Hello, I'm Hadi!

Hadi R. Sandid

MSc&T Student at École Polytechnique

I am a 1st year MSc&T Student at École Polytechnique, in the Internet-of-Things program. My current fields of interest are Computer Networking and Embedded Systems. In my free time, I like to hike around Lebanon, read books, and work on fun software/hardware projects

Fast Learner
Problem Solving
Team Work
French
English
Arabic

Skills

Experience

1
Software Engineering Intern
Cisco Meraki

April 2022 - August 2022, Paris, France

As a member of the MX team, I contributed to performance analysis efforts for software data-plane solutions at Meraki.

Responsibilities:
  • Implemented framework to enable local performance testing of Meraki data-planes, using C++/Python/Bash.
  • Conducted performance tests to estimate data-plane performance, and identify software bottlenecks and bugs.
  • Wrote design documents assessing framework design alternatives, and documentation for framework usage.
Research Assistant
American University of Beirut.

August 2019 - August 2021, On-Campus

Assisting team Levantine with the development of a Smart Irrigation System, which was selected in the Google AI Impact Challenge 2019.

Responsibilities:
  • Worked on an Irrigation Management System, which allows farmers to use water resources more efficiently on their agricultural fields.
  • This includes developing an on-site hardware solution (using micro-controllers) to control irrigation routines, and also a mobile application (using Android) to allow users to access agricultural field data.
2

Education

École Polytechnique
2021-2023
MSc&T in Innovation and Management in Internet-of-Things
GPA: 3.92 out of 4
Taken Courses
  • Data Visualization
  • Business Models in the Digital Era
  • IoT Workshops
American University of Beirut
2017-2021
B.E in Computer and Communications Engineering
GPA: 3.7 out of 4
Taken Courses
  • Embed. Microprocessor System Design
  • Radio Frequency (RF) Circuits Design
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Architecture and Design
  • Data Structures and Algorithm
  • Computer Networking
  • Network Security
  • Web Services in the Cloud
  • Audio Engineering
Extracurricular Activities
  • Tutoring ECE/CCE courses.
  • Participated in different workshops related to Robotics and Artifical Intelligence
Lycee Abdel-Kader
2006-2017
French Baccalaureate

Projects

Chat Service Back-End
Developer Spring 2020

Back-End API using ASP.NET Core. Project realized to learn about back-end development and CD/CI systems.

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Educational GameSystem
Developer Fall 2020

Game Client using QT/C++. Offers a registration/login system and two separate games (Snakes and Ladders & Cabo).

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Basic Shell
Developer Fall 2020

Basic Shell written in C & Java. The main shell is written in C and calls separate Java files to execute commands. The shell also supports pipes to re-route output of certain commands as input to other commands.

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Library System
Developer Spring 2019

Java-Based Library System. Offers a user-friendly interface to look-up and reserve books from a local database.

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Memory Game
Developer Spring 2019

Memory game written in Assembly. Project realized for a PIC16F4A microcontroller connected to a LCD display.

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Recent Posts

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Source Engine & Game Design

Game design has been one of my favourite hobbies since High School. While I lacked skills in the field of programming or 2D/3D design at the start, I have been slowly making it up over the years by learning to use some popular tools. These tools include : Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (2D and 3D design) Visual Studio Code (C++ Programming) I have mainly used the Source Engine (tm) , which is a 3D engine developed by Valve Software, to bring my works to life.

January 27, 2021 Read
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Adding Custom Instructions to the RISC-V GNU-GCC toolchain

UPDATE (Feb 2022) : I have not used the RISC-V toolchain in quite a bit & this tutorial might be outdated. I recommend checking out a more updated tutorial on the matter, like this one by Vivek. This tutorial is an updated version of Nitish Srivastava’s tutorial Adding custom instruction to RISCV ISA and running it on gem5 and spike. I’ve also used some tips Jim Wilson gave on the following mailing list.

January 27, 2021 Read
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Hiking around Lebanon

In my free time, I like to go hiking with friends around lebanon. Here are some of the hikes I’ve participated in : Ehden Ehden is a very touristic area in the North of Lebanon, and offers some several hiking trails which are maintained by local guides. Kaftoun Kaftoun is another area in the North of Lebanon. On our hike through the region we walked alongside a river, and visited a local covent.

January 24, 2021 Read