Paul Orland
Math AI Research
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Orland is a mathematician-turned-AI researcher and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building technical products and research software. He co-founded and led startups (Tachyus, FizzBuzz) and served as CTO at Daypart.AI, applying full-stack engineering and product leadership to industrial optimization and education technology. Now at Caltech he develops machine learning algorithms targeting open problems in low-dimensional topology, combining rigorous PhD-level math training with practical software delivery. He maintains active open-source work—authoring code for the book "Math for Programmers" and producing interactive Jupyter notebooks that bridge mathematical exposition and runnable examples. Based in Pasadena, he blends deep theoretical insight with hands-on system design, often translating abstract math into interactive learning tools and production-ready optimization software.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Physics, M.S. Physics at University of WashingtonHigh Honors, High Honors at Clayton High SchoolUniversity of California, San DiegoCalifornia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS) Math (intensive), Bachelor of Science (BS) Math (intensive) at Yale University
Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
mathematics10
jupyter-notebook10
math10
python10
data-visualisation9
data-visualization9
data-visualizations9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
orlandpm/Math-for-Programmers
Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
Source code for the book, Math for Programmers
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:44 commits, 2 PRs, 43 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Paul appears to have contributed to the book "Math for Programmers", developing and maintaining the code examples and walkthroughs. Their commits focused on adding and updating code in Python, specifically related to mathematical concepts. The contributions primarily involved the creation of interactive Jupyter notebooks, including figures, and likely involved the front-end rendering of these notebooks.
mathmathematics
orlandpm/fsharp-circuits
Jan 2014 - Mar 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 1 push in 2 years 1 month
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