Henok Shiferaw

I’am Henok Shiferaw

I graduated with a Bachelors Science in Manufacturing Engineering/System, a Masters in Computational Science and Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University in 2012 and currently a PhD candidate in Computational Science and Engineering in North Carolina A&t State University.

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What I Do

Currently I work at USPTO as a Primary Patent Examiner in Electrical/Computer Engineering to evaluate patent applications in the NetworkPrinting, Scanning, Color, Halftone, Image Analysis, Data Compression, Data Analysis, Data Encryption, Barcode Symbology, FAX/PRINTER/SCANNER Technology and Display System arts for compliance with federal patent laws and regulations.

Play a critical role in giving inventors exclusive rights over their discoveries.

Review patent applications to ensure conformity to formal requirements.

Write legal office actions on patentability and respond to patent applicants.

Languages

Machine

Python, Perl, R, PHP, Matlab/GNU Octave, bash/shell, some superficial knowledge of C, common LISP and Haskell; markup languages including LATEX/XƎTEX, R Markdown, HTML, CSS.

Human

English 🇺🇸 | Amharic 🇪🇹

Usual Workflow

I use a vim-based setup in a tiling window manager (i3-gaps). I compile documents using R Markdown or LATEX, and biber for references. I prefer to do multimedia manipulation in the terminal with tools like imagemagick and ffmpeg for extensibility’s sake. I’ve run Microsoft, MacOS and GNU/Linux systems (both Debian and Arch-based varieties).

Programs I’m Familiar With

tmux, ssh, RStudio, Blender, Praat, Audacity, E-Prime, GIMP, pandoc, Jupyter. I’ve managed websites manually via ssh and vim using HTML/CSS/PHP and with tools such as Github Pages (Jekyll) WordPress via either cpanel or wp-cli.

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