CV

Education

• B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
• M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
• Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)

Work experience

• Summer 2015: Research Assistant
  • Github University
  • Duties included: Tagging issues
  • Supervisor: Professor Git
• Fall 2015: Research Assistant
  • Github University
  • Duties included: Merging pull requests
  • Supervisor: Professor Hub

Skills

• Skill 1
• Skill 2
  • Sub-skill 2.1
  • Sub-skill 2.2
  • Sub-skill 2.3
• Skill 3

Publications

An Interpretable Catboost Model to Predict the Power of Combined Cycle Power Plants

@incollection{Joy2021Jul, author = {Joy, Rafat Ashraf}, title = {{An Interpretable Catboost Model to Predict the Power of Combined Cycle Power Plants}}, booktitle = {{2021 International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT)}}, journal = {2021 International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT)}, pages = {435--439}, year = {2021}, month = {Jul}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/ICIT52682.2021.9491700} }

Fine Tuning the Prediction of the Compressive Strength of Concrete : A Bayesian Optimization Based Approach

@incollection{Joy2021Aug, author = {Joy, Rafat Ashraf}, title = {{Fine Tuning the Prediction of the Compressive Strength of Concrete : A Bayesian Optimization Based Approach}}, booktitle = {{2021 International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA)}}, journal = {2021 International Conference on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA)}, pages = {1--6}, year = {2021}, month = {Aug}, publisher = {IEEE}, doi = {10.1109/INISTA52262.2021.9548593} }

TriOpt: A Scalable Algorithm for Linear Causal Discovery

@article{Joy2026TriOpt, author = {Joy, Rafat Ashraf and Zheleva, Elena}, title = {{TriOpt: A Scalable Algorithm for Linear Causal Discovery}}, journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.17465}, year = {2026}, month = {May}, doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2605.17465} }

Talks

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, California

Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2013

Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA

Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

February 01, 2014

Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA

Teaching

Teaching experience 2

Teaching experience 2

Teaching experience 3

Service and leadership

• Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams