Zack While
Assistant Professor at Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolZack While is an Assistant Professor and researcher with 10 years of experience at the intersection of data visualization, computer vision, graphics, and deep learning, now focusing on designing accessible visualizations for older adults. He brings strong teaching and mentoring credentials from UMass Amherst and multiple universities—ranging from introductory programming to graphics and AI—and has a track record of developing course materials and supervising undergraduate research. His applied research experience includes internships at Kitware and Ball Aerospace working on object detection, tracking, and geospatial deep learning, combined with published undergraduate work in machine learning. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, he pairs rigorous academic training (MS/PhD work at UMass and a high-achieving dual bachelor’s in Math and CS) with practical project-building for diverse learners, from high school coding camps to senior theses. An educator at heart, he often translates advanced research into hands-on curricula and mentorship that amplifies student research outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.97, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.97 at Youngstown State UniversityMS/PhD, Computer Science, MS/PhD, Computer Science at College of Information and Computer Sciences, UMass AmherstAustintown-Fitch High School
Github Skills (29)
ecology9
oceanography8
re-identification8
image-processing8
computer-vision7
object-detection7
deep-learning6
video-processing6
openmmlab6
machine-learning6
image-annotation6
artificial-intelligence6
coco5
cics5
pipeline-framework5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zwhile/OnitamaAI
Apr 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
hiaghosh/Defensive-Distillation
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes in 20 days
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