Gil Dekel
Software Engineer at Freelance Bass Player
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolGil Dekel is a software engineer at Google with 11 years of professional experience who specializes in Chrome OS display and graphics, notably working on hardware-accelerated image decoding for formats like WebP via VA-API. Transitioning from a decade as a professional bass player and composer, he brings creative problem-solving and a musician’s sensitivity to collaboration and system design. His background includes research roles at MIT and Hunter College in AI and vision, where he built annotation tools and models for hand detection and studied navigation and learning systems. Based in New York, he pairs strong systems and computer architecture coursework with hands-on production engineering at Google, blending research experience with shipping performance-focused features. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to translate complex research prototypes into pragmatic, deployable code—an asset in graphics and multimedia pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Quantitative Methods Workshop Biology and Neuroscience, Quantitative Methods Workshop Biology and Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at SUNY Empire State CollegeBachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Hunter College
Hebrew, English
Stackoverflow
355reputation
30kreached
3answers
12questions
Github Skills (15)
cpp7
java6
vector6
c-string6
algorithm6
constructor6
enums6
pipe5
neural-network5
converter4
nodejs2
stream2
api2
alarm2
ffmpeg2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
stagadish/NNplusplus
Aug 2016 - Jun 2017
A small and easy to use neural net implementation for C++. Just download and #include!
Contributions:22 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
neural-networkcpp
stagadish/Game-of-Life
Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 month
game-ofconway-s-game-of-lifelifejavaconway
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