Iñaki Úcar
Assistant Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolIñaki Úcar is an Assistant Professor and data scientist with 13 years of experience combining rigorous academic research (PhD in Telematic Engineering, summa cum laude) with hands-on open-source engineering. He develops statistical software and high-performance computing solutions—contributing to prominent projects like Rcpp and RStudio and improving pkgdown documentation tooling—while teaching courses on stochastic processes, Markov chains and data visualisation. His research, published in top venues, focuses on simulation, network analysis and Markov processes, and he brings that theory to practice through Fedora packaging and R package development. Based in Madrid, he also blends an unusual creative facet—trained clarinetist—with technical work, reflecting a disciplined, collaborative approach to reproducible data science and tooling.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Charles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)Bachelor of Music Performance (BMusPerf), Woodwind Performance (Clarinet), A (9), Bachelor of Music Performance (BMusPerf), Woodwind Performance (Clarinet), A (9) at Conservatorio Superior de Música de NavarraMaster of Science in Engineering (MScEng), Communications, A (9.1), Master of Science in Engineering (MScEng), Communications, A (9.1) at Universidad Pública de NavarraBachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (36)
javascript10
c-language10
develop10
r10
command-line-interface10
ide10
c1110
rstudio10
c1710
compatibility10
c-plusplus10
cplus10
package10
compile10
rcpp10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
RcppCore/Rcpp
Feb 2017 - Jul 2022
Seamless R and C++ Integration
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 reviews, 27 commits, 19 PRs in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Iñaki primarily contributed to bug fixes and code improvements within the Rcpp library. They addressed issues related to single-character handling in the `Rstreambuf` class and fixed a typo in `Attributes.R`. The user also made updates to headers and added tests for global Rostreams. Furthermore, they worked on refactoring and improvements to various components of the library.
r-packagec-plus-plus-17cranrc-plus-plus
rstudio/rstudio
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 88 comments in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Iñaki primarily contributed to fixing bugs and addressing compatibility issues related to the RStudio IDE's backend, specifically concerning STL access, Boost library versions, and compiler-related issues. They updated the code to support different versions of Boost and incorporated missing headers for compatibility with more recent compilers like GCC13. Their work involved modifying source code files to ensure the application functioned correctly, demonstrating a focus on maintaining and improving the core functionality of the RStudio IDE.
integratedrstudiointegrated-development-environmentidedevelopment-environment
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