Alex Zak
Principal Software Engineer at MathWorks
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Zak is a Principal Software Engineer based in Boston with over 15 years of experience building data-driven scientific and analytical software across academia, pharma, and commercial engineering. At MathWorks he progressed from senior engineer to principal, driving complex product development that bridges numerical algorithms, high-throughput computing, and polished user interfaces. His background includes genomics-focused statistical modeling at Dana-Farber/Harvard and data-analysis and UI work for Pfizer, reflecting strength in translating domain science into production-ready tools. Trained in stochastic methods and Monte Carlo simulation, he brings deep expertise in optimization and parallel computing to solve performance-sensitive problems. Colleagues value him for combining rigorous quantitative thinking with practical engineering—often surfacing elegant algorithmic improvements that reduce compute and simplify user workflows.
4 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Stochastic Methods in System Engineering Optimization techniques Monte Carlo simulations, Msc Stochastic Methods in System Engineering Optimization techniques Monte Carlo simulations at Ben-Gurion University of the Negevtechni
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Github Skills (29)
pytorch10
open3d10
visualization10
python10
rendering10
semantic-segmentation10
volume-rendering10
machine-learning10
cluster-computing10
3d-object-detection10
odometry10
datasets10
tensorflow10
computer-graphics10
gpu10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AlexZakIntel/rey_experimental
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Repository to host data files required by other personal projects.
Contributions:4 pushes in 7 days
azerothcorehostpersonal-projectsdata-files
isl-org/Open3D
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
Open3D: A Modern Library for 3D Data Processing
Contributions:1 release, 41 reviews, 53 commits in 5 months
python3d-perceptionodometrytensorflowpointcloud
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