Adam N
Research Scientist at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam N is a research scientist in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of engineering experience bridging academic research and industry. He holds AB/SM degrees in Computer Science from Harvard and conducts research at MIT CSAIL while leading applied projects at Google, blending deep theoretical grounding with production-focused development. His background includes research internships at Microsoft and high-performance trading and finance internships, demonstrating comfort with low-latency systems and complex quantitative problems. An active C++ contributor to the well-known PPSSPP PSP emulator, he has shipped networking and Vulkan-related refactors that improved multiplayer emulation and cross-platform builds. He also tutors competitive math (AMC/AIME), hinting at a persistent affinity for problem solving and teaching alongside his research career.
11 years of coding experience
Cross Enrollment, Cross Enrollment at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAB/SM, Computer Science, AB/SM, Computer Science at Harvard University
Github Skills (6)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
emulation10
networking10
vulkan9
multithreading8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
hrydgard/ppsspp
Nov 2019 - Sep 2022
A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues. For discussion use the forums at forums.ppsspp.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:85 reviews, 338 commits, 156 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the implementation of a PSP emulator, focusing on the C++ code. The changes involved refactoring Vulkan context code, fixing build errors, updating UI elements such as quick chat and implementing network-related functionalities. These improvements enhanced the emulation of PSP games, specifically involving adhoc multiplayer mode and related networking functions.
emulatorsppssppemulatorwindowscpp
ANR2MERefork/ppsspp
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues. For discussion use the forums at forums.ppsspp.org.
Contributions:46 PRs, 467 pushes, 44 branches in 11 months
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