cv

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Basics

Name Ismael Medina
Label Senior Algorithm Developer at RIZM
Email fistname.lastname at rizm.de
Url https://ismedina.github.io/
Summary Leveraging data science and optimization to power the energetic transition

Work

  • 2025.04 - Present
    Senior Algorithm Developer
    RIZM
    Developed optimization and forecasting algorithms to power the energetic transition of large industrial companies.
    • optimization
    • data science
    • energy transition
    • energy system modelling
    • forecasting
  • 2023.10 - 2024.02
    Scientific Trainee
    European Commission, Joint Research Center
    Developed mathematical models for the performance of photovoltaic (PV) devices. Combined PVGIS, optimal transport and unsupervised learning to provide a climate classification for PV.
    • optimization
    • data science
    • PV science
    • machine learning
  • 2020.11 - 2025.02
    Scientific Staff
    Uni Göttingen
    Developed numerical algorithms for optimal transport. Explored connections to machine learning and data science. Proven experience with HPC, including MPI and GPU computing.
    • optimization
    • data science
    • optimal transport
  • 2020.02 - 2020.07
    Research assistant
    TU München
    Contributed to the open source, quantum simulation projects Fermifab, Qaintessent.jl and Qaintensor.jl
    • quantum computing
    • scientific computing
    • simulation
    • open source

Education

  • 2020.11 - 2024.12

    Göttingen

    Ph.D.
    Uni Göttingen
    Mathematics
  • 2018.10 - 2020.10

    München

    MSc
    TU München
    Mathematics
  • 2013.10 - 2018.06

    Madrid

    BSc
    Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    Physics
  • 2013.10 - 2018.06

    Madrid

    BSc
    Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    Mathematics

Skills

Data science
machine learning
clustering
statistical methods
visualization
Optimization
convex optimization
fixed-point algorithms
linear programming
optimization on graphs
High Performance Computing
GPU computing
MPI
finite elements
shell scripting
PV science
performance models
PVGIS
PV simulation
IEC-61853

Languages

Spanish
Native speaker
English
C1
German
B2

Interests

Renewable energy
Energy system simulation
Energetic transition
PV science