Syed Fida Gillani

Syed Fida Gillani has a diverse work experience spanning over a decade. Their most recent role was as a Senior Software Engineer at Optym, where they developed a transportation optimization system for the trucking industry. Syed Fida was responsible for tasks such as identifying the best route plan for goods, assigning drivers to trucks, weather studies based incremental planning, and generating recommendations for network, plan, and schedule changes.

Prior to Optym, they worked as a Research Associate at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Here, they focused on developing solutions for cybersecurity and network resource management using mathematical and formal modeling, as well as technologies like software-defined networking and virtual networks. Syed Fida produced 11 research articles, some of which were funded by government agencies and industry, and one was nominated for a best research article award.

Syed Fida also has experience as a Research Associate at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), where they worked on projects related to geolocation techniques and data analytics for internet paths.

Additionally, Syed Fida Gillani has worked as a Lecturer at Arid Agriculture University, where they taught courses in computer organization and assembly language, introduction to computer science, and object-oriented programming. Syed Fida also supervised a project on developing a sign language interpreter.

During the early years of their career, Syed Fida Gillani worked as a Software Engineer for a period of two and a half years.

Overall, Syed Fida Gillani has gained extensive experience in roles related to software engineering, research, and academia.

Syed Fida Gillani's education history shows a progression of academic achievements in the field of computer science and technology. From 2010 to 2016, Gillani pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Software and Information Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to this, from 2006 to 2008, Gillani completed a Master's degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). Furthermore, from 2004 to 2006, Gillani obtained another Master's degree in Computer Programming from the University of the Punjab. Lastly, from 2000 to 2004, Gillani completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Allama Iqbal Open University.