Dima Kogan
Robotics Technologist Of Some Sort at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolDima Kogan is a robotics technologist and seasoned software engineer with 16 years of experience building embedded systems, computer vision, and control software—currently applying geometric vision and research-grade tools at JPL. He brings deep low-level expertise from maintaining Debian cross-toolchains and contributing kernel-level work to notable open-source projects like sysdig, where he improved ARM support and syscall handling. Past roles span productizing object-tracking systems at Oblong to designing solar-tracking control networks and DARPA-scale autonomous navigation, blending firmware, hardware, and numerical optimization. A Caltech-trained control theorist with a Harvey Mudd foundation in math and engineering, he pairs rigorous theory with hands-on circuit and tool development. Colleagues know him for pragmatic Free Software advocacy and an atypical mix of kernel hacking, calibration math, and circuit design.
16 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Control & Dynamical Systems, MS, Control & Dynamical Systems at California Institute of TechnologyBS, Mathematics, Engineering, BS, Mathematics, Engineering at Harvey Mudd College
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Github Skills (31)
architecture10
permission10
c1110
linux-kernel10
emacs-lisp10
c1710
kernel10
system-calls10
device-driver10
driver10
arm10
architectures10
text-editing10
git9
python9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
draios/sysdig
Apr 2014 - Aug 2016
Linux system exploration and troubleshooting tool with first class support for containers
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 7 PRs, 29 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Dima primarily contributed to the sysdig kernel driver, implementing and modifying core functionalities. Their work involved adapting the driver to support different architectures, specifically ARM, including handling 64-bit arguments and addressing platform-specific behaviors. Furthermore, they refactored syscall handling, improving portability and addressing potential issues. In addition, the user addressed a line-wrapping bug in the user space code and added support for the ppoll() syscall.
linux
dkogan/mrbuild
Aug 2016 - Oct 2022
Simple build system
Contributions:29 commits, 58 pushes, 8 branches in 6 years 2 months
build-system
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