Tarik Hadžić

Tarik Hadžić is a computer scientist and AI/ML engineer with a PhD in Computer Science from IT University of Copenhagen. He conducted postdoctoral research at University College Cork's MISL group (2010-2011) and at United Technologies Research Center in Cork, then worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Meta (2022-2025). As of 2025 he is self-employed, describing his work as 'Quantitative Trading & Research' and his role as AI/ML Engineer, Quantitative Trading. His published research spans constraint programming, decision diagrams (BDDs), product configuration and machine learning. He competed for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1998 (silver medal) and 1999.

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• LinkedIn headline is 'Quantitative Trading & Research | AI/ML Engineer | PhD in Computer Science' with a self-employed 'AI/ML Engineer, Quantitative Trading' role from Sept 2025; this is the same person as the ITU/Meta researcher (shared Cork location, IT University of Copenhagen, IMO 1998 entry).Sep 2025
• Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. Identity of the LinkedIn profile (https://linkedin.com/in/tarik-hadzic) as the Bosnian IMO 1998 mathematician is supported by matching signals (Cork location, IT University of Copenhagen, University of Sarajevo, IMO 1998 headline entry), but no verifiable employment at an established quantitative investment, trading, market-making, hedge-fund or systematic-trading firm was found. The only quant-adjacent item is his own self-employment description 'Quantitative Trading & Research' / 'AI/ML Engineer, Quantitative Trading' from Sept 2025, which is a self-employed status rather than a role at a company that operates in quantitative finance, and cannot be independently confirmed as institutional quant employment. No past quant-firm job or internship appears in any source; employer names in his record (Meta, United Technologies Research Center, University College Cork) are respectively a technology company, an aerospace/industrial research centre and a university, none of which is a quantitative-finance firm.Sep 2025
• Name collision caution: a different Tarik Hadžić (born 1994, Rožaje, Montenegro) is an alpine skier and Olympian; and a Tarik Hadzic MD PhD is a Los Angeles psychiatrist. Neither is the subject here.2026
• Olympiad identity: Tarik Hadžić competed for Bosnia and Herzegovina at IMO 1998, scoring 28 (problems 7,7,0,7,7,0) for a silver medal, rank 58 overall.Jul 1998
• Google Scholar profile lists 'Machine Learning, Meta' with 1,078+ citations and research areas Artificial Intelligence, Constraint Programming, Decision Diagrams, Intelligent Auto... Verified email at meta.com.2026
• ResearchGate lists Tarik Hadzic, PhD in Computer Science, affiliated with United Technologies Research Center, Cork, with 37 publications and ~547 citations.2026
• Index-only claim: LinkedIn-derived work history gives Machine Learning Engineer at Meta 2022-2025, preceded by self-employment; treated as index data, not primary confirmation.2025
• A LinkedIn post by Selma Softic states his brother Tarik Hadzic 'is also a Ph.D. and works as a machine learning engineer at Meta', corroborating the Meta ML-engineer role and his Sarajevo-area family and Ph.D. background.2024
• Described as a staff research scientist in the System Modeling and Optimization group at UTC Research Center (UTRC) Ireland, a United Technologies industrial research lab in Cork - not a quantitative finance employer.2017
• University College Cork lists Dr. Tarik Hadzic as a Post Doctoral Researcher in the MISL group from 2010 to 2011.Mar 26, 2015
• Undergraduate/first degree associated with the University of Sarajevo (from structured profile index); the PhD is from IT University of Copenhagen.2026
• Publication record (product configuration / BDDs): 'A BDD-Based Approach to Interactive Configuration' (2004) and 'Interactive Configuration Based on Linear Programming' (2004) with Henrik Reif Andersen at IT University of Copenhagen, placing his PhD work around 2003-2007.2004