Aurélien Aptel
Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAurélien Aptel is a seasoned software engineer with 17 years of deep systems experience, currently working at NVIDIA and based in Berlin. He specializes in Linux kernel and filesystem development, SMB protocol engineering, storage and networking, and low-level C/C++ work, complemented by strong automation skills in Python, Bash and Perl. Aurélien has contributed to major open-source projects including the Linux kernel, Samba and Wireshark—where he enhanced SMB2 dissector support for features like compression and advanced reparse tags—and maintains a track record of shipping platform-grade fixes and features such as SMB3 multi-channel and encryption. His background in computer graphics and signal processing (OpenGL, shading languages, image/video) gives him a rare cross-discipline perspective useful for performance-sensitive and embedded systems. He is experienced in kernel debugging and CI-driven testing at scale, and has both mentored and presented his work at conferences like FOSDEM and Linux.conf.au.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de LyonDUT Informatique, DUT Informatique at IUT Lyon 1
Github Skills (14)
c1710
protocols10
c-programming10
c1110
smb10
linux-kernel10
wireshark10
network-protocol10
networking10
compress9
filesystem9
algorithm9
compression-algorithm9
system-programming8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
wireshark/wireshark
Feb 2016 - Dec 2021
Read-only mirror of Wireshark's Git repository at https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark. ⚠️ GitHub won't let us disable pull requests. ⚠️ THEY WILL BE IGNORED HERE ⚠️ Upload them at GitLab instead.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:58 commits in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Aurélien primarily contributed to the SMB2 dissector within Wireshark. Their work involved enhancing the protocol's functionality, including supporting compression, handling chained compression, and adding support for different reparse tags. They also addressed issues related to session key management, including implementing options for direct decryption key input and improving signature verification. Furthermore, the user made improvements to the dissection of directory information.
tsharkgit-repositorywiresharkpacket-capturegitlab
aaptel/notmuch-extract-patch
Jan 2017 - Sep 2018
Extract git patchset from notmuch emails
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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