Samuel Friedman is a Director of Research and Development with 8 years of interdisciplinary experience applying mathematics, physics, and computer science to real-world problems across astrophysics, computational oncology, and UAV systems. He leads ML-driven NLP and computer vision projects at RedShred and has been principal investigator on multi-million-dollar UAV, defense, and navigation programs that blend physics-informed CV, deep learning, and Bayesian route planning. His background includes developing standards and simulators for multicellular modeling, converting neural nets to neuromorphic formats, and producing practical tools for photogrammetry, 3D point clouds, and SAR image matching. Equally comfortable writing SBIR proposals and hands-on algorithm development, he bridges academic rigor (PhD in Astrophysics) with product-focused R&D, often finding creative cross-domain solutions such as using celestial-navigation techniques to improve geolocalization.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astrophysics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Arts - BA Religion/Religious Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA Religion/Religious Studies at University of Chicago
Contributions:3 releases, 152 commits, 12 PRs in 2 months
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Samuel Friedman - Director Of Research And Development at redshred