Madars Virza
Chief Scientist at Radius
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMadars Virza is a chief scientist and research-trained cryptographer with 12 years of experience bridging academic research and production-grade cryptographic systems. Formerly a Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab and a PhD in Computer Science from MIT, he co-authored and contributed performance-critical optimizations to scipr-lab’s libsnark, a widely used C++ library for zkSNARKs. Now based in Cambridge and leading research at Radius, he combines deep finite-field arithmetic and proof-system expertise with practical engineering to ship high-performance back-end components. Known for refactoring core cryptographic code and squeezing extra performance from low-level implementations, he excels at turning theoretical advances into deployable systems.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at University of Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte)
English
Github Skills (14)
finite-field10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
cryptography10
optimization9
optimisation9
numerical-optimization9
algorithm9
code-optimization9
zksnark9
algorithms9
build-management4
unit-testing4
release-management4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
scipr-lab/libsnark
Jul 2014 - Apr 2020
C++ library for zkSNARKs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:168 commits, 18 PRs, 52 pushes in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Madars contributed to the libsnark C++ library, focusing on improving the codebase by updating authorship information. The user also introduced various optimizations related to the finite field arithmetic. Further, the user refactored internal functionalities and added enhancements for performance. The user appears to have been instrumental in the development of core underlying components related to cryptographic computations and proof systems.
cpp
Zerocash/libzerocash
Jun 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 2 years
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