Summary
Marek Petrik is an Associate Professor at the University of New Hampshire with 12 years of experience bridging reinforcement learning, robust optimization, and operations research across academia and industry. His work spans theoretical research and applied solutions, from supply chain and agricultural analytics at IBM to a Visiting Faculty Researcher stint at Google. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from UMass Amherst and has a background in logistics and software development, enabling him to translate complex ML and optimization ideas into practical systems. Known for combining rigorous theory with real-world impact, he often focuses on robustness in learning algorithms—a thread visible across his research and GitHub interests. Based in Durham, NH, he brings a rare blend of academic depth and industry-hardened problem solving to both research and teaching.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. (Mgr), Computer Science (Informatics), B.Sc. (Mgr), Computer Science (Informatics) at Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
None, Math, Physics, Informatics, None, Math, Physics, Informatics at Gymnazium Jura Hronca
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