Alex Gouaillard
Singapore
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Top SchoolAlex Gouaillard is a seasoned software engineer and research leader with 19 years of experience building and running successful research groups and product teams across top institutions (Caltech, Harvard) and startups in Europe, North America and APAC. He combines deep scientific expertise in signal and image processing, discrete geometry and complex systems with hands-on C++ systems engineering, multithreading and distributed programming, and practical WebRTC/web stack experience. Alex is an active open-source contributor—improving browser WebRTC adapters used in Safari and extending core ITK mesh data structures—bringing production-grade robustness to both real-time communication and biomedical imaging projects. Fluent in Asian languages and cultures after multi-year stays in Japan and China, he excels at managing multicultural, continent-spanning teams and shipping cross-device real-time solutions. Off-hours he moonlights as a web programmer, and his GitHub reflects both low-level performance work and pragmatic full-stack integrations.
18 years of coding experience
MBA, MBA at Harvard University Graduate School of EducationMaster, Applied Science - Signal and Image processing, Master, Applied Science - Signal and Image processing at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de LyonBachelor, Asian Language Litteracy and Culture, Bachelor, Asian Language Litteracy and Culture at Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III)PhD, Computer Science - Computer Graphics, PhD, Computer Science - Computer Graphics at Keio University
Filipino, Thai, German, Chinese, Japanese, English, French
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Github Skills (27)
image-analysis10
compatible10
javascript10
c-language10
architecture10
safari10
data-structure10
browser-support10
data-structures10
cpp10
architectures10
cprogramming-language10
webrtc10
obs-studio10
algorithm9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK
Jun 2007 - Apr 2012
Insight Toolkit (ITK) -- Official Repository. ITK builds on a proven, spatially-oriented architecture for processing, segmentation, and registration of scientific images in two, three, or more dimensions.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Software Architect
Backend Developer & Software ArchitectContributions:163 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on enhancing and expanding the `itkQuadEdgeMesh` classes within the Insight Toolkit (ITK) repository, as evidenced by their numerous commits. They implemented and tested new functionalities for the `itkQuadEdgeMesh` data structure and its associated classes. The commits show the user's focus on improving the robustness, performance, and completeness of the code, including memory leak fixes and coverage improvements. They have also designed and implemented the core functionality for the Euler operators.
pythonitkcomputer-visionopen-sciencescientific
CoSMoSoftware/OBS-studio-webrtc
Mar 2017 - Dec 2020
This is a fork of OBS-studio with generic support for webrtc. It leverages the same webrtc implementation most browsers use.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:113 commits, 17 comments in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Alex's commits primarily involve modifications to the `obs-studio-webrtc` repository, which focuses on integrating WebRTC functionality into OBS Studio. Their work includes code changes related to WebRTCStream, Janus, and Millicast integrations, along with alterations to build scripts and packaging for Windows and macOS. They also addressed issues related to audio codecs, video codecs, and API integrations. These changes suggest contributions across multiple areas including both front-end and back-end development.
libwebrtcobsleveragesbrowserswebrtc
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