curriculum-vitae VS bgpfeeder

Location: Canada

Remote: Only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Various optimization tools (CPLEX, Gurobi, OR-Tools, etc), Python, C++, Bash, Linux, and others

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/PhilippeOlivier/curriculum-vitae/blob/mai...

Website: https://www.pedtsr.ca

Email: See CV

I have a PhD in computer engineering, specializing in operations research. I can translate all kinds of real-world problems into mathematical models that can be solved via integer programming, constraint programming, or other methods. I'm the father of four young children, so I'm looking for flexible/remote part-time work. I'm also open to contract work (see my comment in "Freelancer? Seeking freelancer?" thread for more details).

SEEKING WORK | Canada | Remote

I have a PhD in operations research---essentially, I solve optimization problems. You can give me a real-world problem and I can translate it into a mathematical model that can be solved (often optimally) via integer programming, constraint programming, or other methods.

I'm currently working on a column generation-based daily fantasy sports (DFS) solver as a personal project. Taking as input the predictions/requirements of the user, this solver can generate optimal lineups for multi-entry tourneys. It is, as far as I'm aware, the only DFS solver that can generate provably optimal sets of lineups for multi-entry DFS tourneys.

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/PhilippeOlivier/curriculum-vitae/blob/mai...

Contact me: https://www.pedtsr.ca/work.html

Location: Canada

Remote: Only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Various solvers (CPLEX, Gurobi, Or-Tools, etc.), Python, C++, Bash, Linux, and others

Résumé/CV: https://github.com/PhilippeOlivier/curriculum-vitae/blob/mas...

Email: See CV

I have a PhD in optimization / operations research. I'm the father of four young children, so I'm looking for flexible/remote part-time work, and/or contract work. I can work between 20 and 30 hours a week (this varies depending on whether kids get sick, etc).

My specializations revolve around optimization and operations research. You can give me a real-world problem and I can translate it into a mathematical model that can be solved (often optimally) via integer programming, constraint programming, or various forms of metaheuristics. I could manage my way around new solvers and programming languages if the project required it.

I'm currently working on a daily fantasy sports (DFS) solver as a personal project. Taking as input the predictions/requirements of a user, this solver can generate optimal lineups for multi-entry tourneys. It is, as far as I am aware, the only DFS solver that can generate provably optimal sets of lineups for multi-entry DFS tourneys.

13 years ago I wrote a nice reference implementation for BGP "client" use - I just treated it as an API onto Cisco routers: https://github.com/BytemarkHosting/bgpfeeder is 1300 lines of Ruby, one file, no dependencies, and quite verbose.

At the time I was running a hosting company & wanted to feed updates to our IP lists from a web-based database into our routers (e.g. a customer wants a new IP to their servers, or moves their VPS images between physical hosts). But I couldn't understand how to get tight control of quagga, or the Ciscos and wondered how how to speak it directly?

It took about a week poring over the RFCs and the Net::BGP Perl module, but I can go back to it now for some useful revision. It brought a lot of disparate BGP knowledge together in one place, and re-expressed it in a language I still know. So if you know Ruby and are curious about BGP it might help you see what you can do with it.

Though if you want to use BGP to control your network devices today, you'd use https://github.com/Exa-Networks/exabgp instead. It can pull every trick you could possibly want with BGP - e.g. DDoS mitigation, anycast, and generally letting you mess with BGP via JSON. There are lots of extensions to BGP, and I only cared about the ones to send v4 & v6 routes around. Also I only wanted to write it all in one file :)