Adam Polak
Assistant Professor at Università Bocconi
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolAdam Polak is an assistant professor and theoretical computer scientist with a decade of experience studying fine-grained complexity and learning-augmented algorithms, focused on when classic worst-case guarantees break and how imperfect ML predictions can be harnessed robustly. He combines deep theory with practical problem-solving—previous collaborations include algorithmic work for transport scheduling and internships at Google and EPFL—bringing both rigorous proofs and applied engineering experience. A prolific collaborator who has co-authored papers with over 40 researchers worldwide, he mentors students and organizes workshops to bridge communities. Based in Milan, his work uniquely blends advances in hardness barriers with safe, prediction-augmented algorithm design, informed by postdoctoral stints at premier institutes such as MPI-INF and EPFL.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Krajowy Fundusz na rzecz DzieciDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Jagiellonian University
Polish, English, German, French
Github Skills (32)
protractor10
expressjs10
testing10
cucumber10
angular-testing10
react-testing10
e2e10
e2e-testing9
rest-api8
serverless-framework8
restful-api8
leaflet7
spreadsheet7
swagger7
sqlite7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TheSoftwareHouse/express-boilerplate
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
Boilerplate for setting up express.js applications
Contributions:24 reviews, 84 commits, 53 PRs in 3 years 7 months
expressjs
TheSoftwareHouse/node-common
Feb 2019 - Jan 2023
Common libraries used by TSH
Contributions:2 releases, 19 reviews, 16 commits in 3 years 11 months
tshtypescript
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