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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My name is Nader Al Awar, and I am a master's student at UT Austin. I’m interested in working on the "Improve parallelism-aware analyses and optimizations" project as part of GSoC.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I looked at the relevant talks papers and I believe that I would be a good fit. Most of my background is in software engineering and testing, but recently my research has focused on applying HPC to those areas, specifically using CUDA. Besides that, most of my experience is in C++ and I am also familiar with openMP. I have always been interested in compiler optimization and would like to get a chance to work in that field.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Are there any tasks I need to complete before I can submit an official proposal?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nader Al Awar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>