Matthew May
Student at Hudson River Trading
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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RockstarMatthew May is a computer science student at the University of Waterloo with nine years of software engineering experience and a strong focus on high-performance 3D systems. He has acted as a software architect on the well-known Habitat-Sim project, driving rendering-pipeline refactors, modular drawable group management, and lighting configuration improvements to boost maintainability and flexibility. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he combines academic rigor with hands-on open-source contributions that touch build/linking reliability and core graphics abstractions. Matthew’s work shows a knack for redesigning foundational systems rather than surface features, suggesting strengths in long-lived architectural decisions and developer ergonomics.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
computer-vision10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
architectures10
architecture10
c-templates9
cpp-templates9
simulator9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
facebookresearch/habitat-sim
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
A flexible, high-performance 3D simulator for Embodied AI research.
Role in this project:
Software Architect
Software ArchitectContributions:79 commits, 29 PRs, 98 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Matthew's commits focus on significant architectural changes to the Habitat-Sim project, specifically refactoring the rendering pipeline and introducing more flexible drawable group management. They replaced an existing camera class with a base class, introduced multiple drawable groups, and implemented lighting configurations. This work indicates a focus on improving the structure and maintainability of the rendering system. The commits also included improvements to build and linking processes.
3daicomputer-visionroboticssimulator
matthewjmay/cookesconcrete
May 2020 - Mar 2021
Website for Cooke's Concrete
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
concrete
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