Andre Pradhana
Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Pasadena, California, United States
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Top SchoolAndre Pradhana is a senior software engineer with 8 years of experience applying advanced applied-mathematics training to production graphics and systems engineering. He currently builds software at NVIDIA after developing rendering and simulation tooling at DreamWorks Animation and conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania. His background (PhD in Applied Mathematics from UCLA and an M.A.St from Cambridge) informs a pragmatic, numerically robust approach to backend and algorithmic problems. Andre contributes to high-profile open-source projects like AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb, where he improved VDB extrapolation operators, fixed fast-sweeping bugs for integer grids, and refined operator parameters for greater stability. He brings a blend of research rigor and production discipline to complex, performance-sensitive codebases and is adept at turning mathematical ideas into maintainable engineering. Based in Pasadena, he enjoys solving subtle correctness and stability issues that often go unnoticed until they break pipelines.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Advanced Study, Applied Mathematics, Master of Advanced Study, Applied Mathematics at University of CambridgeCalifornia Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics at University of California, Los Angeles
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c-language10
cprogramming-language10
gfx9
cpp8
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 258 reviews, 197 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Andre made several commits focused on modifying and extending the `SOP_OpenVDB_Extrapolate.cc` file. These changes involve refactoring code, fixing bugs in FastSweeping for integer grids, and addressing token conventions. Furthermore, the user modified existing parameters and introduced new parameters for the operator and corrected comments. These contributions suggest an effort to improve the functionality and stability of the VDB extrapolation tools.
data-structureopenvdbopenvdb-developmentc-plus-plusvolume-rendering
apradhana/openvdb
Jul 2020 - Jul 2026
OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools
Contributions:294 pushes, 125 branches in 6 years 1 month
volume-renderingsparsevolumehierarchicalopenvdb
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