Ali Neishabouri
Senior Software Engineer at Dataiku
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolAli Neishabouri is a senior software engineer and research-driven leader with 14 years of experience applying statistical modeling, machine learning and advanced analytics to public health, pharma and tech. He has led cross-functional teams to build scalable data pipelines and digital biomarkers for clinical trials, delivering deep learning solutions for gait, sleep and sensor-based measures while ensuring regulatory alignment. As a former head of data science at Biogen and ActiGraph and co-founder of an AI startup, he blends hands-on engineering, product prototyping and strategic partnerships to move innovations from PoC to production. His background in computational neuroscience (PhD) and early work on performance-critical C++ and embedded systems give him a strong foundation in both theory and optimized implementation. An active contributor to open-source—e.g., a DuckDuckGo instant-answer integrating Perl/JS chess FEN parsing—he brings curiosity and practical craftsmanship to complex, regulated domains.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational neuroscience at Imperial College LondonMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.) Computer Science and Embedded systems, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Computer Science and Embedded systems at Télécom Paris
Persian, French, English, Sign languages, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
instant-view10
javascript10
duckduckgo10
chess10
perl10
instantsearch10
full-stack9
fullstack-development9
css9
front-end-development8
nlp6
spacy6
python6
jinja26
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
DuckDuckGo Instant Answers based on Perl & JavaScript
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 8 comments in 26 days
Contributions summary:Ali primarily contributed to the development of a FenViewer instant answer within the DuckDuckGo search engine. Their work encompassed the implementation of a Perl module for parsing FEN notation and generating both HTML and ASCII representations of chessboards. They also modified CSS for the visual presentation of the chessboard and integrated the FenViewer into the Chess960 instant answer. Refactoring and code cleanup were also a part of the changes.
javascriptduckduckgoinstant-answersperlinstant
actigraph/pyadept
Feb 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:4 releases, 5 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 years
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