About

Asad Salman is a highly skilled Software Engineer with over 3 years of experience in the field of Cybersecurity. He is currently employed at eBay as a Software Engineer, where he has been responsible for developing and maintaining software applications that support the company's e-commerce platform. Asad has a strong background in research, having worked as a Research Assistant at Northeastern University and the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). At Northeastern University, Asad worked on a research project focused on quantifying network properties of the Ethereum peer-to-peer network and their effect on the security of the blockchain. He worked closely with Professor Cristina Nita-Rotaru and gained expertise in modifying large codebases, reading research papers, and using Spark to process terabytes of data. At NUST, Asad was involved in a project that aimed to protect the Bitcoin protocol from certain DoS attacks. He devised and implemented schemes using Bloom Filters to replace memory-heavy lookup operations performed on incoming transactions on Bitcoin nodes. Asad's education background includes a Master's degree in Cybersecurity from Northeastern University, where he graduated in 2020. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology, where he graduated in 2018. Asad's technical skills include expertise in Software Engineering, Research Science, Ethereum, Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Spark. He is a highly motivated and dedicated professional who is committed to delivering high-quality work. Asad is passionate about technology and is always looking for new challenges to expand his knowledge and skills.