Ivan Sović
Machine Learning And Software Engineering Manager at Digital BioLogic
Zagreb, Croatia
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Top SchoolIvan Sović is a machine learning and software engineering manager based in Zagreb with 11 years of experience building algorithms and systems for computational biology. He combines hands-on C++ and Python development with PhD-level research on de novo genome assembly, mapping and sequence alignment, and has progressed from academic researcher to technical lead at Pacific Biosciences and now manager at Oxford Nanopore. As founder and CEO of Digital BioLogic since 2017, he pairs entrepreneurial product focus with deep algorithmic expertise in long-read sequencing ecosystems. Active on GitHub as isovic, he bridges research-grade algorithm design and production ML/engineering workflows to accelerate genomics software. His career reflects a rare bench-to-production perspective—turning complex sequencing algorithms into deployable tools and teams.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
Croatian, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (84)
package-management10
structural-variation10
genome-assembly10
genomics10
mapper10
fasta10
bioconda10
genome10
graph10
conda10
sequence-alignment10
objectmapper10
pairwise10
assembly10
recipes10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
isovic/aligneval
Jan 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:75 pushes, 5 branches, 2 comments in 2 years 1 month
isovic/raptor
Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
Graph-based mapping of long sequences, noisy or HiFi.
Contributions:2 releases, 666 commits, 18 PRs in 1 year 5 months
graph-basedhifimappinglongnoisy
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