Alex Shtoff
Principal Scientist at Technology Innovation Institute
Haifa District, Israel
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Top SchoolAlex Shtoff is a Principal Scientist with 15 years of engineering and research experience, blending a Ph.D. in continuous optimization with deep hands-on expertise in C++, .NET, responsive UIs and scientific computing. He has driven architecture and delivery across industry and research teams—including senior research roles at Yahoo and leadership at the Technology Innovation Institute—while repeatedly bridging applied mathematics and production software. Skilled in teaching and mentoring, he has formal experience training developers and assisting technical courses at the Technion, which complements his practice of test-driven design and modern engineering methodologies. Alex is especially interested in combining mobile sensors and computer vision with optimization methods, reflecting a long-standing curiosity about cross-disciplinary solutions that turn research into shipped products.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Operations Research at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyM.Sc, Computer Science, 93, M.Sc, Computer Science, 93 at Tel Aviv UniversityB.Sc, Computer Science, 91, B.Sc, Computer Science, 91 at University of Haifa
Stackoverflow
2,550reputation
648kreached
91answers
49questions
Github Skills (78)
python10
deep-learning10
gpu10
optimization10
statistics10
dotnet10
gradient10
numpy10
neural-network10
data-science10
mathematics10
automatic-differentiation10
data-analysis10
autodiff10
machine-learning10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
alexshtf/MachineLearningCourseProject
Jul 2015 - Nov 2024
Contributions:57 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 5 months
alexshtf/SketchModeller
Jul 2010 - Jan 2018
Contributions:432 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 7 months
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