(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).

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
Projects

New
Spotify Clustering

ML pipeline clustering 1,400+ songs using 33 interpretable dimensions from audio classifiers and GPT-annotated lyrics

  • Python
  • OpenAI
  • Plotly

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

ReportGitHub

Tested whether Mosh's use of "assumed" vs "known" server states holds under high packet loss. Built a Python SSP implementation with λ-parameterized reference selection and a Docker/ tc/netem testbed to measure Age-of-Information.

OPERATING SYS

xv6 Network Stack

ReportGitHub

UDP networking for xv6 in C: E1000 NIC driver with DMA descriptor rings and per-port packet queues. Python testbed for throughput/latency benchmarking under burst and sustained loads.

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Selected Publications

Sep 2025

Machine learning for predicting and optimizing the CO₂ uptake in porous organic polymers
Full-text – Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering – 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 – Journal of CO2 Utilization – 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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Blog
Jan 2026

On Dimensions of Taste (Report)
New

Over last semester, I wanted to see whether I could formalize my music preferences numerically, whet...

Dec 2025

On Closing Doors

Much of our fears stem from uncertainty. It's then intuitive to keep as many doors open just in case...

Oct 2025

On Using Computers (Report)

I remember figuring out the shortest routes to class first semester of college. The lowkey flex of "...

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