Bas Spitters
Associate Professor
Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
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Top SchoolBas Spitters is an associate professor and researcher with 14 years of experience bridging deep mathematical foundations and formal software verification, currently based in Aarhus, Denmark. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and has a long academic track record across institutions including Radboud University, INRIA, and the Institute for Advanced Study, with a special focus on univalent foundations and Homotopy Type Theory. Beyond academia he has advised industry (Concordium) and contributes to prominent open-source theorem-proving work, notably enhancing the Coq-HoTT library by implementing and refining tactics and core structures such as HSet and HLevel. His profile blends rigorous theory with practical tooling for formal verification, a combination reflected in contributions that improve both mathematical expressivity and developer ergonomics in proof assistants.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Mathematics, PhD Mathematics at Radboud University
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Github contributions (5)
HoTT/Coq-HoTT
Jun 2012 - Apr 2020
A Coq library for Homotopy Type Theory
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Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 354 commits, 140 PRs in 7 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Bas contributed to the Coq library for Homotopy Type Theory by adding and modifying tactics and working on core mathematical structures. They implemented and refined tactics, such as the "done" tactic, to aid in the formal verification process. Furthermore, they worked on porting and extending existing mathematical constructs such as HSet, demonstrating a focus on core mathematical foundations within the Coq environment. The user also contributed to the Overture, HSet, and HLevel files, which are central to the library.
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spitters/HoTT
Feb 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 29 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 8 months
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