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Haider Basharat Ali

Chicago

Summary

Results-driven professional with experience at the University of Illinois at Chicago, optimizing housing assignments and enhancing operational workflows. Proficient in NLP analysis and problem-solving, I achieved a 20% increase in room allocation efficiency while managing technology infrastructure across multiple facilities. Skilled in Python and Agile methodologies, I excel in data-driven decision-making.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Campus Housing Technology Officer

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago
09.2023 - Current
  • Optimized housing assignments for over 3,000 residents with StarRez, achieving a 20% increase in room allocation efficiency.
  • Reduced equipment audit completion time by 20% through streamlined processes, ensuring technology readiness.
  • Collaborated with IT teams to enhance operational workflows and technology management.
  • Managed technology infrastructure across 50 housing spaces, event centers, and labs, minimizing downtime by 20% via proactive troubleshooting.

AI Software Engineer Intern

Clabapp.ai
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Conducted NLP analysis on 1.7 billion Reddit comments, focusing on sentiment, topic modeling, and classification.
  • Established scalable database with SphinxSearch and ElasticSearch for efficient dataset retrieval.
  • Reduced search query latency by 30% while enhancing data pipeline performance through collaboration.
  • Performed code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.

Education

B.S. - Computer Science

University of Illinois At Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
12-2025

Skills

  • NLP analysis
  • Sentiment analysis
  • Problem solving
  • Presentation creation
  • Business correspondence
  • Business acumen
  • Workflow optimization
  • Schedule coordination
  • Marketing assistance
  • C
  • Python
  • Java
  • SQL
  • F#
  • Linux
  • PyTorch
  • Jupyter Notebook
  • JIRA
  • Open Source
  • Hugging Face
  • Cyber Security
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Product Management
  • Agile

Projects

  • Open Streets Map, C++, Designed a scalable graph class for pathfinding using Dijkstra's algorithm, improving navigation speeds by 30%. Collaborated with users to refine app features, enhancing usability and overall user satisfaction. Search Engine Optimization, C++, Designed a scalable graph class for pathfinding using Dijkstra's algorithm, improving navigation speeds by 30%.
  • Collaborated with users to refine app features, enhancing usability and overall user satisfaction. CTA Database App, Python, SQL, Matplotlib, Developed a console-based app to query and analyze CTA ridership data using SQL for optimized retrieval. Leveraged SQL joins and Python to compute ridership totals, averages, and percentages across stations. Integrated Matplotlib for ridership trend visualizations, offering users plotting options for station data. Optimized query performance using foreign keys and multi-table SQL joins.

Leadership Experience

  • UIC Campus Housing Tour Facilitator, Enhanced parent engagement by 10% with strong public speaking and interpersonal skills. Led 10+ tours for parents and 100+ freshmen, communicating housing policies and resources. Streamlined weekly tour schedules, boosting operational efficiency by 20%.
  • Peer Mentor, Women in Computer Science, UIC, Mentored 10-15 students per semester about opportunities in Cyber Security, boosting engagement by 15%. Led 5 technical workshops on security attacks like Return-to-Libc, Buffer overflow and Set-UID vulnerabilities. Organized outreach events, contributing to 10% rise in female Cyber Security Job applicants.

Timeline

AI Software Engineer Intern

Clabapp.ai
06.2024 - 08.2024

Campus Housing Technology Officer

University of Illinois at Chicago
09.2023 - Current

B.S. - Computer Science

University of Illinois At Chicago
Haider Basharat Ali