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Safi Majid

© Safi Majid 2020

EDUCATION

  1. Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
    National University of Sciences and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan

Relevant Coursework:
Embedded Systems Design, Process Control, Microprocessors Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Digital Logic Design, Computer and Communication Networks

August 2016 – July 2020

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  1. Research Intern
    Center of Excellence for FPGAs/ASIC Research Lab, NUST
    Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Comprehension of Hardware Descriptive Languages and their differences in comparison to Programming languages.
  • RTL Implementation of an 8-bit Microprocessor with a self-designed ISA using Verilog HDL.
Summer 2019

PROJECTS

  1. Re-engineering of Hardware based Cryptocurrency Wallet
  • Programming of the bootloader on a bare ARM Cortex M4 to securely store the keys and perform transaction signing after successful user verification.
  • Redesigning of existing software layer to handle transactions generation, communication with block chain network and interacting with the hardware device through an API for signing, recovery and updates.
July 2019 - April 2020
  1. RISC V (RV32I and RV32F) implementation on Intel Altera FPGA
  • Full RTL Implementation of RV32I base RISC V on Intel Altera Cyclone 2 via Verilog HDL.
  • Addition of Floating-point operations in compliance with IEEE 754 standards via partial use of Intel Altera IP.
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
  1. Audio Equalizer on MATLAB with GUI
  2. Huffman compression and decompression in C++
  3. Real Time Heat dissipation system using 8051
  4. PDF Parser and Image Extraction Utility for PDF 1.4 Standard.
  5. Hardware based Hangman using Digital Logic Gates
  6. Integration of retropi, steamlink and Kodi on Raspberry Pi

SKILLS:

Programming: Verilog HDL, MATLAB, C/C++, Assembly (RISC V and x86)
Tools: Wireshark, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Cadence OrCAD

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  1. National Science Talent Contest
    Stem Career Program, Higher Education Commission
  • Among top 52 candidates to represent Pakistan at International Physics Olympiad
2015
  1. Merit Scholarship upon Academic Achievement in SSC
    Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Pakistan
  • 95th rank among all candidates within Science group
  • Awarded Scholarship for performance in SSC
2014