurrency & multithreading · REST API design · Flask · OpenAPI · Docker · Git & GitHub
Distributed computing: OpenMP · MPI · FastFlow · CUDA & SIMT · AVX & SIMD intrinsics · SLURM · Profiling & performance analysis
Networking & systems: TCP/IP · Routing protocols · Software-defined networking · Mininet · Linux · macOS · SSH · NFS
Tools & documentation: Microsoft Office · Visio · EdrawMax · Adobe Photoshop · AutoCAD

Certifications & development

Machine LearningStanford University · Coursera
PythonBeginner to intermediate · 20 hours
MATLAB & SimulinkBeginner to advanced · 31 hours
PCB Design with Eagle & AutoCADLinkedIn Learning

Honours & awards

2014
Ranked 800th
Among more than 30,000 candidates in the Iranian national postgraduate entrance examination (Konkur).
2011
Top 5%
Among more than 252,000 candidates in the Iranian national undergraduate entrance examination (Konkur).
2009
National Physics Olympiad semi-finalist
Iran

Languages

Across languages.
Across borders.

Persian: NativeNative proficiency
English: B2Independent user
Italian: B1Independent user

The stated proficiency applies to listening, reading, spoken interaction, spoken production, and writing. English and Italian levels follow the CEFR.

IELTS Academic record · 6.5 overallSpeaking 7.0 · Writing 6.5 · Listening 6.5 · Reading 6.5Certificate available on request.

06 / The next conversation

Good things start
with a connection.

Interested in software development, systems and backend engineering, computer networks, applied machine learning, and doctoral research in computer science.

Let’s talk

Personal emailafsharsn@gmail.com University emails.afshar@studenti.unipi.it Phone+39 333 819 2505

Pisa, Italy · Iranian nationality
Italian residence permit
Open to relocation across Europe
References available on request