Zigfried Hampel-arias
Board Of Visitors at Journal of Open Source Software
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolZigfried Hampel-arias is an interdisciplinary scientist and machine learning researcher with eight years of experience applying high-performance computing and statistical modeling to national security and astrophysics problems. Currently Acting Deputy Group Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he leads cross-group efforts in remote sensing, hyperspectral imaging, and orbital dynamics while serving as PI on industry collaborations and mentoring early-career researchers. He brings a rare combination of deep physics training (PhD, UW–Madison, HAWC/IceCube background), production ML expertise from roles at In-Q-Tel and IQT Labs, and hands-on HPC/GPU development including open-source contributions like PyUnfold and GPU-accelerated MCMC tooling. Comfortable bridging academia, government, and industry, he also advises entrepreneurial programs and teaches as an adjunct, reflecting a practical focus on translating research into operational capability.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Physics at Rice University
English, Spanish, French, Greek
Github Skills (75)
generative10
image-synthesis10
dcgan10
generative-adversarial-network10
inversion9
visualizer9
sequential9
logistics9
reinforcement-learning-environments9
iterative9
pybullet8
open-access8
localization8
marine8
journal8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zhampel/rot-inv-conv
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Towards a rotationally invariant convolutional layer
Contributions:142 commits, 24 PRs, 125 pushes in 1 month
convolutionalinvariant
zhampel/zhampel.github.io
Mar 2018 - Dec 2021
Personal GitHub Webpage
Contributions:4 PRs, 102 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
webpage
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