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whoami
Walid Abu Al-Afia
Computational Engineer @ St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
M.S. Computer Science @ The University of Texas at Austin
CPU Cores
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across 6 clusters
GPUs
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managed & allocated
Cluster Environments
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HPC & SCCE clusters
Data Migrated
0 PB
cryo-EM/ET imaging data
Active Roles
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RUNNING
Computational Engineer
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
May 2024 – Present
RUNNING
IS Internship Coordinator
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
May 2023 – Present
RUNNING
M.S. Computer Science
UT Austin
Aug 2025 – Dec 2028
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since June 20220years
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Recent Events
tail -f /var/log/career[2025-08] Started M.S. Computer Science at UT Austin
[2025-01] NVIDIA Certified Associate: AI Infrastructure & Operations
[2024-05] Promoted to Computational Engineer II
[2024-03] Completed 30 PB cryo-EM data migration
[2024-01] Piloted AI Agent adoption across HPC clusters
[2023-10] Published at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2023
[2023-05] Promoted to Computational Engineer I
[2023-05] Graduated Rhodes College — Magna Cum Laude
[2022-09] Started HPC Engineering Student role at St. Jude
[2022-06] HPC Research Computing Intern at St. Jude
Experience
squeue -u walid
Job Queue
squeue -u walid --format="%.8i %.12P %.30j %.8T %.12M %.6D"
JOBID
PARTITION
NAME
STATE
TIME
NODES
$ cat slurm-100006.out
- Designs and implements large-scale monitoring infrastructure using Prometheus and Grafana for comprehensive cluster observability
- Piloted secure adoption of AI Agents across all St. Jude HPC clusters; negotiated contracts with OpenAI, Anthropic, GitHub, Cursor
- Serves as the institutional resource and subject matter expert for AI Agents at St. Jude
- Architected 20,000-line MLOps-focused Python package for low-code/no-code ML model training
- Expanded Open OnDemand from single to multi-cluster deployment spanning 4 environments (Slurm HPC, SCCE/GDPR, colocation, main HPC)
- Led SCCE cluster (GDPR-compliant) and Slurm HPC Model Training cluster implementation
- Sole resource for 19 CryoSPARC instances; built On-The-Fly cryo-EM/ET processing pipeline
- Conducted 4-month, 30 PB data migration to dedicated Imaging Storage system
- Transformed module installation system from bare-metal to container-based builds
$ cat slurm-100005.out
- Manages internship program, reviewing 300-500 applications yearly
- Conducts interviews and coordinates hiring of 15 interns annually
- Mentors interns throughout the summer program
- Established intern-to-full-time pipeline creating career tracks for permanent positions
$ cat slurm-100004.out
- Built and deployed Open OnDemand instance serving 20,000+ core cluster
- Authored multiple Interactive Applications (Maestro, VMD, Scipion)
- Managed all software and module installations across RHEL7/RHEL8
- Organized and taught seminars on HPC programming tools
- Optimized parallel programs (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA) for researchers
$ cat slurm-100003.out
- Built Prometheus + Grafana metrics collection environment
- Designed cluster monitoring dashboards for resource utilization insights
- Performed routine module installations on RHEL7 HPC Cluster
- Gained proficiency in LSF workload manager administration
$ cat slurm-100002.out
- Developed VR application using Unity + Meta SDK for pediatric patient training
- Built REST API for AlphaFold-based protein structure prediction
- Compiled deployment documentation for HPC engineering team
$ cat slurm-100001.out
- CS Head Tutor: hired, trained, managed 9 tutors; built TutoringBot queue system
- CS Tutor: tutored ~20 students in Python, Java, C, data structures, algorithms
- Cloud Admin: managed JupyterHub Kubernetes cluster on GCP; integrated OneLogin SSO
- Research Fellow: co-authored IROS 2023 paper on human-robot interaction; built AR app in Unity
$ cat slurm-100000.out
- Created Bitcoin trading bot with live price data and technical indicators
- Integrated cryptocurrency exchange APIs for automated trading
- Developed data processing pipelines in Python and Java
Resource Allocation Timeline
sacct --starttime=2018-06-01 --format=JobName,Start,End,State
201820192020202120222023202420252026
INTRASOFT
CS Tutor
Research Fellow
Cloud Admin
HPC Intern
HPC Student
CE I
IS Coordinator
CE (Current)
M.S. UT Austin
Skills & Technologies
nvidia-smi && module avail
GPU Utilization
