Žiga Lesar
Teaching Assistant at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science
Slovenia
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Top SchoolŽiga Lesar is a computer scientist and teaching assistant with 12 years of experience specializing in numerical mathematics, parallel programming, and medical visualization. Based at the University of Ljubljana, he blends academic research and hands-on development—contributing to the FAST medical imaging framework during a stint at NTNU and working as a student researcher in computer graphics. Fluent in Slovene, English, C++, and JavaScript, he bridges low-level performance engineering with visualization and interactive front-ends. His industry experience at Celtra sharpened production-grade software practices alongside his ongoing academic work. Colleagues know him for turning complex numerical problems into efficient, parallelized implementations that power visual tools for medical imaging.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, 10, Master's degree, Computer Science, 10 at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information ScienceGimnazijski maturant, Gimnazijski maturant at Gimnazija Poljane
Slovenian, English, French
Github Skills (26)
webgl10
3d-graphics10
rendering10
volume-rendering10
path-tracing10
computer-graphics10
medical-imaging10
w3c8
wgsl8
gpu6
command-line6
golang5
go5
text-editor5
encoder4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
UL-FRI-LGM/webgl2-examples
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
A collection of WebGL 2.0 examples for undergraduate computer graphics courses.
Contributions:176 commits, 167 pushes, 7 branches in 3 years 5 months
computer-graphicswebglgraphics
UL-FRI-LGM/webgpu-examples
Aug 2023 - Aug 2025
A collection of WebGPU examples for undergraduate computer graphics courses.
Contributions:1 PR, 47 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
computer-graphicswebgpu
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