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ZOulhadj/README.md

  • Hey, I'm Zak (Zakariya Oulhadj) 🇬🇧 🇨🇿 🇩🇿

  • M.Sc. High Performance Computing (First Class) 2025 graduate from the University of Edinburgh (Taught by EPCC).

    • Class medal recipient for academic performance
    • Competed in ISC SCC25 as part of TeamEPCC

  • B.Sc. Computer Science (First class with Honours) 2023 graduate from the University of Roehampton.

  • My main interest is in low-level software, rendering engine architectures, computer graphics and GPUs.

  • Experience with programming languages including C11, C++23, Python3, Full-stack web development.

  • Visit zakariyaoulhadj.com to find out more.

  • Currently working on my custom rendering engine written in C, which will include:

    • Cross-platform support (Linux, Windows, macOS)
    • Rendering Hardware Interface (RHI) via a render command system
      • Multiple rendering APIs (OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.0, D3D12, Metal)
    • Separation between core systems:
      • Platform Layer
      • Renderer Backend Layer
      • Game Layer
    • Live shared library and shader hot-reloading
    • Draw-call sorting (Redundant state filtering)
    • Memory arenas
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  1. vmve vmve Public archive

    Vulkan Model Viewer and Importer. A project developed as part of my final year project at University.

    C++ 2

  2. performance-programming performance-programming Public

    Molecular dynamics code optimisation project as part of EPCC's Performance Programming (EPCC11009) module.

    C

  3. omp-performance omp-performance Public

    OpenMP thread contention performance investigation for the EPCC11003 course.

    C

  4. emacs emacs Public

    My personal Emacs configuration

    Emacs Lisp

  5. cellular-automaton cellular-automaton Public

    2D cellular automaton decomposition across MPI processes. Developed as part of the EPCC11002 course on the Cirrus supercomputer.

    C

  6. dotfiles dotfiles Public

    My Linux dotfiles managed by GNU Stow.

    Shell