Alberto Ortiz
Scientific Software Engineer at Stanford University
Los Altos, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlberto Ortiz is a Scientific Software Engineer with a decade of experience applying AI and XR to research and real-world problems, currently contributing at Stanford while pursuing a PhD in Intelligent Systems. He codes primarily in C/C++, Python, and JavaScript and brings broad language and paradigm fluency—Java, C#, SQL, and PHP among them—that enables rapid prototyping and robust production work. His background spans academia and industry from the University of Calgary to healthcare and engineering firms, giving him practical experience deploying scientific software across domains. Known for combining deep algorithmic knowledge with engineering pragmatism, he bridges research and implementation to turn models into usable systems. Based in Los Altos, he pairs advanced degrees in AI with hands-on engineering, making him both a thoughtful researcher and an efficient builder.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at National Distance Education University - U.N.E.D.BA, BA at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Spanish, English, Italian, French, Japanese
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Github Skills (56)
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biomechanics10
computational-science10
java10
command-line10
computational-biology10
cpp10
science10
bam9
python9
sam9
sequencing9
pipeline9
bioinformatics9
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
AlbertoCasasOrtiz/ROS-Gazebo-Tasks
Feb 2019 - Dec 2021
P2OS ROS driver for Groovy and later.
Contributions:2 PRs, 40 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years 10 months
rosgroovyros2ros-driver
AlbertoCasasOrtiz/KSAS
Jun 2020 - Apr 2023
An application for assisting the learning of American Kenpo Karate's Blocking Set I using a smartphone.
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 years 10 months
smartphonekarateandroidblockingamerican
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