Avinash Malik
Senior Lecturer at The University of Auckland
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolAvinash Malik is a senior lecturer and research scientist with 13 years of experience bridging academia and industry in processor design, programming languages, and compiler technology. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Auckland and has held research roles at IBM and INRIA, focusing on HPC and compiler construction. At the University of Auckland he combines teaching with active research into machine learning applications and optimization of financial portfolios, bringing practical systems knowledge to theoretical problems. His background in low-level system design informs a pragmatic approach to language and compiler development that improves real-world performance. Colleagues describe him as quietly curious—his GitHub bio, "A ghost searching for a shell," hints at a playful interest in tooling and system shells beyond his formal publications. Based in Auckland, he excels at turning deep technical expertise into teachable insights and deployable research outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, PhD, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at University of Auckland
English
Github Skills (6)
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Github contributions (5)
amal029/Cgals
Jul 2013 - Feb 2016
Contributions:193 commits, 4 pushes in 2 years 7 months
amal029/eha
Mar 2018 - Aug 2021
Contributions:308 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 5 months
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