(Islam M)2 Tayeb

Welcome!
Islam

Duke junior finding lazy automations. Love reading about cool infra stories and over-optimizing configs. Currently based in Durham, NC.

I grew up between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. I also enjoy playing Tetris and Monkeytype in my free time. I've also been writing a bit, check out my blog.

In high school, I worked as a graphic designer for an esports team. Around the same time, I was playing osu! competitively and designed a few skins (500K+ downloads).

I initially came to Duke as a pre-med computational chemist, but kept gravitating toward the "computational" part.

Feel free to reach out at islam.moh.islamm@gmail.com!

Experience
ML Research Assistant, Duke UniversityAug 2025 – Present

Enzyme protocol mining tools using PyTorch and services in FastAPI

Software Engineer Intern, Soff (YC S24)May 2025 – Oct 2025

Sales intelligence for manufacturers using Next.js and tRPC as employee #2

Software Engineer Intern, HelianDec 2024 – May 2025

Literature analysis tools for medical research using Next.js and FastAPI

Product Projects

Helium Browser Raycast Extension

Raycast extension for keyboard-driven browser control, enabling seamless tab, bookmark, history, and web searches directly

  • TypeScript
  • Raycast API
  • AppleScript
  • SQLite
Helium Browser Raycast Extension

GitHub README Generator

Web app using LLMs to generate GitHub README files through codebase analysis with a sliding window technique

  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
GitHub README Generator
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Systems Projects
NETWORKING

Evaluating Mosh's State Assumptions

New
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Mobile Shell (Mosh) uses "assumed" over "known" server states as reference for when to send packets. We tested whether this assumption holds under varying network conditions. Built a Python SSP implementation with λ-parameterized reference selection and a Docker testbed with tc/netem to measure AoI under high packet loss.

OPERATING SYSTEM

xv6 Network Stack

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Full UDP networking for xv6 in C: E1000 NIC driver with DMA-based TX/RX descriptor rings and UDP protocol layer with per-port queues. Built a Python testbed with binary search for max throughput, queue depth monitoring across burst/sustained loads, and latency analysis.

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Applets
Interview Solve Log
LinkGitHub

Centralize all my leetcode/neetcode prep into a repository with a simple interface.

HyperX DuoCast RGB Override
GitHub

RGB mic clashed with my setup, so I learned USB control to customize it. Fuck HyperX.

Instagram Non-Mutual Unfollower
GitHub

Had twice as many following as followers, so I made a bot to unfollow non-mutuals.

Selected Publications

Sep 2025

Machine learning for predicting and optimizing the CO₂ uptake in porous organic polymers
Full-text – – Research Article
Hamid Zentou, Ali Tayeb, Islam Tayeb, Mahmoud Abdelnaby
Python Traditional ML Carbon Capture

May 2025

Primal Dual Continual Learning for Robust Antibody Design
Full-text – Pre-print
Islam Tayeb, Navid NaderiAlizadeh
PyTorch Protein Design Continual Learning

Jan 2024

Post-synthetic Modification of UiO-66 Analogue Metal-Organic Framework as Potential Solid Sorbent for Direct Air Capture
Full-text – – Research Article
Mahmoud Abdelnaby, Islam Tayeb, Ahmed Alloush, Hussain Alyosef, Aljazi Alnoaimi, Mostafa Zeama, Mohammed Mohammed, Sagheer Onaizi
Wet Lab Polymer Synthesis Carbon Capture

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Courses
SystemsTheoryBiochemistry
Coursework
Computer Architecture
Network Architecture
Operating Systems
Database SystemsUnlocks Spring '26
Compiler ConstructionUnlocks Spring '26
Data Structures & Algorithms
Discrete MathUnlocks Spring '26
Linear Algebra
Probability
Molecular Biology
General Chemistry I & II
Organic Chemistry I & II
Biochemistry I
Teaching
Computer Systems, Prof. LentzUnlocks Spring '26
Organic Chemistry II, SAGE
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P.S. All courses taken @ Duke University
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