Ziad Hadj-alouane
Senior Software Engineer 2 at NVIDIA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolZiad Hadj-alouane is a Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA with nine years of experience building real-time graphics and AI systems, currently contributing to DLSS Frame Generation. He combines deep learning, GPU programming (CUDA, Vulkan, DirectX12) and systems expertise to deliver AI-enhanced gaming features and low-latency graphics backends. His academic work in computer vision (MEng thesis on parts-based 3D object pose estimation) and dual bachelor's in computer science and finance give him a rare mix of algorithmic depth and quantitative thinking. Ziad has taught GPU programming and distributed systems at Penn, reflecting both strong technical mentorship and curriculum-building experience. He has moved between driver-level optimizations, AR/VR prototypes, and production frame-generation systems, showing an ability to span prototype research and production engineering. Based in Philadelphia, he focuses on bringing cutting-edge AI into real-time applications where performance and correctness matter.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Finance Statistics Data Science, Bachelor's degree Finance Statistics Data Science at The Wharton SchoolMaster of Engineering - MEng Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Japanese
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Github Skills (21)
gltf10
cg10
llama10
loader10
unity3d10
raycasting9
raytracing6
python6
pandas6
fbx5
playcanvas5
collada5
3d-models5
threejs4
webgl4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rtx-on/rtx-explore
Nov 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 release, 105 commits, 80 pushes in 3 years 8 months
CIS565-Fall-2019/Project5-DirectX-Procedural-Raytracing
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
CIS 565 - DXR Project
Contributions:18 commits, 2 pushes in 9 days
dxrraycastingcisraytracing
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