Ahmet Ala
Computer Science Master's student at ETH Zurich.
01 — Background
Experience & Education
Experience
Software Engineering Intern
Jul 2026 — PresentSnowflake — Metadata Team
- 6-month full-time internship concluding in December 2026.
Research Engineer Intern
Apr 2025 — May 2026Huawei Zurich Research Center — Network Technology Lab
- Researching routing algorithms for 2-D mesh Network-on-Chip architectures.
- Built a C++ network simulator used internally across Huawei research teams.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Sep 2023 — Feb 2025ETH Zurich
- Algorithms and Data Structures (2023, 2024), Algorithms and Probability (2024).
- Taught weekly sessions, graded assignments and final exams.
Education
M.Sc. in Computer Science
Feb 2025 — PresentETH Zurich
- Expected graduation: 2028.
B.Sc. in Computer Science
Sep 2021 — Feb 2026ETH Zurich
- Thesis: Analyzing the One-Permutation Variant of Sharir-Welzl, supervised by Prof. Dr. Bernd Gärtner and Dr. Simon Weber.
Awards
- Rank 19, Highest Honors — 48th ICPC World Finals 2024 (Coach)
- 1st Place & Gold Medal — ICPC Southwestern Europe Regional 2023 (Coach)
- Bronze Medal — Turkish National Olympiad in Informatics
02 — Teaching
Teaching Hub
Archived session sites from my time as a teaching assistant at ETH Zurich — exercises, notes and past materials.
Algorithms and Data Structures
Weekly exercise sessions covering core algorithms and data structures, with exercise notes and problem sets.
ETH Zurich
Algorithms and Data Structures
Second iteration of the Algorithms and Data Structures exercise group, with updated material and tasks.
ETH Zurich
Algorithms and Probability
Exercise sessions on algorithmic techniques and probabilistic analysis, including in-class exercises and solutions.
ETH Zurich
03 — Sports
Off the Keyboard
A few personal bests, and time away from the desk.
Off duty, Swiss Alps
Most steps / day
53,034
Longest run
42.60 km
Longest ride
226 km
5K
22:49
10K
47:50
Half marathon
1:43:20
Marathon
4:07:50