Michael Hoffman
Computer Scientist at hoffmangroup
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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RockstarMichael Hoffman is a computational genomicist and computer scientist with 11 years of experience bridging biomedical research and software engineering from the University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. He develops robust backend tools and reproducible bioinformatics workflows, with hands-on contributions to open-source projects such as a Google Calendar CLI where he added conference support, enhanced agenda formatting, and TSV event ID outputs. Based in Old Toronto, he combines academic rigor as an associate professor with practical engineering skills to translate complex genomic problems into production-ready software. Colleagues rely on him for clean backend implementations that integrate domain-specific data handling with user-focused features.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (27)
debugging10
python10
apidoc10
scripting10
google-calendar-api10
command-line-interface10
bash10
api10
filter10
command-line10
shell10
scopes10
r9
unix9
git9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
insanum/gcalcli
Mar 2018 - Oct 2021
Google Calendar Command Line Interface
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 25 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the backend of the Google Calendar Command Line Interface. They implemented new features such as adding support for conference details, the agendaupdate subcommand, and the ability to display the event ID in TSV output. These additions involved modifying core Python files to include new functionalities, parsing arguments, and adding logic to handle different calendar event details. They also refactored output formatting within the agenda command.
command-line-interface
michaelmhoffman/cv
Jan 2021 - Jul 2026
Contributions:98 PRs, 217 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
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