Khadijah Al Safwan

Khadijah Al Safwan

Ph.D. Candidate
I am a graduate student in the Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science and my advisor is professor Francisco Servant. My research area is Software Engineering including software changes comprehension and software visualization. I am interested in helping software developers understand the evolution of software and improve their productivity.

Education

Virginia Tech

Doctor of Philosophy

Computer Science
Virginia Tech

Master of Science

Computer Science
University of Dammam

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science

Publications

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  • 2015 (1)
  • 2016 (1)
  • 2019 (1)
  • 2022 (1)
  • 24\% Acceptance Rate (1)
  • Conference Paper (2)
  • ESEC SIGSOFT FSE (1)
  • First Author (4)
  • IJCDS (1)
  • JSS (1)
  • Journal Paper (2)

Work Experience

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  • Academic
  • Industry

  • 2021, 2022

    Instructor of Record

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I worked as an instructor of records (lecturer) for junior-level software engineering course. As an instructor, I developed many skills including presentation, communication, management, and conflict resolution skills.

    Semester

    Course

    TA/s

    Students

    2022 Fall

    CS 3704 Intermediate Software Design

    Gabriella Nikki Ramirez , John Oh , Christopher Stoll , and Abhilash Chauhan

    73 Students

    2022 Summer II

    CS 3704 Intermediate Software Design

    Shunyu Yao

    9 Students

    2021 Spring

    CS 3704 Intermediate Software Design

    Ibrahim Asadullah Tahmid , Ahmad Hossein Yazdani , Chinmayee Schandra , Tahmid Muttaki , and Yuan Chen

    90 Students

  • 2019 - Now

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I worked as a teaching assistant (GTA) for various computer science courses (graduate and undergraduate) including software engineering, databases, data structure, and web development courses. My responsibilities focus on assisting both enrolled students and the course instructors. As a GTA, I developed many skills including working under pressure and communication.

    Semester

    Course

    Instructor/s

    Students

    2022 Spring

    CS 5704 Software Engineering

    Dr. Gregory Kulczycki

    67 Students

    2021 Fall

    CS 5704 Software Engineering

    Dr. Gregory Kulczycki

    90 Students

    2020 Fall

    CS 5774 User Interface Software

    Dr. Kurt Luther

    25 Students

    2020 Summer

    CS 3114 Data Structures & Algorithms

    Rifat Sabbir Mansur (Ri)

    41 Students

    2020 Spring

    CS 4604 Introduction to Data Base Management Systems

    Richard Quintin and Michael Schulte

    64 Students

    2019 Fall

    CS 5704 Software Engineering

    Dr. Francisco Servant

    21 Students

    2019 Spring

    CS 5704 Software Engineering

    Dr. Gregory Kulczycki

    61 Students

  • Fall 2018 and Summer 2021

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I worked as a graduate research assistant (GRA) for Dr. Francisco Servant's research projects during Fall 2018 and Summer 2021. My responsibilities comprise of assisting the development of research instruments and defining research problems. As a GRA, I developed many technical skills (e.g., data analysis) and soft skills (e.g., critical thinking, decision-making).

  • 2014 - 2015

    Researcher

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    For the senior project of my undergraduate studies, I lead a team of five students. We build a prototype for a research project. As a team leader, I developed my technical skills (e.g., programming and literature review) and soft skills (e.g., organization and leadership).

  • Summer 2014

    COOP Trainee

    Wipro Arabia Limited

    Al Khobar, Eastern, KSA

    I train at Wipro the summer after my junior year. As a trainee, I developed my technical skills (e.g., ABAP programming).

  • Oct - Dec 2013

    Administrative-Work Assistant

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    I helped the administration office staff of the Computer Science Department. I worked on the paperwork for exams scheduling and arrangement. As an assistant, I developed my soft skills (e.g., problem-solving).

  • Summer 2013

    Summer Trainee

    Saudi Aramco

    Dhahran, Eastern, KSA

    I train at Saudi Aramco the summer after my sophomore year. As a first time trainee, I gain exposure to the work environment, processes, and systems. I developed my technical skills (e.g., database querying) and soft skills (e.g., teamwork and coordination).

