Ali Barooni
Research Assistant at GERAD
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAli Barooni is a research-focused software engineer and PhD candidate in Computer Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal with 11 years of experience spanning embedded Linux development, teaching, and applied research in optimization and data science. At GERAD he blends rigorous research methods with practical problem-solving, and his recent stint as Scientist in Residence at Obius underscores an ability to translate academic insight into industry-relevant solutions. His background includes hands-on kernel work with Buildroot and Yocto as well as teaching AI, operations research, and systems courses, giving him a rare cross-section of low-level systems expertise and higher-level algorithmic thinking. Comfortable moving between code, models, and classrooms, he is driven by curiosity about the future and a track record of pushing technical boundaries while delivering high-quality, reproducible results.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Artificial Intelligence, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Artificial Intelligence at Shiraz UniversityIPM 3rd Advance Data Science Summer School, Data Science, IPM 3rd Advance Data Science Summer School, Data Science at Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal
Persian, English, German, French
Github Skills (19)
tiddlywiki7
obsidian6
anki6
simulation4
notion4
linux4
windows4
knowledge-graph4
rest4
evernote4
knowledge-management3
macos3
rest-api3
mips3
notebook3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
AlirezaHafez/HDBMIPSSim
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:27 commits, 7 pushes in 1 month
barooni/CoffeeMIPS
May 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 6 months
simulationmips-simulatorsimulatormipscse
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