Sam Potter
Software Engineer at NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Potter is a software engineer and applied mathematician with 11 years of experience building high-performance numerical and scientific software, now based in Seattle. He blends academic rigor (PhD in Computer Science, adjunct and former assistant professor at NYU Courant) with industry research and engineering roles at Coreform, Adobe, Microsoft, and Robert McNeel, focusing on fast numerics and computational tooling. Sam’s background spans planetary science and engineering labs, so he’s comfortable translating domain science into robust, production-ready code and research prototypes. He frequently moves between research and product contexts, which helps him ship practical implementations of advanced algorithms and teach them to others. An understated strength is his ability to bridge deep theory and developer workflows, making complex numerical methods accessible to engineers.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics at University of WashingtonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Maryland
Github Skills (178)
gmsh10
pip10
mesh10
python-development10
triangle10
vtk10
wrapper10
packaging10
tetgen10
embree9
polyhedra9
python9
multithreading9
mesh-processing9
visualization9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
sampotter/butterfly
Mar 2023 - Sep 2024
A library for butterfly and hierarchical matrix factorizations.
Contributions:2 releases, 2 reviews, 12 PRs in 1 year 5 months
linear-algebramatrix-factorizationscientific-computing
sampotter/jmm
Jul 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:229 commits, 16 PRs, 326 pushes in 2 years 5 months
unstructured-meshesfast-marching-methodeikonal-solverc99semi-lagrangian-solver
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