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Zaid Ahmad

CS @ Carleton University  ·  Ottawa, Canada

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CS student at Carleton in the AI & Machine Learning Co-op stream. Most of my time goes to systems programming, algorithms, and math. I build things at every layer — Linux kernel patches, bare-metal firmware, and full-stack web apps.



Experience

Project Officer (FSWEP)  ·  Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada  ·  Jun 2026 – Aug 2026

Wrote Python automation for the IT Capacity Management team that cut down on a lot of manual work. Turned client conversations into structured requirements and put together intake reports that made it to senior management briefings.

Python Power Automate Government IT


Logistics Coordinator  ·  cuHacking  ·  Sep 2025 – Present

Helping run Carleton's annual hackathon. Venues, schedules, sponsors — the stuff that has to work for everything else to work.


Education

B.Sc. Computer Science  ·  Carleton University  ·  2024 – 2029

AI & Machine Learning Co-op stream, though most of my time goes to systems programming, algorithms, and math.

Data Structures Systems Programming C/C++ Linear Algebra Discrete Structures

Government of Canada Reliability Status Security Clearance  ·  Issued 2026


Skills

Languages

Web & Tooling

Embedded & Systems

STM32 ARM Cortex-M4 POSIX Threads DKMS devkitARM


Projects

Carleton Course Map

My program didn't have a course map. I built one for every program at Carleton — prerequisites as a DAG, REST API, drag-and-drop semester planner.

Python Parsel FastAPI PostgreSQL Next.js React Flow


STM32 Doom Bootloader

I wanted to understand how something actually boots, so I wrote a bootloader from scratch. No HAL, no game engine — bare-metal SPI on an STM32F4 loading shareware Doom off an SD card.

C ARM Cortex-M4 Linker Scripts OpenOCD STM32F4


Linux Wireless Kernel Patch

My Wi-Fi was capped at 54 Mbps. Should have been 1 Gbps. I traced the bug through the mac80211 stack, wrote the patch, and fixed it in the kernel.

C Linux Kernel Wireless Networking mac80211


Nintendo DS Business Card

My business card boots on a Nintendo DS. Plug it in, play a short game, get my contact info at the end. Pure C, no SDK game engine, runs on real hardware.

C NDS SDK ARM Homebrew


Ghost Hunting Simulation

A ghost hunting simulation in C where every actor is its own POSIX thread on shared memory. Spent a while on the deadlock prevention. Zero deadlocks across 1,000+ ticks.

C POSIX Threads Semaphores Linux



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  1. DS_Business_Card DS_Business_Card Public

    Makefile

  2. COMP2401-Final-Project COMP2401-Final-Project Public

    C

  3. mac80211-ht-downgrade-fix mac80211-ht-downgrade-fix Public

    C

  4. CarletonCourseMap CarletonCourseMap Public

    JavaScript 1

  5. stm32-doom-loader stm32-doom-loader Public

    C