Benjamin Chung
Consulting Software Engineer at JuliaHub
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Chung is a consulting software engineer specializing in applied modeling, simulation, and control systems, currently helping JuliaHub customers deepen insight into their physical plants. With a PhD in programming languages and 13 years of experience spanning language design, JIT/type systems, and trajectory optimization, he bridges rigorous PL research with hands-on aerospace and autonomy work. His postdoc at UW combined convex trajectory optimization, CFD validation, and custom PX4 hardware integration—showing he delivers both algorithmic and embedded solutions. At JuliaHub he brings that cross-domain fluency to practical engineering problems, translating advanced simulation methods into deployable control strategies. Based in Seattle, he combines academic depth with consulting pragmatism and a track record of improving reliability in high-performance systems.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science/Programming Languages, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science/Programming Languages at Northeastern UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (161)
programming-language10
ode10
optimization10
ssreflect10
event-handling10
pde10
computer-algebra-system10
stochastic-processes10
root-finding10
delay-differential-equations10
science10
stochastic-differential-equations10
julia10
symbolic-computation10
numerical10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
BenChung/SemanticAST.jl
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
Semantic analysis for Julia source code
Contributions:1 release, 40 commits, 4 PRs in 4 months
BenChung/GradualComparison
Aug 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:2 releases, 707 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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