Alan Edelman
Professor at MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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RockstarAlan Edelman is a Professor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts with 13 years of experience at the intersection of computational mathematics and software education. He develops and teaches computational thinking courses using Julia, contributing lecture notebooks and curriculum materials for MIT's well-regarded 18.S191 course on graphs, matrices, and practical applications. As both an educator and data scientist, he blends rigorous mathematical insight with hands-on coding, updating course infrastructure and web content to improve learning delivery. Notably, his work on a prominent MIT course repository reflects a commitment to making advanced numerical concepts accessible through reproducible, notebook-driven pedagogy.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (6)
graph10
mat10
matrix10
computation10
julia10
ed2551910
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mitmath/computational-thinking
Aug 2020 - May 2021
Course 18.S191 at MIT, Fall 2022 - Introduction to computational thinking with Julia
Role in this project:
Data Scientist & Educator
Data Scientist & EducatorContributions:333 commits, 1 PR, 141 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Alan primarily contributed to a course repository focused on computational thinking with Julia. Their commits included the creation and modification of lecture notebooks, specifically focusing on topics like graphs, matrices, and their applications. Furthermore, they added an essay introducing Julia and the course's pedagogical viewpoints, as well as text for webcam integration. Their work also involved updating the website's sidebar and content, indicating a role in both content creation and course materials development.
falljulia-languagejuliamitpluto-notebooks
SimonDanisch/MIT18065
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Course Dependencies
Contributions:43 commits, 43 pushes in 8 days
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