Dan Wilhelm
Advisor at Meridian Cambridge
West Hollywood, California, United States
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Top SchoolDan Wilhelm is an AI and software engineer-advisor with 10+ years of hands-on experience bridging low-level systems, machine learning, and neuroscience-informed computation. Trained in Computer Engineering (Purdue) and a former Caltech PhD student in Computation & Neural Systems, he designed algorithms to synthesize probabilistic circuits and even prototyped them in wet-lab DNA. A founder and CTO-level operator who built products used in 100+ countries and led consulting and training engagements worldwide, he now advises on technical AI safety and researches misalignment model organisms. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved stability and features in the nannou creative coding framework for Rust, demonstrating care for robust, long-lived projects. Known for combining deep theoretical insight with production engineering, he regularly gives talks and workshops and is open to research and collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyBS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Purdue University
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Github Skills (15)
creative-cloud10
rust10
coding10
webgpu10
graphics-programming10
text-rendering9
winit8
memory-management8
objective-c6
parse-platform6
ios6
swift6
typescript6
vue6
uibarbuttonitem6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
nannou-org/nannou
Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
A Creative Coding Framework for Rust.
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:18 reviews, 11 commits, 8 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the nannou creative coding framework by addressing technical issues and adding features. Their work includes fixing a texture memory leak, implementing minimum swap chain and window size requirements, and adding the ability to color characters individually within text elements. They also updated the examples and adjusted code to align with version updates of dependencies, demonstrating a focus on maintaining the framework's stability and functionality.
rustnode-graphgenerative-art
danwilhelm/nannou
Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
A Creative Coding Framework for Rust.
Contributions:18 pushes, 9 branches in 4 months
rust
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