nvidia-smi+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WALID-SMI 550.127 Driver Version: 550.127 CUDA Version: 12.4 | |-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | Skill | Proficiency | Utilization | |=========================================+========================+======================| | Python | Expert |95% | | C/C++ | Advanced |80% | | Rust | Intermediate |55% | | Go | Intermediate |50% | | Bash/Shell | Expert |92% | | JavaScript/React | Advanced |70% | | Java | Advanced |75% | |-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------| | Slurm/LSF | Expert |95% | | MPI/OpenMP/CUDA | Advanced |82% | | Prometheus/Grafana | Expert |90% | | Docker/K8s/Apptainer | Advanced |80% | | MLOps/Deep Learning | Advanced |78% | | AI Agents/LLMs | Advanced |85% | | CryoSPARC/Cryo-EM | Expert |90% | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Loaded Modules
module avail--- /opt/languages ---
python/3.xc-cpp/gccrust/stablego/1.xjava/jdkr/4.xruby/3.xbash/5.xjavascript/es6racket/8.xcsharp/dotnet
--- /opt/hpc ---
slurm/23.xlsf/10.xopenmpi/4.xopenmp/5.xcuda/12.xondemand/3.xmodules/5.x
--- /opt/devops ---
prometheus/2.xgrafana/10.xdocker/25.xkubernetes/1.xapptainer/1.xsingularity/3.xconda/24.xgcp-sdk/latest
--- /opt/ml ---
pytorch/2.xtransformers/latestjupyter/labmlops-toolkit/1.0alphafold/2.xcryosparc/4.x
--- /opt/editors ---
vim/9.xemacs/29.xvscode/latestcursor/latestintellij/2024rstudio/latest
Language Interfaces
ip link showlang0: UP English (Native)
lang1: UP Arabic (Native)
lang2: PARTIAL French (Working Proficiency)
lang3: PARTIAL Spanish (Working Proficiency)
Certifications
/etc/certsNVIDIA Certified Associate
AI Infrastructure and Operations
2025Focus Areas
research interestsEducation
/var/log/education
System Log
journalctl -u education --no-pager
Aug 2025
LOAD
kernel: Loading module ms_cs_utaustin... GPA 4.0
The University of Texas at Austin — M.S. Computer Science (Expected Dec 2028)
Focus: Parallel Systems, Deep Learning
May 2023
DONE
kernel: Module bs_cs_rhodes loaded successfully — GPA 3.87, Magna Cum Laude
Rhodes College — B.S. Computer Science, Minor: Religious Studies (2019 – 2023)
May 2019
DONE
kernel: Module hs_kings_academy loaded — GPA 3.86
King's Academy, Manja-Madaba, Jordan — High School Diploma
Apr 2016
NET
Remote node connection established: scotch_college_perth (Australia)
Round Square Program Global Cultural Exchange — Study Abroad
Coursework Modules
lsmod | grep coursework--- UT Austin (Graduate) ---
parallel_systemsdeep_learning
--- Rhodes College (Undergraduate) ---
parallel_systemsdistributed_systemsoperating_systemsartificial_intelligenceautomata_theorycomputer_organizationprogramming_languagesdata_structures_algorithms
Awards & Honors
achievements unlocked Magna Cum Laude
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (CS Honor Society)
Theta Alpha Kappa
Joseph Reeves Hyde Award
Jack U. Russell Award
Presidential Scholar
Dean's List
Student Body President (King's Academy)
President's Award for Outstanding Leadership
Research
Publications & Data Analysis
Publication Record
SELECT * FROM publications ORDER BY year DESCIEEE/RSJ IROS 2023 • Detroit, MI, USA
Development and Evaluation of Exploratory Experiences to Facilitate Reasoning About Robotic Systems
ABSTRACT:
This paper introduces a novel interactive approach — Exploratory Experiences — that aims to improve the ability of people to reason about the capabilities and limitations of robotic technology. We focus on two areas: robot navigation and object detection. We evaluate the Exploratory Experiences with a novel approach that measures the participant's ability to predict when the robot will fail.
Research Keywords
indexed termsExternal Data Source
curl -s https://ieeexplore.ieee.orgProjects
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Running Services
docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}" Active
mlops-toolkit
20,000-line MLOps Python package for low-code ML model training with comprehensive Jupyter notebooks
Active
hpc-monitoring-stack
Prometheus + Grafana monitoring infrastructure for CPU, GPU, and Slurm job-level metrics
Active
ondemand-multi-cluster
Open OnDemand deployment spanning 4 cluster environments with LSF and Slurm support
Active
cryosparc-fleet
19 CryoSPARC instances with On-The-Fly processing pipeline for structural biology research
Archived
vr-patient-training
Unity + Meta SDK VR application for pediatric radiation oncology patient preparation
Archived
alphafold-api
REST API endpoint for AlphaFold-based protein structure prediction on HPC
Container Registry
github.com/walidabualafia Connected
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Distributed systems, HPC tools, system-level programming, and more
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Contact
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Available for Opportunities
Open to relocation • Remote-friendly
Download Artifacts
build outputabualafia-curriculum-vitae.pdf
Latest build • 6 pages
Node Location
hostname --fqdnMemphis, TN
Open to Relocation
Originally from Amman, Jordan