Pétur Einarsson
PHD Student at Háskóli Íslands
Iceland
Summary
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Top SchoolPétur Einarsson is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Iceland with a decade of engineering and research experience spanning industry and academia. He combines deep proficiency in C++ and Python with a Visual Computing master's from ETH Zurich and research stints at Disney Research and Caltech, bringing strong animation and graphics instincts to systems and tooling work. His background includes production software engineering at Dohop and database-focused development in healthcare, showing an ability to move between research prototypes and production-ready code. Comfortable teaching and leading external relations, he blends technical rigor with communication skills and a knack for translating mathematical ideas into efficient implementations.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Software Engineering, 9.27, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Software Engineering, 9.27 at Háskóli ÍslandsMenntaskólinn í ReykjavíkMaster's degree, Computer Science - Visual Computing, Master's degree, Computer Science - Visual Computing at ETH Zurich
English, Icelandic, German
Github Skills (15)
deep-learning8
machine-learning8
python8
gpu8
neural-network6
tensorflow6
numpy5
bus4
acceleration3
tensor3
gpu-acceleration3
autograd2
rust2
python-interface2
optimization1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pachterlab/voyagerpy
Feb 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 14 PRs, 66 pushes in 7 months
peturhelgi/upgraded-broccoli
Jul 2023 - Jul 2023
Contributions:11 PRs, 36 pushes, 2 branches in 5 days
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