Junade Ali

Hello, I'm Junade - I'm not good at describing myself but the Wikipedia article for Junade Ali does a good job of explaining my most notable work. My journey and background is covered on the Institution of Engineering and Technology's website: From apprentice to Chartered Engineer: at just 24.

My work has also been covered in outlets like The Washington Post, WIRED, Reuters, Politico, The Register, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, The Verge, etc.

Chances are you've used some of my technology before without knowing it, maybe even sometime today.

Contact me

I currently monitor the following channels:

• Email
• LinkedIn

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Writing

Scientific Research

My academic publications can be found on my Google Scholar profile.

ComputerWeekly

In early 2022, I ran a monthly column in ComputerWeekly, covering some of my current thinking on a variety of important questions in computing - here are some select articles:

• Avoid complexity in data storage decisions
• Data integration remains essential for AI and machine learning
• Minding the gap between data and understanding

Op-Eds

I will ocassionally write op-ed pieces in the media when I have something to give comment on - for example:

• EngProd: The Secret of Elite Developer Teams
• Does Social Media Promote Polarization and Absolutism

Commentary

I sometimes provide expert commentary on my areas of expertise to the excellent journalists at NK News.

Speaking

I have given many talks in the past, the follow examples provide talks I've given that can be watched online:

• SREcon19 EMEA - Support Operations Engineering: Scaling Developer Products to the Millions
• PasswordsCon '19 - Changing Password Policies at Scale: The Story of Pwned Passwords and k-Anonymity
• GeekCampSG 2017 - How developers got password security so wrong