Yair Altman
Owner at Octahedron
Israel
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Top SchoolYair Altman is a seasoned software leader and MATLAB authority with nearly 30 years of hands-on programming experience and a knack for bridging business and technology. He is the owner of UndocumentedMatlab.com and Octahedron, a former VP R&D/CEO, and author of two CRC Press MATLAB books, recognized by both the community and MathWorks as a top expert. His career spans real-time aerospace, embedded, database, ecommerce, and social media systems, including leadership roles across startups and global consulting. As a prolific open-source contributor, he maintains the altmany/export_fig MATLAB toolbox, fixing bugs and extending image export formats to EPS, PDF, EMF, GIF, with attention to compatibility across MATLAB versions. Based in Israel and educated with a B.Sc in Physics and an M.Sc in Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University, he leverages rigorous technical depth to deliver practical, scalable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bar-Ilan UniversityB.Sc., Physics, B.Sc., Physics at Bar Ilan UniversityHebrew Academy, Montreal
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Github Skills (12)
matlab10
image-processing10
plot9
user-interface9
algorithms8
algorithm8
legend6
uicomponents6
figure6
hashtable6
zooming6
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Github contributions (5)
altmany/export_fig
Feb 2015 - Jan 2023
A MATLAB toolbox for exporting publication quality figures
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:42 releases, 250 commits, 12 PRs in 7 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Yair primarily contributed to fixing bugs and implementing features related to the MATLAB code's image export functionality. They addressed specific issues related to the creation and handling of EPS and PDF files, including problems with line widths, text rendering, cropping, and transparency. The user also made changes to support different output file formats, like EMF and GIF, further enhancing the tool's capabilities for generating high-quality images from MATLAB figures. The user also addressed issues regarding code compatibility with older and newer MATLAB versions.
matlab-toolboxmatlabtoolboxfiguresquality
altmany/EODML
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:7 releases, 8 commits, 10 pushes in 3 years
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