Rana Salal Ali Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

In my tenure as an Engineer, I've made significant strides across multiple industries including Insurance, Oil and Gas, and Public and Social Sectors. My role has been instrumental in shaping data-driven solutions, wearing a Data and Machine Learning Engineer hat.I've spearheaded projects ranging from architecting Machine Learning Ops Pipelines to implementing LLM and RAG Models for Custom Data Retrieval. Additionally, I've played a key role in building AWS-based, config-driven… Show more In my tenure as an Engineer, I've made significant strides across multiple industries including Insurance, Oil and Gas, and Public and Social Sectors. My role has been instrumental in shaping data-driven solutions, wearing a Data and Machine Learning Engineer hat.I've spearheaded projects ranging from architecting Machine Learning Ops Pipelines to implementing LLM and RAG Models for Custom Data Retrieval. Additionally, I've played a key role in building AWS-based, config-driven heterogeneous data ingestion pipelines, and developing micro-services and operational automation tools. One of my notable achievements includes leading the development of a comprehensive Demand Forecasting Solution from inception to deployment.Beyond my technical contributions, I've actively engaged in knowledge-sharing initiatives. Whether through writing an insightful Medium article or presenting at internal knowledge-sharing sessions, I've sought to foster a culture of learning and innovation within the organization. Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship holder working on the ‘Data Security and Privacy (DSP) Research Program’ to perform experimental analysis of information leakage in machine learning algorithms in the data deletion/update scenarios and its privacy and ethical implications on the data contributors under the project 'Privacy Law and Ethics in Machine Learning as a Service'

Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia

In Advancement Services, I managed various tasks including SQL/PLSQL script writing for data extraction, Advance CRM database maintenance, and data collection from multiple sources. Responsibilities also encompassed report development, user manual creation, and data extraction, transformation, and loading. Additionally, I automated data entry using Python scripts and conducted data compilation and segmentation in Microsoft Excel.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Tutoring a unit COMP2300/6300 - Applied Cryptography with more than 100 students enrolled including undergrads and postgrads.Topics covered:Number Theory using Pari GPRSA/El Gamal EncryptionElliptic Curve CryptographyBlockchain and CryptocurrenciesLattice-based cryptographyQuantum ComputingZero Knowledge Proofs

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Working on the ‘Data Security and Privacy (DSP) Research Program’ to perform experimental analysis of information leakage in machine learning algorithms in the data deletion/update scenarios and its privacy and ethical implications on the data contributors.

Karachi, Pakistan

As an Intern Software Developer I worked with a team of software developers to migrate the company’s business application from desktop to web.Responsibilities:• Migration of company’s desktop business application initially developed on C# to web-based application.• Implementation of various modules from customer service support to risk modules using C#.• Working with the senior software developers to present weekly project reports.• Project Requirement gathering with project… Show more As an Intern Software Developer I worked with a team of software developers to migrate the company’s business application from desktop to web.Responsibilities:• Migration of company’s desktop business application initially developed on C# to web-based application.• Implementation of various modules from customer service support to risk modules using C#.• Working with the senior software developers to present weekly project reports.• Project Requirement gathering with project manager, project team lead and senior developers.• Documentation and presentation of software specification with senior project team members.• Reporting directly to the Project Manager on software changes and progress. Show less

Master Of Research In The Faculty Of Science And Engineering, Computer Science, 85.2

Research Title: Privacy Risks in Machine Learning, An Analysis of Unintended Memorization and Timing Attacks in Named Entity Recognition.

Master'S Degree, Information Technology, 84.5/100

Activities and Societies: Macquarie University Peer Mentors Program - Mentor Global Leadership Program Macquarie University Physics.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: The WebMasters (Web Development), Sportics - Sports Society, Football team (Year 1-4), Basketball team (Year 3-4)