Awards

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  • Travel Award (2)
  • Scholarship (1)
  • Excellence Award (2)
  • Competition Winning Award (2)

  • 2020 Academic Year

    Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I was awarded the graduate teaching assistant of the year title during the annual department awards ceremony.

  • 2019

    Travel to Tapia Conference Award

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I was rewarded with a travel award to the ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing conference.

  • 2019

    ACM SIGSOFT Travel Support at ESEC/FSE 2019 Conferences

    ACM SIGSOFT

    I have received travel reimbursement of expenses for 27th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering.

  • 2016 - 2018

    Graduate Studies Scholarship

    Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM)

    Washington, DC, USA

    I was gifted with a full scholarship for the master degree including the university tuition and living expenses.

  • 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

    Annual Excellence Award

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    I was honored for having a cumulative GPA above 4.5 out of 5 for four consecutive years.

  • 2012

    Coding Marathon Winning Award

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    The team I was leading won the competition of the programming race.

  • 2012

    Best Management Committee Award

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    My team won the competition for managing the edition of network magazine for Network Protocols & E-Commerce course.

Skills

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  • Computer Skills (78)
  • Apps and Tools (34)
  • Programming Languages (17)
  • Cloud Computing (16)
  • Data Science (15)
  • Office and Writing (13)
  • Integrated Development Environments (9)
  • Modeling and Design (7)
  • Visualization Tools (6)
  • Google G Suite (5)
  • JetBrains (5)
  • Microsoft Office (4)
  • Server (4)
  • Soft Skills (4)
  • Adobe (3)
  • Communication (3)
  • File Transfer (3)
  • Operating Systems (3)
  • Simulation Tools (3)
  • Grading (2)
  • Remote Connection (2)
  • Spoken Languages (2)
  • Teaching (2)
  • Hardware (1)

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Lightroom

Axure

Balsamiq Wireframes

Circuit Maker

D3

Enterprise Architect

Lucidchart

MatLab

Mathematica

Microsoft SQL Server

MySQL Workbench

National Instruments
Packet Tracer

Processing

R

SPSS

Skype

Slack

Tableau

Zoom

Amazon Web Service

Apache

CPanel

Cyberduck

Docker

FileZilla

GoodSync

Nginx

Passenger

Putty

Raspberry Pi

VNC

XAMPP

Apache Solr

MongoDB

MySQL

DataGrip

IntelliJ

NetBeans

PHPStorm

PyCharm

SAP IDE

Visual Studio

WebStorm

Atom

Excel

Google Docs

Google Drive

Google Forms

Google Sheets

Google Slides

LaTeX

PowerPoint

Qualtrics

Sublime Text

Visio

Word

Mac OS

Ubuntu Linux

Windows

ABAP
ASP.NET
C
C++

CSS

HTML5

JQuery

Java

JavaScript

Lisp

NodeJs

PHP

Prolog

Python

SQL

Scheme

Leadership

Organization

Technical Writing

Verbal Communication

Arabic

English

Canvas

Web-Cat

Projects

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  • Course Project (20)
  • University of Dammam (14)
  • Programming (12)
  • Virginia Tech (12)
  • Research (6)
  • Empirical Study (5)
  • Rationale (3)
  • Topic Search (3)
  • Hardware (2)
  • Prototype (2)
  • Desktop Application (1)
  • Modeling and Simulation (1)
  • Senior Project (1)

Activities and Services

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  • Volunteering (7)
  • Virginia Tech (17)
  • University of Dammam (5)
  • Services (2)
  • Research (6)
  • Presentations (5)
  • Papers Review (2)
  • Mentorship (3)
  • Leadership (1)
  • Conferences (5)
  • Career Development (6)
  • 2023 (1)
  • 2022 (4)
  • 2021 (6)
  • 2020 (3)
  • 2019 (8)
  • 2018 (1)
  • 2017 (2)
  • 2016 (1)
  • 2015 (3)
  • 2014 (2)
  • 2013 (2)

  • 2022

    GHS Chair Selection Committee - Panelist

    Virginia Tech Graduate Honor System

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I served as a panelist in the committee for selecting the Graduate Honor System (GHS) chair.

