Viktor Pogrebniak
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Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolViktor Pogrebniak is a commercial pilot and part-time software developer with 11 years of combined experience across aviation and engineering, currently flying with Alberta Central Airways and instructing at Brantford Flying Club. He holds Transport Canada and FAA commercial licenses with multi-engine and instrument ratings and over 1,100 flight hours, alongside a master's in applied mathematics and informatics from MEPhI. As a freelance developer since 2014, he specializes in C/C++ and CUDA, with a strong interest in computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning for real-time systems. Viktor’s profile blends rigorous flight discipline with low-level, performance-oriented software skills—making him adept at building safety-critical and high-throughput solutions. Based in Fort McMurray, he bridges practical aviation operations and advanced data-driven research, often applying mathematical insight to real-world sensor and vision problems.
11 years of coding experience
certification Real-time systems, certification Real-time systems at RT-SoftEASA Certificate Commercial Pilot, EASA Certificate Commercial Pilot at Aviaticky Klub EASA ATOFAA Certificate Commercial Pilot (SEL MEL IR SES), FAA Certificate Commercial Pilot (SEL MEL IR SES) at Crystal Aero GroupMaster's degree Applied mathematics and informatics, Master's degree Applied mathematics and informatics at National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
English, Spanish, French
Stackoverflow
4,764reputation
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52answers
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ubuntu
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linux
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opencv
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Github Skills (53)
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
computer-vision10
ubuntu9
linux9
protobuf8
rpc8
serialization8
protocol-buffers7
golang7
caffe7
machine-learning7
macos6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
avtomaton/toolchain-cpp
Mar 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
cpphelpers
avtomaton/pico
Apr 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:19 pushes in 1 year 6 months
pytorchdeep-learningpre-trainedobject-detectioncomputer-vision
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