Robert J. Hardwick, PhD

Senior Software Engineer & Data Scientist | Simulation & Decision Intelligence Expert

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Professional Summary

Senior Software Engineer and Data Scientist with 10+ years experience building simulation and decision intelligence systems in Python, Go and Rust. Expert in stochastic modeling and Bayesian methodology who has delivered 5x performance improvements within 6 months (current role) and production systems across smart cities, sports analytics, public health and enterprise platforms.

Key Achievements:

• Achieved 5x performance improvement rewriting Computational Twin Engine in Rust within 6-months
• 22 research publications with 500+ citations across cosmology, epidemiology and statistical science
• Built production simulation systems influencing real-world decisions in traffic optimization, public health policy and sports analytics

Open Source Projects:

• stochadex - Flexible simulation engine written in Go
• dexetera - Decision-making games for Python programmers

Technical Skills

• Languages: Python, Go, Rust, SQL (PostgreSQL), Bash, C++, TypeScript (React)
• Python Stack: NumPy, CuPy, SciPy, Pandas, PyTorch, XGBoost, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Plotly, streamlit
• Infrastructure: Docker, Jenkins CI/CD, AWS EC2, Google Cloud Platform, Git/GitHub
• Databases: PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB
• HPC: GPU acceleration (CUDA), distributed computing, HPC clusters

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