  • Fall 2022

    Instructor of Record - Lectures teaching

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I am teaching Intermediate Software Design and Engineering (CS 3704) during Fall 2022

  • Summer 2022

    Instructor of Record - Lectures teaching

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I am teaching Intermediate Software Design and Engineering (CS 3704) during Summer II 2022

  • 2021

    Program Committee (PC) Member - Reviewer

    RAISE 2021

    Virtual venue

    I am participating in the 8th International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering (RAISE 2021) program committee

  • Summer 2021

    Research Mentor

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I mentored   Zaineb Almarzooq   during the summer. Zaineb is an undergraduate student in the department who is interested in research.

  • Spring 2021

    Accelerate to Industry (A2i) Attendee

    Virginia Tech Graduate School

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I attended the Accelerate to Industry (A2i) - Professional Development Series seminars/workshops in Spring 2021 semester.

  • Spring 2021

    Instructor of Record - Lectures teaching

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I am teaching Intermediate Software Design and Engineering (CS 3704) during spring 2021

  • 2021

    Program Committee (PC) Member - Reviewer

    MSR 2021

    Virtual venue

    I am participating in 2021 Mining Software Repositories Conference (MSR) Shadow program committee (Shadow PC)

  • Spring 2019 & 2020

    Recruitment Weekend Volunteer

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    The "Recruitment Weekend" events introduce Virginia Tech and the Computer Science (CS) department to prospective graduate students.
      - In 2019, I attended a social event and chatted with prospective students about graduate studies in the CS department.
      - In 2020, I joined the poster session where I presented a poster and talked about my research lab work. I also attended a social event.

  • Spring 2020

    5-Minutes Madness Presenter

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I introduced my research work in a "5-Minutes Madness" event for the computer science undergraduate students who are interested in research.

  • Fall 2019

    Lightning Talk Presenter

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I introduced my research lab work in a "Lightning Talks" event for the computer science graduate students.

  • Sep 2019

    Tapia Conference Attendee

    Tapia

    San Diego, CA, USA

    I attended the ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing conference. I was responsible for staffing the Virginia Tech booth in the conference career fair for two sessions.

  • 2016 & 2019

    CS Career Fair Attendee

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I attended the computer science (CS) career fair, which was a great opportunity for learning about the computing industry.

  • Aug 2019

    ESEC/FSE Conference Attendee

    ESEC/FSE

    Tallinn, Harju, Estonia

    I attended and presented a research paper at the 27th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE2019).

  • Summer 2019

    Research Mentor

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I mentored   Chenkai Ren   during the summer. Kai is an undergraduate student in the department who is interested in research.

  • 2019 - Now

    Research Lab Representative

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    As a lab representative, I serve as a communication channel to the graduate council and department leadership.

  • 2018 - 2019

    VT PEERS Volunteer

    VT PEERS

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I volunteered for the VT PEERS Program, a partnering program with educators and engineers in rural schools. I participate as a facilitator to support hands-on classroom activities.

  • Summer 2017

    Research Mentor

    Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, VA, USA

    I mentored   Jahdiel Couchman  during the summer. Jahdiel was a student in the   Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program (MAOP).

  • Feb 2017

    CAPWIC Conference Attendee

    CAPWIC

    Washington, DC, USA

    I attended the Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing Conference (CAPWIC) keynotes, sessions, and workshops.

  • Mar 2015

    Career Forum Participant

    Dhahran Exhibitions

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    I presented the idea of my senior project in the career forum organized by the University of Dammam.

  • Apr 2014

    University Libraries Volunteer

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    I volunteered for the electronic resources of libraries workshop to educate the university students about the serveries offered by the electronic libraries.

  • Feb 2014 & 2015

    Aramco Seminar Attendee

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    I completed the Saudi Aramco information technology seminar for female universities.

  • Dec 2013

    E-Government Workshop Volunteer

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    I volunteered for the E-Government workshop to educated the university students about the electronic services provided by Saudi government ministries' websites.

  • Feb 2013

    University Intro-Session Volunteer

    University of Dammam

    Dammam, Eastern, KSA

    I volunteered for the university introductory session. I represented the College of Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) in the event to introduce the college program to high school students.

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