Radu Nicolae
Scientific Researcher - Massivizing Computer Systems Group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRadu Nicolae is a scientific researcher and experienced software engineer based in Amsterdam, specializing in making distributed computer systems scalable, reliable, and performant for datacenter-scale environments. With nine years of hands-on experience spanning research, full‑stack development, healthcare AI, and robotics, he pairs rigorous academic credentials (cum laude honours BSc and ongoing joint MSc) with practical product work in React, GraphQL, Python and data visualization. At VU Amsterdam he coordinates large teaching teams and contributes to curriculum and accreditation, demonstrating strong mentorship and education leadership alongside research duties. A longtime robotics competitor and founder of a civic tech initiative, he brings a maker’s mindset and cross-disciplinary curiosity—equally at home designing robot controllers or production APIs. He’s also an avid web developer and music lover, which often surfaces in polished front‑end work and attention to user experience.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, Mathematics-Informatics, High School Diploma, Mathematics-Informatics at Colegiul National Sfantul Sava BucurestiMaster's degree, joint degree VU-UvA, Computer Science, Master's degree, joint degree VU-UvA, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Java Programming, Java Programming at Jademy
English, German, Romanian
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Github Skills (6)
caniuse7
chrome-extension6
chrome5
finance5
browser3
partial3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rpuspana/Dice-Battle
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:31 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
rpuspana/DataObtain
Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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