Humad Ali Shah

Activities and Employment

Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Computer Science and
Engineering Department ( Paid Employment) - University of Washington,
Seattle
November 2015 - August 2016

Assisted Professor Katharina Reinecke with her research in Human Computer

Interaction
Helped design and build a Massive Online Open Course to study the effect of linear
and non-linear user interfaces on people from different backgrounds. It can be found at:
mooc.labinthewild.org
Learned new front-end development skills to better assist in designing experiments

Founder and President of DubsTech - University of Washington,

Seattle
October 2015 - August 2016

DubsTech is a student organization that aims to provide free Computer Science

education, especially focusing on topics that arent taught at school
Launched the organization and remained President
Facilitated a Back-End Web Development course and an Android Application
Development course
Conducted interviews and performed evaluations for potential instructors and/or
volunteers for the organization
Headed and supervised weekly executive board and instructor meetings
Publicized and planned for organization events and classes
Delegated tasks to executive board members and monitored progress

Director of Hall Council for Lander Hall

October 2015 - May 2016

Facilitated weekly meetings

Planned and executed events with an assigned team

Student Patron for LyTech - The Lyceum School

August 2014 - June 2015

LyTech is the Lyceum Schools IT society

Taught students to code for the web using JavaScript
Organized and managed seminars and events
Chaired weekly meetings and delegated tasks

Chief Editor for Gearnuke (Paid Employment) - Karachi, Pakistan

June 2013 - August 2013

 Gearnuke is a Pakistani news blog about technology and

entertainment
Composed technological articles and learned Search Engine
Optimization
Monitored and made changes to articles from other writers

Group Leader in Student Government - Beaconhouse School System,

Defence Campus
September 2012 - April 2013

Managed a group of students and performed campus duties

Planned events for the school

Founder and President of the Video Game Society - Beaconhouse

School System, Defence Campus
September 2012 - April 2013

Held events, managed subcommittees and delegated tasks

Chief Editor for the School Yearbook - Beaconhouse School System,

Defence Campus
September 2012 - April 2013

Managed the design and printing for the Beaconhouse School

System yearbook

Volunteer Work
Volunteered to create and edit podcasts for Metal Seinen, a youth
group in Pakistan aiming to promote creativity and collaboration of
the arts. (January 2014 - March 2014)
Volunteered to help set up a Japanese cultural event in Pakistan.
(October 2013)