Darian Nwankwo
City of Ithaca, New York, United States
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Top SchoolDarian Nwankwo is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at Cornell and founder of TechnicallyFit, blending deep academic research in scientific computing with hands-on software engineering and startup-minded product work. He specializes in developing frameworks and tools for Bayesian optimization and related methods, and has interned on applied research teams at LinkedIn, AMD, IBM (Analog AI), Adobe, and Google. With 11 years of industry experience, he translates theoretical advances into practical software, often building tools to solve his own research and coaching challenges. An avid reader and journaler, Darian draws on philosophy, math, and entrepreneurship to guide both technical direction and mentorship. He’s comfortable shipping low-level system implementations (e.g., control systems and iOS/drone interfaces) as well as higher-level ML tooling, reflecting uncommon breadth across research, product, and implementation.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Morehouse CollegeDoctor of Philosophy Computer Science (Scientific Computing), Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science (Scientific Computing) at Cornell University
Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
multiplayer9
text-editor9
code-editor9
tree-sitter8
rust-lang8
julia6
vim6
linux6
macvim6
python6
python-multiprocessing6
location5
react-native5
navigator4
spring4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
DarianNwankwo/rollout_bayesian_optimization
Dec 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:99 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
DarianNwankwo/guidance
Apr 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:50 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
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