Alex Mankowski

Alex Mankowski is an R&D Engineer at Kitware Inc. since December 2022, with a Master of Science in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, obtained in August 2022. Mankowski's professional experience includes developing and evaluating wildlife ranking algorithms during a Master's thesis, serving as a Computer Vision Head Teaching Assistant, and conducting machine learning research at Wild Me, where both self-supervised learning approaches and contour-based recognition algorithms were explored. Previous internships at Datto, Inc. and Pearson VUE involved software development and process optimization, respectively, and early roles included customer service at CVS Health. Mankowski's educational background also includes a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.