Gaetan Bisson
Full Professor at Université de la Polynésie française (UPF)
French Polynesia, France
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Top SchoolGaetan Bisson is a full professor of mathematics at the University of French Polynesia, where he also serves as vice-chair of the board, blending scholarly leadership with strategic governance in the region. His research sits at the intersection of mathematical computer science, focusing on number theory applications to cryptography. With around 14 years of experience, he has held roles from associate professor to professor and collaborated internationally, including a Macquarie University Research Fellowship and a Microsoft Research internship. He is an active open-source contributor to the Subsurface dive log project as a back-end developer, where he improved GPS coordinate autofill, CNS/OTU planning calculations, and code maintainability. He holds PhDs in mathematics and computer science from Eindhoven University of Technology and Mines de Nancy, and trained as an Élève normalien at École Normale Supérieure, illustrating a rare blend of deep theoretical training and practical software development.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Élève normalien, Mathematics, Élève normalien, Mathematics at Ecole normale supérieureDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de NancyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics at Eindhoven University of Technology
French, English
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
qt10
c-programming-language10
preference9
shared-preferences9
preferences9
user-preferences9
system-preferences9
gnu-make5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
subsurface/subsurface
Jul 2014 - Jun 2020
This is the official upstream of the Subsurface divelog program
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 6 years
Contributions summary:Gaetan primarily contributed to the back-end logic of the Subsurface dive log program. Their work involved fixing and improving the autofilling of GPS coordinates for dive locations, enhancing the planner to include and report CNS and OTU calculations, and storing and restoring user preferences related to dive planning. Furthermore, the user addressed build issues and refactored code to improve functionality and maintainability. They also introduced new features related to dive planning and reporting.
pythonsubsurfaceupstream
vesath/vesath.github.io
Jan 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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